Director
Steven Spielberg
Leading Actors/Actresses
Sam Neill, Laura Dern
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Joseph Mazzello, Ariana Richards
Genre
Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Language
English
Awards
Won 3 Oscars: Best Effects, Visual Effects, Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing, Best Sound
Date of Release
1993
Producer
Kathleen Kennedy, Gerald R. Molen
Setting and Context
Isla Nublar off Costa Rica--1993
Narrator and Point of View
POV is that of Grant, Ellie, Lex and Tim.
Tone and Mood
Serious, Dramatic, Suspenseful
Protagonist and Antagonist
Protagonist is Grant. Antagonists are Nedry and Hammond, and the T Rex and Raptors.
Major Conflict
Nedry has decided to sell dinosaur DNA and has shut down the computer system on the island allowing the dinosaurs to roam free.
Climax
Grant, Ellie, and Malcolm, along with Tim and Lex, are able to make their way off the island with their lives along with Hammond.
Foreshadowing
Malcolm saying that creating dinosaurs is a bad idea and will only lead to destruction foreshadows their impending journey.
Understatement
It is understated exactly how Hammond was able to bioengineer a dinosaur to maturity.
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
N/A
Allusions
Nedry's character is an allusion to greed and being undervalued.
Paradox
Hammond has created Jurassic Park in order to be a theme park and a marvel to the world; paradoxically, it becomes a horror that everyone prays they will be able to escape.
Parallelism
The raptors hunting Tim and Lex in the kitchen parallels how they hunted Muldoon.
