JP30: Limited Edition 30th Anniversary Poster
“We have a T-Rex!” - Jurassic Park (1993)
On this day in 1993, Jurassic Park roared into UK cinemas. In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the 1993 Annual, Film Review presents a limited edition poster of the year’s cover on museum quality matte paper. Highlighting Steven Spielberg's now-seminal Jurassic Park on the cover, the 49th volume of the world’s longest-running film annual included an introduction from founder F. Maurice Speed, along with features such as the Releases of the Year, the Top Ten Box Office Stars (Kevin Costner was number one), film historian Anthony Slide’s Letter from Hollywood, and the Ten Most Promising Faces of 1993 (Brendan Fraser, Jason Scott Lee, Robert Sean Leonard, Mike Meyers, Kathy Najimy, Chris O’Donnell, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Janine Turner, and Elijah Wood).
From the annual, James Cameron-Wilson’s 1993 review of Jurassic Park
“By extracting the blood from a prehistoric mosquito preserved in amber, scientists discover the DNA of dinosaurs bitten 65 million years ago. Then, by copying the DNA (or genetic code) and placing it in the cell of a frog, they are able to hatch a dinosaur embryo in laboratory conditions. Dotty Scottish billionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) captilises on the idea by masterminding an epic theme park populated by brachiosauruses, triceratops, a tyrannosaurus rex and whathaveyou. Before revealing his secret to the public, Hammond invites a palaeontologist (Sam Neill), a paleobotanist (Laura Dern), a mathematician (Jeff Goldblum) and a financier (Martin Ferrero) to his unique zoo of a bygone era. Big mistake…Drawing from a budget of $60 million, Spielberg and Industrial Light & Magic produce the goods and then some, creating an astonishing range of gentle, intelligent and ferocious creatures that move, breathe and attack like the real thing. Unfortunately, the prehistoric cast is introduced too soon for full dramatic effect, while the human characters are less convincing. Still, Jurassic Park is an exhilarating and often intensely frightening experience that should outlast the next millennium. Interestingly, the week that the film opened in the US, scientists successfully isolated genetic material from an extinct weevil dating from 120 to 130 million years ago, proving the sort of publicity that not even Spielberg could afford to buy.”
Only available for a limited time during the film's 30th anniversary year, poster sales end 16 July 2024. Buy the poster here
