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The ''Jurassic Park'' score was composed by John Williams and orchestrated by John Neufeld and Alexander Courage. Like many of Williams' scores, there is substantial use of leitmotif. |
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Originally, the movie was to end with the ''T. rex'' skeleton (in the Visitor Center) falling, crushing a raptor in the fossil jaws before it could attack Grant, Tim, Lex, and Ellie. Another raptor would then be crushed in the supports for the cherry picker that the group was standing on as it lowered. Hammond arrives and is able to kill the last raptor with a shotgun. |
Originally, the movie was to end with the ''T. rex'' skeleton (in the Visitor Center) falling, crushing a raptor in the fossil jaws before it could attack Grant, Tim, Lex, and Ellie. Another raptor would then be crushed in the supports for the cherry picker that the group was standing on as it lowered. Hammond arrives and is able to kill the last raptor with a shotgun. |
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Revision as of 23:05, 16 November 2006
Jurassic Park is a 1993 film directed by Steven Spielberg, based off the novel written by Michael Crichton. The story tells of paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill), Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and mathematician Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) being 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 sabotage causes the trip to turn into a terrifying escape.
At time of 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.
Production
The movie was filmed on the Hawaiian islands of Maui, Oahu and Kauai in September 1992. On September 11, while filming, the eye of Hurricane Iniki passed directly over Kauai. The movie opened June 11, 1993.
Largely credited for the movie's success were its special effects. Through the use of CGI and conventional mechanical effects, the dinosaurs in the film appeared incredibly lifelike, due to the experience Industrial Light and Magic had on previous effects films such as Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Music
The Jurassic Park score was composed by John Williams and orchestrated by John Neufeld and Alexander Courage. Like many of Williams' scores, there is substantial use of leitmotif.
Original Ending
Originally, the movie was to end with the T. rex skeleton (in the Visitor Center) falling, crushing a raptor in the fossil jaws before it could attack Grant, Tim, Lex, and Ellie. Another raptor would then be crushed in the supports for the cherry picker that the group was standing on as it lowered. Hammond arrives and is able to kill the last raptor with a shotgun.
Later when the original ending was seen as too simplistic a resolution, the skeleton was replaced with a living T. rex that attacks the raptors, saving the group.