JURASSIC PARK
Rated PG-13 for violence and some language
Starring Sam Neil, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough
CineSight Rating ***
Scientists and a couple of kids, visiting the world's first dinosaur theme park for a safety evaluation, get much more than they bargained for. Stranded in the island park, they come face-to-face with the attractions - actual live dinos. Can they manage to stay one step ahead of the velociraptors and the big star of JURASSIC PARK - the terrifying, bone-crunching t-rex?
DVD Features
* Widescreen Format or Standard Format Only
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The real reason to watch JURASSIC PARK isn't for great human performances but for the super-realism of the dinosaurs. These extinct animal 'actos' put on a great show, totally dominating their island home and Steven Spielberg's movie. The disc contains a crisp, clear transfer with a choice of Dolby or DTS surround sound to give the rex's voice that extra knuckle-whitening quality. The featurette focuses mainly on the complex integration of the computer-generated dinos and their life-sized counterparts. My biggest disappointment was with the trailer for JURASSIC PARK 3, which showed so little that it could hardly even be called a teaser, never mind a trailer.
* William Hurt was originally offered the part of Dr. Alan Grant, but turned it down without reading either the novel or the script.
* The velociraptor egg hatching scene originally involved a baby triceratops.
* In the first draft of the screenplay, park owner John Hammond was left on the island.
* The robot arm magically disappears after holding the hatching egg steady.
* When electric cars stop outside the t-rex paddock, they are dry. A few moments later, as Malcolm and Grant look out the side window it is wet, even though the rainstorm hasn't begun yet.
