Jurassic Park (1993)

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Daughters of the Dust

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Studio: Universal Pictures Studio: Universal Pictures

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Jun 11, 1993

Running Time: 127 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, B.D. Wong, Joseph Mazzello, Ariana Richards, Samuel L. Jackson

director: Steven Spielberg

The contemporary story of a remarkable theme park built around actual dinosaurs, created from DNA deposits.

December 8, 2000

Sure, you can take some critical potshots. We'll get to that. But first credit Jurassic Park for being colossal entertainment -- the eye-popping, mind-bending, kick-out-the-jams thrill ride of summer and probably the year. After wimping out with Hook, director Steven Spielberg shoots the works and turns popular science into epic adventure.

Michael Crichton's speculative 1990 bestseller gives Spielberg a juicy two-pronged premise: What if dinosaur DNA extracted from mosquitoes trapped in amber…