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Return to Jurassic Park

2011 · 129 min

A cozy, affectionate look backstage at how movie magic was made, full of craft stories and nostalgic warmth for film lovers.

Directed by
Laurent Bouzereau
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Steven Spielberg, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill
Overview
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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Directed by
Laurent Bouzereau
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Steven Spielberg, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill
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  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
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measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • science
  • technology
  • memory
  • friendship
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • documentary
  • serialised
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Horror0
Humour4
Realism9
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity4
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Runtime
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Country
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