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
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
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.
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.
When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.
Director:
J.A. Bayona
Stars:
Chris Pratt,
Bryce Dallas Howard,
Rafe Spall
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.
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.
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
The screech the Pteranodon makes at the end was made by Gary Rydstrom slowing down the sound of him taking out tooth floss from his box. See more »
Goofs
The high hide is suspended quite high above the forest at its peak. It is revealed to be a pulley mechanism, with the winch of a vehicle used to move it up and down. There is nothing above it for the cables to be slung over, so it's a mechanical impossibility. No matter how the mechanism works, there's nothing to suspend it at that height. 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 Fox television network's version (aired on November 1st, 1998) includes two scenes not in the theatrical cut (see Trivia section). The first scene is an InGen meeting between Ludlow and InGen representatives, and takes place in between the opening Compy attack sequence and the Hammond scene. It contains exposition about what aftereffects the events of the first film had on InGen, and how Ludlow is taking over control of the company from Hammond. The second is in between the Hammond scene and the mission-prep scene with Eddie Carr. Set in Mombasa, it introduces Roland Tembo and Ajay Sidhu and makes it clear they have a long history working together. Both deleted scenes are included as special features on the DVD and Blu-ray, but are not integrated into the film. See more »
Steven Spielberg's superb follow up to his original dinosaur classic finds Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) with the help of John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) trying to protect what survives the original Jurassic Park in a sequel that truly lives up to it's name sake. Julianne Moore, Vince Vaughn, Arliss Howard and the great Pete Postlethweite rounds out the cast in a darker, more relentless film that has some of the best action sequences ever filmed for a Jurassic Park movie. While the film is not with out it's faults, this movie is with out a doubt the second best film in the series. Sadly, neither Spielberg and Goldblum return for the next two sequels in the series and the quality of the series definitely take a sharp dive in quality with their departure.
Which is a shame because the Jurassic Park series deserved more than the dumb and badly acted monster movies they have become since Spielberg and Goldblum left the series after this film.
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Steven Spielberg's superb follow up to his original dinosaur classic finds Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) with the help of John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) trying to protect what survives the original Jurassic Park in a sequel that truly lives up to it's name sake. Julianne Moore, Vince Vaughn, Arliss Howard and the great Pete Postlethweite rounds out the cast in a darker, more relentless film that has some of the best action sequences ever filmed for a Jurassic Park movie. While the film is not with out it's faults, this movie is with out a doubt the second best film in the series. Sadly, neither Spielberg and Goldblum return for the next two sequels in the series and the quality of the series definitely take a sharp dive in quality with their departure.
Which is a shame because the Jurassic Park series deserved more than the dumb and badly acted monster movies they have become since Spielberg and Goldblum left the series after this film.