Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Gerald R. Molen. It is based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Michael Crichton, who also wrote the screenplay with director Crichton in mind. The film tells the story of a group of scientists who find a remote island occupied by dinosaurs that are genetically cloned to life. After a malfunction causes one to escape, it must be pursued and captured before it can destroy several major cities.
The film is set on Isla Sorna, an island off Costa Rica’s Pacific coast, where dinosaurs trapped in amber have been brought for study and research by John Hammond, a billionaire entrepreneur. His creation has escaped, and the company’s head geneticist, Dr. Ian Malcolm, is called to Isla Sorna to lead a team of experts in tracking down the last surviving dinosaur. After an accident involving a palaeontologist named Dennis Nedry and security guard Osborn, the park’s caretaker, Ray Arnold believes the dinosaurs on Isla Sorna could be dangerous.
An electric procedure called a “fence” is used to isolate different dinosaurs for study and observation. For example, the Velociraptor is placed on a small island called the “Pachycephalosaurus Paddock ” where it can’t get out. Due to a misunderstanding by Arnold, the island’s power was shut off and that allowed the dinosaurs to escape via underground tunnels. The dinosaurs begin attacking everything in sight. Hammond asks for help from John Hammond and his technology consultant Ian Malcolm.
Malcolm predicts that the dinosaurs will go towards water because they are cold blooded(cold blooded animals seek heat).
Directed By : Steven Spielberg
Screenplay By : Michael Crichton
David Koepp
Based on : Jurassic park by Michael Crichton
Produced By : Kathleen Kennedy
Gerald R. Molen
Starring : Sam Neill
Laura Dern
Jeff Goldblum
Richard Attenborough
Bob Peck
Martin Ferrero
: Henry Hathaway
Director of Photography: Robert Richardson
Art Direction: John Myhre, Tony Masterson, Jane Latham & Marilyn Vance
Costume Design: Deborah L. Scott, Beverly E. Jones & Randa T. Kirkpatrick
Film Editors : Michael Kahn & Richard Marks
Music : James Horner
Production Designer : Norman Garwood
Scenarist : Michael Crichton, producer Gerald Molen
Story Consultant : Stan Winston, Jack Horner
Visual Effects Supervisor : Stan Winston, John Dykstra
Visual Effects Producer: Steven H. Schechter
Visual Effects Supplier: The Moving Picture Company Casting : Denise Chamian
Sound Mixer : Gary Rydstrom
Supervising Sound Editor: John P. Finnegan, MPSE
Visual Effects Supervisor : Stan Winston
Costume Designers: (uncredited) Beverley E Jones, Barbara Lane & Lynn Caton-Largnete
Make-up Artist: (uncredited) Ve Neill
Awards.
This film won the Academy Awards for Best Sound and Best Visual Effects in 1993. It was also nominated for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (John Myhre, Gene Serdena, Robert E. Beck), Best Sound Editing (Gary Rydstrom and John P. Finnegan), and Best Music (Original Score) (James Horner). The film’s score earned composer James Horner an additional nomination for a Golden Globe award in the category Best Original Score – Motion Picture, which he lost to “The Piano”.
The film was selected as the United States entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but it was not accepted as a nominee.
“Jurassic Park” was widely acclaimed by critics during its original release and gained a reputation as one of the greatest films ever made. It currently boasts a 93% score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 49 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3/10.
