Jurassic Park (1993)

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Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction-adventure-drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, based upon the novel of the same name, written by Michael Crichton. The story involves scientists visiting a safari amusement park of genetically engineered dinosaurs on an island over one weekend. Sabotage by a rival company, BioSyn sets the carnivorous dinosaurs on the loose, and the technicians and visitors attempt to escape the island.

The film began its genesis right before the novel was even published, and Crichton was hired to write a script that skimmed down its plot. Spielberg hired Stan Winston Studios’ puppets and worked with Industrial Light and Magic to develop the ground-breaking CGI to portray the dinosaurs. The film stars Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern and Richard Attenborough. It reached near-universal acclaim.

The film grossed $914 million in its initial release, making it the first film ever to gross $900 million, and was the highest-grossing film of all time, surpassing E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, until it was surpassed by Titanic in 1997, the first film ever to gross $1 billion. After being re-released in 2013, which made it gross $1.029 billion, it is currently the 38th highest-grossing film of all time. Most significantly, the film inspired a new breed of films that primarily used CGI for special effects.

The film was followed by The Lost World: Jurassic Park on May 23, 1997, Jurassic Park III on July 18, 2001, Jurassic World on June 12, 2015, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom on June 22, 2018 and Jurassic World: Dominion on June 10, 2022, none of which were as critically acclaimed as the first. The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III weren’t as financially successful as the first film, although both Jurassic World and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom beat the first film in terms of profit. The film was re-released twice, first in the cinemas of U.K. on September 23, 2011, then in 3D on April 5, 2013. The 25th anniversary of this film was in 2018.

The tagline of the movie: “An Adventure 65 Million Years In The Making”.

Link to Wikipedia

Link to IMDb Site

Link to Rotten Tomatoes – 92%

Running Time – 2hrs 6mins (126 minutes)

UK Classification – PG

For further background see https://jurassicpark.fandom.com/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(film)