Template:Featured film (Week 47, 2006)

Jurassic Park is a 1993 film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the novel by Michael Crichton. The story tells of paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill), Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and mathematician Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) who were invited on an all-expense-paid preview visit to Jurassic Park, a zoo-like amusement park set up by eccentric billionaire and InGen CEO John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) on the island of Isla Nublar (120 miles off Costa Rica). There they view genetically recreated dinosaurs, but soon the trip turns into a terrifying escape.

At the time of its release it grossed $919,700,000 worldwide, the highest ever at the time, and the eighth-highest worldwide box office take for a feature film as of 2006. It also helped introduce CGI to the public. The film is followed by The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Jurassic Park III (2001), and a possible Jurassic Park IV in 2008.

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