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The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire

The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire is a earth science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire rather than just read about it. In short: The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire is a 2000 American direct-to-video animated adventure musical drama and the seventh film in The Land Before Time series, produced and directed by Charles Grosvenor. It stars the voices of Jeff Glen Bennett, Anndi McAfee, Thomas Dekker, Aria Noelle Curzon, Rob Paulsen, Kenneth Mars, Miriam Flynn, John Ingle, Tress MacNeille, Jim Cummings, Charles Kimbrough, Patti Deuts…

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The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire is a 2000 American direct-to-video animated adventure musical drama and the seventh film in The Land Before Time series, produced and directed by Charles Grosvenor. It stars the voices of Jeff Glen Bennett, Anndi McAfee, Thomas Dekker, Aria Noelle Curzon, Rob Paulsen, Kenneth Mars, Miriam Flynn, John Ingle, Tress MacNeille, Jim Cummings, Charles Kimbrough, Patti Deutsch and Michael York. The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire was produced by Universal Cartoon Studios and released by Universal Studios Home Video on December 5, 2000. This was the only Land Before Time film to be written by Len Uhley. This is the first installment to not have John Ingle's narration. Starting with The Stone of Cold Fire, Taiwanese-American studio Wang Film Productions takes over the overseas animation work on the entire Land Before Time series until the 2007–08 television series of the same name and The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends, after South Korean studio AKOM provided their animation for the last five direct-to-video sequels: The Great Valley Adventure, The Time of the Great Giving, Journey Through the Mists, The Mysterious Island, and The Secret of Saurus Rock.

Plot Late one night, Littlefoot sees a meteor fall from the sky and crashing into the volcano Threehorn's Peak. When Littlefoot describes it the next morning, the adults in Great Valley do not take it seriously, except for two mysterious newcomer dinosaurs, the rainbow-beaked and long-necked "Rainbow Faces". The Rainbow Faces tell them of possibilities of wonders beyond what they know, and suggest the rock may be a magic stone of cold fire. Littlefoot tries to tell Cera's father he knows where the flying rock was and how to find it. But Cera's father warns Littlefoot of the Mysterious Beyond, especially parts with volcanoes, are off-limits. Littlefoot's grandfather agrees and tells Littlefoot that until some far-walkers leave the Great Valley, it would be better for them to not worry about the flying rock. Pterano, the outcast uncle of Littlefoot's friend Petrie, overhears the conversation and conspires to find the rock to use its powers to control the valley. Pterano gets Petrie, who idolizes him, to tell him the rock's location. Littlefoot's friend Ducky overhears Pterano's plan, but before she can warn the others, Pterano and his cronies, Rinkus and Sierra, capture her and set out to find the Stone. Upon discovering Ducky's abduction, the adults tell the young ones how Pterano previously led some of their herd during their search for the valley and encountered a pack of Fast Biters. Despite Pterano's ability to escape, the event left him emotionally scarred and he was ordered to leave the herd as punishment for leading his followers into danger and leaving them for dead. Since the adults are slow to reach a decision, Littlefoot, Petrie, Cera, and Spike take it upon themselves to search for Ducky. Meanwhile, Ducky escapes the Flyers and falls into a cave while fleeing. After the children find her, Ducky comforts Petrie, who is distraught about his uncle's actions, by stating she could tell that Pterano is the least wicked of the three Flyers and has potential to do good. Rinkus and Sierra suddenly re-capture Ducky and pursue the children in violation of Pterano's orders, but the children outsmart them. As the Flyers fly away, Petrie tells them not to go and a thunderstorm comes. Later, the adult dinosaurs meet and Grandpa Longneck tells Petrie's mother to find another flier to help her find the children. Meanwhile, Sierra displays mutinous feelings towards Pterano, but Rinkus convinces him to hold off betraying him until they find the Stone. The children pursue the Flyers, hoping to reach the Stone before them. The Rainbow Faces help them get there, where they discover the Stone is just an ordinary meteorite. Lamenting over this realization, Pterano explains that he meant to create a paradise with the stone's power, not realizing that this paradise already exists in the form of the Great Valley. Unwilling to believe the Stone is not magic, Rinkus and Sierra betray Pterano. However, as they hit the Stone to make it give them power, the volcano begins to erupt. Petrie's mother arrives to evacuate the children, and they land back at the site where they camped earlier. Pterano is thanked for saving Ducky's life and his exile is reduced to five years. Petrie cuts in and tries to appeal against the punishment, pleading with the grown-ups to let Pterano stay in the Great Valley. However, Petrie's mother states that even though Pterano may be remorseful, it does not change his previous actions and he must still be held accountable. Pterano, agreeing with the verdict, tells Petrie that everyone has to take accountability for their actions and assures Petrie that he should be fine. Accepting the verdict, Petrie tearfully bids Pterano farewell. That night, Littlefoot finds the Rainbow Faces, who tell him that the stone was not magic, but his search for it was what really mattered, and reiterate that there are many unknowns to be discovered. They then disappear in a beam of light just as an object similar to the meteorite soars overhead, implying that they're aliens and the meteorite is their spacecraft. As his friends find him, Littlefoot reflects that there are many unknowns and that such unknowns make life wonderful. And Petrie admits that although he still loves and idolizes him, his Uncle Pterano isn't as smart as he thought after all.

Voice cast

Jeff Bennett as Petrie / Spokes Dinosaur Michael York as Pterano Thomas Dekker as Littlefoot Anndi McAfee as Cera Aria Curzon as Ducky Rob Paulsen as Rinkus/ Spike Jim Cummings as Sierra Kenneth Mars as Grandpa Longneck Miriam Flynn as Grandma Longneck John Ingle as Topsy Tress MacNeille as Ducky's Mom / Petrie's Mom Charles Kimbrough as Rainbow Face #1 Patti Deutsch as Rainbow Face #2 (speaking voice) B.J. Ward as Rainbow Face #2 (singing voice)

Production Production of the film had concluded by June 2000. This is the first film in the series to use digital ink-and-paint rather than traditional cel animation that was used in the first 6 films.

Songs All tracks are written by Michele Brourman and Amanda McBroom.

Release December 5, 2000 (VHS and DVD) December 4, 2001 (VHS and DVD) December 2, 2003 (VHS and DVD - 4 Movie Dino Pack (Volume 2) and 9 Movie Dino Pack) November 29, 2005 (DVD - 2 Mysteries Beyond the Great Valley)

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire

In research: The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire appears in earth science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2000 American animated direct-to-video films, 2000 English-language films, 2000 children's animated films, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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