One of the biggest challenges in adapting a novel into a movie is figuring out how to cram all the exposition into a decently moderate run time.
Such was the problem Steven Spielberg faced when Universal won the bidding war to turn Michael Crichton’s 448-page novel “Jurassic Park” into a film.
But that wasn’t the only hurdle.
The director already had a big enough conundrum on his plate: figuring out how to realistically bring to life the dinosaurs that were undoubtedly its central stars.
Spielberg’s salvation? Luckily, the director had a dream team working on the script, with David Koepp arriving to…The post Jurassic Park’s Mr.
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