Saturday, June 27, 2015

Trivia

When the T-Rex comes through the glass roof of the Ford Explorer in the first attack, the glass was not meant to break, producing the noticeably genuine screams from the children.


The T-rex occasionally malfunctioned, due to the rain. Producer Kathleen Kennedy recalls, "The T. rex went into the heebie-jeebies sometimes. Scared the crap out of us. We'd be, like, eating lunch, and all of a sudden a T-rex would come alive. At first we didn't know what was happening, and then we realized it was the rain. You'd hear people start screaming."


Both the film and the book generated so much interest in dinosaurs that the study of paleontology has had a record increase in students.

The Tyrannosaurus' roars were a combination of dog, penguin, tiger, alligator, and elephant sounds.

The crew had to have safety meetings about the T-Rex; it weighed 12,000 pounds and was extremely powerful. They used flashing lights to announce when it was about to come on to alert the crew, because if you stood next to it and the head went by at speed, it felt like a bus going by.

The glass of water sitting on the dash of the Ford Explorer was made to ripple using a guitar string that was attached to the underside of the dash beneath the glass.

Steven Spielberg wanted the velociraptors to be about 10 feet tall, which was taller than they were known to be. During filming, paleontologists uncovered 10-foot-tall specimens of raptors called Utahraptors

In 2005, paleontologist Dr Mary Schweitzer discovered red blood cells and soft tissue in the fossilized bones of a T-Rex, meaning dinosaur cloning may become a reality someday.

When the Utahraptor was discovered right before the film's release, which had a similar height to the Raptors depicted in the film, Stan Winston joked, "We made it, then they discovered it".

During the scenes with the T-Rex, Steven Spielberg would roar like one through the megaphone. The cast cracked up whenever he did that.

While discussing chaos theory, Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) shamelessly flirts with Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern). After meeting on this film, the two actors began a romantic relationship, and were engaged for two years before breaking up.

There are only 15 minutes of actual dinosaur footage in the film: 9 minutes are Stan Winston's animatronics, 6 minutes of it is ILM's CGI.

The Mr DNA cartoon was Steven Spielberg's way of condensing much of the novel's exposition into a few minutes.

The Dilophosaurus never walks because it was difficult to get the weight shifting and the movement right. A trench was cut into the floor of the set for the puppeteers but Steven Spielberg elected to have it just appear instead to make the scene more ominous and surprising. He also wanted more water for the scene coming down the hillside with every fire hydrant going in the studio until they ran out. Michael Lantieri joked every now and then "just splash him with something so he feels there's more water". To this day, Spielberg still feels that scene needed more water. Wayne Knight thought it a miserable scene to shoot, sliding down things, covered in mud, soaking wet, he was 327 lbs and he could barely walk, but he loved watching it.


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Friday, June 26, 2015

Stan Winston, Phil Tippet and Jurassic Park

Animatronics and CGI


Post-production scene for the Tyrannosaur escape.


 Post-production scene for the Tyrannosaur escape.

Post-production scene for the Tyrannosaur escape.

Jurassic Park may be known for revolutionizing the use of visual effects, with many of the special effects created using 3D animation for the first time, but not every dinosaur was CGI. In fact, only five key scenes of the film were made using CGI, with the rest of Jurassic Park utilizing practical effects like animatronics. 


Director Steven Spielberg initially objected to the idea of using computer effects for Jurassic Park. 


Phill Tippet's Tyrannosaur Escape scene with Stop motion animation.


Another one of Phil Tippet's stop motion animation scenes for Jurassic Park.




A snapshot of Phil Tippet's Tyrannosaur scene form the movie in stop motion,


Phil Tippet was intent on using go-motion, a form of stop motion, for the dinosaur effects, but was eventually convinced to do otherwise by effects pioneer Dennis Muren, after showing Spielberg a short CGI test of the T-Rex.


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Vehicles of Jurassic Park

In the first movie in 1993, there were only 2 vehicles seen being driven around excluding construction vehicles and so on.

These vehicles became very beloved to automobile lovers and ended up carrying on as a icon throughout the years. Many fans had replicated vehicles seen throughout the movies of Jurassic Park.

The 2 iconic vehicles of Jurassic Park is the Jeep Wrangler 1992 and a Ford Explorer 1993 as part of the Park's transports.



Jeep Wrangler 1993
A Jeep Wrangler 1993 "Jeep18" replica by a fan.

At Jurassic park, there two kinds of vehicles that were used on the island. Tour Vehicles ran on electrical power through a track on the ground used for the tours. The other was the Staff Vehicles(Gas-powered Jeeps), used by Park staff for getting around the park.

In the Jurassic Park universe, the jeeps were purposely painted with red stripes because it kept the Triceratops within the enclosures from charging at the cars with the assunption that its a rivaling triceratops.

All Gas-powered Jeeps were 1992 Jeep Wrangler Sahara's.


1988/1989 Toyota Land Cruiser J62
A fan-made visual of how the Cruiser would've looked like from the novel

In the Novel, the tour vehicles were referred to as Toyota Land Cruisers. They were made in Japan, custom built for the park specifically. Two dozen of them were stored in a Garage, which would've formed an endless loop of tours throughout the Island.

Another fan-visual of how the Cruiser from the novel would've looked like.

They had a spare tire on the back, a special antenna on the roof and a box containing night vision googles and a pair of night-vision goggles, and a CD-ROM drive on the main console which was coordinated with the motion-sensor system to update dinosaur information onscreen. 

The Cruisers that were used in place of the scene during the Tyrannosaurus attack were named BB4 and BB5



Ford Explorer XLT 1993
Ford Explorer 1993 "Jeep 05" from the film Jurassic Park(1993)

All of the tour vehicles in the film version of Jurassic Park were 1993 Ford Explorer XLTs, only two were operational during the Isla Nublar '93 incident on their very first run on the park. 

A picture of the tour vehicle early in the movie infront of the visitor's center.

Each tour vehicle possessed a self-navigational system. They had leather interiors, night-vision goggles under the seats, and an inbuilt drinking tap that supplied visitors water. Road flares and Brochures were stored in the trunk. Although the Tour Vehicles were powered by electricity from their track, the headlights could be powered nonstop by their batteries. 

A scene where the Tyrannosaurus shoves the EXP04 off its track.

When the T-rex pushed the EXP04 off the track, the headlights and high beams continued to work. The vehicles top speed was 12-20mp/h which wasnt very fast.

Like the Jeep Wrangler staff vehicle, the Ford Explorer from the was also replicated by fans from around the world, mostly from the United States. However, the movie had made fans have a hard time replicating a certain part of the car, which would be the sunroof.

A fan's replica of "EXP05".

The sunroof was specifically made for the movie by the production team that handled the vehicles. Many replications of the vehicle by fans don't have sunroofs and only a few people had successfully modified their Explorer to have a custom made sunroof. The sunroof was an exceptionally hard piece of the vehicle to replicate from the movie.

"EXP05" in Universal Studios Orlando


"EXP04" in Universal Studios California

After the movie was debuted, the vehicles were sent off to different places including Universal Studios as props for their Jurassic Park The Ride. EXP05 can be seen in Universal Studios-Island of Adventures and the wrecked version of EXP04 can be seen on display in Universal Studios California.


Did you know
Notice the wrecked ford on the left.

In Jurassic Park III, there is a wreckage of the Ford Explorer tour vehicle in the movie during a scene where Alan and the group are entering the InGen embryonic agency. This comes across as strange to most fans as Isla Sorna(Site B) was never meant to accommodate tourists.


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Jurassic Park Novel


Jurassic Park (novel)
Hard cover for the Jurassic Park novel

Jurassic Park is a 1990 science fiction novel written by Michael Crichton, divided into seven sections (iterations). Often considered a cautionary tale on unconsidered biological tinkering in the same spirit as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, it uses the metaphor of the collapse of an amusement park showcasing genetically recreated dinosaurs to illustrate the mathematical concept of chaos theory and its philosophical implications. A sequel titled The Lost World, also written by Crichton, was published in 1995. In 1997, both novels were re-published as a single book titled Michael Crichton's Jurassic World, unrelated to the film of the same name.

In 1993, Steven Spielberg adapted the book into the blockbuster film Jurassic Park. The book's sequel, The Lost World, was also adapted by Spielberg into a film in 1997. A third film directed by Joe Johnston and released in 2001 drew several elements, themes and scenes from both books that were ultimately not utilized in either of the previous films, such as the aviary and boat scenes. A fourth entry directed by Colin Trevorrow was released on June 12, 2015.

The novel began as Crichton conceived a screenplay about a graduate student who recreates a dinosaur in 1983. Eventually, given his reasoning that genetic research is expensive and "there is no pressing need to create a dinosaur", Crichton concluded that it would emerge from a "desire to entertain", leading to a wildlife park of extinct animals. Originally it was told from the point of view of a child, but Crichton changed it as everyone who read the draft felt it would be better if told by an adult.

The narrative begins in August 1989 by slowly tying together a series of incidents involving strange animal attacks in Costa Rica and on fictional Isla Nublar, the main setting for the story. One of the species, a strange, small, lizard-like creature with three toes (thought at the time to be a new species of basilisk lizard), is eventually identified as a Procompsognathus. Paleontologist Alan Grant and his paleobotanist graduate student, Ellie Sattler, are abruptly whisked away by billionaire John Hammond — founder and chief executive officer of International Genetic Technologies, or InGen — for a weekend visit to a "biological preserve" he has established on a remote island off the coast of Costa Rica.



Upon arrival, the preserve is revealed to be Jurassic Park, a theme park showcasing cloned dinosaurs. The animals have been recreated using damaged dinosaur DNA found in blood inside of gnats and ticks fossilized and preserved in amber. Gaps in the genetic code have been filled in with reptilian, avian, or amphibian DNA. To control the population, all specimens on the island are lysine-deficient females. Hammond proudly touts InGen's advances in genetic engineering and shows his guests through the island's vast array of automated systems.

Recent events in the park have spooked Hammond's investors. To placate them, Hammond intends that Grant and Sattler act as fresh consultants. They stand in counterbalance to a famous mathematician and chaos theorist, Ian Malcolm, and a lawyer representing the investors, Donald Genaro. Both are pessimistic about the park's prospects. Malcolm, having been consulted before the park's creation, is especially emphatic in his prediction that the park will collapse, as it is an unsustainable simple structure bluntly forced upon a complex system.

Ian Malcolm created dragon curves to simulate the actions that were to take place in the park.

Countering Malcolm's dire predictions with youthful energy, Hammond groups the consultants with his grandchildren, Tim and Alexis "Lex" Murphy. While touring the park with the children, Grant finds a Velociraptor eggshell, which seems to prove Malcolm's earlier assertion that the dinosaurs have somehow been breeding against the geneticists' design. Malcolm suggests a flaw in their method of analyzing dinosaur populations, in that motion detectors were set to search only for the expected number of creatures in the park and not for any higher number. The park's controllers are reluctant to admit that the park has long been operating beyond their constraints. Malcolm also points out the height distribution of the Procompsognathus forms a Gaussian distribution, the curve of a breeding population, rather than the distinctive pattern that a population reared in batches ought to display.

In the midst of this, the corrupt chief programmer of Jurassic Park's controlling software, Dennis Nedry, attempts corporate espionage for Lewis Dodgson, a geneticist and agent of InGen's archrival, Biosyn. By activating a backdoor he wrote into the park's computer system, Nedry manages to shut down its security systems and steal frozen embryos, two for each of the park's fifteen species. He then attempts to smuggle them out to a contact waiting at an auxiliary dock deep in the park. However, during a sudden tropical storm, he exits his stolen vehicle to get his bearings and is killed by a Dilophosaurus. Without Nedry to reactivate the park's security, the electrified fences remain off and dinosaurs escape. The adult Tyrannosaurus rex attacks the guests on tour, while the juvenile rex attacks public relations manager Ed Regis, killing him. In the aftermath, Grant and the children become lost in the park.





Malcolm is gravely injured during the incident, but is soon found by Gennaro and park game warden Robert Muldoon and spends the remainder of the novel slowly dying as, between lucid lectures and morphine-induced rants, he tries to help those in the main compound understand their predicament and survive.

 When trying to restore the park to working order, they fail to notice that the system has been running on auxiliary power since the restart; this power soon runs out, shutting the park down a second time. Furthermore, since the auxiliary generators did not produce enough electricity to power the fences, the fences were not reactivated when the system was reset, meaning all the fences — including the holding pen containing the park's Velociraptors, quarantined due to their superior intelligence and aggression — had been offline the whole time. 

Escaping their enclosure, the Velociraptors kill Wu and Arnold and injure Muldoon, Genaro, and Harding. Meanwhile, Grant and the children slowly make their way back to the Visitor Center by rafting down the jungle river, carrying news that several young Velociraptors, bred and raised in the island's wilds, were on board the Anne B, the island's supply ship, when it departed for the mainland.

While Ellie distracts the Velociraptors, Grant manages to reactivate the park's main power. After escaping from several Velociraptors, Grant, Genaro, Tim, and Lex are able to make it to the control room, where Tim is able to contact the Anne B and tell them to return to the island. The survivors are then able to organize themselves and eventually save their own lives. Word soon reaches them that the crew of the Anne B has discovered and killed the Velociraptor stowaways.

Genaro tries to order the island destroyed as a dangerous asset, but Grant rejects his authority, claiming that even though they cannot control the island, they have a responsibility to understand just what happened and how many dinosaurs have already escaped to the mainland. Grant, Ellie, Muldoon, and Genaro (the latter against his will) set out into the park to find the wild Velociraptor nests and compare hatched eggs with the island's revised population tally. 

Cautious in this pursuit, they emerge unharmed. Meanwhile, Hammond, taking a walk around the park and contemplating making a park improving on his previous mistakes, hears a T-Rex roar and falls down a hill where he is eaten by a pack of Procompsognathus. With regard to the dinosaurs' breeding, it eventually transpires that using frog DNA to fill gaps in the dinosaurs' genetic code enabled a measure of dichogamy, in which some of the female animals somehow changed into males in response to the all-female environment.



In the conclusion, before boarding helicopters, the group warns the fictitious Costa Rican air force that the dinosaurs had been killing people. The air force then say that the island is dangerous and releases napalm over the island, destroying it and the dinosaurs. It is stated that Malcolm dies. Survivors of the incident are indefinitely detained by the United States and Costa Rican governments at a hotel. Weeks later, Grant is visited by Dr. Martin Guitierrez, an American doctor who lives in Costa Rica and has found a Procompsognathus carcass. Guitierrez informs Grant that an unknown pack of animals has been migrating through the Costa Rican jungle, eating lysine-rich crops and chickens. He also informs Grant that none of them, with the possible exception of Tim and Lex, are going to leave any time soon.


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Jurassic Park(1993) Summary

Jurassic Park (1993)


Promotional poster for Jurassic Park(1993)
On Isla Nublar, a new park has just been buiLt with genetically engineered dinosaurs. Tragedy strikes when one of the workers is killed by a velociraptor. The founder of the park, John Hammond, (Richard Attenborough) requests Paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neil) and his assistant, Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) to come to the park and ensure that it is safe. Also joining them are Hammond's lawyer Donald Gennaro (Martin Ferrero) and chaos theorist Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum). When they reach the island, they are amazed to discover that Hammond has created living dinosaurs. However, at the same time they all have their doubts. Later, Hammond's grandchildren Lex and Tim (Ariana Richards and Joseph Mazzello) join the group in a tour of the park. Sattler leaves the tour to take care of an ill triceratops. Soon the power in the park is shut down by computer systems geek Dennis Nedry (Wayne Knight) who wishes to steal embryos from the park to sell to a secret buyer. In the process, many dinosaurs escape their paddocks, including the deadly Tyrannosaurus Rex, who, during a thunderstorm, escapes his paddock & attacks the children, and eats Gennaro. Malcolm is injured & Grant and the children are then lost in the park. Meanwhile, Hammond, Sattler and the rest of the operations team learn that Nedry (who in the meantime has been killed) has locked up the computer system to cover his tracks. They attempt to get power back in the park in order to escape the island. After shutting down the system, then restoring it, the group realizes that velociraptors are also on the loose, & are now on the hunt for the visitors.


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Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park


Tyrannosaurus Rex

Tyrannosaurus was acknowledged by Spielberg as "the star of the movie", even leading him to rewrite the ending to feature the T. rex for fear of disappointing the audience. Winston's animatronic T. rex stood 20 feet (6.1 m) and was 40 feet (12 m) long. 


The dinosaur is depicted with a vision system based on movement, though later studies indicated the T-rex had binocular vision comparable to a bird of prey. Its roar is a baby elephant mixed with a tiger and an alligator, and its breath is a whale's blow

. A dog attacking a rope toy was used for the sounds of the T. rex tearing a Gallimimus apart, while cut sequoias(A kind of tree) crashing to the ground became the sound of the dinosaur's footsteps.

Velociraptor

Velociraptor plays a major role in the film. The creature's depiction is not based on the actual dinosaur genus in question, which itself was significantly smaller. Shortly before Jurassic Park's theatre release, the similar Utahraptor was discovered, though was proven bigger in appearance than the film's raptors; this prompted Stan Winston to joke, "We made it, then they discovered it. For the attack on character Robert Muldoon and some parts of the kitchen scene, the raptors were played by men in suits

Dilophosaurus

 Dilophosaurus was also very different from its real-life counterpart, made significantly smaller to make sure audiences did not confuse it with the raptors. Its neck frill and its ability to spit venom are fictitious. Its vocal sounds were made by combining a swan, a hawk, a howler monkey, and a rattlesnake The animatronic model, nicknamed "Spitter" by Stan Winston's team, was animated by the puppeteers sitting on a trench in the set floor, and used a paintball mechanism to spit the mixture of methacyl and K-Y Jelly that served as venom.

Brachiosaurus

·        Brachiosaurus is the first dinosaur seen by the park's visitors. It is inaccurately depicted as chewing its food, and standing up on its hind legs to browse among the high tree branches. According to artist Andy Schoneberg, the chewing was done to make the animal seem docile, in a way it resembled a cow chewing its cud. The dinosaur's head and upper neck was the largest puppet without hydraulics built for the film. Despite scientific evidence of their having limited vocal capabilities, sound designer Gary Rydstrom decided to represent them with whale songs and donkey calls to give them a melodic sense of wonder. Penguins were also recorded to be used in the noises of the dinosaurs.
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Triceratops

Alan Grant, Ellie and the others in awe, at the sick triceratops.

Triceratops has an extended cameo, being sick with an unidentified disease. Its appearance was a particular logistical nightmare for Stan Winston when Spielberg asked to shoot the animatronic of the sick creature earlier than expected. The model, operated by eight puppeteers in the Kaua'i set, wound up being the first dinosaur filmed during production Winston also created a babyTriceratops for Ariana Richards to ride on, a scene cut from the film for pacing reasons. Gary Rydstrom combined the sound of himself breathing into a cardboard tube with the cows near his workplace at Skywalker Ranch to create the Triceratops vocals.
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Gallimimus
A herd of Gallimimus.

Gallimimus are featured in a stampede scene where one of them is devoured by the Tyrannosaurus. The Gallimimus was the first dinosaur to receive a digital version, being featured in two ILM tests, first as a herd of skeletons and then fully skinned while pursued by the T. rex. Its design was based on ostriches, and to emphasize the birdlike qualities, the animation focused mostly on the herd rather than individual animals. As reference for the dinosaurs' run, the animators were filmed running at the ILM parking lot, with plastic pipes standing in as the tree that the Gallimimus jump over. The footage even inspired to incorporate an animal falling in its leap as one of the artists crashed making the jump. Horse squeals became the Gallimimus sounds.

        Parasaurolophus

One of the major scenes of Jurassic Park.

Parasaurolophus appear in the background during the first encounter with the Brachiosaurus. This was the only scene in the first movie to have them appear in, they would not appear again until 1997 for the second movie, The Lost World Jurassic Park.


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Cast of Jurassic Park(1993)

Sam Neill, Dr. Alan Grant

Then: Neill scored arguably his most famous role as Dr. Alan Grant, a paleontologist and the protagonist of ‘Jurassic Park.’ 1993 was a big year for the United Kingdom-born, New Zealand-raised actor, as he also stared in the critically-acclaimed hit ‘The Piano.’
Now: In 2012, Neill played supporting roles in ‘The Vow’ and the short-lived Fox drama ‘Alcatraz.’ The 67-year-old has kept busy since, working on a variety of film and TV projects




Laura Dern, Dr. Ellie Sattler

Then: Dern played Dr. Ellie Sattler, a graduate student who becomes Grant’s love interest. The daughter of actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, Dern had been known for her starring roles in the David Lynch films ‘Blue Velvet’ and ‘Wild at Heart.’
Now: Dern, who was once nominated for an Oscar for her work in 1992′s ‘Rambling Rose’ starred on the HBO series ‘Enlightened,’ which also featured mom Diane Ladd. Her rocky 12-year relationship with musician Ben Harper ended in 2013 when their divorce was finalized.



Jeff Goldblum, Dr. Ian Malcolm

Then: Goldblum provided ‘Jurassic Park’ with some comic relief as witty chaos theorist Dr. Ian Malcolm. The unusually tall actor got his start in the ’70s on shows such as ‘Columbo’ and ‘Starsky & Hutch’ and became a star in the mid-’80s thanks to movies like ‘The Big Chill’ and ‘The Fly.’

Now: The 62-year-old popped up as Hiram Berry on ‘Glee’ and played a character called Chief Goldblum in ‘Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie.’ He’s also appeared in ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel” and had guest stints on ‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,’ ‘The League’ and ‘Portlandia.’





Richard Attenborough, John Hammond

Then: Sir Richard Attenborough brought gravity to the film as John Hammond, billionaire curator of ‘Jurassic Park.’ Although he is better known as a director, Attenborough had a few other memorable acting roles, including as Santa Claus in ‘Prancer.’
Now: Attenborough passed away in 2014 at the age of 90.





Ariana Richards, Lex Murphy

Then: You may remember Ariana Richards as Lex Murphy, Hammond’s computer-savvy granddaughter who explores the park along with the scientists. Richards had her first big film role in 1989′s ‘Prancer,’ alongside her ‘Jurassic Park’ grandfather Richard Attenborough.
Now: Richards studied art in college and stopped acting to focus on her graphic art career. However, the 335-year-old has continued to dabble in acting, appearing in obscure projects, such as ‘Tremors 3,’ ‘Battledogs’ and ’5-25-77.’





Joseph Mazzello, Tim Murphy

Then: Mazzello played Tim Murphy, Lex’s little brother who was also along for the dangerous dinosaur ride. That same year the 9-year-old had another high profile role in the Anthony Hopkins film ‘Shadowlands.’
Now: Mazzello has worked pretty consistently throughout his teens and 20s, with his most well-known recent role as Dustin Moskovitz in ‘The Social Network.’ He was also in ‘GI: Retaliation’ and had recurring roles on ‘Person of Interest’ and ‘Justified.’





Martin Ferrero, Donald Gennaro

Then: Ferrero played lawyer Donald Gennaro, who meets a tragic end in ‘Jurassic Park.’
A longtime “that guy” actor, he was known for his roles in ‘Miami Vice’ and ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles.’

Now: The 67-year-old’s last film was 2001′s ‘Air Bud 3′ and his last credit was  when he reprised his doomed Gennaro character in a College Humor internet short.


Wayne Knight, Dennis Nedry

Then: Knight portrayed Dennis Nedry, a shady computer programmer who kicks off the dino rampage. During that time period, Knight was also making us laugh as Newman, ‘Seinfeld’s’ “fifth” cast member. He was also famous for perspiring during ‘Basic Instinct’s’ notorious interrogation scene.
Now: The 59-year-old has worked consistently and stars on the TV Land sitcom ‘The Exes.’ He also starred as Santa in the Broadway version of ‘Elf.’





Samuel L. Jackson, Ray Arnold

hen: You probably remember Samuel L. Jackson as Ray Arnold, the park’s chief engineer. ‘Jurassic Park’ is a big reason Jackson is the highest grossing actor of all-time, with his films totaling almost $10 billion in box office revenue.
Now: There may be no harder working man in show business. Jackson, 65, added to his record-breaking box office total with turns in ‘The Avengers,’ ‘Django Unchained’ and the ‘Captain America’ series, as well a string of other high-profile flicks in the works, including ‘Nick Fury’ and ‘Tarzan.’





B.D. Wong, Dr. Henry Wu

Then: B.D. Wong played geneticist Dr. Henry Wu. He had previously been in movies such as ‘The Freshman’ and ‘Father of the Bride.’
Now: Wong has long played Dr. George Huang on ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.’ He’s expected to appear in ‘Jurassic Park 4.’


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