
" Terminator 2" director James Cameron said that he wanted to direct "Jurassic Park," but the film rights were sold before he had a chance to bid on them. Despite the dinosaurs being the biggest selling point of the movie, "Jurassic Park" features only 15 minutes of actual dinosaur footage.Ĥ. Prior to directing "Jurassic Park," Spielberg was working with writer Michael Crichton to develop a film version of " ER." The two returned to the hospital-set project after "Jurassic Park" was released, turning it into a TV series instead.ģ.

"Steven asked me how I felt after seeing the footage," Tippet revealed, "and I said, 'I think I'm extinct.' He said, 'That's a great line. In EW's oral history of the film, back in 2013, the line's origins started with dino supervisor Phil Tippet, who was brought on to oversee animating the dinos in stop-motion before ILM's Dennis Muren presented his first CG animation test in wireframe form. Ian Malcolm's line, "I think we're extinct," was a late addition to the script. To mark that major milestone, and to pass the time until "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" hits theaters, here are some fun facts you might not know about "Jurassic Park."ġ. The film, released on June 11 1993, changed the way we make movies.


So what does it say that this beloved Steven Spielberg movie is now 25 years old? Watching " Jurassic Park" for the first time was like glimpsing into the future.
