Original subtitles

(classical music)

- [Voice-over] My dearest granddaughter,

by the time you read this,

you will no doubt have grown into a confident

and beautiful young woman.

Your journey will not be an easy one.

You will be expected to show courage

and face many challenges which may threaten

to destroy our world.

But you are not alone, Marion, and help will come

in unexpected ways and from unfamiliar faces.

And as the darkness descends around Dinotopia,

never allow it to overwhelm you.

Instead, follow your heart and prepare to fulfil

your destiny as matriarch.

Find the light.

(majestic music)

- I hate flying.

- This'll be a treat, David, we're gonna go

island hopping, you're gonna love it, I promise.

- Let's just leave him behind, dad,

he's gonna be like this all day

- I agree with Karl, I was happier

reading back at the villa.

- You're not gonna be sitting

in your room reading, David, you're gonna be

out doing something.

There, we're all set.

Come on, Karl, fly the plane.

Now this is very important you keep

your air speed above 140.

. Okay-

This is so cool.

- [Frank] He's flying the plane.

- Yeah, I see.

- You wake me up 20 minutes before landing.

- What?

- It's all right, David, I think I know what I'm doing.

(majestic music)

(thunder rumbles)

What is that?

- [David] What?

- That, there, what is that?

You see that?

(lightning crashes)

Wake up, Dad, Dad!

- Where'd that come from?

Hang on, we're gonna turn and try and outrun this thing.

Get your belts on.

- [Karl] Dad!

We're going out of control.

Pull it up, pull it up!

- Hang on!

It's sucking us in, hang on!

Brace yourselves!

Come on!

Go for the door.

- [David] Open the door!

Dad, Dad!

(dramatic music)

- Karl!

Karl!

(growling)

Where's Dad?

- I couldn't get him out!

- What are we gonna do?

- Follow me.

(lightning crashes)

- Where are we?

(coughing)

What is this place?

- [Karl] I don't know, Davey, I don't know.

(gasping)

- Karl, what are we doing?

We should have just stayed with the plane.

- We didn't have a choice, David, we would have drowned.

- We just left him.

- I tried, there was nothing I could do.

What happened happened.

Now, if we can find some help, a phone,

maybe there's a chance.

(animals cawing)

(peaceful music)

- Where do you think we are?

- I don't know, all these islands look the same to me.

- I don't believe this, we've been walking for hours

and nothing, no people, no houses,

not even a road to follow.

- [Karl] Let's get going, we're bound

to find someone somewhere.

- Do you see that?

(growling)

(tense music)

- What the hell is that?

- I dunno.

Whatever it is, looks kind of creepy.

(coughing)

- Sorry, sorry, apologies.

Sincere apologies for any inconvenience,

I have permission from the Volcaneum council

to explore ancient sites.

The hope of finding unused sunstones,

it's all in order, I have the papers.

Well well well, hello, boys.

Sorry, you gave me a bit of a fright there.

- Oh, we gave you a fright?

- Unless I'm very much mistaken

you're something of a rarity, eh?

Have you just arrived?

- Uh, yes.

- Splendid!

I knew it!

Newcomers.

- So where are we exactly?

- Dinotopia.

Oh, you'll be the talk of the place.

It's not every day we get new arrivals.

- Dinotopia?

Where is that?

- Listen, can I use your cell phone?

- What?

- You know, a telephone.

We need to call the Coast Guard right away.

We were in a storm, our plane crashed.

Our father, he's missing.

We've got to get some help.

- Ah, you want a postal bird,

I'm afraid I can't help you there.

- Postal bird?

- Postal Bird.

- What were you doing up there anyway?

- Oh, just a bit of archaeology.

- You're the first Archaeologist I've met who uses dynamite.

- Yes, well I have a number of occupations

to be honest with you.

I'm something of an independent spirit

which can get a man into trouble around here.

Mm, oh, fancy a livener?

- No thanks.

- Go on.

Well for what it's worth and for no extra cost I offer you

the eternal friendship of Cyrus Crabb, that's me.

Well, wasting me time here.

This place's been picked clean with a fine tooth comb.

You got anything you want to swap?

Rings, watches, no?

Well if it's any use to you boys I'll escort you to

the Chandara bus depot.

I'm catching the bus there myself in about half an hour,

fancy that?

- Alright.

- Follow me.

- [Karl] So, how big is Dinotopia?

- Not that big.

Couple of hundred miles across.

- Two hundred miles?

How come we've never heard about it before?

- Well we're a little cut off from the rest of the world.

(animals cawing)

- [David] Look at this place.

I mean these people.

- [Cyrus] Come on.

- [David] This is really...

- [Karl] Weird.

- [David] Well no, just...

- You don't think this is weird?

- [Karl] Look at the signs What kind of markings are those?

(animal screams)

- [David] What's that sound?

Is it an animal?

- [Cyrus] Scalator.

(animal roaring) (shouting)

- What's going on?

What is that?

Come on!

- Hey, hey, hey it's all right, come on,

calm down, calm down.

(roaring)

Don't panic.

- It can't be.

- It's a dinosaur.

Dinosaurs died off millions of years ago.

- (chuckling) If only, my boy, if only.

(growling)

- It's coming right for us.

- Yep, time to say farewell, I think.

Oh, there she is.

I thought she'd turn up at a time like this.

- Who is she?

- Come on boys.

- What's she doing?

- Fun's over.

- She must be crazy.

- [Woman] Easy now.

- [Karl] She's nuts.

- [Cyrus] Calm down, boy don't worry about her.

(growling)

- Calm down.

What is it?

What's wrong?

(roaring)

(roaring)

Toothache.

Wow, that was amazing.

- She's Dinotopian, 20th generation.

I'd love to spend more time with you

but I have to catch a night bus to Volcaneum.

Very important meeting.

If, ah, there's anything you need don't hesitate to call.

It's no bother at all.

- Crabbs Curios Waterfall City.

That's your store?

- The finest in antiques and antiquities.

And listen, don't waste your time here in the provinces,

go to Waterfall City.

Ah, you just pick up your tickets over there.

- Maybe we'll see you there.

- Oh, you can be sure of it.

I know future friends when I see them.

Cheerio.

- I'm not sure I trust him.

- Why not?

He's just a weird old guy with a limp

and a few sticks of dynamite.

- I wonder if there's a map around here.

- Well look lets try to find Waterfall City.

- [David] Maybe we can get tickets here.

- Well I guess that means it's closed.

- Excuse me, we need to get to a place

called Waterfall City.

- Waterfall City, the next bus is at dawn.

- Dawn?

- Great, now what.

David you asleep?

- What do you think?

How can a place like this really exist

without everybody knowing about it?

Its mind blowing.

- I don't know David, I don't have any answers.

But I do know we have to get out of this dump.

Get to that city Crabb talked about.

- Waterfall City?

- Exactly, we can find some help there,

get search parties out, call home.

- Do you really think some place called Waterfall City

is going to have telephones?

- What do you mean?

- I think the rules here are different

and we better start learning them.

- No, no, screw the rules.

I'm not forgetting about Dad.

- Nobody's forgetting about Dad.

It's just that there's just nothing we can do right now,

not until we understand this place.

- I don't want to understand this place,

I want to get home.

Look, right now we sleep, okay?

And tomorrow, the city we do whatever it takes

to find someone in charge.

(dinosaurs roaring in distance)

(indistinct speaking)

- Route 11.

Better hurry, over there.

- [Karl] Great, thank you.

- [Man On Left] There, that should do you.

- Excuse me, uh, hi, my name's Karl,

this is my brother Davey.

- It's David, hi.

- Hello, my name's Marion.

- You were pretty impressive the yesterday dealing

with that whatever it was.

- Ankylosaurus.

- Weren't you scared?

- I'm training to be a leader.

I must be calm in a crisis if I'm expected

to inspire others.

You're not from around here, are you?

- Um, no, not exactly.

- We had an accident and we swam ashore.

Now we are trying to get to Waterfall City.

- Oh, that's my destination.

- Oh.

- Now I understand what's happened to you,

but don't be afraid you are not the first.

When you arrive in Waterfall City everything

will be explained just as soon as you register.

- Register?

We don't want to register for anything.

We just want to get home.

- I imagine that's so.

This way.

(majestic music)

- This is the bus?

- He's a Brach, a Brachiosaurus.

We'll be travelling with him across the Rainy Basin.

- What's that for?

- Armor, that's to stop him from getting killed.

(dinosaur growls)

He says he much appreciates the protection.

- The bus is secure.

We will be leaving in five minutes.

Waterfall City direct.

- He won't eat us, will he?

- Brachs are plant eaters.

(majestic music)

To get to Waterfall City we have cross the rainy basin.

It's the domain of the carnivores.

We only cross when it's absolutely essential,

and then only in a convoy.

But don't worry, we carry extra food to appease them.

- appease them?

- The carnivores aren't evil, they're just hungry by nature.

- So, do you have any weapons?

- We won't fight the carnivores.

- He means if they attack us.

- I understand.

Dinotopians don't carry weapons.

Weapons are enemies to their even to their owners.

Third code of Dinotopia.

- Wait a minute you have a law that says

you can't defend yourself?

- There are ways to defend yourself without using weapons.

And besides it's only one in five convoys that are attacked.

- Oh, good.

- Now just complete this hideous picture for us.

Exactly what kind of dinosaurs are we likely to encounter?

- Tyrannosaurus vex, oi course.

- Of course.

(Brachiosaurus roaring)

What's happening?

Why are we stopping?

- [Marion] The Brachs, something's scaring them.

(Brachiosaurus growling)

- [David] Where's he going?

- What is it?

- Tyrannosaurus.

(ominous music)

- These droppings are fresh.

And the tracks, there are hundreds of them.

- I've never seen anything like it.

- Tyrannosaurs never hunt in herds.

- [Man On Right] These ones did.

- There's a small outpost at the edge of the forest.

We've got to make sure they're safe, come on.

(thunder rumbling)

What's happened here?

Where is everybody?

Look.

- [David] What is it?

- The sunstone has failed.

- What's a sunstone?

- It's our source of power.

It keeps the outposts and settlements safe.

This one's dead.

- [David] What happened to it?

(dinosaur growling)

- Quiet.

(thunder rumbling)

- What's going on?

- Must have been the thunder.

We should get back to the Brachs.

- We can't.

The next outpost is more than five hours away.

The Brachs will never carry us through the storm.

- Then we'll have to find shelter here.

(thunder rumbling)

Would you like something to eat?

- [David] That would be great.

- Yeah, I'm starving.

Any chance of a steak?

A burger or some chicken?

- You want a bird to eat?

We eat only fruit and vegetables in Dinotopia.

And you, do you eat meat as well?

- Me?

No, no I'm a very strict vegetarian.

Why thank you.

- Ugh, it's bitter.

- You're supposed to peel it first.

- I see you haven't lost your touch Karl.

- [Marion] Karl, has a restless spirit,

has he always been that way?

- Yeah, I guess so.

I've never spent this much time alone with him before.

- You're brothers but you don't live together?

- No, no we hardly see each other at all.

We have different mothers.

See my father, he led a very active social life.

We were born just a few months apart

but we didn't grow up together.

We just don't have anything in common

so we're not exactly best friends.

- I'm sorry about your father, David.

- Thank you.

(screeching)

- Did you hear that?

- They're harmless.

Creatures of the Rainy Basin.

- Well something's making them panic.

- Something's making me panic.

- We should all try and get some sleep.

(distant screeching)

(thunder rumbles)

(creaking)

- Karl!

Karl!

(tense music)

Karl.

Karl, Karl!

- What is it now?

- I swear I heard something.

It was like a rumble coming through the floor.

- Just go back to bed.

(lightning crashes)

Let's check it out.

. Okay-

What?

Can you see anything?

- [Karl] No, nothing but jungle out there.

- I thought, well I thought.

Well, you know, I thought...

- You thought a T-Rex was coming to get you.

- Yeah. (laughs)

- [Marion] Outside! Run!

Run!

(tense music)

Over here quick.

(growling)

- [Karl] Come on, keep going!

- [Marion] Ah!

- Marion!

Marion!

Are you okay?

(screeching)

- It's all right.

They're Skybaxs and they're here to help us.

(roaring and screeching)

(majestic music)

- I am Oonu Squadron Leader, Skybax Corps.

- I think you just saved our lives.

- Yes, this time you were lucky.

I am going to recommend this bus service be suspended

until further notice.

We cannot guarantee the safety

of the passengers, and you, stop.

No one ever but a rider approaches a skybax.

These are not tame birds.

If you value your life, stay back.

I will provide you with an airborne escort

for the rest of your journey.

- What happened to everybody here.

- We rescued the rest of the staff earlier.

We flew them out before the storms came in,

but three people and their Triceratops patrol

are still missing.

As yet we've had no sightings.

I fear they are dead.

Okay, lets go.

- [Man In Center] Right, come on, follow us.

- What's the best way to fight those things?

- We don't approve of violence in Dinotopia.

- Even when it saves your life?

That T-Rex almost killed us back there.

- Our lives are no more precious than that

of a Tyrannosaurus.

- Come on Marion, eat or be eaten kill or be killed.

That's the law of the jungle.

We're human beings and that means we're at the top

of the food chain.

- We are recent guests on this planet.

The dinosaurs have been here for 160,000,000 years.

Mammals like us are only recent...

- Look, I like my dog back home

but he's not getting a driver's licence.

You know what I'm saying?

- You feel superior to them?

- Well yeah you bet I do

- [Marion] But you're not.

- Karl feels superior to everything.

- If dinosaurs are so smart then how come

they're doing all the manual labour?

- Dinosaurs take pride in their strength.

- Well they're still carrying us around on their backs.

- There's many things you can learn from a Brachiosaurus.

- Oh yeah? Like what?

- Like humility.

(majestic music)

Welcome to Waterfall City.

- I've never seen anything like it.

It's a beautiful city like something out of a fairy tale.

Marion, your world map's a little bit off.

America isn't joined to Europe.

- At the beginning of the Triassic period,

all the continents were joined together

in one huge super continent called Pangea.

- Surprised you didn't know that, David.

(majestic music)

- Why are they all looking at us?

- There haven't been newcomers in many years.

You're celebrities.

The mayor of Waterfall City is coming to greet you.

This is the palace.

(fanfare music)

- Who's that guy?

He looks like a clown with all those robes on.

- Hello father.

- Oh Marion.

I heard about the Tyrannosaurus attack,

I've been so worried.

- I'm fine, there's nothing to be frightened of.

But I would like to address the senate on what I saw.

- Oh yes, plenty of time for that.

Dinner's at 8 o'clock.

Quarter to nine by the time the speeches have dragged on.

Oh.

Now, on behalf of the people of Dinotopia,

I, Waldo Seville, the 207th Mayor of Waterfall City

and speaker of the Dinotopian Senate

extend to you all our warmest welcome and hospitality.

(clapping)

- Excuse me Mr. Mayor?

Our plane crashed into the sea.

David and I, we escaped but our father was trapped in it.

- What we need is a search party.

- Don't worry, dear boys.

Now, the senate awaits you and we will address

all your concerns.

Recorded on this scroll you can see those names

of those shipwrecked souls

whom destiny has delivered to our land.

They number thousands from all corners of the Earth,

from every century.

Those poor unfortunates cast away on the winds of misfortune

only to find a better life,

a life of harmony and fulfilment

here on the shores of Dinotopia.

And we are their descendants.

Welcome.

(clapping)

(cheering)

(dinosaurs growling)

Please, please do sign.

Welcome to Waterfall City David Scott.

(clapping)

And a very warm welcome to you too Karl Scott.

(clapping)

Well we would like to formally accept you

into the Waterfall City Academy where you will...

- What?

- After training, be given the chance to become

full Dinotopian citizens and find your Saurian life partner.

- Saurian?

You mean one of those scaleys?

- We don't use that ugly term here

but yes you will be paired with a dinosaur.

- There's a ceremony and we take a vow.

It's like a marriage.

- Well thank you for the offer but we have to get home.

- Our dad's still out there.

There's no way we can stay here.

- We understand that you both must be upset

but many Dinotopians have lost their friends and families

in the ship wrecks that brought them here

but I'm afraid your past life has gone.

- This must be a big shock to you

but when you understand the truly wonderful life out here...

- Marion, we have to get off this island.

- I'm afraid that's impossible.

Over the centuries a few have tried but they've all perished

on the Razor Reef.

- Well wait a minute, how do you know no one's ever made it?

- Had you ever heard of Dinotopia before you arrived?

- No.

- Exactly.

Now you can't imagine how exciting this is for us,

you're the first new arrivals for many a long time,

and we're all waiting to hear of the changes your world

so come along, come along.

Our last off-worlder was shipwrecked in 1944.

So what have been the principal changes

in your society since then?

(dinosaur growling)

What? Oh yes.

Are you still at war with the Germans?

No, no, we won that one.

- Oh, well done.

So you'll tell us about the significant historical events

that have followed.

- Uh, significant events, let's see, hmm.

There was the War in Vietnam and Watergate,

um, the Gulf War the Cold War and that's when

they knocked down the Berlin Wall.

- They knocked down a wall?

- [David] Right.

- Was there something wrong with it?

- Um, that's a little hard to explain.

Lets see what else uh, oh, the space program.

Apollo 11, that's when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.

Technology's very advanced these days,

we all have mobile phones, and DVDs, and laptops,

and everybody's on the internet.

- I'm sorry, I think we're a little confused.

I thought you said that someone walked on the moon?

(laughing)

- The most significant event in my history

was falling out of the sky and watching

my father swept away to drown.

Welcome to Dinotopia.

- Wow, it's just incredible, isn't it?

- You'll get used to it.

- I'm not so sure.

I don't understand how a place this big

hasn't been found before, it isn't not on any maps.

- [Marion] ls that so surprising?

- [David] What do you mean?

- [Marion] Are there no mysteries left out there

where you came from?

- Well no, there's a lot of things we don't know

about our world.

- [Marion] Well this is just another one.

This is the ancient library of Dinotopia.

- This is your library?

It must be centuries old.

Look at all these scrolls.

I'd love to read some of 'em.

- You might find that a little bit difficult

seeing their aren't written in English.

- Oh.

What's he doing?

- Dinosaurs hate turning pages.

They do their best thinking when their feet are moving.

- Daretakalada.

- C, B, ah, A.

- [David] Gosh, I'm sorry.

- No, no, no, no it's perfectly all right.

It was completely my fault.

- This dinosaur can talk!

- Dare-tago.

- Dare-tago, madam Marion.

David and Karl Scott, right?

Um yes, I can speak English and French.

Bonjour Mon Ami.

- Bonjour.

(chuckles)

- I can understand 17 major human and Saurian languages

and imitate many natural sounds.

I was at the top of my class.

- So how many dinosaurs can talk?

- All of them.

- But very few learn to speak English properly

if that's what you mean.

- How exciting it is to meet you.

You know, I just love mammals.

- I have to leave you now I'm going to speak to the senate.

Goodbye.

- Well wait a minute where are we supposed to go?

Where are we going to sleep?

Oh, I'm sorry I thought you'd been told.

Zipeau has kindly agreed to give you temporary accommodation

in his house.

- Yes.

- Goodbye.

- You mean we're staying with a din...

- A librarian.

- Right, librarian.

- Yes, hmm.

- Mmm, this is delicious.

- Your fork, Karl.

- Very kind of you to put us up, Zipeau.

- Oh no, not at all, I find you a very interesting species.

I just love the way you jump about, very quick reactions,

and the way you eat with your little knife and fork

cutting up all the food first, I mean it's so funny.

- So do you have a human partner?

- I was partner to Sylvia of the Hatchery,

but I was never sought another after my soul mate's death.

- Wow, how'd ya score a babe like that?

- God.

- What?

- Babe?

Very colourful language.

It's a spiritual union, I don't think

you quite understand yet.

No, I'll never meet another like her, babe.

(dinosaur eating)

- Dare-toe camada Almasoar.

- Soup's getting cold, darling.

I thought you spoke beautifully to the senate.

I couldn't believe my little girl looked so grown up.

- The debate was very interesting

but the next meeting's not scheduled for another month.

- Well the Dinotopian way is the reasoned way.

A good mind is a calm mind.

Danad-you-sec, Almasoar.

(speaking foreign language)

- Father, this isn't the first time the sunstone's failed,

and I've never seen Tyrannosaurs running in herds.

Perhaps the outer settlements are being attacked

because the sunstones are failing.

- Well, that's an intriguing idea.

I shall send out skybaxs patrols to confirm the reports

before the next meeting.

- Wow very cool.

- We are in the nut house.

- Yeah.

I know but what a place.

I mean it's just incredible.

- And all that talk about partners,

doesn't it seem just a bit creepy?

I'm mean we're talking about lizards here.

- No, I mean this is some kind of utopia

where everyone lives in harmony.

- Yeah, well there's no way I'm ever going to be

walking around with a lizard girlfriend.

As for studying Saurian, whatever that is,

you can forget it.

- Why do you always turn against everything

before we've even started.

- What's the point when we're going home anyway?

- Oh, and how are we going to do that?

I mean you saw what the Razor Reef did to our plane, right?

- You know the more I listen to you the more I think

you want to stay here.

- Of course I want to go home

but we don't know how to right now.

So, all I'm saying is we should make the best of it.

- You really don't want to leave, do you?

I can't believe it.

- Think about it Karl, don't you see something

absolutely amazing has happened to us?

- No, I think watching dad die has kind of ruined it for me.

- You know I didn't mean that.

Well I think I know Dad what would say.

You know, he'd say this was a great adventure.

We should be exploring and seeing things

that no one's ever seen before.

Maybe we should stay just for a little while,

see what life is like here.

- Maybe that's because you don't have a life back home.

Well I do, and I want it back.

(indistinct talking)

- Before your grandmother Oriana died, she gave me this.

She said it wasn't to be passed to you

until after your 18th birthday.

- What is it?

- Open it.

What does it say?

- Find the light.

- Ah hah.

- [Marion] A sunstone.

- This was her greatest treasure.

The explorer Arthur Denison found it and give it to her

at least a hundred years ago.

Ah, it's almost perfect.

Apart from the Prime Sunstone I have never seen it's equal.

Oriana knew you were special, even as a baby.

Marion, I would like you

to lead the Sunstone Parade next week

- Oh father, that would be the greatest honour.

- I tell you my dear, there is nothing that could make

a father prouder.

- She's very nice to look at isn't she?

Don't let the mayor catch you starring at her like that,

he'll run you out of town.

She's not for the likes of us ordinary people.

- I was just, uh, having a look around.

- Of course you were,

who wouldn't on a wonderful night like this.

Oh Karl, hope you don't mind me saying

but that brother of yours,

he's a bit of an odd sort isn't he?

- Well we're only half brothers.

We've never really been that close.

- I'm sorry that your father's gone.

- Yeah, so am I.

- I'll be saying a little prayer for him tonight

if that's all right with you.

- Sure.

- Why don't you call on me at the shop sometime,

whenever you get tired of the scaleys trying to change you.

(majestic music)

- [Man On Left] Breathe deep.

- Seek peace.

- I can't believe you just said that, seek peace.

You give me the creeps.

- [David] Karl, grow up it's a greeting.

- Others first, self last.

- Others first, self last.

- Do one thing at a time.

- Do one thing at a time.

- Ah, ah, here are your two new classmates, David and Karl.

- Breathe deep, David and Karl.

- Seek peace.

- No way, I'm not staying here, this school's

for little children.

- Then you should feel right at home.

- Well yes, it's beginners class

- Forget about it Zipeau.

- Oh no, well, I thought you'd be delighted.

The visiting tutor in this class

is your travelling companion Marion.

- This term you will be studying Saurian.

At the end of the term you will sit an examination

and write your answers in footprint language.

Now who can tell me the first code of Dinotopia.

- One raindrop raises the sea.

- Very good.

I will now read to you all the codes of Dinotopia.

One, one raindrop raises the sea.

Two, survival of all or none.

Three, weapons are enemies, even to their owners.

Four, give more, take less.

Five, others first, self last.

Six, observe, listen, and learn.

Seven, do one thing.

Karl, that is unnecessary destruction of public property.

And that is not how Stegosauruses reproduce.

(laughing)

Eight, sing every day.

Nine, exercise imagination.

10, eat to live, don't live to eat.

Now, who know where we would find

all the codes of Dinotopia written down?

(children shouting)

- In Fountain Square.

- Very good, David.

What?

I read it in Zipeau's city guide.

- And a very special significance to all Dinotopians.

Ancient legend tells how it was brought up

from the world beneath, tens of thousands of years ago.

- What's the world beneath?

- It's a mythical place where dinosaurs were said

to have found sanctuary at the dawn of time.

- Rule Four, give more, take less.

- Very good.

You can see down near the bottom here

that the very last code is missing.

All that can be made out are the first three letters, F-I-N.

Nobody knows what the 11th code is.

Anyone like to guess what the 11th code might be?

- Find a way out of here.

- Shh.

- Did you say something Karl?

- Yeah, I have to go to the bathroom.

Do I need a pass?

- No, but tonight's homework will be on the codes.

- Homework?

Forget it.

(slow music)

- Karl, shouldn't you be at school?

- Nah, I quit.

- Oh dear.

Perhaps there's something else you'd like to do.

- Nothing.

- Come on, there must be something you'd like to do.

Careful with those, that's library property.

That's not how you read scrolls.

No, Zipeau, it's a game.

- A game?

Oh can I play?

- Sure.

Okay, we're ready.

- Now what do I do?

- You're at that end.

- [Zipeau] Right.

- Now grab your bat.

- [Zipeau] Grab the bat.

- Hold it like this.

- Like this?

- That's it.

Okay, so you're clear about what happens when I hit the ball

over the net?

- I hit back.

- You've got no questions about the rules?

- Nope.

. Okay-

- Agh, oh.

- One, nothing.

- Yes, yes.

Oh dear.

- [Karl] Two, nothing.

Try again Zipeau.

- Oh, just getting the hang of it.

- Don't worry Zipeau, you'll get there.

- [Marion] I'm upset that Karl has left my class.

Did I do something wrong?

- No, no, it's not you.

Karl quits just about everything.

He doesn't know what he wants.

I mean, I think I know, sometimes.

But sometimes I'm not so sure.

You seem pretty sure what you're doing.

My mother's a matriarch, it's my destiny.

- Is that what you want?

- How can you want anything other than your destiny?

You do ask the strangest things.

- Well, suppose you don't know your destiny?

- It knows you.

You find each other, that's all.

- Marion, if I...

- Would you like to see the Prime Sunstone?

- What?

Well sure, yeah I'd love to.

Let's go.

- Come on.

- Great.

- Here we go.

- Very good.

Thanks.

- That's it?

- That's it.

- How many points did I score?

- None.

21, zero, I win.

- Well I don't understand it,

usually I have excellent hand to eye coordination.

- Well there you go.

- Oh, when can we play again?

I'm sure I'll be able to beat you at this game.

- [Karl] I can honestly say humans will always

beat dinosaurs at ping pong.

- Aw, lets play again.

- I creamed you!

- But I don't mind, this is fun.

I haven't had so much fun in a long time.

- You know what Zipeau, me neither.

Think fast.

Oh, oh yeah, got you.

- We'll have to race, we've only got about ten minutes.

- There's 361.

Come on, David, I'll race you.

- Slow down, I'm dying here.

- Don't be silly, this is nothing.

- Maybe for you it isn't.

- Are you all right?

- It's just my asthma acting up.

I don't suppose they sell inhalers in Waterfall City?

This is fantastic, I had no idea.

- You don't have cities like this where you come from?

- No.

I think we're a lot farther up than I thought.

- This is what powers the whole of Dinotopia.

It's the most powerful sunstone ever found.

It's almost flawless.

- What are they doing?

- Every evening the prime sunstone regenerates

all the other sunstones across Dinotopia.

Come on, it's almost time.

We can watch it from here.

- So where do sunstones come from?

- All we know is that they're very old.

Legends say they say they're mined from the World Beneath

at the beginning of time.

They've been found all over Dinotopia

but not for many years.

(indistinct talking)

- Greetings.

(upbeat jazz music)

(banging)

- What are you reading?

- One of our course books, why?

- What's it called?

- [David] The care and teaching of humans.

- And you don't find that sick?

- Nope, it's a very interesting book.

- Another week and then I'm leaving.

- Yeah?

And what's the plan?

- I don't need a plan

to know that I have to get out of here.

You've got a week to decide whether you come with me or not.

I mean what are you doing here?

- [David] Well Karl, I'm trying to study for graduation.

- Graduation?

What are you talking about, graduation?

We don't belong here we're not Dinotopians.

You're getting brainwashed, can't you see that?

- Look, I don't have time to argue with you, okay?

- Are you insane?

There's a dinosaur sleeping in the next room.

- Yes, exactly.

Karl, this is the chance of a lifetime.

We are the first in our generation

to see anything like this.

- They're screwing with your head, Dave,

and you just don't get it, do ya?

- Why are you so negative about everything?

You know this is always what happens with you.

You're stuck, and for the first time in your life

no one's going to bail you out.

Why don't you stop being so selfish and at least get to know

this place before you condemn it.

- I'm going, and you're coming with me.

- Look Karl, not that you've bothered to ask,

but I kind of like it here.

- I can't believe I'm stuck here with you.

- Well it wasn't me who was flying the plane.

- [Karl] What do you mean, do you blame me

for what happened, do you?

- Let go of me, let go of me!

- If you ever say that again I'll kill you David,

I swear I will.

- (sighs) Mammals.

(slow music)

- Ah come in, come in.

I was just closing the shop for the night.

You've got a long face on you.

- No, I'm fine.

What is this?

- Oh, that's Ogthar.

If you believe the legend he ruled over a mythical place

called the World Beneath.

Some say it exists others say

it's just stories for children.

- And what do you think?

- How can I help you my friend?

- I want to get off this island.

- I see.

Well, take a seat.

I was just having a bite to eat.

- Everyone says it's impossible to leave.

- They certainly want you to believe that it's impossible,

they don't want the rest of the world knowing

about their little paradise.

- I don't care about their little paradise.

Can I get off this island?

- Well, I've spent the past 20 years

collecting ships' logs charts, maps of the tides

and reefs that surrounds this island.

There's only one more thing I need to buy my own ticket

out of here but we'll never see it.

It's the captain's log of the Rebecca's Folly.

- Well were's this captain's log?

- In the archives in the Ancient Library.

But the only one who has the keys is that scaley

they've stuck you with.

- Zipeau?

- Yes.

- So, why don't you get it?

- (laughs) No, no, no, no, no, no.

They'd never let me near that library

on account of incident to do with one of my relatives.

Small fire a long time ago.

Nothing to do with me but just another example

of scaley persecution.

But now come to think of it,

it wouldn't be to difficult for you to get a hold

of that book.

- You mean steal it?

I don't know it doesn't seem right, and the scaley's are,

I mean they haven't done anything to me.

- This is what they did to me.

I was exploring a sacred temple

when one of those ugly buggers took a great big chunk

out of me leg.

That's what they do when they don't agree with you.

Think about that.

(slow music)

- Did you get one of these?

- [David] Mmhm.

- What's it say?

- It's an invitation from Marion.

- Great.

What for?

Hello?

- Can't you read it?

- You got a big mouth, anyone ever tell you that?

- Only you, Karl.

Here you go.

- Thanks.

- You're welcome.

(lively music)

- It's quite fantastic, isn't it?

You'll scarcely believe your eyes.

The theme this year is the World Beneath.

- So, the world beneath, that really exists?

- According to legend it was the place where the sunstones

were originally found, the heart of Dinotopia.

- Where's Karl?

- [Karl] Sorry, Zipeau.

- Look, oh, look, I'm so excited.

Oh, the show is about to begin.

(dinosaur moans)

(fanfare music)

- Long ago, a terrible darkness struck the Earth.

The seas churned and the skies turned black,

and the light of the sun was lost from the land.

Our ancestors sought refuge in caves

deep below the Earth where they found food and shelter,

and magical stones which brought light.

A young girl left the safety of the World Beneath

and climbed up to the surface,

a sunstone illuminating her way.

(fanfare music)

Higher and higher she climbed in the darkness

not knowing that this was night.

(clapping)

(majestic music)

- So beautiful.

- Centuries passed and a great civilization evolved

but no one had ever seen the Sun.

Then the dawn came and she saw that the skies had cleared

and that the Sun shone once again.

Our ancestors followed her from the World Beneath

and they brought with them the magical stones

and they built Dinotopia.

The World Beneath was sealed, the great ruler Ogthar decreed

that it should remain a sacred place

undisturbed forever more.

(clapping)

(fireworks exploding)

- It's beautiful, wow, wow.

- Hi.

I uh, I really enjoyed the show.

(children giggling)

- It was a ceremony, but thank you

- Yeah, well whatever, it was a Saurian Spectacular.

- Karl, I want you to come back and finish the course.

- Is that why I got an invitation?

- Look, I can't do school, never have,

why should I start now?

- Because you're not the person you want to be.

- Oh and you are?

You know it all, do you?

- If you can't bear school I'll spend an hour a day

teaching you personally.

- Really?

Okay, deal.

- And in return you'll sit for your footprint exam.

Your graduation question is, how are we to live?

You have an hour to answer in any way you wish.

You may begin.

- What?

- Zipeau you look upset, what's wrong?

- The most terrible thing has happened.

A book has been, I can't bring myself to use the word.

A book has been stolen.

- Really?

Well maybe it just got lost somewhere.

- Every inch of the library has been searched.

I've been through antiques, antiquities a dozen times.

I mean, who could do such a thing?

- Look Zipeau, books get stolen from libraries all the time.

- Not in Dinotopia, it's inconceivable

to steal knowledge that should be for all.

It has to be here somewhere.

- Stop writing please.

- [Karl] You said you'd help me get off this island.

- Yes, yes, yes.

I'm a man of my word I'll just need to study this book.

Now this captain's journal charts the course

of the two ships I told you about.

With a little bit of patience we'll find the wreck

of the one that didn't make it through.

- Yeah, but I thought we were trying to find a way out.

- Of course we are.

- I just need to get something from the wreck.

- Wait a minute you said a way off the island.

That was the deal.

- If you want to come with me be here tomorrow at midnight,

but come alone.

- I can't go without my brother.

- Your brother?

Follow me.

Let me show you something, Karl.

Horrible when it happens to kin isn't it?

Seeing them sucked in.

- He's still my brother.

I can't just leave him here.

- Was your brother.

You may not be able to trust him, not any more.

' Right!

(speaking foreign language)

So you looking forward to graduation tomorrow?

- Yeah, sure.

- I can't wait to here what they thought

of your five minute answer.

- The question we asked was perhaps

the most important question any Dinotopian can be asked.

How are we to live?

David, yours was possibly the longest answer

we have ever had.

At seventeen pages your argument was an exhaustive one

and you are clearly not frightened to say

what you believe many times within the same document.

- But the finest answer we have ever had

was written by Karl.

Marion will now read Karl's answer aloud

for the entire assembly.

- Is this the real life or is it fantasy?

Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality.

Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see.

- Brilliant.

(clapping)

- That's cheating.

That's the lyrics to Bohemian Rhapsody.

- Karl's answer was very inspiring, Marion.

- Yes, it was quite special, Zipeau.

- I mean, it was the way he combined fantasy and reality

and then compared it with the land.

- Have you ever done anything in your life

when you haven't cheated?

- [Karl] Always been a sore loser, David?

- Hey, I worked hard to get through that exam.

- You're taking this Dinotopia stuff way too seriously.

- What is it you've got against this place?

- I wouldn't know where to start.

- I think you're still trying to blame

Dad's dying on Dinotopia, is that it?

- Hey leave Dad out of it.

- I'd be glad to.

And let's face it, he left us pretty much out of his life.

- Don't talk about him like that.

- At least you two had something in common.

He didn't have the time of day for me.

- I wonder why that was?

- Well, he dumped my mother, then did the same to yours,

but you still worship him.

- Don't talk like that.

- You know what?

Without Dad around, I feel free.

Kinda makes you think, doesn't it?

I'm almost glad he's gone.

(smashing)

(grunting)

(majestic music)

- My dear, those two were just never suitable

for Dinotopian education.

- But Father I really feel it's my duty to look for them.

- Marion, they're gone.

Now we have searched but nobody's found any sign.

Now, don't forget that tomorrow you travel to Vidabba.

You're due to start your habitat training.

- Father, I really do feel that I shouldn't.

- Marion?

- I feel like I've failed them both.

I should have never have let Karl go back to school.

- No, no, no, no, they were in my charge, Marion.

It is I who have failed them.

- I must go and find them.

- What?

Out there?

- I have no choice.

My father's going to be furious.

- That could be grossly understating his reaction.

Well, I suppose I should go home and get my bag.

- Why?

- Well, you don't think I'm letting you go alone do you?

(dramatic music)

(birds screeching)

- Welcome to Waterfall City's central post office.

Messenger bird 371 at your service.

Now I must remind you that our new rates

are in effect from today.

- [Marion] Sorry 371.

- [Karl] Stay with me, we're almost there.

(growling)

Come on David, talk to me.

(coughing)

- Karl!

It's Zipeau and Marion!

- Keep up, Zipeau.

- Oh, where could they be.

Do you know, I've never been so far

from Waterfall City in my life.

Bravo, Marion, you brought a postal bird.

- Where on Earth?

I must remind you there's a surcharge

for delivering messages outside Waterfall City.

How could I help?

- Message reads, are you Karl or David?

- Destination of message?

- Follow the river as far as you can until sunset.

- Follow the river?

No responsibility can be taken for delivery of messages

without precise destination.

- I understand.

I want you to fly as fast as you can

and ask anyone you meet.

Go.

- [Messenger Bird] In my day, people used to give you

a proper message with a proper destination.

- So, What do we do now?

- Wait.

- Where are we?

(animals chirping)

- Wait here for a minute.

I'm gonna check it out, okay?

(sawing)

Hello?

(creaking)

(ominous music)

- Don't know where to look.

Up the river?

It could be anywhere.

What kind of a destination do they call that?

It all looks the same from up here anyway.

- Remember when we drank his 1918 port?

His last bottle.

1,300 dollars worth of port in one afternoon.

We didn't like the taste so we mixed it with coke.

It actually made it better, remember?

That was a great Christmas, wasn't it.

- Santa didn't come that year.

- What was that?

Say it again?

- Santa didn't come that year.

- Oh, he did.

It's just that he was awful pissed.

Davey?

Davey, come on, Davey.

Stay with me.

Can you hear me?

Don't fade on me, okay?

I can't do this on my own.

(ominous music)

(bird screeching)

- Oh, bother.

Are you Karl or David?

- Karl, that's me.

- End of message, postage has been prepaid, thank you.

Come on, hurry, they're just up ahead this way.

- Karl?

David?

Are you there?

- [Messenger Bird] Come on.

- [Marion] Karl?

David?

- Someone's here.

- [Marion] Karl?

- Over here.

- Oh, thank goodness.

We're coming, stay where you are!

- Oh, thank goodness.

What's happened?

(growling)

He feels really cold.

He's very far away.

- What's she doing?

- Well, she's listening.

- Come back, David.

David?

(majestic music)

(snoring)

(Zipeau clearing throat)

- Oh, do you have another message?

- Yes, now you must fly to Vidabba

and tell them to send a rescue party as soon as possible.

Don't stop for anyone or anything.

Go: go'

They're usually quite reliable.

Oh, what a find, what a marvellous find.

This temple has been lost for centuries.

Look here, Ogthar, the great king of the World Beneath.

Legend says he was half man half dinosaur.

Quite remarkable.

I do believe you have confirmed my research.

This must lead to one of the entrances to the World Beneath.

But.

- What, Zipeau?

- The legend has it that all the entrances

are guarded by carnivores.

Oh dear.

If this is an entrance, the carnivores will think

we are violating their sacred space.

- Well, don't worry.

I haven't seen any carnivores lately.

(dramatic music)

(growling)

(growling)

Oh my god, we have to get out of here fast, come on.

- [Marion] But David can't walk.

- David, we have to leave now.

- [Marion] I'll get Zipeau.

- I'll wait for you.

- No, Karl, take David and go.

Zipeau, get out of there now!

- You really must see this.

These carvings are quite unique.

- Zipeau, we must go, come on!

- Hm, what's wrong?

Marion?

(tense music)

(growling)

- Marion!

Zipeau, Zipeau!

(roaring)

- Come on, you can make it, come on.

- Oh no.

- Run, Marion!

Marion!

(roaring)

Come on, you can make it.

Run now, now!

(dramatic music)

- Jump, Marion, jump!

- I'm coming, Zipeau.

- Oh, help, Karl!

He was eating me.

I hope you choke on it!

- Come on, David.

(majestic music)