Jurassic Park Resources
Websites
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Jurassic Park is almost as old as the dinosaurs inside it. As it was made before the Internet, there is no official website. But the fan-made Jurassic Park Wiki can get you up to speed.
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In 2015, Jurassic Park was updated to Jurassic World. Plan your visit today.
Books
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Michael Crichton (may he rest in peace) has a website that shows all the wild international covers for his hit novel, which inspired the movie.
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For the Tims and Lexes in your life, there's a series of books called Jurassic Park Adventures, which will keep them occupied until they grow up into Grants and Sattlers.
Articles and Interviews
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In this yellowed old review from the Times, Janet Maslin is awe-struck by Spielberg's dinosaurs.
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Roger Ebert reluctantly gives the film a thumbs-up, but was hoping for more.
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Entertainment Weekly discusses all the merchandise hyping the Park, from cereal to sleeping bags.
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Ariana Richards, who plays Lex, talks about her experience on the set, painting a picture of Jell-O, and meeting another nice dinosaur: Betty White.
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What are readers' favorite parts of the books? With Kindle, you can see what other people are highlighting.
Video
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Sam Neill does the promo circuit, talking about Jurassic Park with Joan Lunden and her 90s hair.
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A father-daughter duo recreates Jurassic Park…with legos. Ian Malcolm's lego hair is the best.
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Before she was on Inside Edition, Deborah Norville talked to Michael Crichton about Jurassic Park (which she pronounces "Your-assic Park") on the Today show in 1990.
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Can't be bothered to read an article about movie mistakes? The CinemaSins YouTube channel explains everything wrong with Jurassic Park in three minutes.
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Steven Spielberg's half-denim jacket looks pretty prehistoric in this behind-the-scenes footage of him directing Jurassic Park. Oh yeah, Michael Crichton is there, too.
Audio
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Like figuring out what a fox sounds like, sound designers had to decide what a T. rex sounds like, too. And by doing so, Jurassic Park changed sound design in movies.
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Even in an age of video and Internet, radio isn't extinct. NPR's All Things Considered considers what things have changed in dinosaur science since 1993.
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Need to make Jeff Goldblum or a dinosaur growl on command? The Jurassic Park soundboard has you covered.
Images
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Jurassic Park has inspired many masterpieces of modern art. This is the master-est.