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{{short description|1993 film by Steven Spielberg}} |
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name = Jurassic Park | |
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writer = [[Michael Crichton]]<br>[[David Koepp]] | |
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starring = [[Sam Neill]]<br>[[Laura Dern]]<br>[[Jeff Goldblum]]<br>[[Richard Attenborough]]<br>[[Joseph Mazzello]]<br>[[Ariana Richards]]<br>[[Wayne Knight]]<br>[[Samuel L. Jackson]] | |
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music = [[John Williams]] | |
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| name = Jurassic Park |
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director = [[Steven Spielberg]] | |
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| image = Jurassic Park poster.jpg |
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producer = [[Kathleen Kennedy (movie producer)|Kathleen Kennedy]]<br>[[Gerald R. Molen]] | |
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| alt = A black poster featuring a red shield with a stylized Tyrannosaurus skeleton under a plaque reading "Jurassic Park". Below is the tagline "An Adventure 65 Million Years in the Making". |
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distributor = [[Universal Pictures]]<br>[[Amblin Entertainment]] | |
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| caption = Theatrical release poster |
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released = [[June 11]], [[1993]]| |
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| director = [[Steven Spielberg]] |
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| producer = {{Plain list| |
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language = English | |
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* [[Kathleen Kennedy (producer)|Kathleen Kennedy]] |
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budget = $62,000,000 (estimated) | |
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* [[Gerald R. Molen]] |
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imdb_id = 0107290 | |
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| screenplay = {{Plain list| |
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* [[Michael Crichton]] |
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* [[David Koepp]] |
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| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Jurassic Park (novel)|Jurassic Park]]''|Michael Crichton}} |
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| starring = {{Plain list| |
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* [[Sam Neill]] |
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* [[Laura Dern]] |
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* [[Jeff Goldblum]] |
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* [[Richard Attenborough]] |
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* [[Bob Peck]] |
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* [[Martin Ferrero]] |
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* [[BD Wong]] |
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* [[Samuel L. Jackson]] |
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* [[Wayne Knight]] |
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* [[Joseph Mazzello]] |
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* [[Ariana Richards]] |
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}} |
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| music = [[John Williams]] |
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| cinematography = [[Dean Cundey]] |
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| editing = [[Michael Kahn (film editor)|Michael Kahn]] |
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| studio = [[Amblin Entertainment]] |
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| distributor = [[Universal Pictures]] |
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| released = {{Film date|1993|6|9|[[Uptown Theater (Washington, D.C.)|Uptown Theater]]|1993|6|11|United States}} |
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| runtime = 127 minutes<ref name="AFI Catalog">{{cite web |title=Jurassic Park (1993) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/67200-JURASSIC-PARK?sid=da284c4a-2077-45d0-9e56-bff373854890&sr=11.465292&cp=1&pos=0 |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=June 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610130510/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/67200-JURASSIC-PARK?sid=da284c4a-2077-45d0-9e56-bff373854890&sr=11.465292&cp=1&pos=0 |archive-date=June 10, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| country = United States |
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| language = English |
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| budget = $63 million<ref name= "figures">{{cite web |title=Jurassic Park |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0107290/ |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=May 9, 2021 |archive-date=September 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916195455/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0107290/ |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| gross = <!-- NOTE: BOM has double-counted a reissue gross. Please do not "correct" the figure. Hopefully, BOM will rectify this problem soon. See See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Film/Film_finance_task_force#Box_Office_Mojo for more details.-->$1.058 billion<ref>{{cite web |title=Jurassic Park |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Jurassic-Park#tab=summary |access-date=February 21, 2024}}</ref> |
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'''''Jurassic Park''''' is a 1993 American [[science fiction action film]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/jurassic-park-v26808|title=Jurassic Park (1993) - Steven Spielberg | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|publisher=[[AllMovie]]|access-date=October 8, 2020|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804053413/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/jurassic-park-v26808|url-status=live}}</ref> directed by [[Steven Spielberg]], produced by [[Kathleen Kennedy (producer)|Kathleen Kennedy]] and [[Gerald R. Molen]], and starring [[Sam Neill]], [[Laura Dern]], [[Jeff Goldblum]], and [[Richard Attenborough]]. It is the first installment in the ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' franchise, and the first film in the original ''Jurassic Park'' trilogy, and is based on [[Michael Crichton]]'s [[Jurassic Park (novel)|1990 novel of the same name]], with a screenplay by Crichton and [[David Koepp]]. The film is set on the fictional island of Isla Nublar, off [[Central America]]'s Pacific Coast near [[Costa Rica]], where a wealthy businessman [[John Hammond (Jurassic Park)|John Hammond]] (Attenborough), and a team of genetic scientists have created a [[Animal theme park|wildlife park]] of [[De-extinction|de-extinct]] [[dinosaur]]s. When industrial sabotage leads to a catastrophic shutdown of the park's power facilities and security precautions, a small group of visitors, including Hammond's grandchildren, struggle to survive and escape the now perilous island. |
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Before Crichton's novel was published, four studios put in bids for its film rights. With the backing of [[Universal Pictures]], Spielberg acquired the rights for $1.5 million before its publication in 1990. Crichton was hired for an additional $500,000 to adapt the novel for the screen. Koepp wrote the final draft, which left out much of the novel's exposition and violence, while making numerous changes to the characters. Filming took place in California and Hawaii from August to November 1992, and post-production lasted until May 1993, supervised by Spielberg in Poland as he filmed ''[[Schindler's List]]''. The dinosaurs were created with groundbreaking [[computer-generated imagery]] by [[Industrial Light & Magic]], and with life-sized [[animatronic]] dinosaurs built by [[Stan Winston]]'s team. To showcase the film's sound design, which included a mixture of various animal noises for the dinosaur sounds, Spielberg invested in the creation of [[DTS (sound system)|DTS]], a company specializing in digital [[surround sound]] formats. The film was backed by an extensive $65 million marketing campaign, which included licensing deals with over 100 companies. |
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'''''Jurassic Park''''' is a novel written by [[Michael Crichton]] and published in [[1990]]. It was later adapted as a [[film|movie]] directed by [[Steven Spielberg]]. Often considered a [[cautionary tale]] on unconsidered biological tinkering in the same spirit as [[Mary Shelley]]'s ''[[Frankenstein]]'', it uniquely uses the mathematical concept of [[chaos theory]] and its philosophical implications to explain the collapse of an [[amusement park]] showcasing certain recreated [[dinosaur]] species. |
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''Jurassic Park'' premiered on June 9, 1993, at the [[Uptown Theater (Washington, D.C.)|Uptown Theater]] in Washington, D.C., and was released on June 11 in the United States. It was a [[Blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbuster]] hit and went on to gross over $914 million worldwide in its original theatrical run,<ref name="original release">{{cite web |title=The Box Office Legacy Of 'Jurassic Park,' 20 Years Later |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2013/04/05/the-box-office-legacy-of-jurassic-park-20-years-later/?sh=69485d86e0c7 |website=Forbes |date=April 5, 2013}}</ref> surpassing Spielberg's own ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'' to become [[Timeline of highest-grossing films|the highest-grossing film of all time]] until the release of ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' in 1997.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108108407/its-a-titanic-hit/ |title=It's a Titanic hit |
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== Plot summary (novel) == |
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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822192638/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108108407/its-a-titanic-hit/ |date=February 25, 1998 |access-date=August 22, 2022 |archive-date=August 22, 2022 |page=37 |publisher=[[The Tampa Tribune]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> It also remains the highest-grossing film directed by Spielberg to date. The film was also a critical success, with praise directed at its special effects, sound design, action sequences, [[John Williams]]'s score, and Spielberg's direction.<ref>{{Rotten Tomatoes||Jurassic Park}}</ref> The film won over 20 awards, including three [[Academy Awards]] for technical achievements in visual effects and sound design. Following its 20th anniversary re-release in 2013, ''Jurassic Park'' became the oldest film in history to surpass $1{{nbsp}}billion in ticket sales and the 17th overall. |
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In the years since its release, film critics and industry professionals have often cited ''Jurassic Park'' as one of the greatest movies of the action and thriller genres. The movie is also an example of a [[techno-thriller]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/by-writing-genre/varieties-of-the-technothriller-genre|title=Crypto, Sci-Fi, Soldiers, Spies (and Disasters, of Course): 5 Varieties in the Technothriller Genre|date=2018-07-19|website=Writer's Digest|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-09|archive-date=July 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728153053/https://www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/by-writing-genre/varieties-of-the-technothriller-genre|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Jurassic Park'''s pioneering use of computer-generated imagery is considered to have paved the way for the special effects practices of modern cinema. In 2018, it was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film spawned [[Jurassic Park|a multimedia franchise]] that includes five sequels, two television series, [[Jurassic Park video games|video games]], [[Jurassic Park#Attractions|theme park attractions]], [[Jurassic Park#Comics|comic books]], and various merchandise. |
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==Plot== |
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The novel, in an "introduction", is initially presented as a brief report on the consequences of "The InGen Incident", which occurred in August 1989. This "fiction as fact" presentation had been used by Crichton before, notably in ''[[Eaters of the Dead]]'' and ''[[The Andromeda Strain]]''. Shortly after the story begins, a group of scientists (including [[paleontologist]] Alan Grant and [[chaos theory]] mathematician Ian Malcolm) are invited on an all-expense-paid preview visit to '''Jurassic Park''', a [[zoo]]-like [[amusement park]] set up by billionaire John Hammond (founder of [[InGen]]) on the island of [[Isla Nublar]] (near [[Costa Rica]]). Hammond wishes to hear the opinions of the scientists and eventually win their approval of the park; Malcolm expresses misgivings from the beginning. |
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[[Industrialist]] John Hammond has created Jurassic Park, a [[Animal theme park|theme park]] of [[Cloning|cloned]] [[dinosaurs]], on the tropical island Isla Nublar, located off of the coast of [[Costa Rica]]. After a ''[[Velociraptor]]'' kills a dinosaur handler, the park's investors, represented by lawyer Donald Gennaro, demand a safety certification. Gennaro invites [[Chaos theory|chaotician]] [[Ian Malcolm (character)|Ian Malcolm]], and Hammond invites [[paleontologist]] [[Alan Grant (character)|Alan Grant]] and [[paleobotanist]] [[Ellie Sattler]]. Upon arrival, the group is shocked to see a live ''[[Brachiosaurus]]'' and other dinosaurs. At the park's visitor center, the group learns that the cloning was accomplished by extracting [[Ancient DNA|dinosaur DNA]] from prehistoric [[mosquito]]es preserved in [[amber]]. DNA from [[frog]]s, among other animals, were used to fill in gaps in the dinosaurs' [[genome]]. |
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To prevent breeding, the dinosaurs were made female by direct [[chromosome]] manipulation. The group witnesses the hatching of a baby ''Velociraptor'' and visits the raptor enclosure. During lunch, the group debates the [[ethics of cloning]] and the park's creation. Malcolm warns of the implications of [[genetic engineering]] while Grant and Sattler express uncertainty over the ability of humans and dinosaurs to coexist. Hammond's grandchildren, Lex and Tim, join the others for a park tour while Hammond oversees them from the control room. Most of the dinosaurs fail to appear, and the group encounters a sick ''[[Triceratops]]''. The tour is cut short as a [[Tropical cyclone|tropical storm]] approaches. The park employees leave for the mainland on a boat while the visitors return to their railed-electric tour vehicles, except Sattler, who stays behind with the park's veterinarian, Dr. Harding, to study the sick ''Triceratops''. |
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The park contains [[dinosaurs]], which have been recreated from damaged dinosaur [[DNA]] found in [[mosquito]]es trapped in [[amber]] that sucked their [[blood]] that have been spliced with amphibian DNA to fill in the gaps. Hammond and his genetic engineers take great delight in explaining the ways that they created the dinosaurs. The scientists grow apprehensive when they discover that the dinosaurs have been breeding, despite InGen's efforts to keep them sterile. |
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Jurassic Park's disgruntled lead computer programmer, Dennis Nedry, was previously bribed by Lewis Dodgson, a man working for Hammond's corporate rival, to steal frozen dinosaur [[embryo]]s. He deactivates the park's security system to access the embryo storage room and stores them inside a container disguised as a [[Barbasol]] [[shaving cream]] can. |
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The action begins when Dennis Nedry, chief programmer of the Jurassic Park controlling software, tries to steal dinosaur [[embryo]]s as per a deal with [[Lewis Dodgson]], who works for one of John Hammond's competitors, [[Biosyn]]. In order to do this, he has to turn off the electricity to the park's many electric fences, and a number of dinosaurs — including a ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' and eight ''[[Velociraptor]]'' — escape from their enclosures, and have a number of encounters with the scientists, who remain inside the park. |
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Nedry's sabotage cuts power to the tour vehicles, stranding them as they near the park's ''[[Tyrannosaurus|Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' paddock. Most of the park's electric fences have also been deactivated, allowing the ''[[Rexy|Tyrannosaurus]]'' to escape and attack the group. After the ''Tyrannosaurus'' overturns a tour vehicle, it injures Malcolm and devours Gennaro while Grant, Lex, and Tim escape. On his way to deliver the embryos to the island's docks, Nedry gets lost in the rain, crashes his [[Jeep Wrangler]], and is killed by a venom-spitting ''[[Dilophosaurus]]''. Sattler helps the game warden Robert Muldoon search for survivors; they find Malcolm just before the ''Tyrannosaurus'' returns and chases them away. Grant, Tim, and Lex take shelter in a treetop and encounter a ''Brachiosaurus'' herd. Back at the visitor center, Sattler convinces Hammond not to recreate the park, as his vision is beyond human control. Grant and the kids discover the broken shells of dinosaur eggs the following morning. Grant concludes that the dinosaurs are breeding, which is possible because of [[amphibian]] DNA—animals like [[common reed frog|West African frogs]] can [[Sequential hermaphroditism|change their sex]] in a single-sex environment, enabling the dinosaurs to breed. The three later encounter a ''[[Gallimimus]]'' stampede being hunted by the ''Tyrannosaurus.'' |
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Eventually several of the characters escape the island alive (although many do not) and the island is razed by the Costa Rican Air Force, although there is disturbing evidence that several Raptors may have escaped, as well as a number of [[procompsognathids]]. The survivors of the incident are detained indefinitely by the Costa Rican government. |
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Unable to decipher Nedry's code to reactivate the security system, Hammond and chief engineer Ray Arnold decide to reboot the park's systems. Muldoon reveals that Dinosaurs depend on lysine and will eventually die without it. The group shuts down the park's power grid and retreats to an emergency bunker while Arnold heads to a maintenance shed to complete the rebooting process. When Arnold fails to return, Sattler and Muldoon head over, discovering the shutdown has released the ''Velociraptors''. Muldoon distracts two of them while Sattler turns the power back on before being attacked by a third and discovering Arnold's severed arm. At the same time, Muldoon is caught off-guard and killed by a ''Velociraptor''. |
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The book has one sequel, ''[[The Lost World (Michael Crichton)|The Lost World]]''. |
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Grant, Tim, and Lex reach the visitor center. Grant heads out to look for Sattler, leaving Tim and Lex inside. The raptors appear and pursue Tim and Lex throughout a kitchen, but they escape, locking one in a freezer before joining Grant and Sattler. The group reaches the control room, and Lex restores the park's systems, allowing them to contact Hammond, who calls for help. As they try to leave, they are cornered by the two remaining raptors, but the ''Tyrannosaurus'' appears and kills them while the group flees. Hammond arrives in a jeep with Malcolm, and they board a helicopter to leave the island. |
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One of the themes expressed throughout this story and its sequels is that of [[homeothermic]] (warm-blooded) dinosaurs, a recent theory popularized by [[paleontologist]] [[Bob Bakker]]. |
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==Cast== |
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The novel is considerably darker in tone and content than the movie, with graphic violence and a higher body count. |
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{{Main|List of Jurassic Park characters{{!}}List of ''Jurassic Park'' characters}} |
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* [[Sam Neill]] as [[Alan Grant (Jurassic Park)|Dr. Alan Grant]]: A [[paleontologist]] |
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* [[Laura Dern]] as [[Ellie Sattler|Dr. Ellie Sattler]]: A [[paleobotanist]] |
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* [[Jeff Goldblum]] as [[Ian Malcolm (Jurassic Park)|Dr. Ian Malcolm]]: A [[mathematician]] and [[Chaos theory|chaos theorist]] |
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* [[Richard Attenborough]] as [[John Hammond (Jurassic Park)|John Hammond]]: CEO and founder of [[InGen]] |
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* [[Bob Peck]] as [[Robert Muldoon (fictional character)|Robert Muldoon]]: Jurassic Park's game warden |
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* [[Martin Ferrero]] as [[Donald Gennaro]]: A lawyer representing Hammond's investors who are concerned about the safety of Jurassic Park |
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* [[BD Wong|B.D. Wong]] as [[Dr. Henry Wu]]: Jurassic Park's chief geneticist |
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* [[Joseph Mazzello]] as [[List of Jurassic Park characters#Tim Murphy|Tim Murphy]]: Lex's younger brother and Hammond's grandson |
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* [[Ariana Richards]] as [[List of Jurassic Park characters#Lex Murphy|Lex Murphy]]: Tim's older sister and Hammond's granddaughter |
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* [[Samuel L. Jackson]] as [[Ray Arnold]]: Jurassic Park chief engineer |
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* [[Wayne Knight]] as [[Dennis Nedry]]: Jurassic Park computer programmer |
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* [[Gerald R. Molen|Jerry Molen]] as [[List of Jurassic Park characters#Dr. Harding|Dr. Harding]]: Jurassic Park veterinarian |
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* [[Miguel Sandoval]] as Juanito Rostagno |
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* [[Cameron Thor]] as [[List of Jurassic Park characters#Lewis Dodgson|Dr. Lewis Dodgson]]: An employee working for InGen's corporate rival, identified in the novel and later in the sequel films as [[Biosyn]] |
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* [[Whit Hertford]] as Volunteer Boy |
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* [[Greg Burson]] as the voice of [[Mr. DNA]] |
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* [[Richard Kiley]] as the voice of the ''Jurassic Park'' tour vehicle guide |
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| footer = [[Michael Crichton]]'s book attracted the attention of director [[Steven Spielberg]] (right) even before it was published. The author was also responsible for the film's first scripts.| |
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[[Michael Crichton]] originally conceived a screenplay about a graduate student who recreates a dinosaur. He continued to wrestle with his fascination with dinosaurs and cloning until he began writing the novel ''[[Jurassic Park (novel)|Jurassic Park]]''.<ref>{{cite video |people=Crichton, Michael |title=Michael Crichton on the Jurassic Park Phenomenon |medium=DVD |publisher=Universal |year=2001}}</ref> Before its publication, [[Steven Spielberg]] learned of the novel in October 1989, while he was discussing a screenplay with Crichton that would become the television series ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''.{{sfn|McBride|1997|p=416–9}} Spielberg recognized what really fascinated him about ''Jurassic Park'' was it was "a really credible look at how dinosaurs might someday be brought back alongside modern mankind", going beyond a simple monster movie.<ref name=dawn>{{cite news |title=Return to Jurassic Park: Dawn of a New Era |work=Jurassic Park |edition=Blu-ray |date=2011}}</ref> |
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Before the book was published, Crichton had demanded $1.5 million for the film rights and a substantial percentage of the gross. [[Warner Bros.]] and [[Tim Burton]], [[Columbia Pictures]] and [[Richard Donner]], and [[20th Century Fox]] and [[Joe Dante]] bid for the rights,{{sfn|McBride|1997|p=416–9}} but [[Universal Pictures]] acquired them in May 1990 for Spielberg.<ref name="Production notes">DVD Production Notes</ref> [[James Cameron]] revealed in 2012 he tried to get the rights only to discover that Spielberg acquired them a few hours prior.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=September 11, 2022|author=Frost, Caroline|date=September 11, 2012|publisher=Huffington Post|title=Titanic Director James Cameron Reveals He Wanted 'Jurassic Park', But Steven Spielberg Beat Him To It|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/09/07/titanic-director-james-cameron-jurassic-park-steven-spielberg_n_1864996.html}}</ref> After completing ''[[Hook (film)|Hook]]'', Spielberg wanted to film ''[[Schindler's List]]''. [[Sid Sheinberg]], president of [[Music Corporation of America]] (Universal's parent company at the time) gave the [[Green-light|green light]] to ''Schindler's List'' on the condition Spielberg make ''Jurassic Park'' first.{{sfn|McBride|1997|p=416–9}} He said later by choosing a creature-driven thriller, he wanted to try to make a good sequel to ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'', on land.{{sfn|McBride|1997|p=418}} Spielberg was also heavily inspired to make the film because of ''[[King Kong (1933)|King Kong]]''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mottram|first1=James|title=Jurassic Park: The Ultimate Visual History |publisher=Insight Editions |year=2021|isbn=978-1683835455|page=17}}</ref> as he stated, "My one precedent for ''Jurassic Park'' was ''King Kong''. ''King Kong'' was the high water mark for special effects creating a world I never knew existed". "And I think that was my high-water mark for imagining what it would be like to do a ''King Kong'' of today. Certainly I don’t consider ''Jurassic Park'' a classic the way ''King Kong'' is a classic, but I was so inspired by ''King Kong'' that that was one of the reasons I think I wanted to make ''Jurassic Park''".<ref name="Earl doc">{{cite video |title=The Making of Jurassic Park |author=[[James Earl Jones|Jones, James Earl]] (Host) |medium=VHS |publisher=Universal |year=1995}}</ref> |
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[[Image:Jurassic Park screenshot 3.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Dennis Nedry stealing the dinosaur embryos]] |
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As well Spielberg originally planned on bringing the dinosaurs to life for long shots "the same way that [[Willis O'Brien]] made ''King Kong''",<ref>"Return to Jurassic Park: Dawn of a New Era", ''Jurassic Park'' Blu-ray (2011)</ref> with stop motion animation before ultimately deciding to use [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]]. Spielberg also cited ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' as an inspiration for ''Jurassic Park'', specifically ''[[Godzilla, King of the Monsters!]]'' (1956), which he grew up watching.{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=15}} During production, Spielberg described ''Godzilla'' as the most masterful of all the dinosaur movies because it made him and viewers believe it was really happening.{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=17}} |
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[[Image:Jurassic Park screenshot 1.jpg|200px|right|thumb|A [[mosquito]] in [[amber]]]] |
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[[Image:Jurassic Park screenshot 2.jpg|200px|thumb|right|A [[Brachiosaurus]] seen by John Hammond, Alan Grant, & Ellie Sattler]] |
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To create the dinosaurs, Spielberg thought of hiring [[Bob Gurr]], who designed a giant mechanical [[King Kong]] for [[Universal Studios Hollywood]]'s ''[[King Kong Encounter]]''. Upon reflection, he felt life-size dinosaurs would be too expensive and unconvincing. Instead Spielberg sought the best effects supervisors in Hollywood. He brought in [[Stan Winston]] to create the [[animatronics|animatronic]] dinosaurs; [[Phil Tippett]] (credited as Dinosaur Supervisor) to create [[go motion]] dinosaurs for [[long shot]]s; [[Michael Lantieri]] to supervise the on-set effects; and [[Dennis Muren]] of [[Industrial Light & Magic]] (ILM) to do the [[digital compositing]]. Paleontologist [[Jack Horner (paleontologist)|Jack Horner]] supervised the designs,<ref>{{cite web |last=Epstein |first=Sonia |title=Science on Screen: Interview with Jack Horner, Jurassic World |url=http://scienceandfilm.org/articles/2718/science-on-screen-interview-with-jack-horner-jurassic-world |date=June 14, 2016 |website=Sloan Science & Film |access-date=June 14, 2016 |archive-date=July 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717105236/http://scienceandfilm.org/articles/2718/science-on-screen-interview-with-jack-horner-jurassic-world |url-status=live}}</ref> to help fulfill Spielberg's desire to portray the dinosaurs as animals rather than monsters. Certain concepts about dinosaurs, like the theory they [[Origin of birds|evolved into birds]] and had very little in common with lizards, were followed. This prompted the removal of the raptors' flicking tongues in Tippett's early [[animatics]],<ref name="Earl doc">{{cite video |title=The Making of Jurassic Park |author=[[James Earl Jones|Jones, James Earl]] (Host) |medium=VHS |publisher=Universal |year=1995}}</ref> as Horner complained it was implausible.<ref name="French">{{cite news |last=French |first=Lawrence |work=[[Cinefantastique]] |volume=24 |number=2 |page=9 |title=Jurassic Park: Dinosaur Movements}}</ref> Winston's department created fully detailed models of the dinosaurs before molding [[latex]] skins, which were fitted over complex robotics. Tippett created stop-motion animatics of the raptors in the kitchen and the ''Tyrannosaurus'' attacking the car. Despite go motion's attempts at [[motion blur]]s, Spielberg found the end results unsatisfactory for a live-action feature film. Muren told Spielberg he thought the dinosaurs could be built using [[computer-generated imagery]]; Spielberg asked him to prove it.<ref name="Earl doc" /> ILM animators [[Mark A.Z. Dippé|Mark Dippé]] and [[Steve Williams (animator)|Steve Williams]] developed a computer-generated walk cycle for the ''T. rex'' skeleton and were approved to do more.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=49}} When Spielberg and Tippett saw an animatic of the ''T. rex'' chasing a herd of ''Gallimimus'', Spielberg said, "You're out of a job", to which Tippett replied, "Don't you mean extinct?"<ref name="Earl doc" /> Spielberg put this exchange into the script as a conversation between Malcolm and Grant.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=134–5}} Although no go motion was used, the production still used Tippett and his animators to supervise dinosaur movement. Tippett acted as a consultant for dinosaur anatomy, and his stop motion animators were retrained as computer animators.<ref name="Earl doc" /> The animatics Tippett's team made were also used, along with the [[storyboard]]s, as a reference for what would be shot during the action sequences.<ref name=pre>{{cite news |title=Return to Jurassic Park: Making Prehistory |work=Jurassic Park |edition=Blu-ray |date=2011}}</ref> ILM's artists were sent on private tours to the local animal park, so they could study large animals – rhinos, elephants, alligators, and giraffes – up close. They also took [[mime]] classes to aid in understanding movements.<ref name=back/> |
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[[Steven Spielberg]] later directed the Jurassic Park movie, filming at the [[Hawaii]]an islands of [[Oahu]] and [[Kauai]] in [[September]] [[1992]]. Opening on [[June 11]], [[1993]], it starred [[Sam Neill]], [[Laura Dern]], and [[Jeff Goldblum]]. Many plot points from the novel were changed or dropped, and the cautionary aspect of the novel was reduced. A subplot involving animals escaping to the mainland was dropped, and the cast of dinosaurs was made smaller and more manageable. Many secondary characters were also dropped. Many scenes are left intact from the novel, but have the species of the relevant dinosaurs changed. The film was extremely popular though, grossing $919,700,000 worldwide, the highest ever at the time, and the sixth-highest worldwide box office take for a feature film [[as of 2006]]. |
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===Writing=== |
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Largely credited for the movie's success were its [[special effects]]. Through the use of [[computer-generated imagery|CGI]] and conventional mechanical effects, the dinosaurs in the film appeared relatively lifelike, due to the experience ILM had on previous effects films such as ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''. ''Jurassic Park'' marked the Hollywood effects industry's transition from conventional [[optical effect]]s to digital techniques |
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[[File:Tyrannosaurus skeletal diagram.jpg|thumb|1917 skeletal diagram of ''[[Tyrannosaurus]]'' published by [[Henry Fairfield Osborn]], which was the basis of the novel's cover, and subsequently the logo of the movies.<ref name="Logo">{{cite web |last=Caron |first=C. |title=The Hidden History of the ''Jurassic Park'' Logo |url=https://www.tiff.net/the-review/the-hidden-history-of-the-jurassic-park-logo/ |website=TIFF |access-date=June 24, 2018 |language=en |date=June 20, 2018 |archive-date=August 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802185240/https://www.tiff.net/the-review/the-hidden-history-of-the-jurassic-park-logo/ |url-status=live}}</ref>]] |
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Universal paid Crichton a further $500,000 to adapt his own novel,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Leaping Lizards |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=December 7, 1990 |url=https://ew.com/article/1990/12/07/michael-crichtons-jurassic-park/ |access-date=February 17, 2007 |first=Tim |last=Appelo |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013204929/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,318785,00.html |url-status=live}}</ref> which he had finished by the time Spielberg was filming ''[[Hook (film)|Hook]]''. Crichton noted that because the book was "fairly long", his script had about 10 to 20 percent of the novel's content; scenes were dropped for budgetary and practical reasons, and the violence was toned down.<ref name="Biodrowski">Biodrowski, Steve. "[http://cinefantastiqueonline.com/1993/08/jurassic-park-michael-crichton-on-adapting-his-novel-to-the-screen/ JURASSIC PARK: Michael Crichton on Adapting his Novel to the Screen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129012731/http://cinefantastiqueonline.com/1993/08/jurassic-park-michael-crichton-on-adapting-his-novel-to-the-screen/ |date=November 29, 2013}}". ''Cinefantastique'' Magazine, August 1993 (Vol. 24, No.2), pg. 12</ref> [[Malia Scotch Marmo]] began a script rewrite in October 1991 over a five-month period, merging Ian Malcolm with Alan Grant.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=39–42}} |
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Spielberg wanted another writer to rework the script, so Universal president [[Casey Silver]] recommended [[David Koepp]], co-writer of ''[[Death Becomes Her]]''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Backstory 5: Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1990s |author=McGilligan, Patrick |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-520-25105-2}}</ref> Koepp started afresh from Marmo's draft, and used Spielberg's idea of a cartoon shown to the visitors to remove much of the exposition that fills Crichton's novel.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=55–6}} While Koepp tried to avoid excessive character detail "because whenever they started talking about their personal lives, you couldn't care less",<ref>{{cite magazine |title=A World Apart |author=Biskind, Peter |magazine=[[Premiere (magazine)|Premiere]] |date=May 1997}}</ref> he tried to flesh out the characters and make for a more colorful cast, with moments such as Malcolm flirting with Sattler leading to Grant's jealousy.<ref name=dawn/> Some characterizations were changed from the novel. Hammond went from a ruthless businessman to a kindly old man, because Spielberg identified with Hammond's obsession with showmanship.{{sfn|McBride|1997|p=421–422}} He also switched the characters of Tim and Lex; in the book, Tim is 11 and interested in computers, and Lex is only seven or eight and interested in sports. Spielberg did this because he wanted to work with the younger Joseph Mazzello, and it allowed him to introduce the subplot of Lex's adolescent crush on Grant.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=70}} Koepp changed Grant's relationship with the children, making him hostile to them initially to allow for more character development.{{sfn|McBride|1997|p=416–9}} |
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The movie won [[Academy Awards]] for [[Academy Award for Visual Effects|Visual Effects]], [[Academy Award for Sound Editing|Sound Effects Editing]], and [[Academy Award for Sound|Sound]], and spawned three sequels, ''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]'' (1997) and ''[[Jurassic Park III]]'' (2001). ''[[Jurassic Park IV]]'' ([http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0369610/ IMDb]) is currently in pre-production. There are rides based on Jurassic Park in the [[Universal Studios]] theme parks in Orlando, California and [[Universal Studios Japan|Osaka]]. |
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Two scenes from the book were ultimately excised. Spielberg removed the opening sequence with ''[[Procompsognathus]]'' attacking a young child as he found it too horrific.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=A Tale Of Two 'Jurassics' |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=June 18, 1993 |url=https://ew.com/article/1993/06/18/tale-two-jurassics/ |access-date=February 17, 2007 |archive-date=October 12, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012180645/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,306930,00.html }}</ref> For budgetary reasons Koepp cut the ''T. rex'' chasing Grant and the children down a river before being tranquilized by Muldoon. Both parts were included in film sequels.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=55–6}} Spielberg suggested adding the scene where the ''T. rex'' pursues a jeep, which at first only had the characters driving away after hearing the dinosaur's footsteps.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.avclub.com/article/david-koepp-13615 |title=David Koepp: Writer's block |date=September 8, 1999 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |access-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107150215/http://www.avclub.com/article/david-koepp-13615 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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[[William Hurt]] was initially offered the role of Alan Grant, but turned it down without reading the script.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/90985449/ |title=Answers to all that jazz about 'Jurassic' |date=June 19, 1993 |website=[[The San Bernardino Sun]] |access-date=June 24, 2016 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=August 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815115253/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/90985449/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Kurt Russell]] and [[Richard Dreyfuss]] were also considered for the role, but they were deemed too expensive.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-14 |title=Some Of The Greatest Actors Of All Time Turned Down Jurassic Park |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/895351/some-of-the-greatest-actors-of-all-time-turned-down-jurassic-park/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=/Film |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Harrison Ford]] and [[Tim Robbins]] were also offered the role<ref>{{cite web |url=http://herocomplex.latimes.com/movies/indiana-jones-sequel-jurassic-park-harrison-ford-steven-spielberg-raiders-of-the-lost-ark-video/ |title=Harrison Ford on an 'Indy' sequel, turning down 'Jurassic Park' |last=Clark |first=Noelene |date=September 16, 2011 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=June 24, 2016 |archive-date=June 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622233111/http://herocomplex.latimes.com/movies/indiana-jones-sequel-jurassic-park-harrison-ford-steven-spielberg-raiders-of-the-lost-ark-video/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=VRIES |first=HILARY |date=1993-06-13 |title=Breakthrough? Who, Me?: Actor Sam Neill pushes into the mainstream with major roles in 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Piano,' but he says it's the long haul that really counts |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-06-13-ca-2614-story.html |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> before [[Sam Neill]] was cast three or four weeks before filming began. Neill said "it all happened real quick. I hadn't read the book, knew nothing about it, hadn't heard anything about it, and in a matter of weeks I'm working with Spielberg".<ref name=EW2013/> Janet Hirshenson, the film's casting director, felt [[Jeff Goldblum]] was right to play Ian Malcolm after reading the novel. [[Jim Carrey]] also auditioned for the role.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-05 |title=Jurassic Park at 30: Jim Carrey Auditioned for Malcolm & More Casting Secrets Revealed |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/jurassic-park-casting-director-30th-anniversary-interview |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=SYFY Official Site |language=en-US}}</ref> According to Hirshenson, Carrey "was terrific, too, but I think pretty quickly we all loved the idea of Jeff".<ref name="EW2013">{{cite magazine|last1=Stack|first1=Tim|last2=Staskiewicz|first2=Keith|date=April 4, 2013|title=Welcome to ''Jurassic Park'': An oral history|url=https://ew.com/movies/2013/04/04/jurassic-park-oral-history/|url-status=live|access-date=June 24, 2016|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|archive-date=June 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624230653/https://ew.com/movies/2013/04/04/jurassic-park-oral-history/}}</ref> |
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*It is reported that following on from the films release, the worldwide price of amber increased by a factor of ten. |
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*For the film version, Spielberg had a multitude of casting options for the key roles. He considered [[Richard Dreyfuss]] and [[William Hurt]] for the role of Alan Grant before settling on [[Sam Neill]]. |
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*Spielberg originally wanted [[Sigourney Weaver]] to play Ellie Satler. |
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*[[Jeff Goldblum]] and Sir [[Richard Attenborough]] were first choices in casting. |
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*Modified [[Ford Explorer]]'s were used as the tour cars. |
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[[Laura Dern]] was Spielberg's first choice for the role of Ellie Sattler,<ref name=EW2013/> but was not the only actress offered the part. [[Robin Wright]] and [[Juliette Binoche]] turned it down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19970713&id=U7AsAAAAIBAJ&pg=6710,4812775 |title=Robin Wright Penn Writes Off Blockbuster Roles |date=July 13, 1997 |website=[[Star-News]] |access-date=June 24, 2016 |archive-date=May 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517224743/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19970713&id=U7AsAAAAIBAJ&pg=6710%2C4812775 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://ew.com/article/2016/05/15/juliette-binoche-steven-spielberg-martin-scorsese/ | title=Juliette Binoche: Martin Scorsese has 'feminine side... He doesn't explore' in his movies | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] }}</ref> [[Stacy Haiduk]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Stacy Haiduk Describes Meeting Steven Spielberg And Nearly Being Cast In The First "Jurassic Park" | website=[[YouTube]] | date=November 10, 2019 |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=97q4oPlzvNQ}}</ref> [[Gwyneth Paltrow]] and [[Helen Hunt]] auditioned for the role.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jurassic-park-laura-dern_n_3001752/|title = The Huge Role They Almost Got|date = April 2, 2013|access-date = October 13, 2021|archive-date = October 30, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211030090414/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jurassic-park-laura-dern_n_3001752|url-status = live}}</ref> Spielberg chose to cast [[Wayne Knight]] as Dennis Nedry after seeing his performance in ''[[Basic Instinct]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/making-jurassic-park/ |title=How Jurassic Park Became The Biggest Movie Of All Time |last=Sears |first=Rufus |date=October 12, 2014 |work=Empire |access-date=June 28, 2016 |archive-date=June 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620212726/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/making-jurassic-park |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.avclub.com/article/wayne-knight-talks-about-emthe-exesem-newman-and-w-82918 |title=Wayne Knight talks about The Exes, Newman, and working in the mud for Jurassic Park |last=Harris |first=Will |date=July 25, 2012 |work=The A.V. Club |access-date=June 28, 2016 |archive-date=May 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513023518/http://www.avclub.com/article/wayne-knight-talks-about-emthe-exesem-newman-and-w-82918 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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== Changes from the novel == |
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Ariana Richards, who plays Lex Murphy, said: "I was called into a casting office, and they just wanted me to scream. I heard later on that Steven had watched a few girls on tape that day, and I was the only one who ended up waking his sleeping wife on the couch, and she came running through the hallway to see if the kids were all right".<ref name=EW2013/> [[Christina Ricci]] also auditioned for the role.<ref>{{cite web |last=Schuldt |first=Scott |date=May 26, 1995 |title=Star Lives Up to Her Precocious Image |url=http://newsok.com/article/2503760 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021014627/https://oklahoman.com/article/2503760/star-lives-up-to-her-precocious-image |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |access-date=June 24, 2016 |work=[[The Oklahoman]]}}</ref> [[Joseph Mazzello]] had [[Screen test|screen-tested]] for a role in ''Hook'', but was deemed too young. Spielberg promised him they would work together on a future film.<ref name=EW2013/> [[Richard Attenborough]] was cast as John Hammond, but was initially hesitant to join the project, which marked his first acting role in 14 years. He eventually signed on to play the role at the insistence of Spielberg, who told him, "I can't see anyone else playing it but you".<ref>{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Bob |title=His Fame is Likelier to Rest on 'Jurassic Park' than 'Gandhi' |url=https://greensboro.com/his-fame-is-likelier-to-rest-on-jurassic-park-than-gandhi/article_1632f9ac-a633-51a8-8677-ce7ee89aa48f.html |access-date=June 24, 2024 |work=Greensboro News and Record |agency=Associated Press |date=January 27, 1994}}</ref> |
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| Ian Malcolm |
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| Wounded by tyrannosaurus, taken back to the lodge where he is declared dead despite medical attention given by Harding and Sattler; returns in ''The Lost World'' revealing he had simply come near death |
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| Escaped with a broken leg; returns perfectly healthy in ''The Lost World''. |
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| Donald Gennaro |
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| Survives raptor attack, rescued after radioing to stop raptors from getting to the mainland. |
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| Eaten by ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' |
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| John Hammond |
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| Killed by [[Procompsognathus|compys]] while denying that his park is a failure, and planning to start afresh elsewhere |
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| Left on a helicopter, repenting for his creation |
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| Robert Muldoon |
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| Wounded chasing velociraptors with Gennaro; still kills several and is later rescued by Costa Rican forces |
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| Killed by velociraptor |
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| Dr. Henry Wu |
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| Killed by velociraptors at visitor center |
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| Leaves for mainland by boat prior to the disaster |
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| Ray Arnold |
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| Killed attempting to restore power to the park (Named John Arnold) |
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| Killed attempting to restore power to the park. |
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| Dennis Nedry |
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| Got lost trying to get to the east dock. Eaten by a dilophosaurus. |
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| Got stuck on a hill and was eaten by a dilophosaurus. |
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| Ed Regis |
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| Eaten by an infant tyrannosaurus |
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| Not mentioned |
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| Alan Grant |
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| Escapes with T-rex inflicted wounds |
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| Escapes barely wounded |
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[[Cameron Thor]] had worked with Spielberg on ''Hook'', and auditioned for the role of Malcolm, before trying out for the role of Dodgson. In the film, Dodgson gives Nedry a container disguised as a can of shaving cream that is used to transport the embryos. Thor said: "It just said 'shaving-cream can' in the script, so I spent endless time in a drug store to find the most photogenic. I went with [[Barbasol]], which ended up in the movie. I was so broke that I took the can home after the audition to use it".<ref name=empire/> |
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A fair number of differences exist between the book and the movie. Some of these differences are the subtraction of characters, an altered timeline, and changes to the novel's depiction of the characters themselves. |
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===Filming=== |
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* In the novel, the tour vehicles are [[Toyota Land Cruiser]]s, but in the movie, they are [[Ford Explorer]]s. |
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[[File:Jurassic Park car.jpg|thumb|right|Replica of the first gen [[Ford Explorer]] XLTs featured in the film at [[Universal Studios Japan]]|alt=A utility car painted in green, yellow and red colors in a jungle park environment.]] |
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After 25 months of pre-production, filming began on August 24, 1992, on the [[Hawaii]]an island of [[Kauai|Kaua{{okina}}i]].{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=65 and 67}} While the [[Dominican Republic]] and [[Costa Rica]], the novel's settings, were considered as locations, Spielberg's concerns over infrastructure and accessibility made him choose a place he had already worked.<ref name=dawn /> The three-week shoot involved various daytime exteriors for Isla Nublar's forests.<ref name="Production notes" /> On September 11, [[Hurricane Iniki]] passed directly over Kaua{{okina}}i, costing a day of shooting.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=86}} Several of the storm scenes from the film are of actual footage shot during the hurricane. The scheduled shoot of the ''Gallimimus'' chase was moved to [[Kualoa Ranch]] on the island of [[Oahu]]. One of the early scenes had to be created by digitally animating a still shot of scenery.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=134–5}} The opening scene was shot in [[Haiku, Hawaii|Haiku]], on [[Maui]],<ref name="haiku">{{cite web |title=NBC Features Rappel Maui on 1st Look with Audrina Patridge |date=February 18, 2014 |first=MJ |last=Harden |url=http://rappelmaui.com/blog/nbc-features-rappel-maui-1st-look/ |access-date=June 11, 2014 |archive-date=June 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140611184537/http://rappelmaui.com/blog/nbc-features-rappel-maui-1st-look/ |url-status=live}}</ref> with additional scenes filmed on the "forbidden island" of [[Niihau]].<ref name="greenie">{{cite web |title=Hawaii Plantsman Confounds Greenies; Keith Robinson has a green thumb with endangered plants and a belief that the 'green' tactics used by the environmental establishment are a total waste of time |date=February 18, 2003 |first=Eric P. |last=Olsen |work=Inisght on the News blog |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] Business Network |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_5_19/ai_97874292 |access-date=October 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103053831/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_5_19/ai_97874292/ |archive-date=November 3, 2010}}</ref> The exterior of the Visitor Center was a large façade constructed on the grounds of the Valley House Plantation Estate in Kauai.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.legendarytrips.com/trip/jurassic-park-filming-locations-hawaii/ |title=Jurassic Park filming locations |access-date=February 25, 2018 |archive-date=September 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924073257/http://www.legendarytrips.com/trip/jurassic-park-filming-locations-hawaii/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Samuel L. Jackson was to film a lengthy death scene where his character is chased and killed by raptors, but the set was destroyed by Hurricane Iniki.<ref name=empire>{{cite web |url=http://www.nickdesemlyen.com/pdf/JurassicPark.pdf |title=Jurassic Park 20th Anniversary: When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth |last=de Semlyen |first=Nick |date=September 2013 |work=Empire |access-date=October 3, 2015 |page=5 |archive-date=February 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221133000/http://nickdesemlyen.com/pdf/JurassicPark.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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By mid-September, the crew moved to California<ref name="Earl doc"/> to shoot the raptors in the kitchen at Stage 24 of the Universal studio lot.<ref name="Production notes" /> Given the kitchen set was filled with reflective surfaces, cinematographer [[Dean Cundey]] had to carefully plan the illumination while also using black cloths to hide the light reflections.<ref name=pre/> The crew also shot the scenes involving the power supply on Stage 23 before going to [[Red Rock Canyon State Park (California)|Red Rock Canyon]] for the [[Montana]] dig scenes.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=91–92}} The crew returned to Universal to shoot Grant's rescue of Tim, using a 50-foot prop with hydraulic wheels for the car fall and the ''Brachiosaurus'' encounter. The crew filmed scenes for the Park's labs and control room, which used animations for the computers lent by [[Silicon Graphics]] and [[Apple Inc.|Apple]].{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=95–105}} Crichton's book has electric-powered [[Toyota Land Cruiser]]s as the tour cars in Jurassic Park, but Spielberg made a deal with the [[Ford Motor Company]], who provided seven first generation [[Ford Explorer#First generation (UN46; 1991)|Ford Explorer]] XLTs.{{sfn|Shone|2004|p=219}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=All The Right Movies |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=November 29, 1993 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wRsAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20 |page=20 |access-date=February 18, 2016 |archive-date=September 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913141500/https://books.google.com/books?id=wRsAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20 |url-status=live}}</ref> ILM's crew and veteran customizer [[George Barris (auto customizer)|George Barris]] modified the Explorers to create the illusion that they are [[autonomous car]]s by hiding the driver in the car's trunk.<ref>{{cite book |title=Barris TV and Movie Cars |page=41 |author1=Barris, George |author2=Fetherston, David |publisher=MotorBooks International |year=1996 |isbn=1-61060-818-6}}</ref> Barris also customized the [[Jeep Wrangler]]s featured in the production.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Film Crew of Hollywood: Profiles of Grips, Cinematographers, Designers, a Gaffer, a Stuntman and a Makeup |page=174 |author=Udel, James C. |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-7864-6484-5}}</ref> |
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* Ian Malcolm, as he appears in the book, is a rather sardonic but brilliant man who couldn't truly appreciate the accuracy of his failure theories because he is badly injured and immobilized by a dinosaur attack. Malcolm's vitriolic monologues are toned down for the film. In the book, Ian is also described as balding, and much less physically robust than [[Jeff Goldblum]] (who plays him in the movie). |
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The crew moved to [[Warner Bros. Studios Burbank|Warner Bros. Studios]]' Stage 16 to shoot the ''T. rex''{{'s}} attack on the LSX powered SUVs.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=95–105}} Shooting proved frustrating because when water soaked the animatronic dinosaur's foam rubber skin, it caused the ''T. rex'' to shake and quiver from the extra weight when the foam absorbed it. This forced Stan Winston's crew to dry the model with [[chamois leather|shammys]] between takes.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=110–1}} During the scene where the ''T. rex'' attack the SUV, the animatronic got close to the glass and it broke its tooth off.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/jurassic-park-turns-25-scenes-moments-iconic-summer/story?id=55332468 | title='Jurassic Park' turns 25: Behind-the-scenes moments you may not have known about the iconic summer thriller | website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/jurassic-park-wfh-theater-joseph-mazzello-t-rex-blooper-tim-murphy-sequel | title=Jurassic Park: Hurricanes, T-Rex Bloopers and Other Hilarious Revelations About the Original Movie | date=April 24, 2020 }}</ref> On set, Malcolm distracting the dinosaur with a flare was included at Goldblum's suggestion. He felt a heroic action was better than going by the script, where like Gennaro, Malcolm was scared and ran away.<ref name="pre" /> The ripples in the glass of water caused by the ''T. rex''{{'}}s footsteps were inspired by Spielberg listening to [[Earth, Wind and Fire]] in his car, and the vibrations the bass rhythm caused. Lantieri was unsure how to create the shot until the night before filming when he put a glass of water on a guitar he was playing, which achieved the concentric circles in the water Spielberg wanted. The next morning, guitar strings were put inside the car and a man on the floor plucked them to achieve the effect.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 200 things that rocked our world |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |date=February 2006 |page=131}}</ref> Back at Universal, the crew filmed scenes with the ''Dilophosaurus'' on Stage 27. The shoot finished on Stage 12 with the climactic chases with the raptors in the Park's computer rooms and Visitor Center.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=113–114}} Spielberg changed the climax to bring back the ''T. rex'', abandoning the original ending where Grant uses a platform machine to maneuver a raptor into a fossil tyrannosaur's jaws.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=118}} The scene, which already included the juxtaposition of live dinosaurs in a museum filled with fossils, while also destroying the bones, now had an ending where the ''T. rex'' saved the protagonists, and afterward made what Spielberg described as a "King Kong roar" while an ironic banner reading "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" flew.<ref name="pre" /> The film wrapped 12 days ahead of schedule on November 30,<ref>{{cite news |last=Archerd |first=Army |title=Spielberg parks 'Jurassic' under sked, budget |work=Variety |date=December 1, 1992 |url=https://variety.com/1992/voices/columns/spielberg-parks-jurassic-under-sked-budget-1117862089/ |access-date=January 27, 2007 |archive-date=July 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709010610/http://variety.com/1992/voices/columns/spielberg-parks-jurassic-under-sked-budget-1117862089/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and within days, editor [[Michael Kahn (film editor)|Michael Kahn]] had a rough cut ready, allowing Spielberg to start filming ''[[Schindler's List]]''.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=126}} |
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* Grant's relationship with Ellie Sattler in the book was purely professional, whereas in the film they are involved romantically. |
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===Dinosaurs on screen=== |
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* Dr. Grant wears a beard in the novel and is somewhat shorter and paunchy. Whereas the film Grant hates children, the novel Grant likes them from the very beginning of the book. |
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[[File:StanWinstonTRex.jpg|upright=1.13|thumb|right|The life-sized animatronic ''[[Tyrannosaurus|Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' on the set. It is the largest sculpture ever made by Stan Winston Studio.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/blog/jurassic-park-t-rex-sculpting-a-full-size-dinosaur |title=Jurassic Park's T-Rex – Sculpting a Full-Size Dinosaur |date=December 15, 2012 |website=Stan Winston School of Character Arts |access-date=January 5, 2014 |archive-date=October 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015011757/https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/blog/jurassic-park-t-rex-sculpting-a-full-size-dinosaur |url-status=live}}</ref>|alt=A life-sized Tyrannosaurus robotic model, with hydraulics where the dinosaur's feet would be, touches a car in a movie set.]] |
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Despite the film title's referencing the [[Jurassic]] period, ''[[Brachiosaurus]]'' and ''[[Dilophosaurus]]'' are the only dinosaurs featured that lived during that time; the other species featured did not exist until the [[Cretaceous]] period.<ref name="dinomania">{{cite news |author=[[Stephen Jay Gould|Gould, Stephen]] |title=Dinomania |work=[[The New York Review of Books]] |date=August 12, 1993 |url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1993/aug/12/dinomania/ |access-date=April 2, 2007 |archive-date=June 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606040242/http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1993/aug/12/dinomania/ |url-status=live}}</ref> This is acknowledged in the film during a scene where Dr. Grant describes the ferocity of the ''Velociraptor'' to a young boy, saying: "Try to imagine yourself in the Cretaceous period".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.pressherald.com/life/go/dino-mite_2013-04-04.html?pagenum=full |title=Movies: Dino-mite! Back to Jurassic Park, in 3-D |date=April 4, 2013 |work=[[Portland Press Herald]] |author=Guzman, Rafer |access-date=January 13, 2014 |archive-date=January 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113170554/http://www.pressherald.com/life/go/dino-mite_2013-04-04.html?pagenum=full |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* Ellie Sattler is 24 (she seems older in the film) and is engaged to a doctor. |
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* ''[[Alamosaurus]]'' appears as a skeleton in the Jurassic Park visitor center.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/see-tyrannosaurus-take-a-bite-out-of-alamosaurus-41321171/ |title=See Tyrannosaurus Take a Bite out of Alamosaurus |last=Black |first=Riley |date=March 25, 2009 |work=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]] |access-date=June 6, 2021 |archive-date=June 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607065112/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/see-tyrannosaurus-take-a-bite-out-of-alamosaurus-41321171/ |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* ''[[Brachiosaurus]]'' is the first dinosaur the park's visitors see. It is inaccurately depicted as chewing its food and standing up on its hind legs to browse among the high tree branches.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=144–6}} According to artist Andy Schoneberg, the chewing was done to make the animal seem docile, resembling a cow chewing its cud. The dinosaur's head and upper neck was the largest puppet without hydraulics built for the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/blog/rehearsing-jurassic-park-brachiosaurus-puppet |title=Jurassic Park's Brachiosaurus Animatronic Puppet Rehearsal |website=Stan Winston School of Character Arts |date=January 23, 2013 |access-date=January 6, 2014 |archive-date=January 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106045630/https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/blog/rehearsing-jurassic-park-brachiosaurus-puppet |url-status=live}}</ref> Despite scientific evidence of their having limited vocal capabilities, sound designer [[Gary Rydstrom]] decided to represent them with [[whale sound|whale songs]] and [[donkey]] calls to give them a melodic sense of wonder. [[Penguin]]s were also recorded to be used in the noises of the dinosaurs.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=144–6}} |
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* ''[[Dilophosaurus]]'' was also very different from its real-life counterpart, made significantly smaller to ensure audiences did not confuse it with the raptors.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=36}} Its [[neck frill]] and its ability to spit venom are fictitious. Its vocal sounds were made by combining a [[swan]], a [[hawk]], a [[howler monkey]], and a [[rattlesnake]].<ref name="Earl doc" /> The animatronic model, nicknamed "Spitter" by Stan Winston's team, was animated by the puppeteers sitting on a trench in the set floor, using a [[paintball]] mechanism to spit the mixture of [[methyl cellulose]] and [[K-Y Jelly]] that served as venom.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/blog/making-jurassic-park-dilophosaurus-aka-spitter |title=Jurassic Park's Spitter – Building the animatronic Dilophosaurus dinosaur puppet |website=Stan Winston School of Character Arts |date=April 5, 2013 |access-date=January 6, 2014 |archive-date=January 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106045329/https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/blog/making-jurassic-park-dilophosaurus-aka-spitter |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* ''[[Gallimimus]]'' are featured in a stampede scene in which the ''Tyrannosaurus'' eats one of them. The ''Gallimimus'' was the first dinosaur to be digitized, featured in two ILM tests, first as a herd of skeletons and then fully skinned while pursued by the ''T. rex''.<ref name="Earl doc" /> Its design was based on [[ostrich]]es, and to emphasize the birdlike qualities, the animation focused mostly on the herd rather than individual animals.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=135}} As reference for the dinosaurs' run, the animators were filmed running at the ILM parking lot, with plastic pipes standing in as the tree that the ''Gallimimus'' jump over.<ref name=next/> The footage inspired the incorporation of an animal falling as one of the artists did trying to make the jump.<ref name=back>{{cite web |url=http://www.fxguide.com/featured/welcome-back-to-jurassic-park/ |title=Welcome (back) to Jurassic Park |first=Ian |last=Failes |website=FX Guide |date=April 4, 2013 |access-date=January 5, 2014 |archive-date=December 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209073515/http://www.fxguide.com/featured/welcome-back-to-jurassic-park/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Horse squeals became the ''Gallimimus''{{'}}s sounds.<ref name=vult>{{cite news |url=http://www.vulture.com/2013/04/how-the-dino-sounds-in-jurassic-park-were-made.html |date=September 4, 2013 |title=You'll Never Guess How the Dinosaur Sounds in Jurassic Park Were Made |work=[[New York (magazine)|Vulture]] |first=Kyle |last=Buchanan |access-date=January 15, 2014 |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116114627/http://www.vulture.com/2013/04/how-the-dino-sounds-in-jurassic-park-were-made.html |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* ''[[Parasaurolophus]]'' appear in the background during the first encounter with the ''Brachiosaurus''.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OfSnkQ4VO24C&pg=PA45 |title=Jurassic Park |journal=[[Popular Science]] |date=November 1996 |author=Nelson, Ray |access-date=February 18, 2016 |archive-date=September 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913025918/https://books.google.com/books?id=OfSnkQ4VO24C&pg=PA45 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* ''[[Triceratops]]'' has an extended cameo, depicted as sick from eating a toxic plant. Its appearance was a logistical nightmare for Winston when Spielberg asked to shoot the animatronic of the sick creature earlier than expected.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=83}} The model, operated by eight puppeteers in the Kaua'i set, was the first dinosaur filmed during production.<ref name=dawn/> Winston also created a baby ''Triceratops'' for Ariana Richards to ride, a scene cut from the film for pacing reasons.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=64}} Gary Rydstrom combined the sound of himself breathing into a cardboard tube with the cows near his workplace at [[Skywalker Ranch]] to create the ''Triceratops'' vocals.<ref name=vult /> |
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* ''[[Tyrannosaurus]]'' was acknowledged by Spielberg as "the star of the movie", and he rewrote the ending to feature the ''[[Rexy|T. rex]]'' for fear of disappointing the audience.<ref name="Earl doc" /> Winston's animatronic ''T. rex'' stood {{convert|20|ft|m|disp=flip}}, weighed {{convert|7900|kg|lb}},{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=95–105}} and was {{convert|40|ft|m|disp=flip}} long.<ref name="magic">{{cite magazine |author=[[Richard Corliss|Corliss, Richard]] |title=Behind the Magic of Jurassic Park |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=April 26, 1993 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,978307,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930102341/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,978307,00.html |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |access-date=January 26, 2007}}</ref> Jack Horner called it "the closest I've ever been to a live dinosaur".<ref name="magic" /> While the consulting paleontologists did not agree on the dinosaur's movement, particularly its running capabilities, animator [[Steve Williams (special effects artist)|Steve Williams]] decided to "throw physics out the window and create a ''T. rex'' that moved at sixty miles per hour even though its hollow bones would have busted if it ran that fast".{{sfn|Shone|2004|p=217}} The major reason was the ''T. rex'' chasing a Jeep, a scene that took two months to finish.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=144–6}} The dinosaur is depicted with a vision system based on movement, though later studies indicate the ''T. rex'' had [[binocular vision]] comparable to a [[bird of prey]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sight+for+'saur+eyes%3A+T.+rex+vision+was+among+nature's+best.-a0148185715 |title=Sight for 'saur eyes: T. rex vision was among nature's best. |work=[[Science News]] |author=Jaffe, Eric |date=June 28, 2006 |access-date=January 15, 2014 |archive-date=December 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214151518/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sight+for+%27saur+eyes%3A+T.+rex+vision+was+among+nature%27s+best.-a0148185715 |url-status=live}}</ref> Its roar is a baby [[elephant]]'s squeal combined with [[alligator]] and [[crocodile]] noises as well as a tiger's snarl and a lion's roar,{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=144–6}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/how-they-designed-the-jurassic-park-t-rex-roar/|title=How They Designed The T-Rex Roar in 'Jurassic Park'|website=Film School Rejects|date=December 16, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/jurassic-park-t-rex-roar-creation/|title=How Jurassic Park Created the T-Rex Roar|website=CBR.com|date=May 5, 2022}}</ref> its grunts those of a male [[koala]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2022-03-12 |title=Why does Hollywood get animals so wrong? And why does it often involve a kookaburra? |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2022-03-13/koala-roar-jurassic-park-hollywood-sound-effects-animals/100875044 |access-date=2022-03-18 |archive-date=March 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318225252/https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2022-03-13/koala-roar-jurassic-park-hollywood-sound-effects-animals/100875044 |url-status=live}}</ref> and its breath a [[whale]]'s blow.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=144–6}} A dog attacking a rope toy was used for the sounds of the ''T. rex'' tearing a ''Gallimimus'' apart,<ref name="Earl doc" /> while cut [[Sequoia (genus)|sequoias]] crashing to the ground became the sound of its footsteps.<ref name=pre/> |
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* ''[[Velociraptor]]'' plays a major role in the film. The creature's depiction is ultimately not based on the actual dinosaur genus, which was also significantly smaller. Shortly before ''Jurassic Park''{{'}}s theatrical release,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-do-we-really-know-about-utahraptor-95334335/ |title=What Do We Really Know About Utahraptor? | Dinosaur Tracking |doi=10.1080/02724634.2001.10010852 |newspaper=Smithsonian Magazine |s2cid=220414868 |access-date=January 24, 2013 |date=August 22, 2001 |volume=21 |issue=sup003 |pages=1–117 |archive-date=January 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110184328/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-do-we-really-know-about-utahraptor-95334335/ |url-status=live |issn = 0272-4634 }}</ref> the similar ''[[Utahraptor]]'' was discovered, although it proved even bigger than the film's raptors. This prompted Winston to joke, "We made it, then they discovered it".<ref name="magic" /> For the attack on Muldoon and some parts of the kitchen scene, the raptors were [[Suitmation|played by men in suits]].{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=113–114}} [[Dolphin]] screams, [[walrus]]es bellowing, [[geese]] hissing,<ref name="Earl doc" /> [[Grey-crowned crane|an African crane]]'s [[mating call]], [[tortoise]]s mating, and human rasps were mixed to formulate various raptor sounds.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=144–6}}<ref name=":0" /><ref name=vult/> Following discoveries made after the film's release, most paleontologists theorize that [[dromaeosaur]]s like ''Velociraptor'' and ''[[Deinonychus]]'' were [[Feathered dinosaur|covered with feathers]] like modern birds. This feature is included in ''[[Jurassic Park III]]'' for the male raptors, which have a row of small quills on their heads.<ref name="paul2002">{{cite book |author=G. S. Paul |date=2002 |title=Dinosaurs of the Air: The Evolution and Loss of Flight in Dinosaurs and Birds |location=Baltimore |publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University Press]]}}</ref> |
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===Post-production=== |
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* Donald Gennaro is described as muscular and athletic in the novel, and is in his early to mid-forties. In the movie, though, he is short, thin, obnoxious and and somewhat stupid, a combination of John Hammond's personality and Ed Regis' actions from the book. Regis, InGen's head publicist in the book, is called to Latin America after workers die and brings in the scientists for PR purposes, then abandons the kids in the car and is killed by a Tyrannosaurus after the vehicle attack (just like Gennaro in the movie). But personality-wise they are different — Regis is tall, red-haired and somewhat charming, whereas it is Hammond who is impatient, out-of-touch and whiny (like the movie's Gennaro). |
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[[File:Dinosaur Input Device Velociraptor.jpg|thumb|The "Dinosaur Input Device" raptor used for the film]] |
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[[Image:Jurassic_Park.jpg|thumb|right|275px|Jurassic Park display at [[Times Square]] location of [[Toys "R" Us]] in [[New York City]].]] |
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Special effects work continued on the film, with Tippett's unit adjusting to new technology with Dinosaur Input Devices:<ref name="SIGCHI Dinosaur Input Device">{{cite web |url=http://www.sigchi.org/chi95/proceedings/papers/bk_bdy.htm |title=Dinosaur Input Device |author=Knep, Brian |author2=Hayes, Craig |author3=Sayre, Rick |author4=Williams, Tom |year=1995 |work=Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |pages=304–309 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121054959/http://www.sigchi.org/chi95/proceedings/papers/bk_bdy.htm |archive-date=November 21, 2008}}</ref> models that fed information into computers to allow them to animate the characters like stop-motion puppets. In addition, they acted out scenes with the raptors and ''Gallimimus''. As well as the computer-generated dinosaurs, ILM also created elements such as water splashing and digital face replacement for Ariana Richards's stunt double.<ref name="Earl doc" /> Compositing the dinosaurs onto the live action scenes took around an hour. Rendering the dinosaurs often took two to four hours per frame, and rendering the ''T. rex'' in the rain took six hours per frame.<ref name="Silicon Valley ACM Siggraph">{{cite web |url=http://silicon-valley.siggraph.org/MeetingNotes/ILM.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011192636/http://silicon-valley.siggraph.org/MeetingNotes/ILM.html |archive-date=October 11, 2006 |title=Jurassic Park – The Illusion of Life |access-date=April 19, 2008 |author=Peterson, John |author2=Williams, Steve |author3=Letteri, Joe |year=1994 |work=Silicon Valley ACM Siggraph |page=1}}</ref> |
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Spielberg monitored their progress from Poland during the filming of ''Schindler's List'',{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=138}} and had teleconferences four times a week with ILM's crew. He called working simultaneously on two vastly different productions "a bipolar experience", where he used "every ounce of intuition on ''Schindler's List'' and every ounce of craft on ''Jurassic Park''".<ref name=next/> Some of the software used to create dinosaurs and other visual effects was [[Pixar]]'s [[Pixar RenderMan|RenderMan]] and [[Softimage 3D]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Pixar's RenderMan a true lasting effect |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pixars-renderman-a-true-lasting-117229 |access-date=April 9, 2021 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=August 11, 2008 |archive-date=January 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113183140/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pixars-renderman-a-true-lasting-117229 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/features/motion-graphics/long-lonely-death-of-softimage/|newspaper=Digital Arts|access-date=June 14, 2015|title=The long and lonely death of Softimage|archive-date=June 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616094409/http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/features/motion-graphics/long-lonely-death-of-softimage/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Industrial Light & Magic]] also used the program Viewpaint, which allowed the visual effects artists to paint color and texture directly onto the surface of the computer models.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vfxblog.com/viewpaint/ |title=Viewpaint: ILM's secret weapon on Jurassic Park |website=vfxblog.com |date=May 23, 2018 |access-date=August 5, 2022}}</ref> |
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* In the book, Gennaro is sort of the "everyman" character, alternating between acts of bravery (going to turn the power on, hunting the Tyrannosaurus with Muldoon, entering the Raptor nest and operating the radio after it comes back on) and cowardice (hiding in a truck from compys, abandoning Muldoon). Some Italian-Americans were upset by the changes in the movie, as Gennaro went from being a genuine character to a stereotype whose stupidity, greed and obvious Catholicism (he says the "Hail Mary" right before being eaten) rendered him a caricature and a punchline. |
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Along with the digital effects, Spielberg wanted the film to be the first with digital sound. He funded the creation of [[DTS (sound system)|DTS]] (Digital Theater Systems) to allow audiences to "really hear the movie the way it was intended to be heard".<ref name=next>"Return to Jurassic Park: The Next Step in Evolution", ''Jurassic Park'' Blu-ray (2011)</ref> The sound effects crew, supervised by [[George Lucas]],{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=123}} finished by the end of April.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=144–6}} Sound designer [[Gary Rydstrom]] considered it a fun process, given the film had all kinds of noise—animal sounds, rain, gunshots, car crashes—and at times no music. During the process, Spielberg flew on weekends from Poland to Paris, where he met Rydstrom to see the sound progress.<ref name=next/> Former ILM CG Animator [[Steve Williams (animator)|Steve "Spaz" Williams]] said it took nearly a year for the shots that involved computer-generated dinosaurs to be completed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/jurassic-park-how-cgi-was-used-2014-11 |title=How 4 Minutes Of CGI Dinosaurs In 'Jurassic Park' Took A Year To Make |website=Insider |date=November 27, 2014}}</ref> ''Jurassic Park'' was completed on May 28, 1993.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=144–6}} |
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* The character of John Hammond is also distinctly different — in the book he ultimately dies at the jaws of small dinosaurs ("[[Procompsognathus|compys]]") while trying to climb a hill to his bungalow despite his broken ankle. During this climb, his head is filled with plans to rebuild somewhere else ,and he's irritated at his guests and his grandchildren. In the movie, he escapes completely unharmed, humbled and awed by the monstrosity he created. In the book, he is also portrayed as a greedy, foolish old man. He is much wiser and "nicer" in the film. |
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==Music== |
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* In the novel, Lex Murphy is younger than Tim and portrayed as [[tomboy]], while Tim is a computer hacker with a dinosaur obsession. In the film, Tim is the younger of the two and his hacker personality is portrayed by Lex. |
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[[John Williams]] began scoring the film at the end of February, and it was recorded a month later. [[Alexander Courage]] and John Neufeld provided the score's [[orchestrations]].{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=144–6}} As with ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'', another Spielberg film he scored, Williams felt he needed to write "pieces that would convey a sense of 'awe' and fascination", given that the film dealt with the "overwhelming happiness and excitement" of seeing live dinosaurs. More suspenseful scenes such as the ''Tyrannosaurus'' attack required frightening themes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=8186 |title=The Making of Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park |date=February 20, 2012 |author=Siegel, Robert |publisher=Blu-Ray.com |access-date=August 16, 2013 |archive-date=April 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409204533/http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=8186 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Jurassic Park (film score)|first soundtrack album]] was released on May 25, 1993.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jurassic Park (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |website=AllMusic |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/jurassic-park-mw0000097115 |access-date=March 29, 2007 |archive-date=June 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608212733/http://www.allmusic.com/album/jurassic-park-mw0000097115 |url-status=live}}</ref> For the 20th anniversary of the film's release, a new soundtrack was issued for [[Music download|digital download]] on April 9, 2013, including four bonus tracks selected by Williams.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://musicconnection.com/remastered-jurassic-park-soundtrack-includes-4-unreleased-john-williams-tracks/ |title=Remastered Jurassic Park Soundtrack Includes 4 Unreleased John Williams Tracks |publisher=[[Universal Music Enterprises]] |date=March 26, 2013 |access-date=January 6, 2013 |archive-date=April 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405011215/http://musicconnection.com/remastered-jurassic-park-soundtrack-includes-4-unreleased-john-williams-tracks/ |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==Marketing== |
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* In the book, Muldoon is a large, savvy and boistrous man of South African descent with an alcohol problem, who nonetheless dispatches several dinosaurs with a decent amount of weaponry (rockets, guns and lethal poisons). In the movie, he is very quiet, only has one weapon at his disposal (an Italian Franchi SPAS-12 shotgun, not a good hunting weapon) and is immediately outwitted by the raptors. The inability of anyone in the movies to kill the dinosaurs is largely attributed to director Steven Spielberg, who is famous for his reluctance to make heroes of gun users or hunters after [[Indiana Jones]]. |
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Universal took the lengthy pre-production period to carefully plan the ''Jurassic Park'' marketing campaign.{{sfn|Shone|2004|p=219}} It cost $65 million and included deals with 100 companies to market 1,000 products.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Beastmaster |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=March 12, 1993 |url=https://ew.com/article/1993/03/12/promoting-jurassic-park/ |access-date=February 17, 2007 |first=Pat H. |last=Broeske |archive-date=April 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415213411/http://www.ew.com/article/1993/03/12/promoting-jurassic-park |url-status=live}}</ref> These included: [[Jurassic Park video games|three ''Jurassic Park'' video games]] by [[Sega]] and [[Ocean Software]];<ref name="games"/> a toy line by [[Kenner]] distributed by [[Hasbro]];<ref>{{cite book |title=Hollywood in the Information Age: Beyond the Silver Screen |page=[https://archive.org/details/hollywoodininfor00wask/page/205 205] |publisher=[[University of Texas Press]] |year=1995 |isbn=978-0-292-79094-0 |author=Wasko, Janet |url=https://archive.org/details/hollywoodininfor00wask |url-access=registration |access-date=March 12, 2007}}</ref> [[McDonald's]] "[[Happy Meal|Dino-Sized meals]]";{{sfn|Shone|2004|p=219}} and a [[novelization]] for young children.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Gail |last1=Herman |first2=Michael|last2=Crichton|author2-link=Michael Crichton |first3=David |last3=Koepp |title=Jurassic Park |publisher=[[Grosset & Dunlap]] |year=1993 |page=[https://archive.org/details/jurassicparkjuni00herm/page/88 88] |isbn=0-448-40172-X |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/jurassicparkjuni00herm/page/88}}</ref> |
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The film's trailers provided only a fleeting glimpse of the dinosaurs,<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Sauter, Michael |title=Trailer Park |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=June 4, 1993 |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,306780,00.html |access-date=February 17, 2007 |archive-date=May 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516155143/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,306780,00.html }}</ref> a tactic journalist Josh Horowitz described as "that old Spielberg axiom of never revealing too much" after Spielberg and director [[Michael Bay]] did the same for their production of ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |author=Horowitz, Josh |title=Michael Bay Divulges 'Transformers' Details – And Word Of 'Bad Boys III' |publisher=MTV |date=February 15, 2007 |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1552462/20070214/story.jhtml |access-date=February 15, 2007 |archive-date=February 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217074544/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1552462/20070214/story.jhtml |url-status=dead}}</ref> The film was marketed with the [[tagline]] "An Adventure 65 Million Years in the Making". This was a joke Spielberg made on set about the genuine, thousands of years old mosquito in amber used for Hammond's walking stick.<ref>{{cite video |title=Steven Spielberg directs Jurassic Park |location=''Jurassic Park'' DVD |publisher=[[Universal Pictures]] |year=2001}}</ref> |
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* In the book, the scene where the T-Rex attacks the stalled Land Cruisers is longer and has a darker, more claustrophobic feel. |
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==Release== |
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* Dr. Gerry Harding, the vet, has a more important role, surviving a raptor attack and saving Malcolm. |
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===Theatrical=== |
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''Jurassic Park'' [[premiere]]d at the [[Uptown Theater (Washington, D.C.)|Uptown Theater]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] on June 9, 1993,<ref>{{cite news |title=Three Big Movies at the Uptown Theater |publisher=Ghosts of DC |date=August 14, 2012 |url=http://ghostsofdc.org/2012/08/14/uptown-theater-cleveland-park/ |access-date=August 14, 2012 |archive-date=August 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817014406/http://ghostsofdc.org/2012/08/14/uptown-theater-cleveland-park/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Beltway Barbra |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=May 21, 1993 |url=https://ew.com/article/1993/05/21/barbra-streisand-visits-capital/ |access-date=February 17, 2007 |first=Lissa |last=August |archive-date=April 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416003356/http://www.ew.com/article/1993/05/21/barbra-streisand-visits-capital |url-status=live}}</ref> in support of two children's charities.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Stars Rain Down On Washington |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=June 11, 1993 |url=https://ew.com/article/1993/06/11/stars-rain-down-washington/ |access-date=February 17, 2007 |archive-date=July 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726135428/http://www.ew.com/article/1993/06/11/stars-rain-down-washington |url-status=live}}</ref> The film had previews on 1,412 screens starting at 9:30 pm [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]] on Thursday, June 10, and officially opened on Friday in 2,404 theater locations and an estimated 3,400 screens.<ref name=previews>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 21, 1993|page=3|last=Klady|first=Leonard|title=Dinosaurs fone home}}</ref><ref name=opening>{{cite news |title=Weekend Box Office: Universal's Monster Smash |date=June 15, 1993 |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-06-15-ca-3201-story.html |access-date=February 17, 2007 |first=David J. |last=Fox |archive-date=May 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517224728/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-06-15-ca-3201-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Shone|2004|p=224}} Following the film's release, a traveling exhibition called "The Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park" began, showcasing dinosaur skeletons and film props.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dino Dominion |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=October 31, 1995 |last=Klein |first=Julia M. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69179878/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ |access-date=February 2, 2021 |pages=C1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69180106/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ C7] |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=May 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517224803/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69179878/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> The film began its international release on June 25, in Brazil before further openings in South America and then rolling out around most of the rest of the world from July 16 until October.<ref name=bil>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|last=Klady|first=Leonard|date=October 4, 1993|page=11|title=Billion-Dollar dinos' merchandising mania}}</ref> The United Kingdom premiere helped save the Lyric Theatre in [[Carmarthen]], [[Wales]] from closure, an event chronicled in the 2022 film ''[[Save the Cinema]]''.<ref>{{cite news |author=Scoutfield, Aled |title=Save the Cinema: How Jurassic Park helped Carmarthen theatre |publisher=BBC News |date=January 14, 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59940146 |access-date=January 14, 2022 |archive-date=January 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113232335/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59940146 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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====Re-releases==== |
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* The geneticist, Henry Wu, also has more important role. He and Arnold work together get the computer back up, and he spars with John Hammond over the running of the park. |
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In anticipation of the [[Blu-ray]] release, ''Jurassic Park'' had a [[Digital cinema|digital print]] released in UK cinemas on September 23, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jurassic Park Is Back on the Big Screen |date=August 26, 2011 |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |author=White, James |url=http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=31877 |access-date=August 31, 2011 |archive-date=August 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830113301/http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=31877 |url-status=live}}</ref> It wound up grossing £245,422 ($786,021) from 276 theaters, finishing at eleventh on the weekend box office list.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://industry.bfi.org.uk/article/17582/UK-Box-Office-23--25-September-2011?action=fullscreen |title=UK Box Office: 23- 25 September 2011 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=January 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020192624/http://industry.bfi.org.uk/article/17582/UK-Box-Office-23--25-September-2011?action=fullscreen |archive-date=October 20, 2013 }}</ref> |
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[[File:Jurassic Park 3D Poster 2013.jpg|thumb|upright|Poster for the 2013 3D re-release]] |
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* In the novel, the Jurassic Park staff and employees do not leave on a boat for the mainland, whereas in the film version they do, resulting in fewer deaths. |
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Two years later, on the 20th anniversary of ''Jurassic Park,'' a [[3-D film|3D version]] of the film was released in cinemas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Release Dates for Kick-Ass 2, 47 Ronin, Jurassic Park 3D, R.I.P.D., Identity Thief, 2 Guns and About Time |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |date=August 15, 2012 |url=http://collider.com/kick-ass-2-release-date/189213/ |access-date=October 7, 2012 |archive-date=October 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016072740/http://collider.com/kick-ass-2-release-date/189213/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Spielberg declared that he had produced the film with a sort of "subconscious 3D", as scenes feature animals walking toward the cameras and some effects of foreground and background overlay.<ref name=usa>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/04/03/jurassic-park-3d/1996081/ |title=20 years later, 'Jurassic Park' reopens in 3-D |first=Bryan |last=Alexander |work=[[USA Today]] |date=April 3, 2013 |access-date=August 16, 2013 |archive-date=December 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228144330/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/04/03/jurassic-park-3d/1996081/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, he stated in an interview that ''Jurassic Park'' was the only one of his works he had considered for a conversion.<ref>{{cite web |first=Christopher |last=Rosen |url=http://news.moviefone.com/2011/12/20/steven-spielberg-tintin-andy-serkis-jurassic-park-3d-interview/ |title=Steven Spielberg on 'Tintin', Andy Serkis's Oscar Bona Fides and 'Jurassic Park 3D' |publisher=[[Moviefone]] |date=December 20, 2011|access-date=January 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110182803/http://news.moviefone.com/2011/12/20/steven-spielberg-tintin-andy-serkis-jurassic-park-3d-interview/|archive-date=January 10, 2014}}</ref> Once he saw the 3D version of ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' in 2012, he liked the new look of the film so much that he hired the same retrofitting company, Stereo D. Spielberg and cinematographer [[Janusz Kamiński]] closely supervised the nine-month process in-between the production of ''[[Lincoln (2012 film)|Lincoln]]''.<ref name=usa/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://collider.com/kathleen-kennedy-jurassic-park-4-tintin-sequel-jurassic-park-3d/130315/ |title=Producer Kathleen Kennedy Talks JURASSIC PARK 4, a 3D Re-Release for Jurassic Park, and the Tintin Sequel |date=December 3, 2011 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |first=Adam |last=Chitwood |access-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-date=January 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107060912/http://collider.com/kathleen-kennedy-jurassic-park-4-tintin-sequel-jurassic-park-3d/130315/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Stereo D executive Aaron Parry said the conversion was an evolution of what the company had done with ''Titanic'', "being able to capitalize on everything we learned with [[James Cameron|Jim]] [James Cameron] on ''Titanic'' and take it into a different genre and movie, and one with so many technical achievements". The studio had the help of ILM, which contributed some elements and updated effects shots for a better visual enhancement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://library.creativecow.net/kaufman_debra/Jurassic-Park-3D-Conversion/1 |title=Jurassic Park 3D: A New Dimension for a Modern Classic |work=Creative COW Magazine |date=April 18, 2013 |first=Debra |last=Kaufman |access-date=July 29, 2011 |archive-date=June 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623224127/http://library.creativecow.net/kaufman_debra/Jurassic-Park-3D-Conversion/1}}</ref> It opened in the United States and seven other territories on April 5, 2013,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxoffice.com/latest-news/2013-04-07-global-gi-joe-and-croods-hold-against-jurassic-park-evil-dead-oz-reaches-450m-global |title=Global: 'Oz' Reaches $450M; 'G.I. Joe' Holds With $40.2M Weekend; 'Croods' Posts $34.1M Weekend |author=Loria, Daniel |publisher=Box Office Media |access-date=January 7, 2014 |date=April 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511100649/http://www.boxoffice.com/latest-news/2013-04-07-global-gi-joe-and-croods-hold-against-jurassic-park-evil-dead-oz-reaches-450m-global |archive-date=May 11, 2013}}</ref> with other countries receiving the re-release over the following six months.<ref name=m2>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3667&p=.htm |title=Around-the-World: 'G.I. Joe' Nears Predecessor, 'Croods' Passes $200M |last=Subers |first=Ray |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |date=April 9, 2013 |access-date=January 5, 2014 |archive-date=November 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103074041/http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3667&p=.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, the film was re-released in select theaters to celebrate its 25th anniversary.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/jurassic-park-25th-anniversary-theaters-rerelease/ |title='Jurassic Park' Stomps Back into Theaters for Three Days This Fall |first=Hoai-Tran |last=Bui |work=[[/Film]] |date=August 16, 2018 |access-date=December 23, 2019 |archive-date=December 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223011410/https://www.slashfilm.com/jurassic-park-25th-anniversary-theaters-rerelease/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jurassic Park Returns to Theaters This Fall for 3 Days Only |url=https://movieweb.com/jurassic-park-25th-anniversary-rerelease-september-2018/ |website=MovieWeb |date=August 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Jurassic Park returning to theaters for 25th anniversary in September |url=https://ew.com/movies/2018/08/16/jurassic-park-returning-theaters-september-25th-anniversary/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=August 16, 2018}}</ref> On August 25, 2023, the 3D version of the film was re-released in theaters to celebrate its 30th anniversary.<ref>{{cite news|title= 'Jurassic Park' 30th Anniversary Re-Release Scheduled This Month From RealD & Universal |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=August 11, 2023 |access-date=August 28, 2023 | work=Deadline |url= https://deadline.com/2023/08/jurassic-park-rerelease-reald-1235460445/ }}</ref> |
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=== Home media === |
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* In the book, Arnold and Wu are able to turn the security systems back on without shutting down the whole system. In doing so, though, they lose the ability to find out what happened to the phones. At Gennaro's insistence (to call for a helicopter for Malcolm) they shut entire system down, and upon reboot get the phones back. They think everything is fine, and Muldoon goes out to re-capture the escaped animals. About twelve hours later, though, right after Muldoon brings down the Rex, the power shuts out again. Arnold and Wu realize that when they re-booted they started on auxiliary power instead of standard, because the main generator needs a charge from the auxiliary to start back up. They were fooled because the lights, computers, video systems and door locks worked, but nobody checked the security fences (which the auxiliary generator isn't strong enough to run). It was during THIS time that the raptors escaped and began to wreak havoc. This is much more true to chaos theory — the notion that there are too many variables in living systems for human beings to account for, and just one oversight can prove fatal. In the movie, though, Wu is a nonfactor, and Arnold can't turn ANY systems back on without completely shutting off the system. After he does that and goes to re-start the main generator the raptors see him and escape, following him into the shed and killing him. |
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''Jurassic Park'' was first officially released on [[VHS]] by [[CIC Video]] on October 3, 1994, in the United Kingdom and Ireland, where it had an exclusive seven-week rental window before going on sale on November 21.<ref name=rental>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|page=31|date=10 June 1994|title=Jurassic spark to light up UK rental}}</ref> In the rest of the world, it was officially released on VHS and [[LaserDisc]] on October 4, 1994 (by [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|MCA/Universal Home Video]] in the United States).<ref>{{cite magazine |title='Jurassic' rumbles to vid in October |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=March 22, 1994 |url=https://variety.com/1994/digital/news/jurassic-rumbles-to-vid-in-october-119411/ |access-date=January 27, 2007 |archive-date=November 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111153448/http://variety.com/1994/digital/news/jurassic-rumbles-to-vid-in-october-119411/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Despite the official release date, most US retailers decided not to wait that long and were selling it by 1 October.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=October 15, 1994|page=5|title='Jurassic' Sparks Dino-Sized Controversy|last1=Goldstein|first1=Seth|last2=Fitzpatrick|first2=Eileen|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1994/BB-1994-10-15-P.pdf|access-date=September 7, 2024}}</ref> With 17 million units sold,<ref>{{cite news |title=Spielberg classics swim up to DVD |author=Hettrick, Scott |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=April 25, 2000 |url=https://variety.com/2000/digital/features/spielberg-classics-swim-up-to-dvd-1117780888/ |access-date=January 27, 2007 |archive-date=January 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105082013/http://variety.com/2000/digital/features/spielberg-classics-swim-up-to-dvd-1117780888/ |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Jurassic Park'' is the fifth-best-selling VHS tape ever.<ref>{{cite news |title=Challenge of Selling a Hit Film to TV Viewers: Television: NBC's promotional dilemma is how to generate interest in the 2-year-old 'Jurassic Park', which is the highest-grossing motion picture in history. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-05-06-ca-63049-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=May 6, 1995 |access-date=August 30, 2013 |archive-date=October 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024090225/http://articles.latimes.com/1995-05-06/entertainment/ca-63049_1_jurassic-park |url-status=live}}</ref> Three years later, a [[THX]] certified [[Widescreen]] VHS was released on September 9, 1997.<ref>{{cite news |last=McKay |first=John |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98855969/more-videos-present-movies-in-original/ |title=More videos present movies in original widescreen images |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311210504/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98855969/more-videos-present-movies-in-original/ |date=September 6, 1997 |access-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |page=36 |work=The Canadian Press |publisher=[[Brantford Expositor]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jpdatabase.net/jurassic-park/dvd-video-release/|title=Jurassic Park db » DVD / Video release|access-date=March 24, 2022|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414195633/https://www.jpdatabase.net/jurassic-park/dvd-video-release/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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The film was also first released as a Collector's Edition [[DVD]] and [[VHS]] on October 10, 2000, in both Widescreen (1.85:1) and [[Fullscreen (filmmaking)|Full Screen]] (1.33:1) versions, and as part of a box set with the sequel ''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]'' and both movies' soundtrack albums.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=U Home Video preps 'Jurrassic' DVD launch |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2000/digital/features/u-home-video-preps-jurrassic-dvd-launch-1117782601/ |author=Hettrick, Scott |date=June 14, 2000 |access-date=March 6, 2007 |archive-date=January 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105082019/http://variety.com/2000/digital/features/u-home-video-preps-jurrassic-dvd-launch-1117782601/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000613/ca_univers_2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000829095853/http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000613/ca_univers_2.html |title=Universal Studios Home Video Announces First Time DVD Releases Of Jurassic Park and The Lost World |website=[[PR Newswire]] |publisher=[[Cision]] |via=[[Yahoo! Finance|Yahoo.com]] |archive-date=August 29, 2000 |date=June 13, 2000 |access-date=June 18, 2019}}</ref> It was the 13th-best-selling DVD of 2000 counting both versions, finishing the year with 910,000 units sold.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Year End 2000 Top DVD sellers |url=https://variety.com/2000/biz/news/year-end-2000-top-dvd-sellers-628130/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=December 30, 2000 |access-date=December 11, 2017 |archive-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701222341/https://variety.com/2000/biz/news/year-end-2000-top-dvd-sellers-628130/ }}</ref> Following the release of ''Jurassic Park III'', a new box set with all the films called ''Jurassic Park Trilogy'' was released on December 11, 2001.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jurassic Park Trilogy |website=IGN |url=http://www.ign.com/movies/jurassic-park-ultimate-trilogy/dvd-791439 |access-date=March 6, 2007 |archive-date=February 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223050554/http://www.ign.com/movies/jurassic-park-ultimate-trilogy/dvd-791439 |url-status=live}}</ref> It was repackaged as ''Jurassic Park Adventure Pack'' on November 29, 2005.<ref>{{cite web |author=IGN DVD |title=Jurassic Park Adventure Pack |website=IGN |date=November 17, 2005 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/11/18/jurassic-park-adventure-pack |access-date=March 6, 2007 |archive-date=June 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603114220/http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/11/18/jurassic-park-adventure-pack |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* In the book, the T-Rex has a prehensile tongue and uses it to nearly devour Tim. |
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The trilogy was released on [[Blu-ray]] on October 25, 2011,<ref>{{cite web |author=Chitwood, Adam |title=JURASSIC PARK Trilogy Hits Blu-ray October 25th, Trailer Released |website=Collider |date=June 27, 2011 |url=http://collider.com/jurassic-park-trilogy-blu-ray-trailer/98999/ |access-date=July 29, 2011 |archive-date=July 31, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110731015658/http://collider.com/jurassic-park-trilogy-blu-ray-trailer/98999 |url-status=live}}</ref> debuting at number five on the Blu-ray charts,<ref>{{cite news |author=Arnold, Thomas K. |title='Captain America' Overtakes 'Pirates of the Caribbean' for No.{{nbsp}}1 on DVD Charts |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=November 2, 2011 |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/captain-america-pirates-of-the-caribbean-dvd-charts-256790 |access-date=July 29, 2013 |archive-date=March 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312202342/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/captain-america-pirates-of-the-caribbean-dvd-charts-256790 |url-status=live}}</ref> and nominated as the best release of the year by both the Las Vegas Film Critics Society<ref name="LasVegas">{{cite web |url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/the-artist-winding-refn-win-at-las-vegas-critics-awards |title="The Artist", Winding Refn Win at Las Vegas Critics Awards |author=Knegt, Peter |access-date=March 25, 2012 |work=[[IndieWire]] |date=December 13, 2011 |archive-date=February 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229003234/http://www.indiewire.com/article/the-artist-winding-refn-win-at-las-vegas-critics-awards |url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Saturn Award]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://collider.com/saturn-award-nominations-2012/ |title=Saturn Award Nominations Announced; Hugo and Harry Potter Lead with 10 Nominations Each |first=Matt |last=Goldberg |work=Collider |date=February 29, 2012 |access-date=January 5, 2014 |archive-date=April 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416222202/http://collider.com/saturn-award-nominations-2012/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, ''Jurassic Park'' was among twenty-five films chosen by Universal for a box set celebrating the studio's 100th anniversary,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://collider.com/universal-100-anniversary-blu-ray-collection/ |title=Universal Announces Fantastic 25-Film 100th Anniversary Blu-ray Collection |first=Adam |last=Chitwood |work=Collider |date=February 29, 2012 |access-date=January 5, 2014 |archive-date=December 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221094249/http://collider.com/universal-100-anniversary-blu-ray-collection/ |url-status=live}}</ref> while also receiving a standalone 100th anniversary Blu-ray featuring an [[augmented reality]] cover.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/universalsonypictures-se/pressreleases/universal-pictures-partner-with-aurasma-to-celebrate-100th-anniversary-watch-the-movies-come-to-life-in-a-brand-new-way-814255 |title=Universal Pictures partner with Aurasma to celebrate 100th Anniversary: Watch the movies come to life in a brand new way |publisher=[[Aurasma]] |date=November 20, 2012 |access-date=January 6, 2014 |archive-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107020349/http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/universalsonypictures-se/pressreleases/universal-pictures-partner-with-aurasma-to-celebrate-100th-anniversary-watch-the-movies-come-to-life-in-a-brand-new-way-814255 |url-status=live}}</ref> The following year, the 20th anniversary 3D conversion was issued on Blu-ray 3D.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.engadget.com/2013/01/27/jurassic-park-3d-blu-ray/ |title=Jurassic Park 3D Blu-ray comes home April 23rd after its one-week theatrical return |work=[[Engadget]] |author=Lawler, Richard |date=January 27, 2013 |access-date=January 6, 2014 |archive-date=January 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106040220/http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/27/jurassic-park-3d-blu-ray/ |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* During the tour, the characters get out of the Land Cruisers to see a sick stegosaurus in the novel. In the movie, it is a sick triceratops. |
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The film, alongside ''The Lost World'', ''Jurassic Park III'' and ''Jurassic World'', was released as part of a [[Ultra HD Blu-ray|4K Ultra HD]] Blu-ray box set on May 22, 2018, in honor of the original film's 25th anniversary.<ref>{{Citation |title=Jurassic Park Collection 4K Blu-ray |url=http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Jurassic-Park-Collection-4K-Blu-ray/200257/ |access-date=March 18, 2018 |archive-date=March 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319084809/http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Jurassic-Park-Collection-4K-Blu-ray/200257/ |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* In the novel, the tour group has actually finished the tour and are on their way back when the power goes out. |
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====Television premiere==== |
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* In the novel, Hammond does not visit Grant and Dr. Sattler, but a government worker does. Instead Hammond phones Grant and invites them to Jurassic Park. |
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''Jurassic Park'' was broadcast on television for the first time on [[NBC]] on May 7, 1995, following the April 26 airing of ''The Making of Jurassic Park''.<ref>{{cite news |first=Eric |last=Mink |title='Making of Jurassic Park' Really Dino-mite |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1995/04/25/1995-04-25__making_of_jurassic_park__re.html |work=[[New York Daily News|Daily News]] |location=New York |date=April 25, 1995 |access-date=February 26, 2013}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Some 68.12 million people tuned in, garnering NBC a 36 percent share of all available viewers that night. ''Jurassic Park'' was the [[Nielsen ratings|highest-rated]] theatrical film broadcast on television by any network since the April 1987 airing of ''[[Trading Places]]''.<ref name="Huff">{{cite news |first=Richard |last=Huff |title=Ratings: 'Jurassic' Parks NBC Right At the Top of the Nielsens |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1995/05/10/1995-05-10_ratings___jurassic__parks_nb.html |work=New York Daily News |date=May 10, 1995 |access-date=February 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815104644/http://articles.nydailynews.com/1995-05-10/entertainment/17971514_1_highest-rated-movie-ratings-crown-ratings-race |archive-date=August 15, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In June–July 1995, the film aired a number of times on the [[Turner Network Television]] (TNT) network.<ref name="Huff"/> |
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==Reception== |
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* The novel has many scenes which become part of Jurassic Park: The Lost World including the beginning incident with the girl and the "compys", the shorter dactyl scene, etc. |
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===Box office=== |
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''Jurassic Park'' became the [[List of highest-grossing films|highest-grossing film]] released worldwide up to that time, replacing Spielberg's own ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'' (1982).<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Hollywood Scores Big |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |issue=206 |pages=32–33 |date=January 21, 1994 |url=https://ew.com/article/1994/01/21/jurassic-park-and-other-1993-hollywood-hits/ |access-date=February 17, 2007 |first=Gregg |last=Kilday |archive-date=November 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118050145/http://www.ew.com/article/1994/01/21/jurassic-park-and-other-1993-hollywood-hits |url-status=live}}</ref> It grossed $3.1 million from Thursday night screenings in the United States and Canada on June 10, and $50.1 million in its first weekend from 2,404 theaters, breaking the opening weekend record set by ''[[Batman Returns]]'' the year before.<ref name=opening/> The film would hold that record for two years until 1995 when ''[[Batman Forever]]'' took it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-06-19-ca-14726-story.html|title='Batman' Takes a Bite Out of 'Jurassic' Record: Movies: Third Bat film soars to an estimated opening weekend gross of $53 million. 'Pocahontas' makes a staggering $2.7 million in just six--albeit large--theaters.|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 19, 1995}}</ref> Upon opening, it became the first film to generate $50 million in a single weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/jurassic-park-vs-last-action-hero-the-marketing-battle/|title=How Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Compares to Classic Jurassic Park|date=June 18, 2019 }}</ref> By the end of its first week, ''Jurassic Park'' had grossed a record $81.7 million.<ref>{{cite magazine |author-link=Richard Corliss |last=Corliss |first=Richard |title=Hollywood's Summer: Just Kidding |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=June 28, 1993 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,978768,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013204324/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,978768,00.html |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |access-date=January 26, 2007}}</ref> It grossed $100 million in a record nine days<ref name=brazil/> and remained at number one for three weeks. It eventually grossed $357 million in the U.S. and Canada, ranking [[List of highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada|second of all-time]] behind ''E.T.''<ref name=yearlat>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-03-ca-8097-story.html |title=THE YEAR IN MOVIES: '93 a Record-Smasher at the Box Office |date=January 3, 1994 |author=Fox, David J. |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=February 6, 2016 |archive-date=September 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924151628/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-01-03/entertainment/ca-8097_1_jurassic-park |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="weekly">{{cite web |title=Jurassic Park (1993) – Weekend Box Office |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=jurassicpark.htm |access-date=February 8, 2007 |archive-date=February 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204045902/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=jurassicpark.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Box Office Mojo]] estimates the film sold over 86.2 million tickets in the US in its initial theatrical run.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=May 31, 2016 |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jurassicpark.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |title=Jurassic Park (1993) |website=Box Office Mojo |archive-date=August 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804215917/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jurassicpark.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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The film also did very well in international markets and was the first to gross $500 million overseas, surpassing the record $280 million overseas gross of ''E.T.''<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Groves |first=Don |title='Park' strides past 'E.T.' for o'seas B.O. title|magazine=[[Daily Variety]] |date=September 14, 1993 |page=26}}</ref><ref name=500m>{{cite magazine |last=Groves |first=Don |title=Dinos set o'seas mark of $500 mil |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=November 22, 1993 |page=16}}</ref> In its first international release date in Brazil, it also set an opening weekend record with a gross of $1,738,198 from 141 screens.<ref name=brazil>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=July 9, 1993|page=24|title=Prehistoric records}}</ref> It went on to break further opening records around the world including in the United Kingdom, Japan, India, South Korea, Mexico, Germany, Australia, Taiwan, Italy, Denmark, South Africa and France.<ref name=japan>{{cite magazine |last=Groves |first=Don |title='Jurassic' renders Japan B.O. record extinct |magazine=[[Daily Variety]] |page=1 |date=July 20, 1993 |url=https://variety.com/1993/film/news/jurassic-renders-japan-b-o-record-extinct-108850/ |access-date=February 3, 2021 |archive-date=November 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111153451/http://variety.com/1993/film/news/jurassic-renders-japan-b-o-record-extinct-108850/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=dom/><ref name=it>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|date=21 September 1993|title='Park' conquers Italy|page=18|last=Groves|first=Don}}</ref><ref name=fr/> In Japan, ''Jurassic Park'' grossed $8.4 million from 237 screens in two days (including previews).<ref name=japan/> In the United Kingdom, it also beat the opening weekend record set by ''Batman Returns'' with a gross of £4.875 million ($7.4 million) from 434 screens, including a record £443,000 from Thursday night previews, and also beat ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''{{'}}s opening week record, with £9.2 million.<ref name=japan/><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=12|date=July 26, 1993|title=U.K. yields to the call of the dinosaurs|last=Groves|first=Don}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=18|date=August 2, 1993|title=International box office|quote=$13,982,206; £1=$1.52}}</ref><ref name=stomp>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=18|date=August 2, 1993|title='Park' keeps stomping on world B.O.|last=Groves|first=Don}}</ref> The film held the UK record until it was beaten by ''[[Independence Day (1996 film)|Independence Day]]'' in 1996.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=UK Box Office's Weekend Record-Breaker|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=16 August 1996|page=23}}</ref> After 12 days of grossing over £1 million a day, the film was the eighth highest-grossing film of all time in the UK<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=July 30, 1993|page=30|title=Powerful Park}}</ref> and after just three weeks, it became the [[List of highest-grossing films in the United Kingdom|highest-grossing]], surpassing ''[[Ghost (1990 film)|Ghost]]'', eventually doubling the record with a gross of £47.9 million.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=11|date=August 16, 1993|title='Park' leader of summer B.O. pack|last=Groves|first=Don}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=BFI Statistical Yearbook |year=2013 |edition=2012 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |location=London |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2013.pdf |pages=[http://www.emagcloud.com/incorporatedesign/BFI_Statisitical_Yearbook_2013_Digital02/pubData/source/BFI%20Statisitical%20Yearbook%202013%20Digital.pdf#page=22 22]|access-date=February 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228060414/http://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2013.pdf |archive-date=28 December 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> It spent a record eight consecutive weekends at the [[List of 1993 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom|top of the UK box office]].<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=31 October 1997|page=27|title=Stripped by Full Monty|last=Scott|first=Mary}}</ref> ''Jurassic Park'' would remain as Europe's box office leader before being surpassed by ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Aladdin' rides high in Europe |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/11/29/Aladdin-rides-high-in-Europe/8039754549200/ |access-date=10 February 2022 |work=[[United Press International]] |date=29 November 1993 |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210142914/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/11/29/Aladdin-rides-high-in-Europe/8039754549200/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In Australia, the film had the widest release ever and was the first film to open with a one-day gross of more than [[Australian dollar|A$]]1 million, grossing A$5,447,000 (US$3.6 million) in its first four days from 192 screens beating the opening record of ''Terminator 2'' and also beating the weekly record set by ''[[The Bodyguard (1992 film)|The Bodyguard]]'' with a gross of A$6.8 million.<ref name=20sep>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=13|date=20 September 1993|title=International box office}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=13|date=20 September 1993|title=Healthy fall kickoff in Euro B.O.|last=Groves|first=Don}}</ref><ref name=dom>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|page=30|date=7 September 1993|title=Dinos dominate world|last=Groves|first=Don}}</ref> In the same weekend, it also set an opening record in Germany with a gross of [[Deutsche Mark|DM]] 16.8 million ($10.5 million) from 644 screens.<ref name=dom/><ref name=20sep/> In Italy, it also had the widest release ever in 344 theaters and grossed a record [[Italian lira|Lire ]]9.5 billion ($6.1 million).<ref name=it/> After 115 days of release, it surpassed ''E.T.'' as the highest-grossing film worldwide of all time.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Biggest Movie of All Time (advertisement)|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=October 8, 1993|pages=6–7}}</ref> It eventually opened in France on October 20, 1993, and grossed a record 75 million [[French franc|F]] ($13 million) in its opening week from over 515 screens.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=9|date=8 November 1993|title=International Box Office|quote=$13,089,950; $1=5.8FF}}</ref><ref name=fr>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=9|date=8 November 1993|title=French coin points 'Park' at $500 mil|last=Groves|first=Don}}</ref> Its first week admissions in France of almost 2.3 million surpassed the previous record set by ''[[Rambo: First Blood Part II]]'' in 1985.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|page=30|title='Jurassic' passes $450 mil o'seas|last=Groves|first=Don|date=October 28, 1993}}</ref> |
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* In the novel Muldoon and Gennaro find Dennis Nedry's body very mangled, in the movie he is forgotten once he is killed. |
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The film set all-time records in, among others, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Japan (in US Dollars), Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Thailand and the United Kingdom.<ref name=bil/><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=EDI Box Office News: Star Translations|date=May 26, 1997|page=19}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title='Sliver' hot, 'Shots' tops in o'seas B.O.|date=September 6, 1993|page=10|first=Don|last=Groves}}</ref><ref name=500m/><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=B.O. gets rocky for chopsockys|date=December 13, 1993|page=1|first1=Don|last1=Groves|first2=Teresa|last2=Wan}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=12 December 1994|page=22|title=Once Were Warriors (advertisement)}}</ref> Ultimately the film grossed $914 million worldwide in its initial release,<ref name="original release"/> with Spielberg reportedly earning over $250 million from the film, the most a director or actor had earned from one film at the time.{{sfn|McBride|1997|p=424}}<ref name=bil/> Its record gross was surpassed in 1998 by ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'', the first film to gross over $1{{nbsp}}billion.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/titanic-sails-to-all-time-box-office-record-1201345048/ |title='Titanic' Sails to All-Time Box Office Record |date=March 3, 1998 |last=Klady |first=Leonard |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=February 6, 2016 |archive-date=February 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216041131/http://variety.com/1998/film/news/titanic-sails-to-all-time-box-office-record-1201345048/ |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* Grant, Lex and Tim all sleep in a tree in the movie but the book places them in a maintenance building. |
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The 3D re-release of ''Jurassic Park'' in April 2013 opened at fourth place at the US box office, with $18.6 million from 2,771 locations. [[IMAX]] showings accounted for over $6 million, with the 32 percent being the highest IMAX share ever for a nationwide release.<ref>{{cite web |title=Weekend Report: Audiences Thrill to 'Evil Dead', 'Jurassic Park 3D' |last=Subers |first=Ray |date=April 6, 2013 |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3666&p=.htm |access-date=May 6, 2013 |archive-date=May 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509023431/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3666&p=.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> The international release had its most successful weekend in the last week of August, when it managed to climb to the top of the overseas box office with a $28.8 million debut in China.<ref>{{cite web |title=Global Box Office: 'Jurassic Park 3D' Clobbers the Competition, Huge in China |last=McClintock |first=Pamela |date=August 25, 2013 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/global-box-office-jurassic-park-614090 |access-date=August 26, 2013 |archive-date=August 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828054615/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/global-box-office-jurassic-park-614090 |url-status=live}}</ref> The reissue earned $45.4 million in the United States and Canada and $44.5 million internationally {{as of|2013|August|lc=y}},<ref>{{cite web |title=Jurassic Park 3D |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jurassicpark3d.htm |access-date=May 6, 2013 |archive-date=May 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503151106/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jurassicpark3d.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> leading to a lifetime gross of $402.5 million in the United States and Canada and $628.7 million overseas, for a worldwide gross of $1.029 billion, making ''Jurassic Park'' the 17th film to surpass the $1{{nbsp}}billion mark.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=38543 |title=Jurassic Park Joins The Billion Dollar Club |work=Empire |date=August 23, 2013 |last=White |first=James |access-date=August 26, 2013 |archive-date=October 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021134821/http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=38543 |url-status=live}}</ref> It was the only Universal Pictures film to surpass the $1{{nbsp}}billion mark until 2015, when the studio had three such films, ''[[Furious 7]]'', ''[[Minions (film)|Minions]]'', and the fourth installment of the ''Jurassic Park'' franchise, ''[[Jurassic World]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slashfilm.com/jurassic-world-box-office/ |title='Jurassic World' Sets Record for Fastest Race to $1 Billion |publisher=/Film |author=Han, Angie |date=June 23, 2015 |access-date=February 6, 2016 |archive-date=November 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118234423/http://www.slashfilm.com/jurassic-world-box-office/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The film earned an additional $374,238 in 2018 for its 25th anniversary re-release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1983271429/|title=Jurassic Park (2018 Re-release)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=September 1, 2020|archive-date=December 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221122207/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1983271429/|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2020, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] closing most theaters worldwide and limiting what films played, ''Jurassic Park'' returned to 230 theaters (mostly drive-ins). It grossed $517,600, finishing in first for the fourth time in its history. It became the first time a re-issue topped the box office since ''[[The Lion King]]'' in September 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://deadline.com/2020/06/weekend-box-office-coroanvirus-cinemark-jurassic-park-trolls-world-tour-jaws-1202966822/ |title= 'Jurassic Park' Roars To No. 1 Again at Weekend Box Office, 27 Years After Original Release |first= Anthony |last= D'Alessandro |website= [[Deadline Hollywood]] |date= June 22, 2020 |access-date= June 22, 2020 |archive-date= June 23, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200623110015/https://deadline.com/2020/06/weekend-box-office-coroanvirus-cinemark-jurassic-park-trolls-world-tour-jaws-1202966822/ |url-status= live}}</ref> It currently ranks as the 37th highest-grossing film of all time in the U.S. and Canada (not adjusted for inflation) and the 44th highest-grossing film of all time.<ref name="figures"/> |
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* The motion sensors which Grant tried to trip (to get attention) weren't mentioned in the movie. |
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===Critical response=== |
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* At the end of the movie, the survivors merely flee nature, and the audience has no idea what happened to the remaining dinosaurs. At the end of the book, though, there is one of Crichton's most famous scenes — Ellie, Grant, Gennaro and Muldoon go to investigate the raptor nest in the volcano. In one of the book's most haunting passages, it finally strikes the survivors how alien the dinosaurs are when they witness the evolution of the migration instinct ninety million years after it happened — yet for the raptors, it is still new. This drives home Malcolm's point that Earth's systems are the way they are because of the cumulative effects of aeons, aeons which the dinosaurs missed. They, alone among the planet's animals, have no natural reactions to anything that evolved after their respective extinctions and are no longer a part of Earth's processes; hence, they are no more "natural" then Frankenstein's monster or a genetically engineered mythical animal. Jurassic Park wasn't just a zoo — it was a modern-day Island of Dr. Moreau, where things that had no business being in the world were just one human error away from being able to destroy the equilibrium of every ecosystem on the planet. |
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{{Anchor|Critical reception|Critics}}Review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] retrospectively reported an approval rating of 92% based on 142 reviews, with an average rating of 8.50/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "''Jurassic Park'' is a spectacle of special effects and lifelike animatronics, with some of Spielberg's best sequences of sustained awe and sheer terror since ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jurassic_park/ |title=Jurassic Park (1993) |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=July 19, 2021 |archive-date=July 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727065331/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jurassic_park/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] gave the film a [[Weighted mean|weighted average]] score of 68 out of 100, based on reviews from 20 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |title=Jurassic Park Reviews |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/jurassic-park |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |work=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=April 8, 2013 |archive-date=September 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906222246/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/jurassic-park |url-status=live}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemascore.com|title=Find CinemaScore|format=Type "Jurassic Park" in the search box|publisher=[[CinemaScore]]|access-date=June 29, 2020|archive-date=January 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102130540/https://www.cinemascore.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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[[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called it "a true movie milestone, presenting awe- and fear-inspiring sights never before seen on the screen [...] On paper, this story is tailor-made for Mr. Spielberg's talents [but] [i]t becomes less crisp on screen than it was on the page, with much of the enjoyable jargon either mumbled confusingly or otherwise thrown away".<ref>{{cite news |author-link=Janet Maslin |last=Maslin |first=Janet |title=Screen Stars With Teeth To Spare |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 11, 1993 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/11/movies/review-film-screen-stars-with-teeth-to-spare.html |access-date=February 4, 2007 |archive-date=July 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729044330/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/11/movies/review-film-screen-stars-with-teeth-to-spare.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', [[Peter Travers]] called the film "colossal entertainment—the eye-popping, mind-bending, kick-out-the-jams thrill ride of summer and probably the year [...] Compared with the dinos, the characters are dry bones, indeed. Crichton and co-screenwriter David Koepp have flattened them into nonentities on the trip from page to screen".<ref>{{cite magazine |author-link=Peter Travers |last=Travers |first=Peter |title=Jurassic Park |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=June 1993 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/5949029/review/5949030/jurassic_park |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824034910/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/5949029/review/5949030/jurassic_park |archive-date=August 24, 2007 |access-date=February 4, 2007}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film three stars out of four: "The movie delivers all too well on its promise to show us dinosaurs. We see them early and often, and they are indeed a triumph of special effects artistry, but the movie is lacking other qualities that it needs even more, such as a sense of awe and wonderment, and strong human story values".<ref>{{cite news |author-link=Roger Ebert |last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=Jurassic Park |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=June 11, 1993 |url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jurassic-park-1993 |access-date=February 4, 2007 |archive-date=April 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413170606/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jurassic-park-1993 |url-status=live}}</ref> Henry Sheehan of ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' argued: "The complaints over ''Jurassic Park''{{'}}s lack of story and character sound a little off the point", pointing out the story arc of Grant learning to protect Hammond's grandchildren despite his initial dislike of them.{{sfn|McBride|1997|p=421–422}} ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine gave the film five stars, calling it "quite simply one of the greatest blockbusters of all time".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Review of Jurassic Park |last=Westbrook |first=Caroline |magazine=Empire |url=http://www.empireonline.com/movies/jurassic-park/review/ |issue=50 |date=August 1993 |access-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-date=November 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033510/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/jurassic-park/review/ |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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*In the book, Dr. Alan Grant loves talking with Tim, whereas in the movie he is rather annoyed by him. |
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===Accolades=== |
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=== Differences between media === |
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{{Anchor|Awards|Accolades}}In March 1994, ''Jurassic Park'' won all three [[Academy Awards]] for which it was nominated: [[Academy Award for Best Sound Editing|Best Sound Editing]], [[Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing|Best Sound Mixing]], and [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]] (at the same ceremony, Spielberg, editor Michael Kahn, and composer John Williams won Academy Awards for ''[[Schindler's List]]'').<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109919042/jurassic-park-another-spielberg/ |title='Jurassic Park,' another Spielberg movie, also has good night with 3 awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921024558/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109919042/jurassic-park-another-spielberg/ |date=March 22, 1994 |access-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-date=September 21, 2022 |page=6 |publisher=[[The Orlando Sentinel]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> The film won honors outside the U.S. including the 1994 [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] for [[BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects|Best Special Effects]], as well as the Award for the Public's Favorite Film.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jurassic Park Awards |publisher=[[Allmovie]] |url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/jurassic-park-v26808/awards |access-date=February 13, 2007 |archive-date=August 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805004833/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/jurassic-park-v26808/awards |url-status=live}}</ref> It won the 1994 [[Hugo Award]] for [[Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation|Best Dramatic Presentation]],<ref>{{cite web |title=1994 Hugo Awards |date=July 28, 2007 |publisher=Thehugoawards.org |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=124 |access-date=June 8, 2008 |archive-date=September 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928142739/http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=124 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the 1993 [[Saturn Awards]] for [[Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film|Best Science Fiction Film]], [[Saturn Award for Best Director|Best Direction]], [[Saturn Award for Best Writing|Best Writing]] for Crichton and Koepp and [[Saturn Award for Best Special Effects|Best Special Effects]].<ref name=sat>{{cite web |title=Past Saturn Awards |publisher=Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films |url=http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html#film |access-date=April 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211052459/http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html |archive-date=February 11, 2009}}</ref> The film won the 1993 [[People's Choice Awards]] for Favorite All-Around Motion Picture.<ref>{{cite news |title=1993 20th People's Choice Awards |publisher=The Envelope |url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1993/1993pc.htm |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-date=October 31, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061031053758/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1993/1993pc.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Young Artist Award]]s were given to Ariana Richards and Joseph Mazzello, with the film winning an Outstanding Action/Adventure Family Motion Picture award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fifteenth Annual Youth in Film Awards 1992–1993 |publisher=Young Artist Association |url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms15.htm |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403132553/http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms15.htm |archive-date=April 3, 2011}}</ref> In 2001, the [[American Film Institute]] ranked ''Jurassic Park'' as the 35th [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills|most thrilling film of American cinema]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/100Years/thrills.aspx |title=AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=January 2, 2012 |archive-date=June 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611142759/http://www.afi.com/100Years/thrills.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> The film is included in the book ''[[1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die]]'',<ref>{{cite book |title=1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die | editor1-first= Steven Jay | editor1-last= Schneider |year=2012 |edition=5th |publisher=[[Barron's Educational Series]] |location=Hauppauge, New York |isbn=978-1-84403-733-9 |page=960 |oclc=796279948 |series=Quintessence Editions}}</ref> film lists by ''Empire'' magazine,<ref>{{cite news |author=Simon Braund |author2=Glen Ferris |author3=Ian Freer |author4=Nev Pierce |author5=Chris Hewitt |author6=Dan Jolin |author7=Ian Nathan |author8=Kim Newman |author9=Helen O'Hara |author10=Olly Richards |author11=Owen Willams |work=Empire |title=The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time |url=http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/500-greatest-movies/ |access-date=March 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822120854/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/500-greatest-movies/ |archive-date=August 22, 2016}}</ref> and ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 27, 2007 |title=1000 films to see before you die |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/jun/27/1000filmstoseebeforeyoudie4/ |access-date=March 11, 2010 |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105070049/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/jun/27/1000filmstoseebeforeyoudie4 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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[[Image:I10-57-JurassicPark.jpg|thumb|250px|Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Bob Peck in a scene from Jurassic Park]] |
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| style="text-align:center;"|1993 |
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||[[Bambi Awards]]<ref>{{cite press release |title=Burda Publications, Inc. Congratulates its 1993 Bambi Award Recipients |publisher=[[Hubert Burda Media]] |date=December 9, 1993}}</ref> |
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|International Film |
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| ''Jurassic Park'' |
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|{{won}} |
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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="33"|1994 |
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| rowspan="3" |[[66th Academy Awards]]<ref name="Oscars1994">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1994 |title=The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners |access-date=October 22, 2011 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706100012/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/66th-winners.html |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|[[Academy Award for Best Sound Editing|Best Sound Effects Editing]] |
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|[[Gary Rydstrom]] and [[Richard Hymns]] |
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|{{won}} |
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|[[Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing|Best Sound]] |
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|[[Gary Summers]], Gary Rydstrom, [[Shawn Murphy (sound engineer)|Shawn Murphy]] and [[Ron Judkins]] |
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|{{won}} |
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|[[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]] |
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|[[Dennis Muren]], [[Stan Winston]], [[Phil Tippett]] and [[Michael Lantieri]] |
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|{{won}} |
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| rowspan="11" | [[Saturn Awards]]<ref name=sat/> |
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|Best Director |
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|[[Steven Spielberg]] |
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|{{won}} |
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|Best Science Fiction Film |
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| ''Jurassic Park'' |
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|{{won}} |
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|Best Special Effects |
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|Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri |
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|{{won}} |
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|Best Writing |
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|[[Michael Crichton]] and [[David Koepp]] |
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|{{won}} |
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|Best Actress |
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|[[Laura Dern]] |
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|[[Jeff Goldblum]] |
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|[[Wayne Knight]] |
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|[[Joseph Mazzello]] |
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|{{nom}} |
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|[[Ariana Richards]] |
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|{{nom}} |
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|Best Music |
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|[[John Williams]] |
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|Best Costumes |
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||[[Japan Academy Prize (film)|Awards of the Japanese Academy]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=17 |title=17th Annual Japanese Academy Awards |language=ja |publisher=Japan Academy Prize Association |access-date=January 15, 2014 |archive-date=February 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222032612/http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=17 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|[[Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Film]] |
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| ''Jurassic Park'' |
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|{{won}} |
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| rowspan="2" |[[BAFTA Awards]]<ref name="BAFTA1993">{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/explore?year=1993&type=film+ |title=1993 BAFTA Awards and Nominations |access-date=March 25, 2012 |publisher=bafta.org |archive-date=January 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108140344/http://awards.bafta.org/explore?year=1993&type=film+ |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|Best Special Effects |
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|Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri |
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|{{won}} |
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|Best Sound |
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|Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom, Shawn Murphy and Ron Judkins |
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|{{nom}} |
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||[[BMI Film Music Award]]<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA72 |title=BMI Gives Awards to Television, Movie Music |author=Borzillo, Carrie |date=May 28, 1994 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 18, 2016 |archive-date=September 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913142911/https://books.google.com/books?id=TwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA72 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|BMI Film Music Award |
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|John Williams |
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|{{won}} |
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||[[Blue Ribbon Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1993/ |script-title=ja:ルビー・モレノ快進撃 「月はどっちに出ている」3冠 |language=ja |publisher=The Association of Tokyo Film Journalists |access-date=January 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116114325/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1993/ |archive-date=January 16, 2014}}</ref> |
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|Best Foreign Language Film |
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|Steven Spielberg |
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|{{won}} |
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||[[Bram Stoker Award]]<ref name="Bram1993">{{cite web |url=http://www.horror.org/awards/stokerwinnom.htm#1993 |title=Past Bram Stoker Nominees & Winners |access-date=March 25, 2012 |publisher=horror.org |archive-date=May 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503224339/http://www.horror.org/awards/stokerwinnom.htm#1993 }}</ref> |
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|Screenplay |
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|Michael Crichton and David Koepp |
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|{{nom}} |
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||[[Cinema Audio Society]]<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040608021158/http://www.cinemaaudiosociety.org/html/casprev.html |url=http://www.cinemaaudiosociety.org/html/casprev.html |archive-date=June 8, 2004 |title=The Cinema Audio Society Awards For Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing 1993–2002 |publisher=Cinema Audio Society |access-date=January 15, 2014}}</ref> |
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|Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film |
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|Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom, Shawn Murphy and Ron Judkins |
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|{{nom}} |
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||[[Czech Lions]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kinobox.cz/oceneni/ceskylev/1993 |title=Český lev 1993 – Přehled ocenění |language=cs |publisher=Czech Film and Television Academy |access-date=January 15, 2014 |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116111244/http://www.kinobox.cz/oceneni/ceskylev/1993 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|Best Foreign Language Film |
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|Steven Spielberg |
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|{{won}} |
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|Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television |
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|John Williams |
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| rowspan="3" |[[MTV Movie Awards]]<ref name="1994MTV">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1994/ |title=1994 MTV Movie Awards |access-date=March 25, 2012 |publisher=MTV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208223801/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1994/ |archive-date=February 8, 2012}}</ref> |
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|Best Action Sequence |
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|Best Movie |
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| ''Jurassic Park'' |
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|Best Villain |
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|''T. rex'' |
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|{{nom}} |
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|Best Foreign Language Film (Fan Choice) |
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|Steven Spielberg |
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|Best Sound Editing |
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||[[People's Choice Awards]]<ref name="PeoplesChoice">{{cite web |url=http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=1994 |title=People's Choice Awards 1994 Nominees |access-date=March 25, 2012 |work=People's Choice Awards |archive-date=March 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323114848/http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=1994 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|Favorite Motion Picture |
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| ''Jurassic Park'' |
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| rowspan="3" |[[Young Artist Awards]]<ref name="YoungArtist">{{cite web |url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms15.htm |title=15th Annual Young Artist Awards |access-date=March 25, 2012 |publisher=youngartistawards.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403132553/http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms15.htm |archive-date=April 3, 2011}}</ref> |
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|Best Youth Actor Co-Starring in a Motion Picture Drama |
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|Joseph Mazzello |
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|Best Youth Actress Leading Role in a Motion Picture Drama |
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|Ariana Richards |
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|Outstanding Family Motion Picture – Action/Adventure |
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| ''Jurassic Park'' |
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||[[Hugo Awards]]<ref name="1994Hugo">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1994-hugo-awards/ |title=The Hugo Awards: 1994 Hugo Awards |date=July 28, 2007 |access-date=March 25, 2012 |publisher=thehugoawards.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507072941/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1994-hugo-awards/ |archive-date=May 7, 2011}}</ref> |
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|Best Dramatic Presentation |
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| ''Jurassic Park'' |
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==Legacy== |
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There are key differences between the novels, movies, games, and comics in the ''Jurassic Park'' series. The differences are in not only the architectural layout of the island, but also in the dinosaurs, dates, and even the characters used. Therefore each medium should be seen as its own seperate version of the same story, not neccesarily impacting any other version. Examples of this include: |
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[[File:Discovery Center.jpg|thumb|right|The Jurassic Park Discovery Center at [[Islands of Adventure]]|alt=The gateway to a facility reading "Jurassic Park" at the top, "Discovery Center" at the bottom, and a rocky panel with a Tyrannosaurus skeleton in-between.]] |
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[[File:Museo Cinema Torino - Jurassic Park step motion diorama.jpg|thumb|Pre-production stop-motion diorama by [[Tippett Studio]], displayed at the [[National Museum of Cinema]] of [[Turin]], Italy]] |
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Over the years, film critics and industry professionals have often cited ''Jurassic Park'' as one of the greatest movies of the action and thriller genres. The movie is also an example of a [[techno-thriller]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/by-writing-genre/varieties-of-the-technothriller-genre|title=Crypto, Sci-Fi, Soldiers, Spies (and Disasters, of Course): 5 Varieties in the Technothriller Genre|date=2018-07-19|website=Writer's Digest|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-09|archive-date=July 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728153053/https://www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/by-writing-genre/varieties-of-the-technothriller-genre|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[American Film Institute]] named ''Jurassic Park'' the 35th-most thrilling film of all time on June 13, 2001.<ref>{{cite news |title=AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills |publisher=AFI |date=June 13, 2001 |url=http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/thrills.aspx |access-date=February 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208093605/http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/thrills.aspx |archive-date=February 8, 2007}}</ref> In 2004, ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine judged ''Jurassic Park'' the sixth-most influential film in the magazine's lifetime.<ref name="influence">{{cite news |author=Freer, Ian |title=The 15 Most Influential Films Of Our Lifetime |page=120 |work=[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]] |date=April 30, 2004}}</ref> ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' called the first encounter with a ''Brachiosaurus'' the 28th-most magical moment in cinema.<ref>{{cite news |title=50 Most Magical Movie Moments |page=122 |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |date=November 28, 2003}}</ref> In 2008, an ''Empire'' poll of readers, filmmakers, and critics also rated it one of the 500 greatest films of all time.<ref>{{cite news |last=Braund |first=Simon |author2=Glen Ferris, Ian Freer, Nev Pierce, Chris Hewitt, Dan Jolin, Ian Nathan, Kim Newman, Helen O'Hara, Olly Richards, and Owen Willams |title=The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time |url=http://www.empireonline.com/500/52.asp |work=Empire |access-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-date=October 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021134457/http://www.empireonline.com/500/52.asp |url-status=live}}</ref> On ''[[Film Review (magazine)|Film Review]]''{{'}}s 55th anniversary in 2005, it declared the film to be one of the five most important in the magazine's lifetime.<ref>{{cite web |title=Film Review Special #59 – 55 Years Anniversary contents |publisher=Film Review |date=July 28, 2005 |url=http://www.visimag.com/filmreview/fs59_display.htm |access-date=March 6, 2007 |archive-date=October 18, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018193219/http://www.visimag.com/filmreview/fs59_display.htm }}</ref> In 2006, [[IGN]] ranked ''Jurassic Park'' as the 19th-greatest film franchise ever.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Stax |author2=Linder, Brian |author3=Gilchrist, Todd |author4=Moro, Eric |author5=Carle, Chris |title=Top 25 Movie Franchises of All Time: #19 |website=IGN |date=November 30, 2006 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/11/30/top-25-movie-franchises-of-all-time-19 |access-date=March 8, 2007 |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106144845/http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/11/30/top-25-movie-franchises-of-all-time-19 |url-status=live}}</ref> In a 2010 poll, the readers of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' rated it the greatest summer movie of the previous 20 years.<ref>"Summer Blockbusters: The New Generation", ''Entertainment Weekly'', Page 32, Issue #1112, July 23, 2010.</ref> In 2014, it was ranked as one of the 50 greatest films of all time in an extensive poll undertaken by ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', which balloted every studio, agency, publicity firm and production house in the [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] region.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 25, 2014 |title=Hollywood's 100 Favorite Films |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-hollywood-movies-all-time-818512 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914055722/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-hollywood-movies-all-time-818512 |archive-date=September 14, 2015 |access-date=July 13, 2014 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |
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The movie's popularity led the management of the [[National Basketball Association]] expansion franchise founded in Toronto in 1995 to adopt the name [[Toronto Raptors|Raptors]].<ref name="raph">{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/raptors/history/raptors_history.html |title=Laying the Groundwork for the NBA in Toronto |access-date=April 17, 2013 |publisher=Toronto Raptors |archive-date=August 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804021236/http://www.nba.com/raptors/history/raptors_history.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, during the team's playoff games, fans watch the game on a large television in a fan area outside the arena that has been nicknamed Jurassic Park.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/nba/raptors-jurassic-park-maple-leaf-square-1.5141822 |title=Welcome to Jurassic Park, where hope springs eternal for Toronto sports fans |date=May 19, 2019 |access-date=October 17, 2019 |publisher=CBC |archive-date=June 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617072831/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/nba/raptors-jurassic-park-maple-leaf-square-1.5141822 |url-status=live}}</ref> The film has been said to have given rise to a ''Jurassic Park'' generation, young people inspired to become paleontologists, and to a surge in discoveries about dinosaurs.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=Many Paleontologists Today Are Part Of The 'Jurassic Park' Generation |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/07/10/627782777/many-paleontologists-today-are-part-of-the-jurassic-park-generation |date=July 10, 2018 |website=[[NPR]] |access-date=July 30, 2018}}</ref> |
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* Maps of [[Isla Sorna]] the film ''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]'', its book version, and the game ''[[Trespasser (game)|Trespasser]]'' are mutually conflicting in their details. |
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''Jurassic Park's'' biggest influence on subsequent films was a result of its breakthrough use of [[computer-generated imagery]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/2014/06/jurassic-park-cgi/ |title=Jurassic Park Turns 21: A Look Back at How It Revolutionized Special Effects |magazine=Wired |date=June 10, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/here-s-how-jurassic-park-changed-the-special-effects-ga-1798269391 |title=Here's how Jurassic Park changed the special effects game |website=The A.V. Club |date=June 11, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/jurassic-park-before-cgi-2014-6 |title=How 'Jurassic Park' Changed Special Effects Forever |website=Insider |date=June 13, 2014}}</ref> The film is regarded as a landmark for [[visual effects]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/critics-picks-10-landmark-cgi-884346/ |title=Critic's Picks: 10 Landmark CGI-Meets-Live-Action Movies |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=April 15, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-50-greatest-special-effects-movies-of-all-time-1827830379/slides/34 |title=The 50 greatest special effects movies of all time: Jurassic Park (1993) |website=The A.V. Club |date=July 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/from-avatar-to-jurassic-park-10-great-films-that-have-timeless-visual-effects/ |title=From 'Avatar' to 'Jurassic Park': 10 Great Films That Have Timeless Visual Effects |website=Collider |date=June 30, 2022}}</ref> Film historian [[Tom Shone]] said of the film's innovation and influence, "in its way, ''Jurassic Park'' heralded a revolution in movies as profound as the coming of sound in 1927".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/04/the-i-jurassic-park-i-period-how-cgi-dinosaurs-transformed-film-forever/274669/ |title=The Jurassic Park Period: How CGI Dinosaurs Transformed Film Forever |website=The Atlantic |date=April 5, 2013}}</ref>{{sfn|Shone|2004|p=213}} Many filmmakers saw ''Jurassic Park''{{'}}s effects as a realization that many of their visions, previously thought unfeasible or too expensive, were now possible.<ref name="influence" /> ILM owner [[George Lucas]], realizing the success of creating realistic live dinosaurs by his own company, started to make the ''[[Star Wars]]'' prequels;<ref>{{cite book |first=Marcus |last=Hearn |title='ILM and the Digital Revolution' The Cinema of George Lucas |publisher=[[Harry N. Abrams]] Inc, Publishers |year=2005 |location=New York |page=174 |isbn=0-8109-4968-7}}</ref> [[Stanley Kubrick]] decided to invest in pet project ''[[A.I. Artificial Intelligence]]'', which he later got Spielberg to direct;<ref name=influence/> and [[Peter Jackson]] began to re-explore his childhood love of [[fantasy film]]s, a path that led him to ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[King Kong (2005 film)|King Kong]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sibley |first=Brian |author-link=Brian Sibley |title=Peter Jackson: A Film-maker's Journey |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |year=2006 |location=London |page=310 |isbn=0-00-717558-2}}</ref> ''Jurassic Park'' also inspired films and documentaries with dinosaurs such as the American adaptation of ''[[Godzilla (1998 film)|Godzilla]]'', ''[[Dinosaur from the Deep]]'', ''[[Carnosaur (film)|Carnosaur]]'' (in which Laura Dern's mother [[Diane Ladd]] starred), ''[[Dinosaur Island (1994 film)|Dinosaur Island]]'' and ''[[Walking with Dinosaurs]]''.<ref name="influence" /> Stan Winston, enthusiastic about the new technology pioneered by the film, joined with [[IBM]] and director [[James Cameron]] to form a new special effects company, [[Digital Domain]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Rex n' Effects |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=June 18, 1993 |url=https://ew.com/article/1993/06/18/rex-n-effects/ |access-date=February 18, 2007 |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013204922/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,306929,00.html }}</ref> In 2018, ''Jurassic Park'' was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref>{{cite news |last=Barnes |first=Mike |title='Jurassic Park', 'The Shining', 'Brokeback Mountain' Enter National Film Registry |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/national-film-registry-jurassic-park-shining-brokeback-mountain-rebecca-hud-selected-by-library-cong-1168473 |access-date=December 12, 2018 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=December 12, 2018 |archive-date=December 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212105723/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/national-film-registry-jurassic-park-shining-brokeback-mountain-rebecca-hud-selected-by-library-cong-1168473 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=National Film Registry Turns 30|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-18-144/library-of-congress-national-film-registry-turns-30/2018-12-12/|access-date=2020-11-17|website=Library of Congress|archive-date=December 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214213958/https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-18-144/library-of-congress-national-film-registry-turns-30/2018-12-12/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing|url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|access-date=2020-11-17|website=Library of Congress|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305191832/https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* The comics illustrate [[Isla Nublar]] with an undetermined amount of dinosaurs, and even bring Robert Muldoon back to life. |
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It also started a trend of dubbing US films into [[Hindi]] for the Indian market and was the highest-grossing US film in India at the time with a gross of $3 million.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Lost World takes $500m worldwide|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=September 12, 1997|page=31}}</ref> |
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The [[Universal Studios]] theme park rides themselves act as a kind of sequel to the films, and their storylines are not reflected in the other media. The rides' premise is that Universal Studios ignores the cautionary tales (featured in the films) in an effort to reconstruct John Hammond's park and send visitors on a thrilling journey that includes dangerously escaping menacing raptors and the ''T. rex'' herself. They supposedly contact Hammond to rebuild his park in their Orlando or Hollywood locations (depending on the ride location). |
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==Future== |
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=== Original ending === |
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After the film's enormous success, Spielberg asked Crichton to write a sequel novel, leading to the 1995 book ''[[The Lost World (Crichton novel)|The Lost World]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Lost World |publisher=MichaelCrichton.com |url=http://www.michaelcrichton.com/books-lostworld-video.html |access-date=July 7, 2007 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402151927/http://www.michaelcrichton.com/books-lostworld-video.html |url-status=live}}</ref> This, in turn, was adapted as the film ''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]''. Released in 1997, it was directed by Spielberg and written by Koepp.<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Steven |title=In 'The Lost World', Bits of Old Movies |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-05-29-ca-63567-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=May 29, 1997 |access-date=August 24, 2013 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306091059/http://articles.latimes.com/1997-05-29/entertainment/ca-63567_1_world-lost-movies |url-status=live}}</ref> Another film, ''[[Jurassic Park III]]'', was released in 2001, under the direction of [[Joe Johnston]], with Spielberg as executive producer. It featured an original script that incorporated unused elements from Crichton's original ''Jurassic Park''.<ref>{{cite video |title=The Making of Jurassic Park III |publisher=[[Universal Pictures]] |location=''Jurassic Park III'' DVD |year=2002}}</ref> A fourth installment, ''[[Jurassic World]]'', was released in theaters in 2015. With [[Colin Trevorrow]] directing a script he wrote with [[Derek Connolly]].<ref>{{cite news |title='Jurassic World' is Trevorrow Land |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-jurassic-world-director-20150611-story.html#page=1/ |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=June 11, 2015 |access-date=June 12, 2015 |author=Rottenberg, Josh |archive-date=June 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611162812/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-jurassic-world-director-20150611-story.html#page=1/ |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom]]'', the fifth film in the franchise, was released in 2018, with Spielberg as producer once more and [[J. A. Bayona]] as director.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jurassic-world-fallen-kingdom-2018 |title=Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom |last=Kenny |first=Glenn |date=June 19, 2018 |website=rogerebert.com |access-date=December 13, 2018 |archive-date=December 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215022207/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jurassic-world-fallen-kingdom-2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> A sixth film, ''[[Jurassic World Dominion]]'', was directed by Trevorrow and released in theaters in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |title='Jurassic World: Dominion' Stomps To Summer 2022 |url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/jurassic-world-dominion-release-date-change-june-2022-1234592554/ |website=Deadline |access-date=October 13, 2020 |date=October 6, 2020 |archive-date=October 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012124513/https://deadline.com/2020/10/jurassic-world-dominion-release-date-change-june-2022-1234592554/ |url-status=live}}</ref> A seventh film, ''[[Jurassic World Rebirth]]'' will be released in 2025 with [[Gareth Edwards (filmmaker)|Gareth Edwards]] as director.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=February 20, 2024 |title='Jurassic World' Director Found in 'Rogue One' Filmmaker Gareth Edwards |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jurassic-world-director-gareth-edwards-1235825386/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221004938/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jurassic-world-director-gareth-edwards-1235825386/ |archive-date=February 21, 2024 |access-date=February 21, 2024 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |
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The story of the film was continued in auxiliary media, at times even unattached to the film sequels themselves. These included a series of ''Jurassic Park'' [[comic book]]s written by [[Steve Englehart]] for [[Topps Comics]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Jurassic Park |publisher=stevenenglehart.com |url=http://www.steveenglehart.com/Comics/Jurassic%20Park.html |access-date=February 24, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428124332/http://www.steveenglehart.com/Comics/Jurassic%20Park.html |archive-date=April 28, 2007 }}</ref> and video games such as Ocean Software's ''[[Jurassic Park 2: The Chaos Continues]]'' (1994), [[Vivendi]]'s ''[[Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis]]'' (2003) and [[Telltale Games]]' ''[[Jurassic Park: The Game]]'' (2011).<ref name="games">{{cite web |title=Twenty years on after Jurassic Park's release, a look back at the video games inspired by the dinosaur franchise |date=June 11, 2013 |author=Meikleham, Dave |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/going-out/film/jurassic-park-twenty-years-after-1945689 |access-date=August 12, 2013 |archive-date=July 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723181845/http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/going-out/film/jurassic-park-twenty-years-after-1945689 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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[[Image:Jurassic Park screenshot 4.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' in the Jurassic visitor center with the overhead banner "When dinosaurs ruled the Earth" falling.]] |
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All of the [[Universal Destinations & Experiences]] include a ''Jurassic Park''-themed ride. The first was [[Jurassic Park: The Ride (Universal Studios Hollywood)|Jurassic Park: The Ride]] at Universal Studios Hollywood on June 15, 1996, built after six years of development at a cost of $110 million.<ref name="studiotour">{{cite web |title=Jurassic Park: The Ride (1996–present) |publisher=The Studio Tour |url=http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/jurassicparkriveradventure.shtml |access-date=March 13, 2007 |archive-date=June 5, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070605150953/http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/jurassicparkriveradventure.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref> This attraction was replicated by [[Universal Studios Japan]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usj.co.jp/e/attractions/litebox/jp.html |title=Jurassic Park: The Ride |publisher=Universal Studios Japan |access-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-date=January 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105044554/http://www.usj.co.jp/e/attractions/litebox/jp.html |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Islands of Adventure]] in [[Orlando, Florida]], has an entire section of the park dedicated to ''Jurassic Park'' that includes the main ride, christened "Jurassic Park River Adventure", and many smaller rides and attractions based on the series.<ref>{{cite news |title=Challenging Disney |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CtgjAAAAIBAJ&pg=4775%2C1768543 |access-date=April 14, 2011 |newspaper=Ocala [[Star-Banner]] |date=April 4, 1999 |archive-date=May 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517224731/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CtgjAAAAIBAJ&pg=4775%2C1768543 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Schneider |first=Mike |title=Theme Parks Set in Motion Around Conference Tables |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=18JOAAAAIBAJ&pg=3142%2C2443001 |access-date=April 13, 2011 |newspaper=Lakeland Ledger |date=July 5, 1998 |archive-date=May 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517224730/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=18JOAAAAIBAJ&pg=3142%2C2443001 |url-status=live}}</ref> At [[Universal Studios Singapore]], opened in 2010, the Themed Zone named "The Lost World" consists mostly of ''Jurassic Park'' rides, such as the roller coaster [[Canopy Flyer]] and the [[River rafting ride|river rapids]] [[Jurassic Park Rapids Adventure]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rwsentosa.com/language/en-US/Homepage/Attractions/UniversalStudiosSingapore/TheLostWorld |title=The Lost World – Universal Studios Singapore |publisher=[[Resorts World Sentosa]] |access-date=January 6, 2014 |archive-date=November 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151112134124/http://www.rwsentosa.com/language/en-US/Homepage/Attractions/UniversalStudiosSingapore/TheLostWorld |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Originally, the movie was to end with the ''T. rex'' skeleton (in the Visitor Center) to fall, crushing a raptor in the fossil jaws before it could attack Alan Grant, Tim, Lex, and Ellie Sattler. Another raptor would then be crushed in the supports for the cherry picker that the group was standing on as it lowered. Hammond arrives and is then able to gun down the last raptor with a shotgun. |
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Later when the original ending was seen as too simplistic a resolution, the skeleton was replaced with a living ''T. rex'' that attacks the raptors, saving Grant and the others. This ending also eliminates the shooting of the raptors. In both versions, the surviving humans quickly flee with Hammond in his jeep to the helicopter and escape the island. |
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The original ending was used in the original [[Sega Genesis]] ''Jurassic Park'' video game. The scrapped ending is used as the ending for Grant's campaign, with a minor alteration, in which the player uses concussion grenades to cause the skeletons to fall. Alternatively, if a player chooses to play as the raptor, the end of the game involves kicking the skeletons' bases, causing them to collapse, thereby defeating Dr. Grant. |
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===Bibliography=== |
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* {{cite book |last=McBride|first=Joseph|author-link=Joseph McBride (writer)|year=1997 |title=Steven Spielberg |publisher=Faber and Faber |isbn=0-571-19177-0}} |
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* {{cite book |last=Ryfle |first=Steve |year=1998 |title=Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of the Big G |url=https://archive.org/details/japansfavoritemo0000ryfl |url-access=registration |publisher=[[ECW Press]] |isbn=1-55022-348-8}} |
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* {{cite book |last1=Shay|first1=Don|last2=Duncan|first2=Jody|title=The Making of Jurassic Park: An Adventure 65 million Years in the Making |publisher=Boxtree Limited |year=1993 |page=61 |isbn=1-85283-774-8|ref={{sfnRef|Shay & Duncan|1993}}}} |
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* {{cite book |last=Shone|first=Tom |title=Blockbuster: How Hollywood learned to stop worrying and love the summer |publisher=Simon and Schuster |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-7432-3568-6}} |
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* ''[[Triceratops]]'' |
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* ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' |
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* ''[[Parasaurolophus]]'' |
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* [http://fromdirectorstevenspielberg.tumblr.com/tagged/Jurassic-Park From Director Steven Spielberg: Jurassic Park archive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716070430/http://fromdirectorstevenspielberg.tumblr.com/tagged/Jurassic-Park |date=July 16, 2018}} |
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* ''[[Metriacanthosaurus]]'' (seen on embryo tubes and tour map) |
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* ''[[Proceratosaurus]]'' (seen on embryo tubes and tour map) |
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* ''[[Herrerasaurus]]'' (seen on tour map) |
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* ''[[Stegosaurus]]'' (seen on embryo tubes) |
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* ''[[Baryonyx]]'' (seen on tour map, though may actually be [[Spinosaurus]] as later suggested in ''[[Jurassic Park III]]'') |
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* ''[[Segisaurus]]'' (seen on tour map) |
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* ''[[Pteranodon]]'' (suggested to be on Isla Nublar by the slideshow and voiceover in the lunch meeting scene, this is also the only known Pterosaur cloned by InGen, and it has a presence on the mural depicted in the Operations Center in ''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]'' along with other dinosaurs known to be present from the first film) |
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* ''[[Compsognathus]]'' (suggested to be on Isla Nublar from ''JP: The Exhibit'' in 1995 and stated to be there at the opening video for Universal Studios Hollywood ''Jurassic Park'' ride) |
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* Some printings of the novel listed ''[[Callovosaurus]]'' in place of ''Microceratops'' on the charts presented in the book; however this was most likely an editorial oversight and was changed in later printings due to the fact that this would have brought the total number of species over 15, and ''Microceratops'' is noted by characters to be in the park whereas ''Callovosaurus'' does not appear anywhere in the novel outside of these charts. |
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* At one point in the novel, the park's tyrannosaur is said to be "hunting the [[Camarasaurus]]", although this is most likely meant to be ''Apatosaurus'' and is probably an editorial oversight. |
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* A species of giant [[dragonfly]] was also resurrected from extinction for the park. |
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During the movie's production, the effects supervisors acknowledged that the ''Velociraptors'' featured in the movie were sized identically to the larger ''[[Deinonychus]]''. However, during the filming of the movie, paleontologists came across a larger [[dromaeosaurid]] species named ''[[Utahraptor]]'', and the larger raptors remained, even though ''Utahraptor'' was substantially larger (21 feet long) than the movie's raptors. |
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Michael Crichton's novel Raptors, following through to the film Raptors, were larger than the species going by the name because during the writing of the novel, a specimen was found and named Velociraptor. He wrote his novel based on the idea of a human sized raptor, but after the publication--when the movie was already in production--the name of the specimen was changed from Velociraptor to [[Deinonychus]]. |
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The ''[[Procompsognathus]]'' in the novel secrete a venom described as similar to that of a [[cobra]], although more primitive. This ability to incapacitate their prey is absent in the films. At the moment, however, ''Procompsognathus'' is no longer a dinosaur, but a lizard (due to a recent find), but the animal classification has switched back and forth between being a lizard, a bird, and a dinosaur since its discovery. |
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The ''[[Dilophosaurus]]'' in the movie is smaller than their 6 m (20ft) real-life counterparts, and has a totally speculative frill like the [[Australian]] [[frill-necked lizard]]. The frill was one of many ways the film showed that we can never know everything about the animals we resurrect because not eveything about them would be fossilized. The frill/venom is an ability that Michael Crichton decided to add and is purely crative liscence. The issue of their size may be explained by Nedry's comment about "big brothers" and this one not being "so bad" — perhaps it is a juvenile. Also, in "[[The Lost World]]", several dinosaur information props state that the "[[Dilophosaurus]]" is normally 20ft long, signifying the animal in JP was indeed, a jouvenile. |
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The ''[[Brachiosaurus]]'' in the movie was shown to be chewing its food, like a cow. In reality, it couldn't as its teeth were specialized in stripping leaf matter from the branches, to then be swallowed whole. In the stomach there were "[[gastroliths]]", rocks swallowed to grind up the plant matter to enable the animal to digest the plants. |
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Though the movie's theory is that the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' would be unable to "see" someone if they were to remain still, some argue that it would still be able to smell them. The book was ambiguous on the subject. While the theory is put forth by Grant, Ed Regis is eaten by the juvenile tyrannosaurus after he thought it had walked past without seeing him. Most paleontologists consider ''Jurassic Park's'' use of the "amphibian visual cortex" here to be inaccurate, and that the dinosaur would be able to perceive static prey. This is acknowledged in the sequel novel ''[[The Lost World (Michael Crichton)|The Lost World]]'': a character attempts to evade a tyrannosaurus by freezing. The man is promptly eaten alive and is criticized by paleontologist Richard Levine, commenting that an animal's first instinct is to freeze, and so a T. rex would have to be able to still see them, or else it would starve. Levine then says that the tyrannosaurus in the original work was simply full and did not consider the humans worth the bother. |
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During the scene where Dennis Nedry is busy stealing the [[dinosaurs]]' DNA, some of the tubes on which the dinosaurs' names are printed have the names spelled incorrectly, including ''[[Tyrannosaurus]]''. It also shows Dennis Nedry opening up a liquid nitrogen-filled cryogenic container and handling the [[supercooled]] tubes filled with dinosaur DNA without thermal gloves. Doing this without gloves causes severe frostbite. It is also quite painful. However, it can be done for very brief periods, as shown. Also, the antennae of the fossil mosquito trapped in amber at the beginning of the film are fuzzy. This indicates that the insect is male; however, only the females are bloodsuckers. |
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The dinosaur DNA is extracted from [[Fossil|fossilised]] mosquitos, and this small amount is then amplified by [[polymerase chain reaction]] (PCR). This has been done before, for example with a Cretaceous weevil in Cano ''et al.'' (1993) (no dinosaur DNA was found). |
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* Foremost, the DNA featured in the movie is said to be from mosquitoes enclosed in [[Dominican amber]]. Dominican amber is approximately 30 million years old. Dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago. |
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* None of the dinosaurs featured in the movie are known to have existed in the [[Dominican Republic]] 65 million years ago. |
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* The mosquito had to have had just one species of dinosaur as its food source to avoid a mix-up. |
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* It is unknown which dinosaur the sample contains. It would be impossible to tell which "species" it is, because the DNA sequences would fit somewhere between that of [[bird]]s and [[crocodile]]s. The book does address this, stating that they "just grow it and find out", to Malcolm's annoyance. |
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* The dinosaur DNA has to be correct (it has to contain every [[chromosome]]) and should contain no gaps. |
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* The DNA is mixed with mosquito DNA. PCR is extremely sensitive, and will amplify that too. |
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* Present-day PCR can't amplify large quantities of DNA (the entire dinosaur [[genome]]). Even if this was possible, it would take a very long time. |
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* PCR needs parts of the DNA to start the reaction (the so-called primers). To get them, the genome needs to be mapped beforehand. |
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* Because DNA is broken down by [[nucleases]] and [[proteolysis|proteolytic enzymes]] in the mosquito gut, the mosquito would have to be preserved immediately after feeding. |
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Furthermore, in the fossilization process, molecules are altered. Nevertheless, amber is the best preservative, because organic material is preserved. But DNA cannot survive completely without gaps for tens or hundreds of millions of years. |
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Tens of thousands of DNA base pairs were recently sequenced from 40,000-year-old skeletal remains of cave bears without using PCR, establishing that, in principle, large-scale genomic sequencing of fossilized remains is possible. Of course, the remains used in this study are orders of magnitude younger than anything from the dinosaur era, and the technique might not extend to those creatures. |
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In the book the gaps in the DNA are filled by hybridizing the DNA with frog DNA. This is extremely difficult, as one would need to know which dinosaur [[genes]] are [[homologous]] with frog genes. The use of frog genes is probably a [[plot device]], to allow some females to change sex and breed nevertheless (although natural sex change is also possible in some more advanced [[vertebrates]]). |
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The next step would be bringing the DNA strands to expression. For that, one would need to inject the dinosaur DNA into the [[cell nucleus|nucleus]] of a fertilized egg cell of a close relative of dinosaurs (birds or crocodiles, not frogs). This technique is based on [[reproductive cloning]], which was used to clone [[Dolly the sheep|Dolly]]. In the movie, [[ostrich]] eggs are used for this purpose. However, the development of an embryo is regulated by hormones in the egg/uterus and the environment. These (bird or crocodylian) hormones need to have the same effect as their original dinosaurian counterparts. For that, they have to recognize particular pieces of dinosaur DNA, which they could hardly do. New research in plastics, however, has allowed for the creation of synthetic eggs to nurture embryos through their development regardless of species (this technique, or one similar to it, was used in the book). Extra hormones are needed from the original parent specimen, however, or constructed precisely from using the genome in order for the embryo to flourish. |
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== Notes == |
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While the cinematic incarnation of ''Jurassic Park'' used ostrich eggs as vessels to facilitate expression, the novel very specifically utilized "a new plastic with the characteristics of an avian eggshell." The plastic was called "millipore", created by an eponymous subsidiary of [[InGen]].[http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0345370775?p=S028] |
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==== References ==== |
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* Cano R.J., Poinar H.N., Pieniazek N.J., Acra A., Poinar G.O. Jr. (1993). [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?holding=npg&cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8505978&dopt=Abstract Amplification and Sequencing of DNA from a 120–135-Million-Year-Old Weevil]. ''Nature'', 363:536–538 |
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* Weaver, R. F. (2002). ''Molecular Biology''. McGraw-Hill, New York, p. 76. ISBN 0-07-234517-9 |
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* Noonan, J.P., et. al. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15933159&query_hl=4 Genomic sequencing of Pleistocene cave bears]. ''Science'' 309(5734):597-9, July 2005. |
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==== Further reading ==== |
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''The Science of Jurassic Park and The Lost World. Or How to Build a Dinosaur.'' Rob DeSalle and David Lindley. BasicBooks, New York, 1997. xxix, 194 pp., illus. $18 or C$25.50. ISBN 0-465-07379-4. |
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== Video games == |
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''See [[Jurassic Park (video game)]].'' |
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There have been a number of Jurassic Park video games released to act as merchandise for the release of each film. The titles have appeared on a range of platforms including [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], [[Game Boy]], [[Game Gear]], [[Personal Computer|PC]]:[[DOS]]/[[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]], [[Sega CD]], [[Sega Genesis]]/[[Sega Mega Drive]], [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer|3DO]], [[PlayStation 2]] and [[Xbox]]. |
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== Music == |
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The musical score was composed by [[John Williams]] and orchestrated by John Neufeld and Alexander Courage. Jurassic Park is most recognized for two of its several themes/motifs themes. The first theme being the triumphant, brass theme heard at the arrival, and the other is the serene piano piece, with string accompanyment heard at the end of the film. The score also features the carnivore theme which is played during sequences involving either the ''T. rex'', or the ''Velociraptors''. The carnivore theme is featured most prominently in the final sequence in the kitchen with the ''Velociraptors'' and in an unused Cue for "Raptors in the Shed," that can be heard as the End Credits for "Making of Jurassic Park" video. The track "My friend the Brachiosaurus," used partially during the Sick Triceratops scene and also the morning when the children and Grant are in the tree, has also been featured in many concerts and recordings. The film has inspired several bands, both in style and in content. One of these bands is the American punk rock band [[Jurassic Horror]]. |
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== Sequels == |
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*''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]'' (1997) |
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*''[[Jurassic Park III]]'' (2001) |
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*''[[Jurassic Park IV]]'' (2008) |
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* {{imdb title|id=0107290|title=Jurassic Park}} |
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* [http://michaelcrichton.com/jp/index.html ''Jurassic Park''] at the [http://www.michaelcrichton.com Official Michael Crichton Website] |
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* [http://www.maplesoft.com/applications/app_center_view.aspx?AID=996 Fractal From the Novel] |
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* [http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/201/300/palaeontologia/03-03-14/2002_2/editor/r_and_p.htm Technical paper on molecular paleontology] |
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* [http://www.jpdatabase.net JPdb — Database for Jurassic Park] |
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* [http://www.jplegacy.org Jurassic Park Legacy — The Largest JP Information Resource] |
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* [http://www.jurassicparkterror.com/ JPT - Jurassic Park Terror (site and forum)] |
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* [http://s8.invisionfree.com/jurassicpark Virtual Jurassic Park — A Jurassic Park Roleplay forum] |
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* [http://www.bigwaste.com/library/jurassicflubs/ A list of major and minor gaffes, goofs, and bloopers] |
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* [http://s13.invisionfree.com/Welcome_to_JP/index.php W2JP — A nearly five-year old JP community that also covers the latest JPIV news] |
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* [http://www.brentmcmullen.com/jurassicride/ Jurassic Park The Ride at Universal Studios Hollywood Fan Site] |
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Jurassic Park | |
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Directed by | Steven Spielberg |
Screenplay by | |
Based on | Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton |
Produced by | |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Dean Cundey |
Edited by | Michael Kahn |
Music by | John Williams |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 127 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $63 million[2] |
Box office | $1.058 billion[3] |
Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction action film[4] directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Gerald R. Molen, and starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Richard Attenborough. It is the first installment in the Jurassic Park franchise, and the first film in the original Jurassic Park trilogy, and is based on Michael Crichton's 1990 novel of the same name, with a screenplay by Crichton and David Koepp. The film is set on the fictional island of Isla Nublar, off Central America's Pacific Coast near Costa Rica, where a wealthy businessman John Hammond (Attenborough), and a team of genetic scientists have created a wildlife park of de-extinct dinosaurs. When industrial sabotage leads to a catastrophic shutdown of the park's power facilities and security precautions, a small group of visitors, including Hammond's grandchildren, struggle to survive and escape the now perilous island.
Before Crichton's novel was published, four studios put in bids for its film rights. With the backing of Universal Pictures, Spielberg acquired the rights for $1.5 million before its publication in 1990. Crichton was hired for an additional $500,000 to adapt the novel for the screen. Koepp wrote the final draft, which left out much of the novel's exposition and violence, while making numerous changes to the characters. Filming took place in California and Hawaii from August to November 1992, and post-production lasted until May 1993, supervised by Spielberg in Poland as he filmed Schindler's List. The dinosaurs were created with groundbreaking computer-generated imagery by Industrial Light & Magic, and with life-sized animatronic dinosaurs built by Stan Winston's team. To showcase the film's sound design, which included a mixture of various animal noises for the dinosaur sounds, Spielberg invested in the creation of DTS, a company specializing in digital surround sound formats. The film was backed by an extensive $65 million marketing campaign, which included licensing deals with over 100 companies.
Jurassic Park premiered on June 9, 1993, at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C., and was released on June 11 in the United States. It was a blockbuster hit and went on to gross over $914 million worldwide in its original theatrical run,[5] surpassing Spielberg's own E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial to become the highest-grossing film of all time until the release of Titanic in 1997.[6] It also remains the highest-grossing film directed by Spielberg to date. The film was also a critical success, with praise directed at its special effects, sound design, action sequences, John Williams's score, and Spielberg's direction.[7] The film won over 20 awards, including three Academy Awards for technical achievements in visual effects and sound design. Following its 20th anniversary re-release in 2013, Jurassic Park became the oldest film in history to surpass $1 billion in ticket sales and the 17th overall.
In the years since its release, film critics and industry professionals have often cited Jurassic Park as one of the greatest movies of the action and thriller genres. The movie is also an example of a techno-thriller.[8] Jurassic Park's pioneering use of computer-generated imagery is considered to have paved the way for the special effects practices of modern cinema. In 2018, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film spawned a multimedia franchise that includes five sequels, two television series, video games, theme park attractions, comic books, and various merchandise.
Plot
[edit]Industrialist John Hammond has created Jurassic Park, a theme park of cloned dinosaurs, on the tropical island Isla Nublar, located off of the coast of Costa Rica. After a Velociraptor kills a dinosaur handler, the park's investors, represented by lawyer Donald Gennaro, demand a safety certification. Gennaro invites chaotician Ian Malcolm, and Hammond invites paleontologist Alan Grant and paleobotanist Ellie Sattler. Upon arrival, the group is shocked to see a live Brachiosaurus and other dinosaurs. At the park's visitor center, the group learns that the cloning was accomplished by extracting dinosaur DNA from prehistoric mosquitoes preserved in amber. DNA from frogs, among other animals, were used to fill in gaps in the dinosaurs' genome.
To prevent breeding, the dinosaurs were made female by direct chromosome manipulation. The group witnesses the hatching of a baby Velociraptor and visits the raptor enclosure. During lunch, the group debates the ethics of cloning and the park's creation. Malcolm warns of the implications of genetic engineering while Grant and Sattler express uncertainty over the ability of humans and dinosaurs to coexist. Hammond's grandchildren, Lex and Tim, join the others for a park tour while Hammond oversees them from the control room. Most of the dinosaurs fail to appear, and the group encounters a sick Triceratops. The tour is cut short as a tropical storm approaches. The park employees leave for the mainland on a boat while the visitors return to their railed-electric tour vehicles, except Sattler, who stays behind with the park's veterinarian, Dr. Harding, to study the sick Triceratops.
Jurassic Park's disgruntled lead computer programmer, Dennis Nedry, was previously bribed by Lewis Dodgson, a man working for Hammond's corporate rival, to steal frozen dinosaur embryos. He deactivates the park's security system to access the embryo storage room and stores them inside a container disguised as a Barbasol shaving cream can.
Nedry's sabotage cuts power to the tour vehicles, stranding them as they near the park's Tyrannosaurus rex paddock. Most of the park's electric fences have also been deactivated, allowing the Tyrannosaurus to escape and attack the group. After the Tyrannosaurus overturns a tour vehicle, it injures Malcolm and devours Gennaro while Grant, Lex, and Tim escape. On his way to deliver the embryos to the island's docks, Nedry gets lost in the rain, crashes his Jeep Wrangler, and is killed by a venom-spitting Dilophosaurus. Sattler helps the game warden Robert Muldoon search for survivors; they find Malcolm just before the Tyrannosaurus returns and chases them away. Grant, Tim, and Lex take shelter in a treetop and encounter a Brachiosaurus herd. Back at the visitor center, Sattler convinces Hammond not to recreate the park, as his vision is beyond human control. Grant and the kids discover the broken shells of dinosaur eggs the following morning. Grant concludes that the dinosaurs are breeding, which is possible because of amphibian DNA—animals like West African frogs can change their sex in a single-sex environment, enabling the dinosaurs to breed. The three later encounter a Gallimimus stampede being hunted by the Tyrannosaurus.
Unable to decipher Nedry's code to reactivate the security system, Hammond and chief engineer Ray Arnold decide to reboot the park's systems. Muldoon reveals that Dinosaurs depend on lysine and will eventually die without it. The group shuts down the park's power grid and retreats to an emergency bunker while Arnold heads to a maintenance shed to complete the rebooting process. When Arnold fails to return, Sattler and Muldoon head over, discovering the shutdown has released the Velociraptors. Muldoon distracts two of them while Sattler turns the power back on before being attacked by a third and discovering Arnold's severed arm. At the same time, Muldoon is caught off-guard and killed by a Velociraptor.
Grant, Tim, and Lex reach the visitor center. Grant heads out to look for Sattler, leaving Tim and Lex inside. The raptors appear and pursue Tim and Lex throughout a kitchen, but they escape, locking one in a freezer before joining Grant and Sattler. The group reaches the control room, and Lex restores the park's systems, allowing them to contact Hammond, who calls for help. As they try to leave, they are cornered by the two remaining raptors, but the Tyrannosaurus appears and kills them while the group flees. Hammond arrives in a jeep with Malcolm, and they board a helicopter to leave the island.
Cast
[edit]- Sam Neill as Dr. Alan Grant: A paleontologist
- Laura Dern as Dr. Ellie Sattler: A paleobotanist
- Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Ian Malcolm: A mathematician and chaos theorist
- Richard Attenborough as John Hammond: CEO and founder of InGen
- Bob Peck as Robert Muldoon: Jurassic Park's game warden
- Martin Ferrero as Donald Gennaro: A lawyer representing Hammond's investors who are concerned about the safety of Jurassic Park
- B.D. Wong as Dr. Henry Wu: Jurassic Park's chief geneticist
- Joseph Mazzello as Tim Murphy: Lex's younger brother and Hammond's grandson
- Ariana Richards as Lex Murphy: Tim's older sister and Hammond's granddaughter
- Samuel L. Jackson as Ray Arnold: Jurassic Park chief engineer
- Wayne Knight as Dennis Nedry: Jurassic Park computer programmer
- Jerry Molen as Dr. Harding: Jurassic Park veterinarian
- Miguel Sandoval as Juanito Rostagno
- Cameron Thor as Dr. Lewis Dodgson: An employee working for InGen's corporate rival, identified in the novel and later in the sequel films as Biosyn
- Whit Hertford as Volunteer Boy
- Greg Burson as the voice of Mr. DNA
- Richard Kiley as the voice of the Jurassic Park tour vehicle guide
Production
[edit]Development
[edit]Michael Crichton originally conceived a screenplay about a graduate student who recreates a dinosaur. He continued to wrestle with his fascination with dinosaurs and cloning until he began writing the novel Jurassic Park.[9] Before its publication, Steven Spielberg learned of the novel in October 1989, while he was discussing a screenplay with Crichton that would become the television series ER.[10] Spielberg recognized what really fascinated him about Jurassic Park was it was "a really credible look at how dinosaurs might someday be brought back alongside modern mankind", going beyond a simple monster movie.[11]
Before the book was published, Crichton had demanded $1.5 million for the film rights and a substantial percentage of the gross. Warner Bros. and Tim Burton, Columbia Pictures and Richard Donner, and 20th Century Fox and Joe Dante bid for the rights,[10] but Universal Pictures acquired them in May 1990 for Spielberg.[12] James Cameron revealed in 2012 he tried to get the rights only to discover that Spielberg acquired them a few hours prior.[13] After completing Hook, Spielberg wanted to film Schindler's List. Sid Sheinberg, president of Music Corporation of America (Universal's parent company at the time) gave the green light to Schindler's List on the condition Spielberg make Jurassic Park first.[10] He said later by choosing a creature-driven thriller, he wanted to try to make a good sequel to Jaws, on land.[14] Spielberg was also heavily inspired to make the film because of King Kong[15] as he stated, "My one precedent for Jurassic Park was King Kong. King Kong was the high water mark for special effects creating a world I never knew existed". "And I think that was my high-water mark for imagining what it would be like to do a King Kong of today. Certainly I don’t consider Jurassic Park a classic the way King Kong is a classic, but I was so inspired by King Kong that that was one of the reasons I think I wanted to make Jurassic Park".[16] As well Spielberg originally planned on bringing the dinosaurs to life for long shots "the same way that Willis O'Brien made King Kong",[17] with stop motion animation before ultimately deciding to use CGI. Spielberg also cited Godzilla as an inspiration for Jurassic Park, specifically Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956), which he grew up watching.[18] During production, Spielberg described Godzilla as the most masterful of all the dinosaur movies because it made him and viewers believe it was really happening.[19]
To create the dinosaurs, Spielberg thought of hiring Bob Gurr, who designed a giant mechanical King Kong for Universal Studios Hollywood's King Kong Encounter. Upon reflection, he felt life-size dinosaurs would be too expensive and unconvincing. Instead Spielberg sought the best effects supervisors in Hollywood. He brought in Stan Winston to create the animatronic dinosaurs; Phil Tippett (credited as Dinosaur Supervisor) to create go motion dinosaurs for long shots; Michael Lantieri to supervise the on-set effects; and Dennis Muren of Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) to do the digital compositing. Paleontologist Jack Horner supervised the designs,[20] to help fulfill Spielberg's desire to portray the dinosaurs as animals rather than monsters. Certain concepts about dinosaurs, like the theory they evolved into birds and had very little in common with lizards, were followed. This prompted the removal of the raptors' flicking tongues in Tippett's early animatics,[16] as Horner complained it was implausible.[21] Winston's department created fully detailed models of the dinosaurs before molding latex skins, which were fitted over complex robotics. Tippett created stop-motion animatics of the raptors in the kitchen and the Tyrannosaurus attacking the car. Despite go motion's attempts at motion blurs, Spielberg found the end results unsatisfactory for a live-action feature film. Muren told Spielberg he thought the dinosaurs could be built using computer-generated imagery; Spielberg asked him to prove it.[16] ILM animators Mark Dippé and Steve Williams developed a computer-generated walk cycle for the T. rex skeleton and were approved to do more.[22] When Spielberg and Tippett saw an animatic of the T. rex chasing a herd of Gallimimus, Spielberg said, "You're out of a job", to which Tippett replied, "Don't you mean extinct?"[16] Spielberg put this exchange into the script as a conversation between Malcolm and Grant.[23] Although no go motion was used, the production still used Tippett and his animators to supervise dinosaur movement. Tippett acted as a consultant for dinosaur anatomy, and his stop motion animators were retrained as computer animators.[16] The animatics Tippett's team made were also used, along with the storyboards, as a reference for what would be shot during the action sequences.[24] ILM's artists were sent on private tours to the local animal park, so they could study large animals – rhinos, elephants, alligators, and giraffes – up close. They also took mime classes to aid in understanding movements.[25]
Writing
[edit]Universal paid Crichton a further $500,000 to adapt his own novel,[27] which he had finished by the time Spielberg was filming Hook. Crichton noted that because the book was "fairly long", his script had about 10 to 20 percent of the novel's content; scenes were dropped for budgetary and practical reasons, and the violence was toned down.[28] Malia Scotch Marmo began a script rewrite in October 1991 over a five-month period, merging Ian Malcolm with Alan Grant.[29]
Spielberg wanted another writer to rework the script, so Universal president Casey Silver recommended David Koepp, co-writer of Death Becomes Her.[30] Koepp started afresh from Marmo's draft, and used Spielberg's idea of a cartoon shown to the visitors to remove much of the exposition that fills Crichton's novel.[31] While Koepp tried to avoid excessive character detail "because whenever they started talking about their personal lives, you couldn't care less",[32] he tried to flesh out the characters and make for a more colorful cast, with moments such as Malcolm flirting with Sattler leading to Grant's jealousy.[11] Some characterizations were changed from the novel. Hammond went from a ruthless businessman to a kindly old man, because Spielberg identified with Hammond's obsession with showmanship.[33] He also switched the characters of Tim and Lex; in the book, Tim is 11 and interested in computers, and Lex is only seven or eight and interested in sports. Spielberg did this because he wanted to work with the younger Joseph Mazzello, and it allowed him to introduce the subplot of Lex's adolescent crush on Grant.[34] Koepp changed Grant's relationship with the children, making him hostile to them initially to allow for more character development.[10]
Two scenes from the book were ultimately excised. Spielberg removed the opening sequence with Procompsognathus attacking a young child as he found it too horrific.[35] For budgetary reasons Koepp cut the T. rex chasing Grant and the children down a river before being tranquilized by Muldoon. Both parts were included in film sequels.[31] Spielberg suggested adding the scene where the T. rex pursues a jeep, which at first only had the characters driving away after hearing the dinosaur's footsteps.[36]
Casting
[edit]William Hurt was initially offered the role of Alan Grant, but turned it down without reading the script.[37] Kurt Russell and Richard Dreyfuss were also considered for the role, but they were deemed too expensive.[38] Harrison Ford and Tim Robbins were also offered the role[39][40] before Sam Neill was cast three or four weeks before filming began. Neill said "it all happened real quick. I hadn't read the book, knew nothing about it, hadn't heard anything about it, and in a matter of weeks I'm working with Spielberg".[41] Janet Hirshenson, the film's casting director, felt Jeff Goldblum was right to play Ian Malcolm after reading the novel. Jim Carrey also auditioned for the role.[42] According to Hirshenson, Carrey "was terrific, too, but I think pretty quickly we all loved the idea of Jeff".[41]
Laura Dern was Spielberg's first choice for the role of Ellie Sattler,[41] but was not the only actress offered the part. Robin Wright and Juliette Binoche turned it down.[43][44] Stacy Haiduk,[45] Gwyneth Paltrow and Helen Hunt auditioned for the role.[46] Spielberg chose to cast Wayne Knight as Dennis Nedry after seeing his performance in Basic Instinct.[47][48]
Ariana Richards, who plays Lex Murphy, said: "I was called into a casting office, and they just wanted me to scream. I heard later on that Steven had watched a few girls on tape that day, and I was the only one who ended up waking his sleeping wife on the couch, and she came running through the hallway to see if the kids were all right".[41] Christina Ricci also auditioned for the role.[49] Joseph Mazzello had screen-tested for a role in Hook, but was deemed too young. Spielberg promised him they would work together on a future film.[41] Richard Attenborough was cast as John Hammond, but was initially hesitant to join the project, which marked his first acting role in 14 years. He eventually signed on to play the role at the insistence of Spielberg, who told him, "I can't see anyone else playing it but you".[50]
Cameron Thor had worked with Spielberg on Hook, and auditioned for the role of Malcolm, before trying out for the role of Dodgson. In the film, Dodgson gives Nedry a container disguised as a can of shaving cream that is used to transport the embryos. Thor said: "It just said 'shaving-cream can' in the script, so I spent endless time in a drug store to find the most photogenic. I went with Barbasol, which ended up in the movie. I was so broke that I took the can home after the audition to use it".[51]
Filming
[edit]After 25 months of pre-production, filming began on August 24, 1992, on the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi.[52] While the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica, the novel's settings, were considered as locations, Spielberg's concerns over infrastructure and accessibility made him choose a place he had already worked.[11] The three-week shoot involved various daytime exteriors for Isla Nublar's forests.[12] On September 11, Hurricane Iniki passed directly over Kauaʻi, costing a day of shooting.[53] Several of the storm scenes from the film are of actual footage shot during the hurricane. The scheduled shoot of the Gallimimus chase was moved to Kualoa Ranch on the island of Oahu. One of the early scenes had to be created by digitally animating a still shot of scenery.[23] The opening scene was shot in Haiku, on Maui,[54] with additional scenes filmed on the "forbidden island" of Niihau.[55] The exterior of the Visitor Center was a large façade constructed on the grounds of the Valley House Plantation Estate in Kauai.[56] Samuel L. Jackson was to film a lengthy death scene where his character is chased and killed by raptors, but the set was destroyed by Hurricane Iniki.[51]
By mid-September, the crew moved to California[16] to shoot the raptors in the kitchen at Stage 24 of the Universal studio lot.[12] Given the kitchen set was filled with reflective surfaces, cinematographer Dean Cundey had to carefully plan the illumination while also using black cloths to hide the light reflections.[24] The crew also shot the scenes involving the power supply on Stage 23 before going to Red Rock Canyon for the Montana dig scenes.[57] The crew returned to Universal to shoot Grant's rescue of Tim, using a 50-foot prop with hydraulic wheels for the car fall and the Brachiosaurus encounter. The crew filmed scenes for the Park's labs and control room, which used animations for the computers lent by Silicon Graphics and Apple.[58] Crichton's book has electric-powered Toyota Land Cruisers as the tour cars in Jurassic Park, but Spielberg made a deal with the Ford Motor Company, who provided seven first generation Ford Explorer XLTs.[59][60] ILM's crew and veteran customizer George Barris modified the Explorers to create the illusion that they are autonomous cars by hiding the driver in the car's trunk.[61] Barris also customized the Jeep Wranglers featured in the production.[62]
The crew moved to Warner Bros. Studios' Stage 16 to shoot the T. rex's attack on the LSX powered SUVs.[58] Shooting proved frustrating because when water soaked the animatronic dinosaur's foam rubber skin, it caused the T. rex to shake and quiver from the extra weight when the foam absorbed it. This forced Stan Winston's crew to dry the model with shammys between takes.[63] During the scene where the T. rex attack the SUV, the animatronic got close to the glass and it broke its tooth off.[64][65] On set, Malcolm distracting the dinosaur with a flare was included at Goldblum's suggestion. He felt a heroic action was better than going by the script, where like Gennaro, Malcolm was scared and ran away.[24] The ripples in the glass of water caused by the T. rex's footsteps were inspired by Spielberg listening to Earth, Wind and Fire in his car, and the vibrations the bass rhythm caused. Lantieri was unsure how to create the shot until the night before filming when he put a glass of water on a guitar he was playing, which achieved the concentric circles in the water Spielberg wanted. The next morning, guitar strings were put inside the car and a man on the floor plucked them to achieve the effect.[66] Back at Universal, the crew filmed scenes with the Dilophosaurus on Stage 27. The shoot finished on Stage 12 with the climactic chases with the raptors in the Park's computer rooms and Visitor Center.[67] Spielberg changed the climax to bring back the T. rex, abandoning the original ending where Grant uses a platform machine to maneuver a raptor into a fossil tyrannosaur's jaws.[68] The scene, which already included the juxtaposition of live dinosaurs in a museum filled with fossils, while also destroying the bones, now had an ending where the T. rex saved the protagonists, and afterward made what Spielberg described as a "King Kong roar" while an ironic banner reading "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" flew.[24] The film wrapped 12 days ahead of schedule on November 30,[69] and within days, editor Michael Kahn had a rough cut ready, allowing Spielberg to start filming Schindler's List.[70]
Dinosaurs on screen
[edit]Despite the film title's referencing the Jurassic period, Brachiosaurus and Dilophosaurus are the only dinosaurs featured that lived during that time; the other species featured did not exist until the Cretaceous period.[72] This is acknowledged in the film during a scene where Dr. Grant describes the ferocity of the Velociraptor to a young boy, saying: "Try to imagine yourself in the Cretaceous period".[73]
- Alamosaurus appears as a skeleton in the Jurassic Park visitor center.[74]
- Brachiosaurus is the first dinosaur the park's visitors see. It is inaccurately depicted as chewing its food and standing up on its hind legs to browse among the high tree branches.[75] According to artist Andy Schoneberg, the chewing was done to make the animal seem docile, resembling a cow chewing its cud. The dinosaur's head and upper neck was the largest puppet without hydraulics built for the film.[76] Despite scientific evidence of their having limited vocal capabilities, sound designer Gary Rydstrom decided to represent them with whale songs and donkey calls to give them a melodic sense of wonder. Penguins were also recorded to be used in the noises of the dinosaurs.[75]
- Dilophosaurus was also very different from its real-life counterpart, made significantly smaller to ensure audiences did not confuse it with the raptors.[77] Its neck frill and its ability to spit venom are fictitious. Its vocal sounds were made by combining a swan, a hawk, a howler monkey, and a rattlesnake.[16] The animatronic model, nicknamed "Spitter" by Stan Winston's team, was animated by the puppeteers sitting on a trench in the set floor, using a paintball mechanism to spit the mixture of methyl cellulose and K-Y Jelly that served as venom.[78]
- Gallimimus are featured in a stampede scene in which the Tyrannosaurus eats one of them. The Gallimimus was the first dinosaur to be digitized, featured in two ILM tests, first as a herd of skeletons and then fully skinned while pursued by the T. rex.[16] Its design was based on ostriches, and to emphasize the birdlike qualities, the animation focused mostly on the herd rather than individual animals.[79] As reference for the dinosaurs' run, the animators were filmed running at the ILM parking lot, with plastic pipes standing in as the tree that the Gallimimus jump over.[80] The footage inspired the incorporation of an animal falling as one of the artists did trying to make the jump.[25] Horse squeals became the Gallimimus's sounds.[81]
- Parasaurolophus appear in the background during the first encounter with the Brachiosaurus.[82]
- Triceratops has an extended cameo, depicted as sick from eating a toxic plant. Its appearance was a logistical nightmare for Winston when Spielberg asked to shoot the animatronic of the sick creature earlier than expected.[83] The model, operated by eight puppeteers in the Kaua'i set, was the first dinosaur filmed during production.[11] Winston also created a baby Triceratops for Ariana Richards to ride, a scene cut from the film for pacing reasons.[84] Gary Rydstrom combined the sound of himself breathing into a cardboard tube with the cows near his workplace at Skywalker Ranch to create the Triceratops vocals.[81]
- Tyrannosaurus was acknowledged by Spielberg as "the star of the movie", and he rewrote the ending to feature the T. rex for fear of disappointing the audience.[16] Winston's animatronic T. rex stood 6.1 metres (20 ft), weighed 7,900 kilograms (17,400 lb),[58] and was 12 metres (40 ft) long.[85] Jack Horner called it "the closest I've ever been to a live dinosaur".[85] While the consulting paleontologists did not agree on the dinosaur's movement, particularly its running capabilities, animator Steve Williams decided to "throw physics out the window and create a T. rex that moved at sixty miles per hour even though its hollow bones would have busted if it ran that fast".[86] The major reason was the T. rex chasing a Jeep, a scene that took two months to finish.[75] The dinosaur is depicted with a vision system based on movement, though later studies indicate the T. rex had binocular vision comparable to a bird of prey.[87] Its roar is a baby elephant's squeal combined with alligator and crocodile noises as well as a tiger's snarl and a lion's roar,[75][88][89] its grunts those of a male koala,[90] and its breath a whale's blow.[75] A dog attacking a rope toy was used for the sounds of the T. rex tearing a Gallimimus apart,[16] while cut sequoias crashing to the ground became the sound of its footsteps.[24]
- Velociraptor plays a major role in the film. The creature's depiction is ultimately not based on the actual dinosaur genus, which was also significantly smaller. Shortly before Jurassic Park's theatrical release,[91] the similar Utahraptor was discovered, although it proved even bigger than the film's raptors. This prompted Winston to joke, "We made it, then they discovered it".[85] For the attack on Muldoon and some parts of the kitchen scene, the raptors were played by men in suits.[67] Dolphin screams, walruses bellowing, geese hissing,[16] an African crane's mating call, tortoises mating, and human rasps were mixed to formulate various raptor sounds.[75][90][81] Following discoveries made after the film's release, most paleontologists theorize that dromaeosaurs like Velociraptor and Deinonychus were covered with feathers like modern birds. This feature is included in Jurassic Park III for the male raptors, which have a row of small quills on their heads.[92]
Post-production
[edit]Special effects work continued on the film, with Tippett's unit adjusting to new technology with Dinosaur Input Devices:[93] models that fed information into computers to allow them to animate the characters like stop-motion puppets. In addition, they acted out scenes with the raptors and Gallimimus. As well as the computer-generated dinosaurs, ILM also created elements such as water splashing and digital face replacement for Ariana Richards's stunt double.[16] Compositing the dinosaurs onto the live action scenes took around an hour. Rendering the dinosaurs often took two to four hours per frame, and rendering the T. rex in the rain took six hours per frame.[94]
Spielberg monitored their progress from Poland during the filming of Schindler's List,[95] and had teleconferences four times a week with ILM's crew. He called working simultaneously on two vastly different productions "a bipolar experience", where he used "every ounce of intuition on Schindler's List and every ounce of craft on Jurassic Park".[80] Some of the software used to create dinosaurs and other visual effects was Pixar's RenderMan and Softimage 3D.[96][97] Industrial Light & Magic also used the program Viewpaint, which allowed the visual effects artists to paint color and texture directly onto the surface of the computer models.[98]
Along with the digital effects, Spielberg wanted the film to be the first with digital sound. He funded the creation of DTS (Digital Theater Systems) to allow audiences to "really hear the movie the way it was intended to be heard".[80] The sound effects crew, supervised by George Lucas,[99] finished by the end of April.[75] Sound designer Gary Rydstrom considered it a fun process, given the film had all kinds of noise—animal sounds, rain, gunshots, car crashes—and at times no music. During the process, Spielberg flew on weekends from Poland to Paris, where he met Rydstrom to see the sound progress.[80] Former ILM CG Animator Steve "Spaz" Williams said it took nearly a year for the shots that involved computer-generated dinosaurs to be completed.[100] Jurassic Park was completed on May 28, 1993.[75]
Music
[edit]John Williams began scoring the film at the end of February, and it was recorded a month later. Alexander Courage and John Neufeld provided the score's orchestrations.[75] As with Close Encounters of the Third Kind, another Spielberg film he scored, Williams felt he needed to write "pieces that would convey a sense of 'awe' and fascination", given that the film dealt with the "overwhelming happiness and excitement" of seeing live dinosaurs. More suspenseful scenes such as the Tyrannosaurus attack required frightening themes.[101] The first soundtrack album was released on May 25, 1993.[102] For the 20th anniversary of the film's release, a new soundtrack was issued for digital download on April 9, 2013, including four bonus tracks selected by Williams.[103]
Marketing
[edit]Universal took the lengthy pre-production period to carefully plan the Jurassic Park marketing campaign.[59] It cost $65 million and included deals with 100 companies to market 1,000 products.[104] These included: three Jurassic Park video games by Sega and Ocean Software;[105] a toy line by Kenner distributed by Hasbro;[106] McDonald's "Dino-Sized meals";[59] and a novelization for young children.[107]
The film's trailers provided only a fleeting glimpse of the dinosaurs,[108] a tactic journalist Josh Horowitz described as "that old Spielberg axiom of never revealing too much" after Spielberg and director Michael Bay did the same for their production of Transformers in 2007.[109] The film was marketed with the tagline "An Adventure 65 Million Years in the Making". This was a joke Spielberg made on set about the genuine, thousands of years old mosquito in amber used for Hammond's walking stick.[110]
Release
[edit]Theatrical
[edit]Jurassic Park premiered at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C. on June 9, 1993,[111][112] in support of two children's charities.[113] The film had previews on 1,412 screens starting at 9:30 pm EDT on Thursday, June 10, and officially opened on Friday in 2,404 theater locations and an estimated 3,400 screens.[114][115][116] Following the film's release, a traveling exhibition called "The Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park" began, showcasing dinosaur skeletons and film props.[117] The film began its international release on June 25, in Brazil before further openings in South America and then rolling out around most of the rest of the world from July 16 until October.[118] The United Kingdom premiere helped save the Lyric Theatre in Carmarthen, Wales from closure, an event chronicled in the 2022 film Save the Cinema.[119]
Re-releases
[edit]In anticipation of the Blu-ray release, Jurassic Park had a digital print released in UK cinemas on September 23, 2011.[120] It wound up grossing £245,422 ($786,021) from 276 theaters, finishing at eleventh on the weekend box office list.[121]
Two years later, on the 20th anniversary of Jurassic Park, a 3D version of the film was released in cinemas.[122] Spielberg declared that he had produced the film with a sort of "subconscious 3D", as scenes feature animals walking toward the cameras and some effects of foreground and background overlay.[123] In 2011, he stated in an interview that Jurassic Park was the only one of his works he had considered for a conversion.[124] Once he saw the 3D version of Titanic in 2012, he liked the new look of the film so much that he hired the same retrofitting company, Stereo D. Spielberg and cinematographer Janusz Kamiński closely supervised the nine-month process in-between the production of Lincoln.[123][125] Stereo D executive Aaron Parry said the conversion was an evolution of what the company had done with Titanic, "being able to capitalize on everything we learned with Jim [James Cameron] on Titanic and take it into a different genre and movie, and one with so many technical achievements". The studio had the help of ILM, which contributed some elements and updated effects shots for a better visual enhancement.[126] It opened in the United States and seven other territories on April 5, 2013,[127] with other countries receiving the re-release over the following six months.[128] In 2018, the film was re-released in select theaters to celebrate its 25th anniversary.[129][130][131] On August 25, 2023, the 3D version of the film was re-released in theaters to celebrate its 30th anniversary.[132]
Home media
[edit]Jurassic Park was first officially released on VHS by CIC Video on October 3, 1994, in the United Kingdom and Ireland, where it had an exclusive seven-week rental window before going on sale on November 21.[133] In the rest of the world, it was officially released on VHS and LaserDisc on October 4, 1994 (by MCA/Universal Home Video in the United States).[134] Despite the official release date, most US retailers decided not to wait that long and were selling it by 1 October.[135] With 17 million units sold,[136] Jurassic Park is the fifth-best-selling VHS tape ever.[137] Three years later, a THX certified Widescreen VHS was released on September 9, 1997.[138][139]
The film was also first released as a Collector's Edition DVD and VHS on October 10, 2000, in both Widescreen (1.85:1) and Full Screen (1.33:1) versions, and as part of a box set with the sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park and both movies' soundtrack albums.[140][141] It was the 13th-best-selling DVD of 2000 counting both versions, finishing the year with 910,000 units sold.[142] Following the release of Jurassic Park III, a new box set with all the films called Jurassic Park Trilogy was released on December 11, 2001.[143] It was repackaged as Jurassic Park Adventure Pack on November 29, 2005.[144]
The trilogy was released on Blu-ray on October 25, 2011,[145] debuting at number five on the Blu-ray charts,[146] and nominated as the best release of the year by both the Las Vegas Film Critics Society[147] and the Saturn Awards.[148] In 2012, Jurassic Park was among twenty-five films chosen by Universal for a box set celebrating the studio's 100th anniversary,[149] while also receiving a standalone 100th anniversary Blu-ray featuring an augmented reality cover.[150] The following year, the 20th anniversary 3D conversion was issued on Blu-ray 3D.[151]
The film, alongside The Lost World, Jurassic Park III and Jurassic World, was released as part of a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray box set on May 22, 2018, in honor of the original film's 25th anniversary.[152]
Television premiere
[edit]Jurassic Park was broadcast on television for the first time on NBC on May 7, 1995, following the April 26 airing of The Making of Jurassic Park.[153] Some 68.12 million people tuned in, garnering NBC a 36 percent share of all available viewers that night. Jurassic Park was the highest-rated theatrical film broadcast on television by any network since the April 1987 airing of Trading Places.[154] In June–July 1995, the film aired a number of times on the Turner Network Television (TNT) network.[154]
Reception
[edit]Box office
[edit]Jurassic Park became the highest-grossing film released worldwide up to that time, replacing Spielberg's own E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982).[155] It grossed $3.1 million from Thursday night screenings in the United States and Canada on June 10, and $50.1 million in its first weekend from 2,404 theaters, breaking the opening weekend record set by Batman Returns the year before.[115] The film would hold that record for two years until 1995 when Batman Forever took it.[156] Upon opening, it became the first film to generate $50 million in a single weekend.[157] By the end of its first week, Jurassic Park had grossed a record $81.7 million.[158] It grossed $100 million in a record nine days[159] and remained at number one for three weeks. It eventually grossed $357 million in the U.S. and Canada, ranking second of all-time behind E.T.[160][161] Box Office Mojo estimates the film sold over 86.2 million tickets in the US in its initial theatrical run.[162]
The film also did very well in international markets and was the first to gross $500 million overseas, surpassing the record $280 million overseas gross of E.T.[163][164] In its first international release date in Brazil, it also set an opening weekend record with a gross of $1,738,198 from 141 screens.[159] It went on to break further opening records around the world including in the United Kingdom, Japan, India, South Korea, Mexico, Germany, Australia, Taiwan, Italy, Denmark, South Africa and France.[165][166][167][168] In Japan, Jurassic Park grossed $8.4 million from 237 screens in two days (including previews).[165] In the United Kingdom, it also beat the opening weekend record set by Batman Returns with a gross of £4.875 million ($7.4 million) from 434 screens, including a record £443,000 from Thursday night previews, and also beat Terminator 2: Judgment Day's opening week record, with £9.2 million.[165][169][170][171] The film held the UK record until it was beaten by Independence Day in 1996.[172] After 12 days of grossing over £1 million a day, the film was the eighth highest-grossing film of all time in the UK[173] and after just three weeks, it became the highest-grossing, surpassing Ghost, eventually doubling the record with a gross of £47.9 million.[174][175] It spent a record eight consecutive weekends at the top of the UK box office.[176] Jurassic Park would remain as Europe's box office leader before being surpassed by Aladdin.[177] In Australia, the film had the widest release ever and was the first film to open with a one-day gross of more than A$1 million, grossing A$5,447,000 (US$3.6 million) in its first four days from 192 screens beating the opening record of Terminator 2 and also beating the weekly record set by The Bodyguard with a gross of A$6.8 million.[178][179][166] In the same weekend, it also set an opening record in Germany with a gross of DM 16.8 million ($10.5 million) from 644 screens.[166][178] In Italy, it also had the widest release ever in 344 theaters and grossed a record Lire 9.5 billion ($6.1 million).[167] After 115 days of release, it surpassed E.T. as the highest-grossing film worldwide of all time.[180] It eventually opened in France on October 20, 1993, and grossed a record 75 million F ($13 million) in its opening week from over 515 screens.[181][168] Its first week admissions in France of almost 2.3 million surpassed the previous record set by Rambo: First Blood Part II in 1985.[182]
The film set all-time records in, among others, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Japan (in US Dollars), Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Thailand and the United Kingdom.[118][183][184][164][185][186] Ultimately the film grossed $914 million worldwide in its initial release,[5] with Spielberg reportedly earning over $250 million from the film, the most a director or actor had earned from one film at the time.[187][118] Its record gross was surpassed in 1998 by Titanic, the first film to gross over $1 billion.[188]
The 3D re-release of Jurassic Park in April 2013 opened at fourth place at the US box office, with $18.6 million from 2,771 locations. IMAX showings accounted for over $6 million, with the 32 percent being the highest IMAX share ever for a nationwide release.[189] The international release had its most successful weekend in the last week of August, when it managed to climb to the top of the overseas box office with a $28.8 million debut in China.[190] The reissue earned $45.4 million in the United States and Canada and $44.5 million internationally as of August 2013[update],[191] leading to a lifetime gross of $402.5 million in the United States and Canada and $628.7 million overseas, for a worldwide gross of $1.029 billion, making Jurassic Park the 17th film to surpass the $1 billion mark.[192] It was the only Universal Pictures film to surpass the $1 billion mark until 2015, when the studio had three such films, Furious 7, Minions, and the fourth installment of the Jurassic Park franchise, Jurassic World.[193] The film earned an additional $374,238 in 2018 for its 25th anniversary re-release.[194] In June 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic closing most theaters worldwide and limiting what films played, Jurassic Park returned to 230 theaters (mostly drive-ins). It grossed $517,600, finishing in first for the fourth time in its history. It became the first time a re-issue topped the box office since The Lion King in September 2011.[195] It currently ranks as the 37th highest-grossing film of all time in the U.S. and Canada (not adjusted for inflation) and the 44th highest-grossing film of all time.[2]
Critical response
[edit]Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes retrospectively reported an approval rating of 92% based on 142 reviews, with an average rating of 8.50/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Jurassic Park is a spectacle of special effects and lifelike animatronics, with some of Spielberg's best sequences of sustained awe and sheer terror since Jaws".[196] Metacritic gave the film a weighted average score of 68 out of 100, based on reviews from 20 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[197] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[198]
Janet Maslin of The New York Times called it "a true movie milestone, presenting awe- and fear-inspiring sights never before seen on the screen [...] On paper, this story is tailor-made for Mr. Spielberg's talents [but] [i]t becomes less crisp on screen than it was on the page, with much of the enjoyable jargon either mumbled confusingly or otherwise thrown away".[199] In Rolling Stone, Peter Travers called the film "colossal entertainment—the eye-popping, mind-bending, kick-out-the-jams thrill ride of summer and probably the year [...] Compared with the dinos, the characters are dry bones, indeed. Crichton and co-screenwriter David Koepp have flattened them into nonentities on the trip from page to screen".[200] Roger Ebert gave the film three stars out of four: "The movie delivers all too well on its promise to show us dinosaurs. We see them early and often, and they are indeed a triumph of special effects artistry, but the movie is lacking other qualities that it needs even more, such as a sense of awe and wonderment, and strong human story values".[201] Henry Sheehan of Sight & Sound argued: "The complaints over Jurassic Park's lack of story and character sound a little off the point", pointing out the story arc of Grant learning to protect Hammond's grandchildren despite his initial dislike of them.[33] Empire magazine gave the film five stars, calling it "quite simply one of the greatest blockbusters of all time".[202]
Accolades
[edit]In March 1994, Jurassic Park won all three Academy Awards for which it was nominated: Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects (at the same ceremony, Spielberg, editor Michael Kahn, and composer John Williams won Academy Awards for Schindler's List).[203] The film won honors outside the U.S. including the 1994 BAFTA for Best Special Effects, as well as the Award for the Public's Favorite Film.[204] It won the 1994 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation,[205] and the 1993 Saturn Awards for Best Science Fiction Film, Best Direction, Best Writing for Crichton and Koepp and Best Special Effects.[206] The film won the 1993 People's Choice Awards for Favorite All-Around Motion Picture.[207] Young Artist Awards were given to Ariana Richards and Joseph Mazzello, with the film winning an Outstanding Action/Adventure Family Motion Picture award.[208] In 2001, the American Film Institute ranked Jurassic Park as the 35th most thrilling film of American cinema.[209] The film is included in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die,[210] film lists by Empire magazine,[211] and The Guardian.[212]
Year | Award | Category | Nominees | Result |
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1993 | Bambi Awards[213] | International Film | Jurassic Park | Won |
1994 | 66th Academy Awards[214] | Best Sound Effects Editing | Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns | Won |
Best Sound | Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom, Shawn Murphy and Ron Judkins | Won | ||
Best Visual Effects | Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri | Won | ||
Saturn Awards[206] | Best Director | Steven Spielberg | Won | |
Best Science Fiction Film | Jurassic Park | Won | ||
Best Special Effects | Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri | Won | ||
Best Writing | Michael Crichton and David Koepp | Won | ||
Best Actress | Laura Dern | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actor | Jeff Goldblum | Nominated | ||
Wayne Knight | Nominated | |||
Best Performance by a Young Actor | Joseph Mazzello | Nominated | ||
Ariana Richards | Nominated | |||
Best Music | John Williams | Nominated | ||
Best Costumes | Nominated | |||
Awards of the Japanese Academy[215] | Best Foreign Film | Jurassic Park | Won | |
BAFTA Awards[216] | Best Special Effects | Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri | Won | |
Best Sound | Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom, Shawn Murphy and Ron Judkins | Nominated | ||
BMI Film Music Award[217] | BMI Film Music Award | John Williams | Won | |
Blue Ribbon Awards[218] | Best Foreign Language Film | Steven Spielberg | Won | |
Bram Stoker Award[219] | Screenplay | Michael Crichton and David Koepp | Nominated | |
Cinema Audio Society[220] | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film | Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom, Shawn Murphy and Ron Judkins | Nominated | |
Czech Lions[221] | Best Foreign Language Film | Steven Spielberg | Won | |
Grammy Awards[222] | Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | John Williams | Nominated | |
MTV Movie Awards[223] | Best Action Sequence | Nominated | ||
Best Movie | Jurassic Park | Nominated | ||
Best Villain | T. rex | Nominated | ||
Mainichi Film Concours[224] | Best Foreign Language Film (Fan Choice) | Steven Spielberg | Won | |
Motion Picture Sound Editors[225] | Best Sound Editing | Won | ||
People's Choice Awards[226] | Favorite Motion Picture | Jurassic Park | Won | |
Young Artist Awards[227] | Best Youth Actor Co-Starring in a Motion Picture Drama | Joseph Mazzello | Won | |
Best Youth Actress Leading Role in a Motion Picture Drama | Ariana Richards | Won | ||
Outstanding Family Motion Picture – Action/Adventure | Jurassic Park | Won | ||
Hugo Awards[228] | Best Dramatic Presentation | Jurassic Park | Won |
Legacy
[edit]Over the years, film critics and industry professionals have often cited Jurassic Park as one of the greatest movies of the action and thriller genres. The movie is also an example of a techno-thriller.[229] The American Film Institute named Jurassic Park the 35th-most thrilling film of all time on June 13, 2001.[230] In 2004, Empire magazine judged Jurassic Park the sixth-most influential film in the magazine's lifetime.[231] Empire called the first encounter with a Brachiosaurus the 28th-most magical moment in cinema.[232] In 2008, an Empire poll of readers, filmmakers, and critics also rated it one of the 500 greatest films of all time.[233] On Film Review's 55th anniversary in 2005, it declared the film to be one of the five most important in the magazine's lifetime.[234] In 2006, IGN ranked Jurassic Park as the 19th-greatest film franchise ever.[235] In a 2010 poll, the readers of Entertainment Weekly rated it the greatest summer movie of the previous 20 years.[236] In 2014, it was ranked as one of the 50 greatest films of all time in an extensive poll undertaken by The Hollywood Reporter, which balloted every studio, agency, publicity firm and production house in the Hollywood region.[237]
The movie's popularity led the management of the National Basketball Association expansion franchise founded in Toronto in 1995 to adopt the name Raptors.[238] In addition, during the team's playoff games, fans watch the game on a large television in a fan area outside the arena that has been nicknamed Jurassic Park.[239] The film has been said to have given rise to a Jurassic Park generation, young people inspired to become paleontologists, and to a surge in discoveries about dinosaurs.[240]
Jurassic Park's biggest influence on subsequent films was a result of its breakthrough use of computer-generated imagery.[241][242][243] The film is regarded as a landmark for visual effects.[244][245][246] Film historian Tom Shone said of the film's innovation and influence, "in its way, Jurassic Park heralded a revolution in movies as profound as the coming of sound in 1927".[247][248] Many filmmakers saw Jurassic Park's effects as a realization that many of their visions, previously thought unfeasible or too expensive, were now possible.[231] ILM owner George Lucas, realizing the success of creating realistic live dinosaurs by his own company, started to make the Star Wars prequels;[249] Stanley Kubrick decided to invest in pet project A.I. Artificial Intelligence, which he later got Spielberg to direct;[231] and Peter Jackson began to re-explore his childhood love of fantasy films, a path that led him to The Lord of the Rings and King Kong.[250] Jurassic Park also inspired films and documentaries with dinosaurs such as the American adaptation of Godzilla, Dinosaur from the Deep, Carnosaur (in which Laura Dern's mother Diane Ladd starred), Dinosaur Island and Walking with Dinosaurs.[231] Stan Winston, enthusiastic about the new technology pioneered by the film, joined with IBM and director James Cameron to form a new special effects company, Digital Domain.[251] In 2018, Jurassic Park was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[252][253][254]
It also started a trend of dubbing US films into Hindi for the Indian market and was the highest-grossing US film in India at the time with a gross of $3 million.[255]
Future
[edit]After the film's enormous success, Spielberg asked Crichton to write a sequel novel, leading to the 1995 book The Lost World.[256] This, in turn, was adapted as the film The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Released in 1997, it was directed by Spielberg and written by Koepp.[257] Another film, Jurassic Park III, was released in 2001, under the direction of Joe Johnston, with Spielberg as executive producer. It featured an original script that incorporated unused elements from Crichton's original Jurassic Park.[258] A fourth installment, Jurassic World, was released in theaters in 2015. With Colin Trevorrow directing a script he wrote with Derek Connolly.[259] Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the fifth film in the franchise, was released in 2018, with Spielberg as producer once more and J. A. Bayona as director.[260] A sixth film, Jurassic World Dominion, was directed by Trevorrow and released in theaters in 2022.[261] A seventh film, Jurassic World Rebirth will be released in 2025 with Gareth Edwards as director.[262]
The story of the film was continued in auxiliary media, at times even unattached to the film sequels themselves. These included a series of Jurassic Park comic books written by Steve Englehart for Topps Comics,[263] and video games such as Ocean Software's Jurassic Park 2: The Chaos Continues (1994), Vivendi's Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis (2003) and Telltale Games' Jurassic Park: The Game (2011).[105]
All of the Universal Destinations & Experiences include a Jurassic Park-themed ride. The first was Jurassic Park: The Ride at Universal Studios Hollywood on June 15, 1996, built after six years of development at a cost of $110 million.[264] This attraction was replicated by Universal Studios Japan in 2001.[265] Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida, has an entire section of the park dedicated to Jurassic Park that includes the main ride, christened "Jurassic Park River Adventure", and many smaller rides and attractions based on the series.[266][267] At Universal Studios Singapore, opened in 2010, the Themed Zone named "The Lost World" consists mostly of Jurassic Park rides, such as the roller coaster Canopy Flyer and the river rapids Jurassic Park Rapids Adventure.[268]
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External links
[edit]- Jurassic Park at IMDb
- Jurassic Park at Box Office Mojo
- Jurassic Park at Rotten Tomatoes
- Jurassic Park at the TCM Movie Database
- Jurassic Park at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- From Director Steven Spielberg: Jurassic Park archive Archived July 16, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
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