Jurassic Park | 1993 | 2011 Rerelease | UK Quad
Jurassic Park is a 1993 sci-fi adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Gerald R. Molen. The screenplay was written by Michael Crichton and David Koepp based on Michael Crichton's novel Jurassic Park. Even before his novel was published, four studios had put in bids for its film rights. With the backing of Universal Studios, Spielberg acquired the rights for $1.5 million before its publication in 1990; Michael Crichton was hired for an additional $500,000 to adapt the novel for the big screen and David Koepp wrote the final draft, which left out much of the novel's exposition, violence and made numerous changes to the characters. The storyline is set on the fictional Isla Nublar, an islet located off Central America's Pacific Coast, near Costa Ric...