June 17, 2011

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park is a 1993 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg, based upon the novel of the same name, written by Michael Crichton. The story involves scientists visiting an amusement park of genetically engineered dinosaurs on an island over one weekend. Sabotage sets the carnivorous dinosaurs on the loose, and the technicians and visitors attempt to escape the island. The film stars Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern and Richard Attenborough.

Movie Synopsis
Eccentric billionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough), CEO of InGen, has recently created Jurassic Park: a theme park populated with dinosaurs cloned from the DNA extracted from insects preserved in prehistoric amber. The park is located on an island off of Costa Rica's Pacific coast.

After a park worker is attacked by a dinosaur, Hammond's investors represented by their lawyer Donald Gennaro (Martin Ferrero) demand that experts visit the park and verify that it is safe. Gennaro invites Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), a mathematician, while Hammond invites paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and paleobotanist Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern). They are joined on the island by Hammond's two grandchildren—Tim (Joseph Mazzello) and Lex Murphy (Ariana Richards). While the group explores the park, Hammond observes his guests along with Head Technician Ray Arnold (Samuel L. Jackson) and his game warden, Robert Muldoon (Bob Peck).

The head computer programmer, Dennis Nedry (Wayne Knight), is secretly in the employ of one of InGen's corporate rivals, and has been paid to steal fertilized dinosaur embryos. During his theft, Nedry deactivates the park's security system, allowing him access to the embryo storage. The rest of the group, who have been stranded in the park due to the system shutdown, are attacked by the Tyrannosaurus, which kills Gennaro. Grant and the children are able to avoid detection thank to Grant's knowledge of the Tyrannosaurus' visual limitations - "He can't see us if we don't move". The Tyrannosaurus pushes them and their vehicle off the raised road, allowing them to escape.

Meanwhile, a fleeing Nedry crashes his jeep and is killed by a Dilophosaurus.

Ellie and Muldoon try to find Alan and the children, but to no avail. Then they find Ian under the shattered outhouse. As they try to look for the children deep inside the jungle, Ian realizes the Tyrannosaurus is near. He orders Ellie and Muldoon to flee, with the Tyrannosaurus chasing after them. The three of them are able to escape in their jeep.

Unable to decipher Nedry's code to reactivate the security fences, Arnold recommends a total reboot of the park's systems. He, along with Ellie, Hammond, Muldoon and Malcolm, shut down the park's system and retreat to the emergency bunker, from where Arnold heads to the maintenance bunker to reboot the system. When he doesn't return, Muldoon and Ellie head for the bunker. At the same time, Grant and the children discover a nest full of hatched eggs, indicating the dinosaurs are breeding on their own.

As Muldoon and Ellie proceed to the maintenance bunker, Muldoon realizes they are being hunted by the Velociraptors. Muldoon is killed by a raptor, while Ellie makes it to the bunker and restarts the park systems. After Ellie turns the park's systems back on, she almost gets killed by a raptor hidden within some cables; she then discovers Arnold's mutilated remains and narrowly escapes the raptor. At the same time, Tim, Lex and Grant climb an electrified fence out of the park's animal zone and Tim is nearly killed upon the reactivation of the electricity.

Grant and the children head for the visitor's center; he leaves them alone in the kitchen while he reunites with Ellie and the others. The kids manage to escape two raptors before reuniting with Grant and Ellie. Lex is able to assist getting the park's security systems working from the control room. Grant contacts Hammond and tells him to call the mainland for rescue, but the two raptors find the group and attack.

The group flees through the vents, only to be cornered in the entrance hall by the raptors, who prepare to strike. However, the Tyrannosaurus breaks into the main hall and attacks the raptors, allowing the foursome to escape outside where they are rescued by Malcolm and Hammond. Hammond and the others escape via helicopter, as Grant watches a flock of pelicans glide over the sea.

Movie Trailer
Jurassic Park Trailer




Movie Credit
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Michael Crichton (novel), Michael Crichton (screenplay)
Stars: Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum

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