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Episode 175
DINOSAUR 13, Documentary (Clips and Trailer) with Todd Douglas Miller
Amateur paleontologists discovered the largest T-Rex ever found, and DINOSAUR 13 tracks their unusually difficult journey through a mess of legal and academic battles to keep their discovery. We look at clips from the film (including the trailer) and learn about the struggle of Peter Larson and his team, direct from DINOSAUR 13 director, Todd Douglas Miller in this BYOD full length episode.
Episode Breakdown
00:01 Welcome to BYOD.
00:30 Introducing Todd Douglas Miller.
02:00 Telling the story of the world’s greatest dinosaur discovery and balancing narratives.
05:06 Dinosaur 13 clip: Discovery of dinosaur nicknamed “Sue”.
11:03 Federal government agents take “Sue” away from the paleontologist team.
15:05 Dinosaur 13 clip: Town protests the government seizure of “Sue”.
16:37 Buying “Sue” from the landowner and the ensuing court battle to get her back.
25:10 Recreating the story with Kristen.
27:11 Dinosaur 13, clip: Understanding the indictments.
31:06 How did the cast survive?
35:42 Dinosaur 13, Trailer.
Guest Bio
Todd Douglas Miller has been making films and short-form content for over a decade. His films include Gahanna Bill and Scaring the Fish. His short-form work has won numerous international and national awards. Dinosaur 13 is his first feature-length documentary.
DINOSAUR 13:
When Paleontologist Peter Larson and his team from the Black Hills Institute made the world’s greatest dinosaur discovery in 1990, they knew it was the find of a lifetime: the largest, most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex ever found. But during a ten-year battle with the U.S. government, powerful museums, Native American tribes and competing paleontologists, they found themselves not only fighting to keep their dinosaur, but fighting for their freedom as well.
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