

Return to Jurassic Park
2011-02-05 · 129 min · ★ 6.6
A multi-part documentary about the making of the Jurassic Park trilogy. Each part walks through the making of part of one of the films, including the hurricane during the shooting of the first film, and how advances in CGI for Jurassic Park helped change the world of special effects forever. All interviews for these retrospective documentaries come with comments from Spielberg, Johnston, Neill, Dern, Goldblum, the effects crews, the child actors, and Peter Stormare. This documentary is broken into six parts: Dawn of a New Era (25 min), Making Prehistory (20 min), The Next Step in Evolution (15 min), Finding the Lost World (28 min), Something Survived (16 min), and The Third Adventure (25 min).
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- Directors
- Laurent Bouzereau
- Production companies
- Universal Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Steven SpielbergSelf
Jeff GoldblumSelf
Sam NeillSelf
Laura DernSelf
Fay WraySelf (archive footage)
Michael CrichtonSelf (archive footage)
Joseph MazzelloSelf
Ariana RichardsSelf
Vince VaughnSelf
Pete PostlethwaiteSelf
Julianne MooreSelf
Samuel L. JacksonSelf
Stan WinstonSelf (archive footage)
John RosengrantSelf
Mark 'Crash' McCreerySelf
Phil TippettSelf
Dennis MurenSelf
Dean CundeySelf
Richard AttenboroughSelf (archive footage)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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