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| William H. Macy |
Paul Kirby |
| Téa Leoni |
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| Sam Neill |
Dr. Alan Grant |
| Alessandro Nivola |
Billy Brennan |
| Trevor Morgan |
Erik Kirby |
| Laura Dern |
Dr. Ellie Sattler |
| John Diehl |
Cooper |
| Michael Jeter |
Mr. Udesky |
| Taylor Nichols |
Mark Degler |
| Bruce A. Young |
M.B. Nash |
| Mark Harelik |
Ben Hildebrand |
| Director |
Joe Johnston |
| Producer |
Steven Spielberg; Kathleen Kennedy |
| Writer |
Michael Crichton; Alexander Payne |
| Cinematography |
Shelly Johnson |
Surpassing expectations to qualify as an above-average sequel,
Jurassic Park III is nothing more or less than a satisfying popcorn adventure. A little cheesier than the first two
Jurassic blockbusters, it's a big B movie with big B-list stars (including Laura Dern, briefly reprising her
Jurassic Park role), and eight years of advancing computer-generated-image technology give it a sharp edge over its predecessors. While adopting the jungle spirit of
King Kong, the movie refines Michael Crichton's original premise, and its dinosaurs are even more realistic, their behavior more detailed, and their variety--including flying pteranodons and a new villain, the spinosaurus--more dazzling and threatening than ever. These advancements justify the sequel, and its contrived plot is just clever enough to span 90 minutes without wearing out its welcome.
Posing as wealthy tourists, an adventurous couple (William H. Macy, Téa Leoni) convince paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and his protégé (Allesandro Nivola) to act as tour guides on a flyover trip to Isla Sorna, the ill-fated "Site B" where all hell broke loose in The Lost World: Jurassic Park. In truth, they're on a search-and-rescue mission to find their missing son (Trevor Morgan), and their plane crash is just the first of several enjoyably suspenseful sequences. Director Joe Johnston (October Sky) embraces the formulaic plot as a series of atmospheric set pieces, placing new and familiar dinosaurs in misty rainforests, fiery lakes, and mysterious valleys, turning JP3 into a thrill ride with impressive highlights (including a T. rex versus spinosaurus smack-down), adequate doses of wry humor (from the cowriters of Election), and an upbeat ending that's corny but appropriate, proving that the symptoms of sequelitis needn't be fatal. --Jeff Shannon
| Distributor |
Universal Studios |
| Edition |
Widescreen Collector's Edition |
| Barcode |
0025192110122 |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Release Date |
12/11/2001 |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Screen Ratio |
1.85:1 |
| Subtitles |
Spanish |
| Audio Tracks |
Dolby Digital 5.1 [English (Closed Captioned)]
Dolby Digital 5.1 [French]
DTS 5.1 [English (Closed Captioned)] |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| No. of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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The Making Of Jurassic Park III Feature Commentary with Special Effects Team The New Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park III Tour of Stan Winston Studio A Visit To ILM: Witness 20 Different Stages in an Exclusive, Rare Step-by-Step Look at the Computer Graphics Created by ILM Dinosaur Turntables: A Spectacular Three-Dimensional Look at the 12 Dinosaurs Created for the Film Behind-The-Scenes Storyboards to Final Feature Comparison The Jurassic Park III Archives Theatrical Trailers Montana: Finding New Dinosaurs: A special visit to paleontologist Jack Horner's dinosaur dig with never-before-seen footage |
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