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 History is filled with legends of monstrous creatures that lived in the ocean depths, tormenting ancient mariners and causing countless shipwrecks. The Vikings had the Kraken, Scotland had the Loch Ness Monster and tales of similar aquatic beasts can be found around the world. But on Friday October 5, legend will give way to reality as a new giant-screen film uncovers the secrets of the ancient leviathans that ruled the seas during Earth’s Cretaceous Period.
SEA MONSTERS: A Prehistoric Adventure brings to life the most bizarre, ferocious and fascinating creatures to ever inhabit Earth’s oceans. Produced by National Geographic with original music by Peter Gabriel, this new film combines dynamic, state-of-the-art animation with exciting paleontological discoveries around the world to produce an unforgettable adventure on the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center’s IMAX Dome Screen.
Narrated by Tony Award-winning actor Liev Schreiber, SEA MONSTERS: A Prehistoric Adventure takes audiences on a remarkable journey into the relatively unexplored world of the "other dinosaurs," those reptiles that lived beneath the water. Funded in part through a grant from the National Science Foundation, the film delivers to the giant screen the fascinating science behind what we know, and a stunningly-realistic vision of history’s grandest ocean creatures.
SEA MONSTERS: A Prehistoric Adventure weaves together spectacular photorealistic animation with extraordinary paleontological finds from around the world — treasures that shed light on the film’s incredible cast of characters.
The film follows a family of Dolichorhynchops (also known as "Dollies,") as they traverse ancient waters populated with saber-toothed fish, prehistoric sharks and giant squid. During their journey the Dollies encounter other extraordinary sea creatures: lizard-like reptiles called Platecarpus that swallowed their prey whole like snakes; Styxosaurus with necks nearly 20 feet long and paddle-like fins as large as an adult human; and at the top of the food chain, the monstrous Tylosaurus, a predator with no enemies.
The Cretaceous world was very different from the Earth we know today. Eighty million years ago, places such as Kansas were at the bottom of a great inland sea that divided North America in two. A warmer climate meant more land areas were submerged — Europe was just a smattering of islands, much of Asia was underwater and a shallow ocean engulfed nearly all of Australia. On this sodden sphere, cold-blooded, seagoing reptiles flourished, and as these ocean giants died, their skeletons were left in locations that are now high and dry.
Merging ultra-high-resolution 3-D graphics with National Geographic’s trademark authenticity, compelling imagery and powerful storytelling, SEA MONSTERS: A Prehistoric Adventure immerses audiences in a rarely explored environment and brings to life the ancient leviathans that ruled the seas during the dinosaur age.
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NOTE: The realistic, computer-generated footage of the underwater creatures in SEA MONSTERS: A Prehistoric Adventure may not be suitable for very young children. |
