Cinema Cinema Cinema Cinema Cinema Cinema Cinema Cinema Cine 124 HOT ISSUES module 8 Film JURASSIC PARK BEFORE VIEWING file 8 Whether you have already seen the film or not, discuss the following questions. a. What plot events do you expect from an adventure film such as Jurassic Park? b. What various characters do you expect in terms of hero, heroine, villain, good guys , bad guys ? a Steven Spielberg film c. How do you expect this type of film to end? A synopsis An adventure that began 65 million years ago Production: USA 1993, Universal Studios and Amblin Entertainment, Inc. Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Richard Attenborough, Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Wayne Knight Winner of 3 Oscars in 1994: Best Special Sound Effects, Best Soundtrack, Best Special Visual Effects The idea for Jurassic Park started with the 1982 discovery of a mosquito from 40 million years ago, perfectly preserved in amber. The famous writer Michael Crichton projected this into the idea of recovering dinosaur DNA from the blood which the mosquito had sucked from a dinosaur, making it theoretically possible to clone dinosaurs from this DNA. The result was his novel Jurassic Park, the basis for the original film. There followed two sequels: The Lost World (1997) and Jurassic Park III (2001). Millionaire John Hammond (R. Attenborough) offers research money to paleontologist Alan Grant (S. Neill) if he and his associate Ellie Sattler (L. Dern) will inspect his new theme park on an uninhabitated island. Hammond s investors want assurances that the park is safe for tourists. Also invited on the inspection tour are the chaostheory expert Ian Malcolm (J. Goldblum), plus a lawyer representing Hammond s investors and also Hammond s two grandchildren. They are all impressed to see living (cloned) herbivorous dinosaurs in the park. However, Alan and Ellie are worried to hear that the park also contains three predators: Dilophosaurus (a small dinosaur that spits poison), Velociraptor (another small dinosaur that is quick, intelligent and voracious), Tyrannosaurus Rex (the enormous king of the dinosaurs). Before the tour, they see a film explaining that the missing DNA from the extracted mosquito blood was replaced with frog DNA; they are also told that all the island s dinosaurs are female and therefore cannot breed without males. Dr Malcolm is not convinced: according to chaos theory, life forms will always find a way to escape controls. Hammond sends the group on an electric-car guided tour of the park. Unfortunately the group remains isolated outside the Tyrannosaurus Rex area because a tropical storm arrives and also because the computer-expert Dennis Nedry (W. Knight) shuts down the security systems in order to steal dinosaur embryos to sell to a rival company. When the T. Rex attacks, the group gets split in two. The lawyer is eaten alive but Dr Grant saves the two children. While these three are returning to the central compound, Nedry tries to escape with the stolen embryos but gets killed by the poison-spitting Dilophosaurus. Ellie and Dr Malcolm also return to the central compound and so all of the good guys get back together. However, the compound is attacked by the Velociraptors. Just when it seems that the humans will be devoured, the T. Rex crashes in and eats the raptors. The humans escape, leaving open the possibility of a sequel ... Jurassic Park II or even III or IV ....