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Anxious to fund research for his new theory of velociraptor intelligence, renowned paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant is persuaded by wealthy adventurer Paul Kirby and his wife Amanda to accompany them on an aerial tour of Isla Sorna. This infamous island, once InGen’s site B, has become both a primordial breeding ground for John Hammond’s magnificent creations and a magnet for thrill-seekers eager to encounter them.
When a tragic accident maroons the party of seven, Grant discovers the true reason his deceptive hosts have invited him along. In their perilous attempt to escape, the dwindling group encounters terrifying new creatures undisclosed by InGen, and Grant is forced to learn the dreadful implications of his raptor intelligence theory firsthand.
Jurassic Park III is a 2001 American science-fiction adventure film and the third installment in the Jurassic Park film series. The film stars Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, Alessandro Nivola, Trevor Morgan, and Michael Jeter. It is the first film in the series not to have been directed by Steven Spielberg, nor based on a book by Michael Crichton (though numerous scenes in the film were ultimately taken from Crichton’s novels Jurassic Park and The Lost World). The film takes place on Isla Sorna, off Central America’s Pacific coast, the island featured in the second film, where a divorced couple has tricked Dr. Alan Grant into going in order to help them find their son.
After the success of Spielberg’s Jurassic Park, Joe Johnston expressed interest in directing a sequel. Spielberg instead gave Johnston permission to direct a third film in the series, if there were to be one. Production of Jurassic Park III began on August 30, 2000. Despite mixed reviews from critics, the film was successful at the box office, grossing $368 million worldwide.
Johnston said that the script was never finished during production: “We shot pages that eventually went into the final script but we didn’t have a document”. Principal photography began on August 30, 2000, at Dillingham Airfield in Mokulēia, Hawaii.[26] Macy, commenting on the slow pace of filming the script, said “we would do a quarter-page–some days, an eighth of a page. And that would be a full 12-hour day.”
Filming continued on Oahu until September 9. Aerial footage of Molokai’s North Shore cliffs was then shot over the next two days, followed by a week of filming in Kauai. Filming concluded in Hawaii on September 20, 2000. Production then moved to California. John August was hired to do uncredited work on the script in September 2000. Scenes were filmed at Occidental College in Los Angeles on October 10, 2000.
Scenes were filmed at Center Bay Studios in Los Angeles at the end of October. Other filming locations in California included South Pasadena and a rock quarry in Irwindale. Filming also took place at Universal Studios’ backlot in Los Angeles. Production returned to Hawaii in January 2001, to film the movie’s ending, which had yet to be written during the previous Hawaiian shoot. The ending was filmed on Kauai’s Pila’a Beach.
The storyline contains minor scenes from Crichton’s Jurassic Park and The Lost World novels that were ultimately not featured in the film versions, such as the Pteranodon aviary and the use of the boat. Laura Dern’s cameo was shot in a day. In an earlier draft, Neill and Dern’s characters were a couple in the process of splitting up. Johnston said, “I didn’t want to see them as a couple anymore. For one thing, I don’t think they look like a couple. It would be uncomfortable to still see them together. And Laura Dern doesn’t look like she’s aged for the past fifteen years!” The film’s longest rough cut was approximately 96 minutes, without credits. According to Johnston, “We lost maybe 8 minutes, so it was never really that long.”
Jurassic Park III (2001)
Directed by: Joe Johnston
Starring: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Tea Leoni, Michael Jeter, Alessandro Nivola, Trevor Morgan, Laura Dern, Taylor Nichols, Linda Park, Sarah Danielle Madison
Screenplay by: Michael Crichton, Peter Buchman, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Production Design by: Ed Verreaux
Cinematography by: Shelly Johnson
Film Editing by: Robert Dalva
Costume Design by: Betsy Cox
Set Decoration by: Kate J. Sullivan
Art Direction by: Doug J. Meerdink, Greg Papalia
Music by: Don Davis
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sci-fi terror and violence.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release Date: July 18, 2001
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