Jurassic Park (1993)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Writers (WGA):

Michael Crichton (novel)
Michael Crichton (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

11 June 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

An Adventure 65 Million Years In The Making

Plot:

Scientists clone dinosaurs to populate a theme park which suffers a major security breakdown and releases the dinosaurs.

Plot Keywords:

Dinosaur | Island | Theme Park | Scientist | Mathematician

Awards:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 15 nominations

US Showtimes:

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Cast

Sam Neill	...	Dr. Alan Grant
Laura Dern	...	Dr. Ellie Sattler
Jeff Goldblum	...	Dr. Ian Malcolm
Richard Attenborough	...	John Hammond
Bob Peck	...	Robert Muldoon
Martin Ferrero	...	Donald Gennaro
Joseph Mazzello	...	Tim Murphy
Ariana Richards	...	Lex Murphy
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Ray Arnold
B.D. Wong	...	Henry Wu
Wayne Knight	...	Dennis Nedry
Gerald R. Molen	...	Gerry Harding (as Jerry Molen)
Miguel Sandoval	...	Juanito Rostagno
Cameron Thor	...	Lewis Dodgson
Christopher John Fields	...	Volunteer #1

Also Known As:

JP (USA) (promotional abbreviation)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense science fiction terror.

Runtime:

127 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:PG (original rating) | Australia:M (TV rating) (Channel 10) | Australia:PG (TV rating) (Channel 7) | Iceland:10 | Iceland:12 (video rating) | India:UA | Brazil:Livre | Hong Kong:II | Netherlands:6 (re-rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Chile:TE | Finland:K-12/9 | France:U | Germany:12 | Ireland:12 (video rating) | Israel:PG | Netherlands:AL (original rating) | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 | Canada:A (Nova Scotia)

Filming Locations:

Blue Hole, Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Richard Attenborough's first acting role in 15 years.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Dr. Grant feeds the brachiosaurus, during the long shots, he holds the branch with both hands. During the close-ups of Lex, his left hand is loose by his side.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Voice over PA: [while maneuvering dinosaur cage] Everybody, heads up! Heads up! Keep it clear! Okay, down!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Evolution (2001)

Soundtrack:

QUE MILAGRO CHAPARRITA

Still a land mark in film making

It's hard to believe that it's 6 years since this film appeared at the cinemas. At the time it was a truly ground-breaking film, managing for the first time to portray dinosaurs in an extremely realistic manner, unlike those plasticine monsters that we were forced to watch in previous monster movies. Jurassic Park will also be remembered as the movie that finally made George Lucas sit up and realise that it was possible for him to make his prequels.

In hindsight, while it is still an extremely well directed and tension filled movie, the script did seemed dumbed down in order to appeal to as many people as possible - but that's really irrelevant since this film is all about dinosaurs. One of Spielberg's brilliantly directed films, it even managed to make me forget Spielberg's previous disaster of a movie - do you recall HOOK?

8/10.