Jurassic Park (movie) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Jurassic Park |
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| Directed by | Steven Spielberg |
| Produced by | Kathleen Kennedy Gerald R. Molen |
| Written by | Screenplay David Koepp Malia Scotch Marmo (uncredited) Michael Crichton Novel: Michael Crichton |
| Starring | Sam Neill Laura Dern Jeff Goldblum Richard Attenborough Joseph Mazzello Ariana Richards Martin Ferrero Bob Peck Samuel L. Jackson Wayne Knight |
| Music by | John Williams |
| Cinematography | Dean Cundey |
| Editing by | Michael Kahn |
| Distributed by | Universal Studios |
| Release date(s) | June 11, 1993 |
| Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $95,000,000 |
| Money made | $914,691,118 |
Jurassic Park is an exciting science fiction film from 1993. It was directed by Steven Spielberg. The movie is based on a popular book by Michael Crichton. When it came out on June 11, 1993, people loved it!
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The Story of Jurassic Park
John Hammond, a rich scientist, builds an amazing theme park. This park is on a secret island. What makes it special? It's filled with real dinosaurs! These dinosaurs were brought back to life using cloning technology.
He invites a few experts to see the park. Dr. Alan Grant studies dinosaurs. Dr. Ellie Sattler studies ancient plants. They are joined by Ian Malcolm, a smart mathematician, and Donald Gennaro, a lawyer.
They arrive at the park and see huge dinosaurs like the Brachiosaurus. John explains how they brought the dinosaurs back. They found dinosaur DNA inside old mosquitoes. To fill in missing DNA parts, they used frog DNA. All the dinosaurs were made female so they couldn't have babies.
John's grandkids, Lex and Tim, also join the group. They all go on a tour in special Ford Explorer cars. Suddenly, a big tropical storm hits the island. It starts raining hard. Ellie gets separated while helping a sick Triceratops.
Meanwhile, a park worker named Dennis Nedry betrays Hammond. He turns off the park's safety systems to steal dinosaur embryos. This makes the tour cars stop working.
Many dangerous dinosaurs break out of their pens. A huge T. rex attacks the cars. It eats Donald and hurts Ian. Dennis tries to escape but is killed by a Dilophosaurus.
Ellie and Robert Muldoon, another park worker, search for survivors. They rescue Ian and escape the T. rex in a Jeep. John and the park's main engineer, Ray Arnold, try to reboot the park's computers. But during the reboot, fierce Velociraptors escape!
When Ray goes missing, Ellie goes to finish the reboot. She finds Ray has been killed. She runs from a raptor. Two raptors then surprise and kill Robert. Meanwhile, Alan, Lex, and Tim spend the night safe in a tall tree. They even make friends with a Brachiosaurus.
The next day, Alan, Lex, and Tim find dinosaur eggs. This is confusing because all the dinosaurs were supposed to be female. Alan realizes that the frog DNA allowed some dinosaurs to change their genders. This means they could now have babies!
They see a group of Gallimimus running. They head towards an electric fence. When the park's power comes back on, Tim gets shocked by the fence. He is hurt but okay. Alan goes to find Ellie. Lex and Tim are hunted by raptors in the park's kitchen. They escape and meet up with Alan and Ellie.
All four are cornered by raptors in the park's main hall. But then, the T. rex arrives and fights the raptors, saving the group!
John, Alan, Ellie, Ian, Lex, and Tim all survive. They leave the park in a helicopter. John is sad his park failed. But Ellie is happy that Alan has learned to get along with kids.
How the Movie Was Made
The movie Jurassic Park was based on a book by Michael Crichton. Many people wanted to be the director. But Steven Spielberg was chosen for the job.
Filming started in 1992 on Kaua'i, an island in Hawaii. Filming stopped for one day because Hurricane Iniki passed over the island. Some rain scenes in the movie were actually filmed during the hurricane! Other scenes were filmed in California and at Warner Bros. Studios.
At first, the filmmakers thought about using stop-motion for the dinosaurs. This is a technique where you move models a tiny bit and take a picture, then move them again. But Spielberg didn't think it looked real enough.
So, the dinosaurs in the movie were made using two main ways: animatronics and CGI. Animatronics are robots or puppets that look like real dinosaurs. CGI means the dinosaurs were made using computers. This made them look very realistic.
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After filming, Spielberg was in Poland making another movie. He still watched over the special effects work for Jurassic Park.
Spielberg also wanted the movie to have amazing digital sound. He helped create DTS. This new sound system made the movie sound incredible. The sound team, led by George Lucas, finished their work in April 1993. Sound designer Gary Rydstrom said it was fun. The movie had all kinds of sounds: animal roars, rain, gunshots, and car crashes. Jurassic Park was finally finished on May 28, 1993.
The exciting music for the movie was composed by John Williams.
Movie Release and Awards
Jurassic Park was a huge hit! Critics and moviegoers loved it. Many people praised the movie's amazing special effects and its music.
The movie was nominated for three Academy Awards (also known as the Oscars). These awards are for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects. Jurassic Park won all three!
At the time, Jurassic Park made more money than any other movie ever. Later, the movie Titanic made even more money, breaking its record.
The film also won many other awards. These included the BAFTA for Best Special Effects. It also won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. The movie won the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film. It also won awards for Best Direction, Best Writing, and Best Special Effects.
How Jurassic Park Influenced Others
After it came out, Jurassic Park was often called one of the greatest action and thriller movies. The American Film Institute named it the 35th most thrilling film ever.
The movie's biggest impact was its use of computer-generated visual effects (CGI). Film historian Tom Shone said Jurassic Park started a revolution in movies. It changed how special effects were made forever.
Jurassic Park also inspired many other films and documentaries about dinosaurs. These include Godzilla, Dinosaur from the Deep, and Walking with Dinosaurs. The movie was so popular that the National Basketball Association team in Toronto, founded in 1995, chose the nickname Raptors because of the movie's dinosaurs!
The film also inspired many young people to become paleontologists. This led to many new discoveries about real dinosaurs.
Sequels and Theme Park Rides
Because Jurassic Park was so successful, Steven Spielberg asked Michael Crichton to write a second book. This led to the 1995 book The Lost World. This book was then made into a movie called The Lost World: Jurassic Park, released in 1997.
Another movie, Jurassic Park III, came out in 2001. A fourth movie, Jurassic World, was released in 2015. The latest film in the series, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, came out in June 2018.
All of the Universal Parks & Resorts have a Jurassic Park-themed ride. The first one was Jurassic Park: The Ride at Universal Studios Hollywood. It opened in 1996. A similar ride opened at Universal Studios Japan in 2001.
Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida, has a whole section dedicated to Jurassic Park. It includes the main ride "Jurassic Park River Adventure" and other smaller rides. In Universal Studios Singapore, which opened in 2010, there's a "Lost World" area. It has Jurassic Park rides like the roller coaster Canopy Flyer and the river rapids ride, Jurassic Park Rapids Adventure.
Images for kids
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1917 skeletal diagram of Tyrannosaurus published by Henry Fairfield Osborn, which was the basis of the novel's cover, and subsequently the logo of the movies.
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Replica of the Ford Explorers featured in the film at Universal Studios Japan
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The life-sized animatronic T. rex used in the film.
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The "Dinosaur Input Device" raptor used for the film.
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Poster for the 2013 3D re-release
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The Jurassic Park Discovery Center at Islands of Adventure.
See also
In Spanish: Parque Jurásico (película) para niños
