Adventures in Dinosaur City (known as Dinosaurs: The Movie in the United Kingdom) is a 1991 American science fiction children's film directed by Brett Thompson and starring Omri Katz, Shawn Hoffman, Tiffanie Poston, Rob Sherwood, Patrick Labyorteaux, and David Jolliffe.
[1] Three teenage friends, named Timmy, Mick, and Jamie, enjoy watching an animated TV series called Dino Saurs, which features anthropomorphic dinosaurs and cavepeople.
After they put the videotape into the device and turn it on, a vortex sucks the three into the screen, and into the universe in which the show takes place.
Additionally, the kids think that they need the fuse in order to reopen the portal to their world and return home.
Although reluctant, Forry's knowledge of his world proves useful as he guides the three through a dinosaur graveyard and onward to Tar Town.
Rex takes Timmy to a nearby island, and reveals that his father is considered a traitor who surrendered Saur City to Mr. Big.
During the battle, Timmy discovers that he can pause and rewind the Rockies by using the remote control that he brought with him from his parents' lab.
They find Rex's imprisoned father, who reveals that Mr. Big used a mind-controlling potion to force him to surrender Saur City.
The kids bring Timmy's parents into the lab to show them what happened, and then there is the sound of the device activating.