What is The Land Before Time?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox movie | starring = [[Gabriel Damon]] | distributor = [[Universal Pictures]] | released = November 18, 1988 | country = United States<br>Ireland | language = English }} '''''The Land Before Time''''' is a 1988 movie produced by [[Steven Spielberg]] and directed by [[Don Bluth]]. It was released on November 18, 1988, along with ''[[Oliver & Company]]''. The movie's success led to thirteen direct-to-video [[sequel]]s and a TV show. ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 movie)|The Little Mermaid]]'' was later released on November 17, 1989. It is the second of three animated features to have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. ''[[The Black Cauldron (movie)|The Black Cauldron]]'' and ''[[Rock-a-Doodle]]'' were also nominated for Best Picture in their respective years. The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, beating two [[Disney]] films, ''[[The Rescuers Down Under]]'' and ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'', as well as Best Sound Editing at the 77th Academy Awards. == Plot == During the dinosaur age, a famine forces dinosaur groups to look for an oasis called the Great Valley. An [[Apatosaurus]] hatches a single baby called Littlefoot. Years later, Littlefoot encounters and plays with Cera, a young [[Triceratops]], until her father intervenes. In the evening, Littlefoot plays with Cera again, until a large [[Tyrannosaurus]] pursues them. Littlefoot's mother comes to their rescue. During their struggle, an earthshake strikes and splits the whole land, swallowing up the Tyrannosaurus, and dividing Littlefoot, Cera and other dinosaurs from their own herds; several of them become dead in the process. Before dying, Littlefoot's wounded mother gives him some words of advice about finding the Great Valley. Confused, and in-grief, Littlefoot meets Rooter, a [[Scolosaurus]] who consoles him. Later, he meets a young [[Saurolophus]] named Ducky, and a young [[Pteranodon]] named Petrie. Looking for her kind, Cera finds the unconscious Tyrannosaur