Jurassic Park (movie)
Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction adventure movie directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. It is about a group of people visiting a park on an island where dinosaurs have been brought back to life. They have to survive when the dinosaurs break out. It premiered on June 11, 1993. It is one of the most famous movies ever made involving dinosaurs.
| Jurassic Park | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Steven Spielberg |
| Produced by | Kathleen Kennedy Gerald R. Molen |
| Screenplay by | Michael Crichton David Koepp |
| Based on | Jurassic Park 1990 novel by Michael Crichton |
| Starring | Sam Neill Laura Dern Jeff Goldblum Richard Attenborough Bob Peck Martin Ferrero BD Wong Samuel L. Jackson Wayne Knight Joseph Mazzello Ariana Richards |
| Music by | John Williams |
| Cinematography | Dean Cundey |
| Edited by | Michael Kahn |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date | June 9, 1993 (Uptown Theater) June 11, 1993 (United States) |
Running time | 126 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $56–63 million |
| Box office | $1.058 billion |
Plot
John Hammond, the owner of a scientific company, creates a theme park on an island that has dinosaurs which have been brought back to life by being cloned. He invites Dr. Alan Grant, a man who studies dinosaurs and doesn't work well with kids, and Dr. Ellie Sattler, a woman who studies ancient plants, to visit the park.
Along with a mathematician named Ian Malcolm and a lawyer named Donald Gennaro, they go to the park and see a few dinosaurs, like Brachiosaurus. John says that the dinosaurs were brought back because of the dinosaur DNA found in some mosquitoes. To fix any broken parts of the DNA, they added the DNA of frogs to the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs were all made to be female so that they would not breed.
Lex and Tim Murphy, who are Hammond's grandkids, join the group. The group goes on a tour of the park in some Ford Explorer cars. A tropical storm heads towards the park, and it starts raining. Ellie is separated from the group when she tries to help a sick Triceratops. Dennis Nedry, a worker at the park, betrays Hammond so he can get money from another company, and he turns off the park's safety systems. The cars that the group are in aren't able to move anymore.
Many dinosaurs, including a T. rex, break out of their pens. The T. rex eats Donald, hurts Ian, and pushes a car off a cliff. As Dennis tries to escape the park, he gets killed by a Dilophosaurus.
Ellie, along with Robert Muldoon, a park worker, look for survivors. They rescue Malcolm and escape the T. rex in a Jeep. John, along with the park's main engineer named Ray Arnold, decide to reboot the park's systems. During the rebooting, the dangerous Velociraptors escape and start to wander the park.
When Ray goes missing, Ellie goes to finish the rebooting process. She finds that Ray has been killed, and she runs away from one raptor. Two of the raptors show up, and they surprise and kill Robert. Meanwhile, Alan, Lex, and Tim, spend the night in a tall tree. They make friends with a Brachiosaurus.
The next day, Alan, Lex, and Tim discover dinosaur eggs. At first, they are confused, since the dinosaurs are all female, and eggs can't be laid unless there is a male dinosaur involved. Alan figures out that the frog DNA in the dinosaur DNA allows the dinosaurs to change their genders.
They come across a group of running Gallimimus, and they head towards an electric fence. When the park's power turns back on, Tim gets shocked by the fence and gets hurt. As Alan goes to look for Ellie, Lex and Tim are hunted by the raptors in a kitchen. They escape and meet up with Alan and Ellie. All four of them end up cornered by the raptors in the park's atrium, but the T. rex arrives and kills the raptors.
John, Alan, Ellie, Ian, Lex, and Tim, all survive, and leave the park in a helicopter. John is disappointed that the park was unsuccessful, but Ellie is happy that Alan has learned to get along with kids.
Production
The movie was based off a book by Michael Crichton. A few people wanted to be the director of the movie, like Tim Burton. Eventually, Steven Spielberg was chosen to direct.
Filming the movie started in 1992 on Kaua'i, an island in Hawaii. The filming was stopped for a day because Hurricane Iniki passed over the island. A few of the scenes in the movie that involve rain were actually filmed during the hurricane. Other scenes were filmed in California, on a stage at Warner Bros. Studios, and in other places in Hawaii.
At first, the dinosaurs were going to be made using stop-motion, but Spielberg didn't think it looked real enough. The dinosaurs in the movie were created using ways called animatronics and CGI. The dinosaurs were either robots, puppets, or made with computers.
After filming for the movie was over, Spielberg monitored the effects work while he was in the country of Poland, where he was filming another movie, Schindler's List.
The music that plays in the movie was composed by John Williams.
Release
Jurassic Park got positive reviews, as many critics and moviegoers enjoyed it. Many people praised the movie's special effects and music. The movie was nominated for three Academy Awards (Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects), and won all three.
At the time, Jurassic Park had made more money than any other movie. However, the movie Titanic ended up making even more money, breaking the record.
| Country | Premiere |
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 Canada |
11 June 1993 |
 United States |
11 June 1993 |
| File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 25 June 1993 |
| File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia | 2 July 1993 |
| File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay | 2 July 1993 |
| File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile | 8 July 1993 |
 El Salvador |
9 July 1993 |
| File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 15 July 1993 |
 Belize |
16 July 1993 |
 Costa Rica |
16 July 1993 |
 United Kingdom |
16 July 1993 |
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16 July 1993 |
 Honduras |
16 July 1993 |
 Ireland |
16 July 1993 |
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16 July 1993 |
 Nicaragua |
16 July 1993 |
 Panama |
16 July 1993 |
 South Korea |
17 July 1993 |
 Taiwan |
17 July 1993 |
| File:Flag of Ecuador.svg | 21 July 1993 |
 Dominican Republic |
22 July 1993 |
 Peru |
23 July 1993 |
 Japan |
24 July 1993 |
| File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia | 29 July 1993 |
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29 July 1993 |
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30 July 1993 |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
4 August 1993 |
 Barbados |
4 August 1993 |
 Dominica |
4 August 1993 |
 Grenada |
4 August 1993 |
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4 August 1993 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
4 August 1993 |
 Saint Lucia |
4 August 1993 |
 Puerto Rico |
4 August 1993 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
4 August 1993 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
4 August 1993 |
 Indonesia |
5 August 1993 |
 Malaysia |
5 August 1993 |
 Singapore |
5 August 1993 |
 Thailand |
5 August 1993 |
 Philippines |
11 August 1993 |
| File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela | 11 August 1993 |
 Fiji |
20 August 1993 |
 New Zealand |
20 August 1993 |
 Australia |
2 September 1993 |
 Germany |
2 September 1993 |
 Austria |
3 September 1993 |
 Finland
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3 September 1993 |
 Norway |
3 September 1993 |
 Poland |
3 September 1993 |
 Sweden |
3 September 1993 |
 Bulgaria |
17 September 1993 |
 Denmark |
17 September 1993 |
 Faroe Islands |
17 September 1993 |
 Italy |
17 September 1993 |
 Turkey |
17 September 1993 |
 South Africa |
17 September 1993 |
 Hungary |
24 September 1993 |
 Spain |
30 September 1993 |
 Greece |
30 September 1993 |
 Croatia |
30 September 1993 |
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 30 September 1993 |
 Slovenia |
30 September 1993 |
 Gambia |
1 October 1993 |
 Portugal |
1 October 1993 |
 United Arab Emirates |
4 October 1993 |
 Bahrain |
4 October 1993 |
 Egypt |
4 October 1993 |
 Kenya |
4 October 1993 |
 Kuwait |
4 October 1993 |
 Namibia |
4 October 1993 |
 Nigeria |
4 October 1993 |
 Zimbabwe |
4 October 1993 |
 Czech Republic |
14 October 1993 |
 Slovakia |
14 October 1993 |
 Cyprus |
15 October 1993 |
| File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | 20 October 1993 |
 Algeria |
20 October 1993 |
 France |
20 October 1993 |
 Luxembourg |
20 October 1993 |
 Morocco |
20 October 1993 |
 Monaco |
20 October 1993 |
 Russia |
20 October 1993 |
 Tunisia |
20 October 1993 |
 Ukraine |
20 October 1993 |
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22 October 1993 |
 Romania |
11 March 1994 |
 India |
15 April 1994 |
 Sri Lanka |
15 April 1994 |
 Pakistan |
15 April 1994 |
3-D version
| Country | Premiere |
|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates |
4 April 2013 |
| Australia |
4 April 2013 |
| Bahrain |
4 April 2013 |
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4 April 2013 |
| Kuwait |
4 April 2013 |
 Serbia |
4 April 2013 |
| Russia |
4 April 2013 |
| Ukraine |
4 April 2013 |
| India |
5 April 2013 |
| United States |
5 April 2013 |
 Cambodia |
11 April 2013 |
| Pakistan |
12 April 2013 |
| Slovenia |
25 April 2013 |
| File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | 1 May 2013 |
| France |
1 May 2013 |
| Hungary |
2 May 2013 |
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 2 May 2013 |
| New Zealand |
2 May 2013 |
| Bulgaria |
3 May 2013 |
| Taiwan |
3 May 2013 |
| Finland
|
10 May 2013 |
| South Africa |
10 May 2013 |
| Philippines |
29 May 2013 |
| Malaysia |
30 May 2013 |
| Singapore |
30 May 2013 |
| Thailand |
30 May 2013 |
| Egypt |
5 June 2013 |
| Sweden |
5 June 2013 |
 Vietnam |
7 June 2013 |
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11 June 2013 |
 Iceland |
12 June 2013 |
| Denmark |
13 June 2013 |
| Norway |
14 June 2013 |
| Romania |
14 June 2013 |
| Greece |
20 June 2013 |
| Portugal |
20 June 2013 |
| South Korea |
27 June 2013 |
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18 July 2013 |
| Turkey |
9 August 2013 |
| Peru |
15 August 2013 |
| File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 16 August 2013 |
| File:Flag of Ecuador.svg | 16 August 2013 |
 China |
20 August 2013 |
| File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia | 22 August 2013 |
| Spain |
23 August 2013 |
| United Kingdom |
23 August 2013 |
| Ireland |
23 August 2013 |
 Mexico |
23 August 2013 |
| File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile | 29 August 2013 |
| File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay | 29 August 2013 |
| File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia | 30 August 2013 |
| Germany |
5 September 2013 |
| File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela | 13 September 2013 |
| File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 3 October 2013 |
Sequels
Jurassic Park has five sequels: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Jurassic Park III (2001), Jurassic World (2015), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018), and Jurassic World: Dominion (2022). Animated web series include: LEGO Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous.
Jurassic Park (movie) Media
The final drafts of Jurassic Park were written by David Koepp (pictured in 2022)
Much of the Hawaiian shoot took place on the island of Kauaʻi, with many of the locations standing in for Isla Nublar
Scenes involving Isla Nublar's helipad were shot at Mānāwaiopuna Falls
Trees at Allerton Garden, used for a scene involving a dinosaur nest
Kualoa Ranch on Oʻahu, where the Gallimimus scene was filmed
Most of the filming in California occurred on sound stages, primarily at the Universal Studios Lot
Stage 16 at Warner Bros. Studios was used for the T. rex breakout sequence
Dennis Muren (pictured in 2007) oversaw the computer-generated dinosaurs created by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)
A pre-production T. rex model, displayed at the National Museum of Cinema of Turin, Italy
The "Dinosaur Input Device" raptor used for the film
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