Dinosaur 13 (2014)

Directed by

Todd Douglas Miller

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 102 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of the discovery of a nearly complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton in South Dakota and the legal battle over who owns it. It shows how the fight for the fossil affected the paleontologists who found it.

informativeinvestigativesuspensefulseriouseducationalpoliticalintense

What happens

Dinosaur 13 is a 2014 American documentary film directed and produced by Todd Douglas Miller. The film premiered in competition category of U.S. Documentary Competition program at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 16, 2014. After its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, CNN Films and Lionsgate acquired distribution rights of the film, leading to broadcast on CNN, theatrical release, and DVD packaging. In 2015 Dinosaur 13 won the Emmy for Outstanding Science and Technology Programming at the 36th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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