Friday, June 11, 1993

Jurassic Park brings dinosaurs to life

Jurassic Park


Released: June 11, 1993


Studio: Universal


Genre: sci-fi/fantasy/monster


Box Office (numbers in millions):

Domestic: 402.80 Worldwide: 1109.80


Adjusted for Inflation:

Domestic: 900.64 Worldwide: 2183.50

Directing: Steven Spielberg


Screenwriting: Michael Crichton, David Koepp


Starring: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Wayne Knight


Review:

“Dinosaurs are recreated from genetic material for a theme park on a remote island. Chaos erupts during a test run when the dinosaurs break free and prey on the park guests. Landmark visual effects brought dinosaurs back to life.” A07

“When dinosaurs first ruled the movie-Earth, they did so in a herky-jerky stop-motion manner that while charmingly effective, required a fair dose of disbelief-suspension.” E18 Spielberg, however, makes us feel “for the first time they could be real, breathing animals (as opposed to monsters).” E18 The credit goes both to the “astonishing animatronics work” E18 of Stan Winston and the groundbreaking CGI from Industrial Light & Magic.

Critic Roger Ebert said Spielberg was so devoted to creating the dinosaurs that the human characters suffered. Ebert calls them “a ragtag bunch of half-realized, sketched-in personalities, who exist primarily to scream, utter dire warnings, and outwit the monsters.” RE

Richard Attenborough as the millionaire who creates the dinosaur theme park is “basically a good soul” RE but “realizes the error of tampering with nature.” RE Two dinosaur experts (Neill and Dern) are invited, along with a mathematician (Goldblum) to preview the park before it opens.

“An unscrupulous employee (Wayne Knight) shuts down the park’s computer program so he can smuggle out some dinosaur embryos.” RE “The subsequent events – after the creates get loose – follow an absolutely standard outline” RE although “there is a high technical level to the execution of the cliches” RE because the director is Spielberg.


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Wins: 3 – Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects

Nominations: 3


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First posted 5/29/2023.

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