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Return to Jurassic Park

2011 · 129 min

Documentary

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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Appeals to viewers who enjoy affectionate behind-the-scenes documentaries about practical craft, pioneering visual effects, and the collaborative labor behind landmark screen spectacles.

Tone
nostalgic, cerebral, uplifting
Payoff
wonder, inspiration
Pacing
steady
Intensity
gentle
Structure
episodic
Themes
filmmaking, technological innovation, creative collaboration, production challenges, cinematic legacy
Setting
late twentieth-century production era, film sets, effects workshops, and archival editing rooms

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