Jurassic Park

19931993
K-12/9K-12/9
2h 7min

Jurassic Park (1993)

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

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A pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned din... Read allA pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.A pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.

Director
- Steven Spielberg
Writers
- Michael Crichton(novel)
- David Koepp(screenplay)
Stars

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Top rated movie #167

Won 3 Oscars
- 44 wins & 27 nominations total

Jurassic Park (1993)

Ariana Richards and Joseph Mazzello in Jurassic Park (1993)

Richard Attenborough in Jurassic Park (1993)

Jurassic Park (1993)

Jurassic Park (1993)

Sam Neill and Ariana Richards in Jurassic Park (1993)

Steven Spielberg in Jurassic Park (1993)

Steven Spielberg in Jurassic Park (1993)

Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park (1993)

Sam Neill in Jurassic Park (1993)

Sam Neill, Ariana Richards, and Joseph Mazzello in Jurassic Park (1993)

Sam Neill and Ariana Richards in Jurassic Park (1993)

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. —Film_Fan

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Trivia
This movie and the book generated so much interest in dinosaurs that the study of paleontology has had a record increase in students.

Goofs
(at around 25 mins) The mosquito that is encased in amber, and from which the DNA sample is extracted is male. This is evident from the "bushy" look of the antennae. Female mosquitoes have far fewer hairs on their antennae, and so the distinction is easily made. Only females drink blood, as it is needed to produce eggs. There would not have been any dinosaur DNA in the male to extract. To make it worse, in that species of mosquito, Toxirhynchites, both the males and females are flower feeders, and would therefore have no blood, or dinosaur DNA in their stomachs.

Quotes
John Hammond: All major theme parks have delays. When they opened Disneyland in 1956, nothing worked!
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Yeah, but, John, if The Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists.

Crazy credits
When it says "A Steven Spielberg film" at the end of the movie, listen closely. You will hear the slightly modified five tones from Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).

Alternate versions
The mainland Chinese release of the 3D version (the original version was not released there) deletes the following:
The goat chunk splattering against the tour jeep and Lex's subsequent reaction.
Gennaro in the T-Rex's mouth.
Dr. Satler's discovery of Arnold's severed arm.
The raptor pouncing on Muldoon.

Connections
Edited into 5 Second Movies: Jurassic Park (2008)

Soundtracks
Las Gaviotas
Written by Dolores Guadalupe Olivares (as Dolores Ayala Olivares)
Performed by The Madacy Mariachi Band
Courtesy of Madacy Music Group

Top review

10/10

Criminally Underrated By IMDb!

Simply one of the greatest films of all time. How on Earth it is only rated as 7.9/10 I'll never know.

It has a great plot, structured of course around Michael Crichton's equally brilliant novel, and the graphics are absolutely superb. Jurassic Park, along with the sequel 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park', had Dinosaurs that were actually convincing. Of course, there was some artistic license involved - certain behaviours of the animals were exaggerated or entirely fabricated - but that in no way detracts from the film. They are certainly better than those in the comparably average third instalment in the franchise, 'Jurassic Park III'. Living in the 21st century (or 20th, as it were) this film gave us a recreation of these creatures that was genuinely believable.

For all their fancy graphics and obscene budgets, films such as 'Avatar' will never compare to the likes of Jurassic Park.

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Release date
- September 3, 1993 (Finland)
Country of origin
- United States
Official site
- Official Facebook
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Also known as
- Jurassic Park - Collector's Edition
Filming locations
- Tehachapi Pass, California, USA
Production companies
- Universal Pictures
- Amblin Entertainment
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Budget
- $63,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $404,214,720
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $47,026,828
- Jun 13, 1993
Gross worldwide
- $1,033,928,303

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Runtime
- 2h 7min
Sound mix
- DTS

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