Jurassic Park

"An adventure 65 million years in the making."

1993 2h 7m EN

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8.2

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★8.0TMDB · 18,443🍅91%Rotten Tomatoes●68Metacritic★8.2IMDB · 1,167,043

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Synopsis

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A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.

“An adventure 65 million years in the making.”

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Cast

Sam Neill
Grant
Laura Dern
Ellie
Jeff Goldblum
Malcolm
Richard Attenborough
Hammond
Bob Peck
Muldoon
Martin Ferrero
Gennaro
BD Wong
Wu
Joseph Mazzello
Tim

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Michael Crichton, David Koepp
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Mid-budget at $63M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Grossed $1058M — a 16.8× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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3 / 8

ERA

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33 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Jurassic Park Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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6 / 8

CAST

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206+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Steven Spielberg, shot by Dean Cundey. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Williams. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Steven Spielberg directs. Dean Cundey behind the camera. John Williams scores. Michael Kahn cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

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1Mid-budget at $63M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Grossed $1058M — a 16.8× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
333 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
5Part of the "Jurassic Park Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6206+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
7Directed by Steven Spielberg, shot by Dean Cundey. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
8Original score by John Williams. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
9Editor Michael Kahn shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
10Sam Neill and Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum carry the top of the cast.
11Marketing tagline: "An adventure 65 million years in the making.".
12IMDB entry: tt0107290 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
13The top-rated still from this film on TMDB has 6 community votes — a signal the frame composition stuck with viewers.
1418,443 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
15Classified under 11 themes, including "exotic island", "island", "triceratops", "brontosaurus".
16Released under 14 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Dean Cundey
Original score: John Williams
Editing: Michael Kahn
Production design: Rick Carter
Makeup / hair: Christina Smith
VFX supervisor: Mark A.Z. Dippé
Sound: Gary Summers
Stunt coordinator: Gary Hymes
Runtime: 127 min · 2h 7m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $63,000,000
Box office: $1,058,454,230
Return: 1680% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Jurassic Park (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes: 91% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 68/100
IMDB rating: 8.2/10 · 1,167,043 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

Won 3 Oscars. 44 wins & 27 nominations total

Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Saturn Award for Best Director
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Academy Award for Best Sound
Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie

Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.

Part of

Jurassic Park Collection

An American science fiction adventure film series based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. The films center on the fictional Isla Nublar near Costa Rica in the Central American Pacific Coast, where a billionaire philanthropist and a small team of genetic scientists have created an amusement park of cloned dinosaurs.

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Rob2015-08-05
★ 8.5/10
If you somehow missed this movie and have never seen it then watch it immediately. As a young boy of 9 on my way to the cinema I wasn't at all prepared for the on-screen awesomeness I was about to witness, one of the defining movies of my childhood and of the modern age. With special effects that simply blew any and all previous dino movies out of the water, compelling story and the odd comic moment such as the Mr Arnolds arm it really did make that evening something I will remember forever. So successful it went on to spawn 3 sequels, the second was enjoyable, the third not so much. The newest Chris Pratt one, I'll leave that for you but its worth a watch, especially if you want to wash the taste of the 3rd one out of your mouth. It gave me nightmares for weeks, really really wonderful nightmares.
Gimly2018-09-10
★ 8/10
I love it. There are movies coming out right now, 25 years later, with triple the budget (even Jurassic movies) where the effects just cannot hold a candle to Jurassic Park. If that was the only thing it had going for, it would be enough for me to recommend this movie for all, but make no mistake, Jurassic Park is great with or without them (but thank God it's with). Final rating:★★★★ - Very strong appeal. A personal favourite.
moovies2018-11-23
★ 9/10
"Life finds a way… to let us enjoy dinos in theaters" Filthy rich millionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) is about to open a dinosaur theme park. He invites a couple of experts to satisfy his investors. During a preview tour things go awfully wrong. While ‘Jurassic Park’ is too simplistic to be a perfect movie it is blockbuster cinema at its very best. Spielberg grabs you by the throat from the get go and you instantly know you’re in for quite a ride. The story is simple but effective. Author Michael Crichton did his very best to make the cloning dinosaurs part plausible. When you have living giant meat-eaters in your amusement park it’s not hard to come up with something which causes things to go south so fast before you can say T-rex. The movie works because it doesn’t take itself too seriously. The characters are somewhat underdeveloped but their main purpose is to serve as dino treats. The Ian Malcolm character (Jeff Goldblum) is of little use but he’s funny. Grumpy Dr. Grant (Sam Neill) is the perfect counterpart. You can’t help but root for these characters. What makes the movie stand out are the ground-breaking special effects. Even to this day it’s remarkable what ILM and Stan Winston’s crew achieved. Although a 'Jaws' approach would have perhaps worked better (Love the shot of the T-rex’ leg in the mud) the dinos look so realistic. What ‘Jurassic Park’ does have in common with 'Jaws' is John Williams’ score. Although not as ominous and iconic as 'Jaws', Williams went for wonderment this time around. Perhaps not regarded as his most famous work it’s amazing. When the experts travel to the island Williams’ score does indeed give you a sense of wonderment. The scene where the visitors first lay eyes on the dinosaurs is movie magic. Rereleased for its 25th anniversary it’s safe to say we rarely have had more fun in the cinema than while watching 'Jurassic Park'.