Next month, Emagine Theatre in Saline will invite your return to Jurassic Park. This is the original motion picture that started all that has followed. The 1993 epic will show courtesy of Fathom Events on three dates. [1,2,3]
- September 16 (Sunday), with showings starting at 2:00pm and 7:00pm
- September 18 (Tuesday), with showing starting at 7:00pm
- September 19 (Wednesday), with showings starting at 7:00pm
Plot summary by Paul Brenner, from Rotten Tomatoes:
Steven Spielberg’s phenomenally successful sci-fi adventure thriller is graced by state-of-the-art special effects from … George Lucas’s Industrial Light & Magic.
The film follows two dinosaur experts — Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Dr. Ellie Sattler Laura Dern)— as they are invited by eccentric millionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) to preview his new amusement park on an island off Costa Rica. By cloning DNA harvested from pre-historic insects, Hammond has been able to create living dinosaurs for his new Jurassic Park, an immense animal preserve …. Accompanied by cynical scientist Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) …, and Hammond’s two grandchildren (Ariana Richards and Joseph Mazzello), they are sent on a tour through Hammond’s new resort in computer controlled touring cars.
But as a tropical storm hits the island, knocking out the power supply, and an unscrupulous employee (Wayne Knight) sabotages the system so that he can smuggle dinosaur embryos out of the park, the dinosaurs start to rage out of control. Grant then has to bring Hammond’s grandchildren back to safety as the group is pursued by the gigantic man-eating beasts. [4]
Spoiler alert: Many Saline Journal readers will already have seen Jurassic Park (maybe more than once, and perhaps even first-run in theaters). By way of adding a bit of value to those planning to see it again at Emagine Saline, there’s quite a bit of very good trivia and analysis worth visiting before mid-September. Topping the list, consider “20 Things You Might Not Know About Jurassic Park” on Mental Floss, and “Jurassic World vs Jurassic Park” by Screen Junkies. [5,6]
As always, before finalizing plans, check the Emagine Entertainment website to verify show dates and times.
References
- Emagine Entertainment (showtimes).
- “Jurassic Park (1993)” IMDb.
- Fathom Events (home page).
- “Jurassic Park (1993)” Rotten Tomatoes.
- “20 Things You Might Not Know About Jurassic Park” Sean Hutchinson (November 25, 2015) Mental Floss.
- “Jurassic World vs Jurassic Park (Side by Side)” ScreenJunkies News (June 11, 2017) YouTube.
