Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs

Get ready, for the dawn of a new age!  Manny, Sid, Diego and Ellie are back for more pre-hysterical hijinks when Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs stomps onto Three-Disc Blu-ray Disc/DVD Combo Pack on October 27.  The third film in the outrageously popular Ice Age franchise, the sub-zero heroes return another wild and fun adventure.

Scrat is still trying to nab the ever-elusive nut (while maybe finding true love); Manny and Ellie await the birth of their mini-mammoth; Diego the saber-toothed tiger wonders if he’s growing too “soft” hanging with his pals and Sid the sloth gets into trouble when he creates his own makeshift family by hijacking some dinosaur eggs.  On a mission to rescue the hapless Sid, the gang ventures into a mysterious underground world, where they have some close encounters with dinosaurs, battle flora and fauna, run amuck, and meet a relentless, one-eyed dino-hunting weasel named Buck.

The coolest animated comedy of the year, Ice Age:  Dawn Of The Dinosaurs features hilarious performances from Ice Age veterans Ray Romano (Everybody Loves Raymond), John Leguizamo (The Happening), Denis Leary (“Rescue Me”), Queen Latifah (The Secret Life of Bees), Seann William Scott (Planet 51) and Josh Peck (Drake & Josh), along with newcomers Bill Hader (Forgetting Sarah Marshall), Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live), Jane Lynch (Glee) and Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead).

Three-Disc Blu-Ray Disc/DVD Combo Pack Special Features:
Disc One:
•    Blu-ray Disc Feature Film
•    Ice Age Story Maker
•    Filmmaker Commentary
•    Evolution Expedition
•    Buck…Easel to Weasel
•    Falling for Scratte
•    Unearthing the Lost World
•    Two Unfinished Deleted Scenes
•    Walk The Dinosaur Music Video
•    Two Scrat Shorts
o    Gone Nutty – Scrat’s Missing Adventure
o    No Time For Nuts
•    The Sabre-Toothed Squirrel: Natures Nutty Buddy
•    Scrat: From Head To Toe – learn how to draw Scrat tutorial
•    Scrat: “Breaking Story”
•    Scrat: “News Report”
•    Fox Movie Channel Presents: In Character with John Leguizamo
•    Fox Movie Channel Presents: In Character with Ray Romano
•    Fox Movie Channel Presents: In Character with Queen Latifah
•    Fox Movie Channel Presents: Making A Scene
•    Fox Movie Channel Presents: Making A Scene (Ice Age 2)

Disc Two:
•    Digital Copy
Disc Three:
•    Standard DVD Feature Film

“Scrat Pack” Double DVD Pack Special Features:
Disc One:
•    Filmmaker Commentary
Disc Two:
•    Two Scrat Shorts
o    Gone Nutty – Scrat’s Missing Adventure
o    No Time For Nuts
•    The Sabre-Toothed Squirrel: Natures Nutty Buddy
•    Scrat: From Head To Toe – learn how to draw Scrat tutorial
•    Scrat: “Breaking Story”
•    Scrat: “News Report”
•    Fox Movie Channel Presents: Making A Scene
•    Buck…Easel to Weasel
•    Falling for Scratte
•    Unearthing the Lost World
•    Walk The Dinosaur Music Video
•    Activities
o    Scrat Pinball
o    Eggshell
o    Bubble Trouble

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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment attempted to break the Guinness World Record for the Tallest Ice Sculpture at the opening of the ice skating rink, ICE in Santa Monica.

Fun Facts:
•    The Scrat Ice Sculpture will stand at 45 feet tall
•    Over 133,000 lbs. of ice will be used, gathered across 4 states
•    Months of preparation went into the logistics
•    Artists from Blue Sky Studios developed the look of the model
•    The current record for the Tallest Ice Sculpture is 40.28 feet and was achieved by Michel Amann (France) in Ski Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on April 20, 2006.

I’ve got a special treat for all of my readers.  Below you will see a time lapsed video of the ice sculpture that was made of Scrat.

Full Disclosure: Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs was sent to me by Click Communications to review & to keep.  I did not receive any monetary compensation for the review, only the DVD set.