Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park Movie Details:

Based on	Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
Release dates	June 9, 1993 (Uptown Theater) June 11, 1993 (United States)
Running time	2hr 7min
Age rating	PG-13
Starring	Sam Neill Laura Dern Jeff Goldblum Richard Attenborough Bob Peck Martin Ferrero BD Wong Samuel L. Jackson Wayne Knight Joseph Mazzello
Directed by	Steven Spielberg
Written by	Michael Crichton David Koepp
Produced by	Kathleen Kennedy Gerald R. Molen
Cinematography by	Dean Cundey
Edited by	Michael Kahn
Music by	John Williams
Production Companies	Universal Pictures Amblin Entertainment
Distributor	Universal Pictures

Jurassic Park Movie Cast & Characters:

• Sam Neill as Dr. Alan Grant, a paleontologist
• Laura Dern as Dr. Ellie Sattler, a paleobotanist
• Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Ian Malcolm, a mathematician and chaos theorist
• Richard Attenborough as John Hammond, CEO and founder of InGen
• Bob Peck as Robert Muldoon, Jurassic Park’s game warden
• Martin Ferrero as Donald Gennaro, a lawyer representing Hammond’s investors who are concerned about the safety of Jurassic Park
• B.D. Wong as Dr. Henry Wu, Jurassic Park’s chief geneticist
• Joseph Mazzello as Tim Murphy, Lex’s younger brother, and Hammond’s grandson
• Ariana Richards as Lex Murphy, Tim’s older sister and Hammond’s granddaughter
• Samuel L. Jackson as Ray Arnold, Jurassic Park chief engineer
• Wayne Knight as Dennis Nedry, Jurassic Park computer programmer
• Jerry Molen as Dr. Harding, Jurassic Park veterinarian
• Miguel Sandoval as Juanito Rostagno
• Cameron Thor as Dr. Lewis Dodgson, an employee working for InGen’s corporate rival, identified in the novel as Biosyn
• Whit Hertford as Volunteer Boy
• Greg Burson as the voice of Mr, DNA
• Richard Kiley as the voice of the Jurassic Park tour vehicle guide

Storyline:

Jurassic Park takes you to a remote island where an amazing theme park with living dinosaurs is about to turn deadly, as five people must battle to survive among the prehistoric predators.

About Jurassic Park Movie:

Jurassic Park is an American science fiction action adventure film produced by Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment. It is the first installment in the Jurassic Park franchise, and the first film in the original Jurassic Park trilogy, and is based on Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel of the same name.

The film was directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Michael Crichton and David Koepp. The film stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, BD Wong and Samuel L. Jackson.

Before Michael Crichton’s novel Jurassic Park was published, four studios put in bids for its film rights. Steven Spielberg, backed by Universal Pictures, acquired the rights for $1.5 million before the novel’s publication in 1990. Additionally, Crichton was hired for $500,000 to adapt the novel for the screen. David Koepp wrote the final draft, which omitted much of the novel’s exposition and violence and made numerous changes to the characters.

After 25 months of pre-production, the filming of Jurassic Park took place in California and Hawaii from August to November 1992. Post-production lasted until May 1993. The dinosaurs were created using groundbreaking computer-generated imagery by Industrial Light & Magic and life-sized animatronic dinosaurs built by Stan Winston’s team.

Jurassic Park premiered on June 9, 1993, at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C., and was released on June 11 in the United States. The film was also a critical success, with praise directed at its special effects, sound design, action sequences, John Williams’s score, and Spielberg’s direction.

The film grossed over $914 million worldwide in its original theatrical run, surpassing Spielberg’s own E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial to become the highest-grossing film of all time until the release of Titanic in 1997. The production budget was $63 million, while the advertising budget was $65 million.

Jurassic Park is the first movie to cross the $400 and 500 million dollar marks at the international box office. This film also remained among the top 10 highest-grossing films worldwide for 15 years, until The Dark Knight (2008) finally dethroned it from the list.

The film won over 20 awards, including three Academy Awards for technical achievements in visual effects and sound design. Following its 20th anniversary re-release in 2013, Jurassic Park became the oldest film in history to surpass $1 billion in ticket sales and the 17th overall.

The film spawned a multimedia franchise that includes 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) — a television series, video games, theme park attractions, comic books, and various merchandise.

Much of the behavior seen in the movie is based on modern wild animals, since little is known of the actual behavior of dinosaurs.

The novel was published in 1990. However, pre-production of the film began in 1989, using only Michael Crichton’s manuscript. It was widely believed that the book would be such a hit that it would make an outstanding movie. It turns out that assumption was correct.

Michael Crichton’s original idea for the screenplay was about a graduate student who re-creates a dinosaur. He continued to wrestle with his fascination with dinosaurs and cloning until he turned it into a novel. Steven Spielberg first learned of it in October 1989.

Robin Wright and Juliette Binoche were offered the role of Dr. Ellie Sattler but turned it down. William Hurt also was offered the role of Dr. Grant, but he turned it down without reading the book or the script.

After the dinosaur molds were done, they were put over robotic skeletal structures. The next stage was movement. Phil Tippett wanted Steven Spielberg’s storyboards done three-dimensionally with clay, to flesh out the scenes, and give them dimension, called Animatics, to act as a template.

The first time dinosaurs were depicted with CGI effects on film. Although CGI has moved on since this movie is still considered to hold its own as one of the most thrilling in the field.

Jurassic Park Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:

Budget	$63 million
Domestic Collection	$407 million
International Collection	$697 million
Worldwide Collection	$1.058 billion