Winner of 3 Academy Awards
Tickets $10. Seniors, children, students, teachers and active military: $9
1993 – Running Time 127 mins – Rated PG-13
In honor of the recent passing of SAM NEILL, we are presenting the original Jurassic Park on our 27-foot wide screen, restored with 17-speaker surround sound. He was an actor who gave so much in his performances as well in his private philanthropic causes for global issues and animals. He had so much more to. give. We will all miss him.
Jurassic Park, directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Michael Crichton’s novel, is a groundbreaking science fiction adventure. The story follows billionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough), who creates a theme park on Isla Nublar featuring genetically engineered dinosaurs cloned from ancient DNA extracted from mosquitoes preserved in amber. A group of experts—including paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill), paleobotanist Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), and mathematician Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum)—is invited to tour the park for endorsement. Chaos erupts when a disgruntled employee sabotages the security systems during a storm, allowing the dinosaurs to escape and hunt the visitors, including Hammond’s grandchildren. The film masterfully blends awe-inspiring wonder with intense survival horror.
Its cast also includes Samuel L. Jackson as chief engineer Ray Arnold, Bob Peck as game warden Robert Muldoon, Wayne Knight as programmer Dennis Nedry, and others like B.D. Wong, Martin Ferrero, Joseph Mazzello, and Ariana Richards. Key crew includes screenwriter David Koepp, producer Kathleen Kennedy, cinematographer Dean Cundey, editor Michael Kahn, and composer John Williams. It won 3 Academy Awards (for Visual Effects, Sound, and Sound Effects Editing) among around 44 total wins and many nominations. It grossed over $1.058 billion worldwide (originally around $914 million in initial theatrical run, later surpassing $1 billion with re-releases), making it a massive blockbuster.
Its significance lies in revolutionizing cinema through pioneering CGI and practical effects by Industrial Light & Magic and Stan Winston, which made dinosaurs feel astonishingly real and influenced visual effects forever. It became one of the highest-grossing films of its era, sparked a major franchise, and was preserved in the U.S. National Film Registry for its cultural impact. Positive press hailed it as a masterpiece: “A landmark achievement… one of the most engaging I’ve ever seen” and “The movie to define a generation… breathtaking,” with critics praising its perfect balance of spectacle, intelligence, and thrills that still holds up decades later.
