Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction adventure film  directed by Steven Spielberg. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. It stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Martin Ferrero, and Bob Peck. The film centers on the fictional Isla Nublar near Costa Rica in the Central American Pacific Coast, where a billionaire philanthropist and a small team of genetic scientists have created an amusement park of cloned dinosaurs.Before Crichton's book was even published, many studios had already begun bidding to acquire the picture rights. Spielberg, with the backing of Universal Studios, acquired the rights before publication in 1990, and Crichton was hired for an additional $500,000 to adapt the novel for the screen. David Koepp wrote the final draft, which left out much of the novel's exposition and violence, and made numerous changes to the characters. Filming locations were in both Hawaii and California.Jurassic Park is regarded as a landmark in the use of computer-generated imagery, and received highly positive reviews from critics for such. During its release, the film grossed more than $914 million worldwide, becoming the most successful film released up to that time (surpassingE.T.theExtra-Terrestrial and surpassed 4 years later by Titanic), and it is currently the 19th highest grossing feature film (taking inflation into account, it is the 18th-highest-grossing film in North America). It is the most financially successful film for Universal and Steven Spielberg. It won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Visual Effects.Because of the film's success, two sequels were made, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, which was released on May 23, 1997, and Jurassic Park III which was released on July 18, 2001.
 

Cast:
 * Sam Neill as Dr. Alan Grant, a leading paleontologist and main protagonist.
 * Laura Dern as Dr. Ellie Sattler, a paleobotanist and graduate student of Grant's.
 * Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Ian Malcolm, a mathematician and chaos theorist.
 * Richard Attenborough as John Hammond, billionaire CEO of InGen and curator of Jurassic Park.
 * Ariana Richards as Lex Murphy, Hammond's granddaughter.
 * Joseph Mazzello as Tim Murphy, Lex's younger brother.
 * Wayne Knight as Dennis Nedry, the disgruntled architect of Jurassic Park's computer systems.
 * Bob Peck as Robert Muldoon, the park's game warden.
 * Martin Ferrero as Donald Gennaro, a lawyer who represents Hammond's concerned investors.
 * Samuel L. Jackson as Ray Arnold, the park's chief engineer.
 * B. D. Wong as Dr. Henry Wu, the park's chief geneticist.
 * Cameron Thor as Lewis Dodgson, the head of InGen's rival corporation Biosyn.
 * Greg Burson as the voice of Mr. DNA
 * Frank Welker as Vocal Dinosaur effects.
Awards and nominations:
* Academy Award
  o Best Visual Effects (Won)
  o Best Sound (Won)
  o Best Sound Effects Editing (Won)
* BAFTA
  o BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects (Won)
  o BAFTA Award for Best Sound (Nomination)
* Saturn Award
  o Best Science Fiction Film (Won)
  o Best Direction (Won)
  o Best Special Effects (Won)
  o Best Writing (Won)
  o Best Actress (Laura Dern - Nomination)
  o Performance by a Younger Actor (Joseph Mazzello - Nomination)
  o Performance by a Younger Actor (Ariana Richards - Nomination)
  o Best Music (Nomination)
  o Best Costume (Nomination)
  o Best Supporting Actor (Jeff Goldblum - Nomination)
  o Best Supporting Actor (Wayne Knight - Nomination)
* MTV Movie Awards
  o Best Movie (Nomination)
  o Best Action Sequence (Nomination)
  o Best Villain (Nomination)
* American Film Institute
  o AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies - Nominated
  o AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills - #35
  o AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes:
  + "Life will find a way." - Nominated
  o AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - Nominated
  o AFI's 10 Top 10 - Nominated Science Fiction Film
* Czech Lion
  o Best Foreign Film (Won)