#6: Crichton's Jurassic Park
from I’ll Probably Delete This Hosted by Will Jauquet
Michael Crichton had his first hit book in 1969 when he was in his 20s. But 20-years later he was in a rut. Jurassic Park got him out of is rut, and his friend Michael Ovitz helped turn it into a Steven Spielberg directed Hollywood blockbuster. Hear the story of the creation of Jurassic Park, both the book and the movie that made Crichton one of the wealthiest writers in publishing and Hollywood. Bibliography: The Andromeda Strain (1969) by Michael Crichton: https://www.thriftbooks.com/browse/?b.search=crichton#b.s=mostPopular-desc&b.p=1&b.pp=50&b.oos&b.tile Travels (1988) by Michael Crichton: https://www.amazon.com/Travels-Vintage-Departures-Michael-Crichton/dp/0804171270 Jurassic Park (1990) by Michael Crichton: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/jurassic-park-michael-crichton/1100400615 Who Is Michael Ovitz? (2018) by Michael Ovitz: https://www.amazon.com/Who-Michael-Ovitz/dp/1591845548 People Discussed: 00:37 | Michael Ovitz - Hollywood super-agent, co-founder of Creative Artists Agency (CAA) 00:52 | Michael Crichton - Novelist and screenwriter, author of Jurassic Park 09:43 | Steven Spielberg - Film director tapped to helm the Jurassic Park movie 10:11 | Kate Capshaw - Actress and Spielberg’s wife 13:50 | Charlie Rose - PBS interviewer
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