Script to Screen: Jurassic Park

The classic blockbuster Jurassic Park has thrilled audiences for nearly thirty years. Adapted from a novel by science-fiction icon Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park follows a team of characters struggling to evade the dinosaurs that have escaped the wildlife park in Isla Nublar as a result of industrial sabotage. The film’s Academy Award-winning visual effects bring to life the terrifying Tyrannosaurus rex and the cunning velociraptors that hunt the grandchildren of a wealthy businessman and park owner John Hammond (Richard Attenborough), as well as a team of scientists (Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum). Its blockbuster thrills are backed by a deft corporate critique that resonates decades later.

Screenwriter David Koepp will join Pollock Theater Director Matt Ryan for a post-screening discussion of Jurassic Park.