The Dinosaur Hunters (2002)

Name: The Dinosaur Hunters
Director: Andrew Piddington
Genre: Drama, Documentary
Released: 2002-12-30
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 5

5.0 (1)

Dec 30, 2002 2h 2min

Drama Documentary

Synopsis

One man who kept asking questions was Gideon Mantell, the amateur paleontologist who, in the early 19th century, fought to get the British scientific establishment to accept Britain had been inhabited by dinosaurs. As this dramatised documentary shows, Mantell had an uphill battle in a time when the biblical account of creation was considered literal truth and authorities such as the Reverend William Buckland were determined that science remain "the handmaid of religion".

Director

Andrew Piddington

Status

Released

Original Language