Jurassic Park (1993)

During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok.

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Writers:

Michael Crichton (novel), Michael Crichton (screenplay)

Stars:

Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum

Top Rated Movies #180 | Won 3 Oscars. Another 37 wins & 26 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sam Neill	...	Grant
Laura Dern	...	Ellie
Jeff Goldblum	...	Malcolm
Richard Attenborough	...	Hammond
Bob Peck	...	Muldoon
Martin Ferrero	...	Gennaro
BD Wong	...	Wu (as B. D. Wong)
Joseph Mazzello	...	Tim
Ariana Richards	...	Lex
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Arnold
Wayne Knight	...	Nedry
Gerald R. Molen	...	Harding (as Jerry Molen)
Miguel Sandoval	...	Rostagno
Cameron Thor	...	Dodgson
Christopher John Fields	...	Volunteer #1

Storyline

Huge advancements in scientific technology have enabled a mogul to create an island full of living dinosaurs. John Hammond has invited four individuals, along with his two grandchildren, to join him at Jurassic Park. But will everything go according to plan? A park employee attempts to steal dinosaur embryos, critical security systems are shut down and it now becomes a race for survival with dinosaurs roaming freely over the island.

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Plot Keywords:

theme park | tyrannosaurus rex | chaos theory | paleontology | disaster | 

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Taglines:

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Genres:

Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense science fiction terror

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Brazil]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

11 June 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

JP

Filming Locations:

Jurassic Kahili Ranch, Kilauea, Kauai, Hawaii, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$63,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$50,159,460, 13 June 1993

Gross USA:

$402,453,882

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,029,153,882

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Cartoon Studios, Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

127 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital (Europe) SDDS (3D re-release) Datasat (3D re-release)

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Steven Spielberg identified with John Hammond, seeing strong parallels between Hammond's vision for the park and his own work as a filmmaker. To this end, Hammond was made a more sympathetic character. To show the parallels to filmmaking, Spielberg cast fellow filmmaker Sir Richard Attenborough, which acknowledges the past and predicts the future. Spielberg lost the Best Picture and Best Director awards to him when E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) lost to Gandhi (1982). Spielberg's subsequent film, Schindler's List (1993), won both Oscars, and both starred Sir Ben Kingsley.

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Goofs

After Alan pulls Lex out from the overturned Explorer and the T. Rex spins the vehicle around, in the closeup shot from behind Tim while he's still inside the Explorer, as the T. Rex leans down facing Tim we can see one of the lower front teeth is missing, but it's back in the following shots.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Worker in Raptor Pen: Everybody, heads up! Heads up! Keep clear! Keep it clear! Okay, down! Andale, si! Vamonos. Keep it goin'! Come on! That's good, stay! Slow it down. No lo vayan a tirar! Cuidado! Traigala, traigala!
Muldoon: Okay, pushing team, move in there.
Worker in Raptor Pen: Move it! Cuidado, vamos!
Muldoon: I want tasers on full charge.

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Crazy Credits

The closing shot of the helicopter flying towards the horizon forms an initial backdrop for the end credits.

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Alternate Versions

In 2013, the film was re-released in 3D. In this version, the newer Universal logo is used at the opening of the film.

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Connections

Referenced in Godzilla (1998)

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Soundtracks

The Raptor Attack
(uncredited)
Composed, Conducted, and Produced by John Williams

User Reviews

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.