The American Museum of Natural History, which coproduced the film, is featured prominently. But the project's larger purpose is clearly to stimulate academic interest in youngsters brought up on JURASSIC PARK-style thrills, and unlike many such polemical films makes it refreshingly clear that scientific theorizing is an ongoing process of revision to accommodate new data. Case in point: the Oviraptor ("egg eater"), whose remains were found atop a clutch of fossilized eggs. The best minds of the day pegged it as a sneaky predator killed while raiding another beast's nest, but subsequent research proved them dead wrong. The much-maligned Oviraptor was exonerated 70 million years after its demise — it was actually brooding its own eggs and died in a flash flood. Justice delayed isn't always justice denied. The American Museum of Natural History, which helped co-produce the film, is featured prominently. But the project's larger purpose is clearly to stimulate academic interest in youngsters brought up on JURASSIC PARK- style thrills, and unlike many such polemical films makes it refreshingly clear that scientific theorizing is an ongoing process of revision to accommodate new data. Case in point: The Oviraptor ("egg eater"), whose remains were found atop a clutch of fossilized eggs. The best minds of the day pegged it as a sneaky predator killed while raiding another beast's nest, but subsequent research proved them dead wrong. The much-maligned Oviraptor was exonerated 70 million years after its demise – it was actually brooding its own eggs and died in a flash flood. Justice delayed isn't always justice denied. --Maitland McDonagh
