The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water

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The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water is the ninth animated film in the Land Before Time series. It was produced and directed by Charles Grosvenor, with a soundtrack composed by James Horner. During the year this was released, Universal brought back on DVD, for the first time, two of the previous Land Before Time films; The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure and The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving.

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[edit] Plot

When heavy rains create a mysterious "new water", Littlefoot sets off to explore the Great Valley. He quickly becomes friends with Mo the mischievous Ophthalmosaurus who has been isolated from his pod by the weather. When Littlefoot and friends get separated from their parents because of the Earthshake, they help Mo get back home to the Big Water, while avoiding a hungry Liopleurodon. On the way, Littlefoot and Co discuss such interesting things as imaginary friends, the concept of loneliness, and the true meaning of a brother.

[edit] Voice Cast

[edit] Songs

The songs are written by Michelle Bourman and Amanda McBroom. Big Water is borrowed and rewritten from The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island, in which the songwriters also collaborated.

  • Chanson D'Ennui
  • Imaginary Friend
  • Big Water (Reprise)
  • You Never Have To Be Alone (the end credits version is sung by Donny Osmond)

[edit] Trivia

  • This was the first Land Before Time film to contain more than three songs.
  • This was the last Land Before Time film in which Thomas Dekker provided Littlefoot's voice.
  • In this film, Littlefoot wishes his mother could have given him a brother. As seen from the broken eggs in Littlefoot's nest and the narrator's word that he was his herd's "last hope for the future" in The Land Before Time, he did have brothers (and perhaps sisters) but they all died as eggs. He got his wish, however, when he found his father, Bron, had adopted Shorty.
  • This was the first Land Before Time film in which the eggs are computer-animated.
  • Mo's name may derive from Mosasaurus, an ancient marine reptile and the first prehistoric reptile recognized by science.
  • The last film in the series to use James Horner's original score (If We Hold On Together was played for the last time when the gang reach the Big Water).

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The Land Before Time
Film series

The Land Before Time (1988) • The Great Valley Adventure (1994) • The Time of the Great Giving (1995) • Journey Through the Mists (1996) • The Mysterious Island (1997) • The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998) • The Stone of Cold Fire (2000) • The Big Freeze (2001) • Journey to Big Water (2002) • The Great Longneck Migration (2003) • Invasion of the Tinysauruses (2004) • The Great Day of the Flyers (2007)
Characters

Littlefoot • Cera • Ducky • Petrie • Spike • Chomper • Sharptooth • Minor Characters
TV series

The Land Before Time (2007-)
Songs

Peaceful Valley (1994)
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