EP. 8 - JURASSIC PARK (1993)

The ONE and ONLY dinosaur movie. Okay, not the one and only, but the one that stomps and roars above the rest. The original dino flick. Join us as we discuss "Jurassic Park". Recorded: 07.31.2025 - Flick Details - Country of Origin: United States Release Date: June 11, 1993 (U.S.) Run Time: 2 Hr 7 Min Director: Steven Spielberg Writer(s): Michael Crichton, David Koepp Producer(s): Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy (among others) Composer: John Williams Cinematographer: Dean Cundey Editor: Michael Kahn Cast: Sam Neill (Grant), Laura Dern (Ellie), Jeff Goldblum (Malcolm) Genre: Dinosaur, adventure, sci-fi thriller Rating and Why: PG-13 for intense science fiction terror Film Location(s): California and Hawaii Budget: 63M Box Office: 47M opening weekend US & Canada, 1.1B worldwide Awards: 3 Oscars - best sound, effects (sound and visual) Time Frame: Early 1990s Setting: Isla Nubar near Costa Rica Synopsis: Dinosaur park trial goes horribly wrong… Tagline: “An adventure 65 million years in the making” Watch On: Peacock and Rent on Prime Video IMDb - 8.2 (1.1M), #140 in Top 250 Letterboxd - 4.1 (182K) Rotten Tomatoes - 91% critic (202), 91% audience (250K+) Metacritic - 68 Metascore (21) ”Generally Favorable”, 8.9 User Score (1.2K) “Universal Acclaim” Critic Consensus (RT) - “Jurassic Park is a spectacle of special effects and life-like animatronics, with some of Spielberg’s best sequences of sustained awe and sheer terror since Jaws.” - Our Ratings - Dylan: 5 Jesse: 5.3 Dawson: 5.3 Follow us on Instagram @itstheflickfiles!