Jurassic Park without Jeff Goldblum is like a night without stars. But was Johnny Depp close to landing the role of Ian Malcolm instead? We investigate in this episode of "Casting Calls."
A decidedly odd couple with ulterior motives convince Dr. Grant to go to Isla Sorna, resulting in an unexpected landing, and startling new inhabitants on the island.
A new theme park, built on the original site of Jurassic Park, creates a genetically modified hybrid dinosaur, the Indominus Rex, which escapes containment and goes on a killing spree.
Director:
Colin Trevorrow
Stars:
Chris Pratt,
Bryce Dallas Howard,
Ty Simpkins
In 1935, Indiana Jones arrives in India, still part of the British Empire, and is asked to find a mystical stone. He then stumbles upon a secret cult committing enslavement and human sacrifices in the catacombs of an ancient palace.
Director:
Steven Spielberg
Stars:
Harrison Ford,
Kate Capshaw,
Jonathan Ke Quan
In 1957, archaeologist and adventurer Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr. is called back into action and becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls.
Director:
Steven Spielberg
Stars:
Harrison Ford,
Cate Blanchett,
Shia LaBeouf
In 1938, after his father Professor Henry Jones, Sr. goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones finds himself up against Adolf Hitler's Nazis again to stop them obtaining its powers.
Enjoying a peaceable existence in 1885, Doctor Emmet Brown is about to be killed by Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen. Marty McFly travels back in time to save his friend.
Director:
Robert Zemeckis
Stars:
Michael J. Fox,
Christopher Lloyd,
Mary Steenburgen
Three years into the Clone Wars, the Jedi rescue Palpatine from Count Dooku. As Obi-wan pursues a new threat, Anakin acts as a double agent between the Jedi Council and Palpatine and is lured into a sinister plan to rule the galaxy.
Ten years after initially meeting, Anakin Skywalker shares a forbidden romance with Padmé Amidala, while Obi-wan Kenobi investigates an assassination attempt on the Senator and discovers a secret clone army crafted for the Jedi.
A seemingly indestructible android is sent from 2029 to 1984 to assassinate a waitress, whose unborn son will lead humanity in a war against the machines, while a soldier from that war is sent to protect her at all costs.
Director:
James Cameron
Stars:
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Linda Hamilton,
Michael Biehn
Two Jedi Knights escape a hostile blockade to find allies and come across a young boy who may bring balance to the Force, but the long dormant Sith resurface to claim their old glory.
A research team is sent to an island eighty-seven miles away from the previous home of Jurassic Park, to document and photograph the now liberated dinosaurs. However, InGen the BioEngineering company has sent another larger team to the same island to catch, sedate, and transport some dinosaurs to San Diego where they will be used in a new Jurassic Park location. But life always finds a way. Will both teams return to the mainland with successful findings? Or will another tragedy occur?Written by
Eric
Searcy double barrel rifles are often referred to simply as a "double", referencing the two barrels per single rifle. Double rifles are the favored rifle for African professional hunters, as the two barrels allow for a quick follow-up shot on animals without having to reload. The weapon seen in this film was manufactured by B. Searcy & Co. of Boron, California. Two rifles were made for the production of this movie. Director Steven Spielberg owns one of them. The location of the other is unknown. Both rifles are real and fully functional. As with all double rifles, the intense amount of time and labor to make them dictates a price tag of several tens-of-thousands of dollars. A plastic model was made as well for stand-ins when the real rifle, which is heavy, was not necessary. See more »
Goofs
Towards the end of the movie, after the adult male T-Rex escapes from the cargo hold of the S.S. Venture, Sarah asks one of the In-Gen guards why the Tyrannosaur wasn't tranquilized. The guard replies that the animal had been tranquilized, that Roland had shot it with two darts loaded with concentrated Carfentanil, 10 mg worth of it. Sarah said that that should have put the Tyrannosaur into a coma, but it would have done more than that, it should have killed the Tyrannosaur. Carfentanil is one of the most potent opiates in existence, it is approximately 10,000 times more potent than Morphine. Carfentanil is mainly just used for sedating rhinos and elephants. A Tyrannosaur and an African Elephant have roughly the same mass, so the dosage used on a T-Rex would be the same as for an Elephant, which would be between 0.5-1.0 mg. Pumping 10 mg of Carfentanil into the T-Rex would be the same as injecting it with about 150,000 mg of Morphine, which is about 10 times the dosage needed to sedate an animal the size of a Tyrannosaur. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Mrs. Deirdre Bowman:
I love you. Thank you so much. Fabulous!
[a glass of white wine is poured]
Mrs. Deirdre Bowman:
Thank you, Geoffrey.
Geoffrey:
You're welcome.
Mrs. Deirdre Bowman:
We'll also take a bottle of red, as well. Thank you.
Geoffrey:
Certainly.
Mrs. Deirdre Bowman:
Right. Now... Oh!
Mr. Paul Bowman:
[handed a glass of wine]
Thank you, Bernard.
Bernard:
You're welcome.
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Crazy Credits
David Koepp is listed as the "unlucky bastard" because he was eaten by the T-Rex. Koepp wrote the screenplay. See more »
Alternate Versions
The 2000 UK DVD double box set release of both the Jurassic Park films featured a number of deleted scenes not featured on any release or test screening beforehand. There are also a number of outtakes unseen before included on both films. See more »
Very good sequel to Jurassic Park finds Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblem) in a race against time to save his girlfriend(Julianne Moore)and stop Ingen from taking dinosaurs off the island in order to take them state side for their own Jurassic Park. While the wow factor is gone from the first movie, the intensity is up considerably with some of the best action, tension and humor of the series. Goldblem once again commands the screen as the audience guide and it's voice of reason and the special effects manages to even out due the first movie by leaps and bonds. The late Richard Attenborough and Pete Postlethweite rounds out the cast in this very worthy follow up. Its definitely The second best entry in the Jurassic Park series and the best follow up to the original Jurassic Park
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Very good sequel to Jurassic Park finds Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblem) in a race against time to save his girlfriend(Julianne Moore)and stop Ingen from taking dinosaurs off the island in order to take them state side for their own Jurassic Park. While the wow factor is gone from the first movie, the intensity is up considerably with some of the best action, tension and humor of the series. Goldblem once again commands the screen as the audience guide and it's voice of reason and the special effects manages to even out due the first movie by leaps and bonds. The late Richard Attenborough and Pete Postlethweite rounds out the cast in this very worthy follow up. Its definitely The second best entry in the Jurassic Park series and the best follow up to the original Jurassic Park