Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park is a 1993 science-fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg, adapted from Michael Crichton’s novel. It depicts a dinosaur theme park whose cloned animals escape containment.

Dinosaur cloning: The hypothetical reconstruction of extinct dinosaurs from preserved genetic material. The park’s animals are presented as clones reconstructed from ancient DNA.
Jurassic Park (novel): Michael Crichton’s 1990 science-fiction novel about a dinosaur theme park built through genetic engineering. Spielberg’s film adapts the novel while reshaping its characters and events.
Computer-generated imagery: Images created or substantially altered with computer graphics. Digital imagery made the film’s moving dinosaurs possible in ways puppetry alone could not.
The Lost World: Jurassic Park: A 1997 science-fiction adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Michael Crichton’s novel The Lost World. This first sequel continues the franchise with another expedition involving cloned dinosaurs.
King Kong: A fictional giant ape first featured in the 1933 film directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack. Both films turn an attraction built around a dangerous creature into a disaster.
Chaos theory: The study of nonlinear systems whose outcomes can be highly sensitive to initial conditions. Ian Malcolm invokes it to challenge the park’s confidence in controlling complex life.
Michael Crichton: An American novelist and filmmaker known for science-fiction thrillers grounded in technological speculation. Crichton wrote the source novel and helped develop the film’s screenplay.
Animatronics: The use of electromechanical devices to create lifelike moving figures. Full-scale animatronic dinosaurs supplied physical presence for close-up scenes.
Jurassic Park III: A 2001 science-fiction adventure film directed by Joe Johnston and the third film in the Jurassic Park series. It extends the original film’s story into a new dinosaur-island rescue.
Godzilla: A Japanese monster originating in the 1954 film directed by Ishirō Honda. Godzilla is a fantastical symbol of nuclear destruction, unlike Jurassic Park’s engineered animals.

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