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Return to Jurassic Park
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Return to Jurassic Park

2011-02-05 · 129 min · ★ 6.6

Documentary

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 SpielbergSteven SpielbergSelf
Jeff GoldblumJeff GoldblumSelf
Sam NeillSam NeillSelf
Laura DernLaura DernSelf
Fay WrayFay WraySelf (archive footage)
Michael CrichtonMichael CrichtonSelf (archive footage)
Joseph MazzelloJoseph MazzelloSelf
Ariana RichardsAriana RichardsSelf
Vince VaughnVince VaughnSelf
Pete PostlethwaitePete PostlethwaiteSelf
Julianne MooreJulianne MooreSelf
Samuel L. JacksonSamuel L. JacksonSelf
Stan WinstonStan WinstonSelf (archive footage)
John RosengrantJohn RosengrantSelf
Mark 'Crash' McCreeryMark 'Crash' McCreerySelf
Phil TippettPhil TippettSelf
Dennis MurenDennis MurenSelf
Randal M. DutraSelf
Dean CundeyDean CundeySelf
Richard AttenboroughRichard AttenboroughSelf (archive footage)

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