The movie Jurassic Park was released on this date in 1993. 10 things you might not know about it:
Jurassic Park is based on the novel by Michael Crichton which was published in 1990. Hollywood studios were bidding on the film rights to the book before it was even published. Warner Bros wanted Tim Burton to direct. James Cameron wanted to make the movie too, but by the time he made his bid, the rights had already been taken. Cameron’s version “would’ve been like Aliens with dinosaurs”. He would have cast Arnold Schwarzenegger as Grant. Steven Spielberg got in quickly because he was working with Michael Crichton on the screenplay for ER and happened to ask him what his next book was about.
Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Mel Gibson, Richard Dreyfuss, John Hurt, Harrison Ford and Robin Williams were all considered for the role of Dr. Alan Grant. Sam Neill was recruited just three weeks before filming started. Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Jodie Foster, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jamie Lee Curtis, Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, Gwyneth Paltrow and Liz Hurley were among those considered for the part of Dr. Ellie Sattler played by Laura Dern. Jim Carrey, Michael Keaton, Johnny Depp, Ted Danson and Michael J. Fox were all screen tested for the part of Dr. Ian Malcolm played by Jeff Goldblum.
Auditions for Alexis, a role which went to Ariana Richards, consisted of standing in front of a camera and screaming to assess how well the young actresses showed fear. Richards alone managed to wake Speilberg’s wife from a nap and she came running in to see if the kids were all right.
The filming location was a Hawaiian island called Kauai. During filming the island was hit by hurricane Iniki. Hurricane Iniki was the most powerful hurricane to hit Hawaii in recorded history: 120Mph winds destroyed many of the sets and took out the power. Spielberg grabbed Dean Cundy, the Director of Photography, and took him to film the hurricane. Some of those shots made it into the film. Meanwhile, Richard Attenborough slept through it. When asked by cast members how he’d managed it, he said that it was nothing—after all, he’d survived the London Blitz during World War II.
The sound of the T. rex's roar was a composite of Tiger, alligator, and baby Elephant sounds. The Dilophosaurus roar was created by combining howler Monkeys, hawk screeches, Rattlesnake hisses, and Swan calls. The sounds made by the Brachiosaurs were a combination of Whale and Donkey sounds.
The robot T. rex was plagued with problems due to the weather. Rain would soak through its latex skin which messed with the weight balance, so the crew would have to dry it off with towels in between takes. Sometimes, the water would make the robot move by itself, which terrified the cast and crew before they realised what was happening.
The film is 127 minutes long. The Dinosaurs only appear in fifteen minutes of it.
Speilberg was working on Jurassic Park and Schindler’s List at the same time. When filming wrapped on Jurassic Park, he started work at once on Schindler’s List. He was filming Schindler’s List during the day, and working with Michael Kahn on editing Jurassic Park at night.
The logo on the movie poster was adapted from designer Chip Kidd’s T. rex skeleton drawing that was used for the original novel. Michael Crichton chose it because it was the design he liked best, despite the fact T. rexes were from the Cretaceous period, not the Jurassic.
In the kitchen scene, some of the raptors were people in raptor suits. It was hard work being in a raptor suit as it required maintaining a downhill skiing position. Fifteen minutes was the limit.
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The six richest people in Britain decide to hold a contest to settle the question of which of them is most successful. It will be a gladiator style contest with each entrant fielding a team of ten super-powered combatants. Entrepreneur Llew Powell sets out to put together his team, which includes his former lover, an employee of his company with a fascinating hobby, two refugees from another dimension (a lonely giant and a drunken sailor), two sisters bound together by a promise, a diminutive doctor, a former Tibetan monk initiate and two androids with a history. As the team train together, alliances form, friendships and more develop, while others find the past is not easy to leave behind.
Meanwhile, a ruthless race of aliens has its eyes on the Earth. Already abducting and enslaving humans, they work towards the final invasion which would destroy life on Earth as we know it. Powell’s group, Combat Team Alpha, stumble upon one of the wormholes the aliens use to travel to Earth and witness for themselves the horrors in store if the aliens aren’t stopped. Barely escaping with their lives, they realise there are more important things to worry about than a fighting competition.
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