Thursday, August 18, 2011

Jurassic Park Review










Jurassic Park


Release Date: 2nd September 1993 - Australia


Production Companies
Universal Pictures (presents)
Amblin Entertainment

Distribution
Universal Pictures Australia


Genre: Sci-Fi

Rating: PG

Runtime: 127 minutes


Budget: $63,000,000

Box Office Gross: $1,047,644,047 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
A wealthy entrepreneur named John Hammond secretly builds a theme park on an island full of living dinosaurs that got cloned straight out of their prehistoric DNA. Before unveiling the attraction, he invites a paleontologist, botanist and mathematician with his two grandkids to visit the park and help calm the investors. However, just as their park experience is seemingly going pleasant, its security system gets shut down by a disgruntled employee, releasing the dinosaurs from their cages and for them to hunt down the tourists. Can they survive and escape Jurassic Park without getting eaten?


Cast
Sam Neill - Dr. Alan Grant
Laura Dern - Dr. Ellie Sattler
Jeff Goldblum - Dr. Ian Malcolm
Richard Attenborough - John Hammond
Ariana Richards - Lex Murphy
Joseph Mazzello - Tim Murphy
Wayne Knight - Dennis Nedry
Bob Peck - Robert Muldoon
Martin Ferrero - Donald Gennaro
Samuel L. Jackson - Ray Arnold
BD Wong - Dr. Henry Wu
Gerald R. Molen - Dr. Harding
(Cameo)
Miguel Sandoval - Juanito
Rostagno
Cameron Thor - Lewis Dodgson
Whit Hertford - Volunteer Boy
Greg Burson - Mr. D.N.A. (Voice)
Richard Kiley - Jurassic Park Tour Voice (Voice)

Crew
Director - Steven Spielberg
Based on the Novel/
Screenplay - Michael Crichton
Screenplay - David Koepp
Script Supervisor - Ana Maria Quintana
Associate Producers - Lata Ryan and Colin Wilson
Producers - Kathleen Kennedy and Gerald R. Molen
Consultant: Paleontology - Jack Horner
Casting Directors - Janet Hirshenson and Jane Jenkins
Animal Trainer - Jules Sylvester
Production Designer - Rick Carter
Concept Artist: Stan Winston Studio/Puppeteer - Mark 'Crash' McCreery
Illustrators - Tom Cranham
and David Lowery
Art Directors - John Bell and
William James Teegarden
Set Decorator - Jackie Carr
Property Master - Jerry Moss
Makeup Supervisor - Christina Smith
Director of Photography - Dean Cundey
Additional Photographer - Lloyd Ahern II
Camera Operator - Raymond Stella
Unit Production Manager - Paul Deason
Second Assistant Director - Michele Panelli-Venetis
Second Unit Director (Uncredited)/Stunt
Coordinator - Gary Hymes
Aerial Unit Director - David B. Nowell
Live-Action Dinosaurs - Stan Winston
Special Dinosaur Effects - Michael Lantieri
Art Department Coordinators: Stan Winston
Studio/Puppeteers - Shane Mahan and
John Rosengrant
Mechanical Designers: Stan Winston Studio/
Puppeteers - Evan Brainard, Jon Dawe,
Jeff Edwards, Rick Galinson, Richard Haugen,
Frank Charles Lutkus III, Tim Nordella,
J. Alan Scott, Patrick Shearn and Alfred Sousa
Mechanical Department Coordinators: Stan
Winston Studio/Puppeteers - Richard J. Landon
and Craig Caton
Dinosaur Supervisor - Phil Tippett
Full Motion Dinosaurs/Visual Effects Supervisor:
ILM (Uncredited) - Dennis Muren
Co-Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM - Mark A.Z. Dippé
Visual Effects Producer: ILM - Janet Healy
Visual Effects Art Director: ILM - TyRuben Ellingson
Lead Computer Graphics Supervisor: ILM -
Stefen Fangmeier
Computer Graphics Supervisors: ILM -
Alex Seiden and George Murphy
CG Department Operations Manager: ILM -
John Andrew Berton
General Manager: ILM - Jim Morris
Computer Graphics Animators: ILM -
Eric Armstrong, James Straus,
Steve 'Spaz' Williams, Geoff Campbell,
Stephen L. Price and Don Waller
Computer Graphics Camera Matchmovers: ILM -
Patrick T. Myers and Charlie Clavadetscher
Plate Producer: ILM - Mark S. Miller
Additional Plate Photographer - Scott Farrar
Senior Animator: Tippett Studio - Randal M. Dutra
Animator: Tippett Studio - Tom St. Amand
Computer Systems: Tippett Studio - Adam Valdez
Computer Interface Engineer: Tippett Studio -
Craig Hayes
Engineers: Tippett Studio - Nicholas Blake,
Bart Trickel, Conrad Bonderson, Stuart Ziff
and Gary Platek
Animatics: Tippett Studio - Eric Swenson,
Mike Bienstock, Kim Blanchette and
Peter Konig
Chief Model Makers: ILM - Barbara Affonso,
Steve Gawley, Ira Keeler, Lorne Peterson and
Christopher Reed
Movement Designer: 'Mr D.N.A.' Animation -
Bob Kurtz
Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer -
Gary Rydstrom
Assistant Sound Designer/Foley Recordist -
Christopher Boyes
Supervising Sound Editor - Richard Hymns
Sound Effects Editors - Teresa Eckton,
Ken Fischer and Tim Holland
Sound Mixer - Ron Judkins
Re-Recording/Music Scoring Mixer -
Shawn Murphy
Re-Recording Mixer - Gary Summers
Foley Artists - Marnie Moore and
Dennie Thorpe
Film Editor - Michael Kahn
Music - John Williams
Music Editor - Kenneth Wannberg


Awards

1994 Academy Awards
Best Sound Effects - Gary Rydstrom,
Gary Summers, Shawn Murphy and Ron Judkins (Won)
Best Sound Editing - Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns (Won)
Best Visual Effects - Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett,
Michael Lantieri and Stan Winston (Won)


Review
JURASSIC PARK is a dino-sized blockbuster by director Steven Spielberg. The first and possibly best movie in the series, JURASSIC PARK, has a brilliant storyline set in a theme park where live dinosaurs roam free. What drew me to the film was JURASSIC PARK's frighteningly realistic scenes. I was on the edge of my seat, wondering whether the characters would survive or become dinosaurs' dinners.

The feature has its most terrifying scenes involving the Raptors and outstanding acting performances, such as Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum. Best of all, it has computer-generated effects by Industrial Light & Magic. Those visuals bring back the extinct prehistoric creatures to life, including the fiercest of them all, the Tyrannosaurus Rex. I liked the scene involving the lawyer where. Oops, he has a slight accident. John Williams's memorable music score adds to the whole experience of this sci-fi adventure.

JURASSIC PARK was a terrific groundbreaking film and is my third favourite Spielberg movie, with Raiders of the Lost Ark going on second place and Jaws first. It's a definite must-see.

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever

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