Jurassic Park

Steven Spielberg directed this blockbuster thriller based on the popular book by Michael Crichton. Millionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) asks two dinosaur experts (Laura Dern and Sam Neill) to act as consultants on his entrepreneurial endeavor--an amusement park with DNA-cloned live dinosaurs as the main attraction. The paleontologists, along with a mathematician (Jeff Goldblum) and Hammond's two grandchildren, takes a run-through tour of the park. But soon the joyride turns to terror when an impending hurricane, an unscrupulous engineer (Wayne Knight), and the rebelling dinosaurs begin to destroy the park. Spielberg considered the most popular star of the film to be a computer-generated Tyrannosaurus rex. The special effects in general are spectacular. As Hollywood's preeminent director, Spielberg was used as a kind of financial savior for Universal Studios, which was hurting economically prior to the dinosaurian venture. Spielberg made a deal with Universal--his dream project, SCHINDLER'S LIST, would be green-lighted if he agreed to make JURASSIC PARK for the studio first. By the time SCHINDLER'S LIST premiered in December 1993, JURASSIC PARK, which had been released six months earlier, had broken E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL's worldwide box-office record.

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Year - Presenter		Award Category		Result		Name
1993 - Academy Awards		Best Visual Effects		Winner		Stan Winston

"...A true movie milestone, presenting awe- and fear-inspiring sights never before seen on the screen..." -- Janet Maslin , (New York Times)

"...Colossal entertainment....[An] eye-popping, mind-bending, kick-out-the-jams thrill ride....You won't believe your eyes..." -- Peter Travers , (Rolling Stone)

"...Utterly convincing, the film has two of the best thrill set pieces ever..." -- Mike Clark , (USA Today)

"...[It] delivers where it counts, in excitement, suspense and the stupendous realization of giant reptiles..." -- Todd McCarthy , (Variety)

"...You want great dinosaurs. You got great dinosaurs. Spielberg enlivens the action with lots of nice little touches..." -- Roger Ebert , (Chicago Sun-Times)

"[A] special-effects masterpiece." -- Premiere Staff , (Premiere)

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