The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists. directed by Roy Allen Smith and originally released direct-to-video on December 10, 1996, is the fourth film in the Land Before Time series. It was the last film in the series to be directed by Smith, and the last to feature any of the cast from the original The Land Before Time (1988), with voice actress Candace Hutson departing after voicing the main character Cera in this film. The plot of the movie involves a herd of longnecks, who are cousins of Grandma and Grandpa Longneck.
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paying a visit to the Great Valley. among them being a young female longneck named Ali.
who befriends Littlefoot and leads him with the other main characters into her homeland, the Land of Mists. to search for a flower that will cure Littlefoot's grandfather of a recent illness. Although The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists remains one of the more popular Land Before Time films among fans of the series, it was received poorly by the critics, with most of them considering the plot and characters to be underdeveloped. Despite this, the movie received two Annie award nominations, and was re-released many times after its original video release. English Voice Cast. Japanese voice cast.
Note: The Japanese voice actors are appearing so far. The residents of the Great Valley come to greet the migrating Longneck herd. Littlefoot notices a longneck herd entering the Great Valley.
and informs his grandparents. They tell him that the longnecks are their cousins, and that they must go and greet them. As the Old One. the leader of the herd, tells the residents of the Great Valley that her herd has been migratory since a heavy rain period turned their old home into a marshland called "The Land of Mists ", and became the home of many dangerous creatures, Littlefoot meets a longneck girl named Ali. and invites her to play. He introduces her to his friends, but as she is not used to associating with diverse species, she is afraid of them.
Meanwhile, Grandpa Longneck falls ill, and the Old One notes that the illness is lethal unless the victim eats the petals of the "Night Flower ", a flower which can only be found in the Land of Mists. Though Littlefoot is warned that the journey is too dangerous, he feels determined to save his grandfather, and asks Ali to take him there. She agrees, on the condition that the other children do not come; they will slow them down.
As the two of them make their way, they pass through a cave, and a sudden earthshake (earthquake) causes a wall of rocks to crash down, separating them. Ali decides the others will have to help her free Littlefoot, and runs off to get them. Littlefoot, in the meantime, tries to find a way out, and meets an old Archelon named Archie. who offers to help him dig through the rocks. They are interrupted by a Sharp Beak ( Ichthyornis ) and a Belly Dragger ( Deinosuchus ) named Ichy and Dil. who have their minds set to eat them.
Whilst Ichy and Dil give Archie and Littlefoot chase, Ali and the others dig at the wall from the other side. After Cera (who initially refused to join out of spite for Ali) joins them, they are able to free Littlefoot and Archie, and knock Ichy and Dil out. Littlefoot explains to them what happened, and the Night Flower is mentioned. Archie shows them a way to the Land of Mists, and gives them a reminder to stay close together, for defence. In the Land of Mists, Cera becomes separated from the group, who seek help from a mammal Ducky names "Tickles " (for his fur) to find her.
Cera falls into a river, and is soon pursued by Ichy and Dil. Ali saves Cera and distracts the predators, after which Cera softens towards Ali, and Ali explains her prejudiced behaviour. The night flowers in the field, coming into bloom.
When the seven stop for the night, they find that they are in a field of Night Flowers, and quickly stock up on them. As they make their way home, Dil and Ichy attack them one more time. During the chase, Ducky falls into a river and Spike calls out her name, whilst Petrie rescues her from the predators. Ichy and Dil get into an argument when Dil mistakes Ichy for Ducky and nearly eats him, after which they dismiss each other.
Dil flings Ichy off, but soon calls for him when a Plesiosaur gives her chase. Meanwhile, the children say goodbye to Tickles, and head home. They give Grandpa Longneck the blossoms, and he gets better upon eating them. Ali's herd then leaves, and the narrator concludes that Littlefoot and the others will meet Ali again one day.
In June 1994, when The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure ' s release that December was announced, it was mentioned that The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving and The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists were already in production. [1] Shortly after the December 1995 release of the fourth film, it was declared that an alternate version of the video for the film would be released, featuring hand signing for hearing-impaired audiences. [2] Craig Releya, the vice president of Universal's marketing, explained "Not all of the hearing-impaired can benefit from closed captioning. Sometimes the closed captioning goes by too fast, but the main problem is that younger children aren't able to read yet".
[2] The ASL version of The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists was aimed at hearing-impaired children between ages three and eight, and featured hand signing by Sesame Street regular Linda Bove. [2]. A mountain view of the Land of Mists. While some critics had low opinons on the animation in the film, [3] others gave more positive reviews on the scenery.
[4] [5] Variety critic Joe Leydon stated "The animation won't cause many sleepless nights at the Disney factory. Even so, it's far superior to what children see in most Saturday morning cartoon shows. " [6].
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists generally received cold reviews from the critcs, with Internet Reviews critic Steve Rhodes saying in his review that The Land Before Time was suffering from the "excessive sequel syndrome", with films that were "pure formula". He also criticized the film for being released straight to video, for not having very frightening villains in comparison with the Sharpteeth from the previouse films, and for having a similar raw theme to the previous films. [4] Nine years after the video release of the movie, Richard Scheib of the Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review Database (www. moria. co. nz) rated it a two-star movie, and said it was the slowest-paced film of all the Land Before Time films that had been produced at that point. Scheib also accused it of copying The Lion King.
which was released in 1994 (two years before The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists' s release), with the concept of "The Circle of Life", which was even the topic of the song "Grandma's Lullaby ". [7] Michael Scheinfeld on Disney Family. com. when reviewing the films in the Land Before Time series (in 2007), considered the fourth film to be "one of the weakest entries in the series", and also criticized the song "Grandma's Lullaby"; calling it a "blatant attempt to conjure up memories" of The Lion King. However, he mistakenly called the song "The Circle of Life" instead of "Grandma's Lullaby". [3].
Bonnie Sayers on Epinions. com gave The Land Before Time IV: Journey through the Mists a rating of four stars out of five, and praised the family love portrayed in the film, but opposed the scenes in the Land of Mists; deeming them as "scary for young kids". [8]. Rod Gustafson on Parent Previews.
com thought that the previous three films in the series had all been good, if not predictable, but he considered this film a disappointment when compared with them. However, he described the film as being interesting for young children, its target audience. [9] Other critics with different opinons on the movie have agreed on its appropriateness for children. [6] Michael Sauter of Entertainment Weekly said that while the Land Before Time series seemed to follow a formula, The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists was still more vibrantly animated and had more appealing songs than the previous films had.
[5]. The movie has a current rating of 5. 0/10 stars at IMDB. com, based on 1,330 votes. [10] It received a 0% rating by the critics at Rotten Tomatoes.
com. [11]. Awards/Nominations.
In 1997 The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists received an Annie Award nomination for Best Home Video Production, though the award went to Disney's Aladdin and the King of Thieves. [12] Leslie Bricusse received an Annie nomination that year for Best Individual Achievement: Music in a Feature/Home Video Production, for writing the songs in the movie, but lost to Randy Newman for Cats Don't Dance. [13]. Cultural influence. The original video cover for The Land Before Time IV: Journey through the Mists.