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Jurassic Park

1993127 minutesPG-13
8
Arcplot Score
💎 Masterclass
Unverified
8.2IMDb
🍅 91%Rotten Tomatoes
Ⓜ️ 68/100Metacritic
🎬 8.0TMDb
📊 6.2Popularity
🏆Won 3 Oscars. 44 wins & 27 nominations total
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Written by: Michael Crichton, David Koepp
Huge advancements in scientific technology have enabled a mogul to create an island full of living dinosaurs. John Hammond has invited four individuals, along with his two grandchildren, to join him at Jurassic Park. But will everything go according to plan? A park employee attempts to steal dinosaur embryos, critical security systems are shut down and it now becomes a race for survival with dinosaurs roaming freely over the island.

Box Office

Budget:$63.0M
Revenue:$920.1M
Profit:$857.1M

Arcplot Score Breakdown

Beat Timing Precision6.9/10
Emotional Arc Impact10/10
Thematic Consistency7/10
Overall Score8/10

Beat Sheet

15 plot points

Jurassic Park Arcplot
1
Opening Image
1 min
2
Theme Stated
15 min
3
Set-Up
22 min
4
Catalyst
28 min
5
Debate
38 min
6
Break Into Two
48 min
7
B Story
55 min
8
Fun and Games
68 min
9
Midpoint
75 min
10
Bad Guys Close In
88 min
11
All Is Lost
102 min
12
Dark Night of the Soul
108 min
13
Break Into Three
112 min
14
Finale
118 min
15
Final Image
126 min

Emotional Arc

+100-10

Plot Points

#1

Opening Image

1 min

Isla Nublar. Worker killed by Velociraptor during transfer. Danger immediate. Lawyer arrives: park needs expert endorsement after accident. Wonder and terror from start.

#2

Theme Stated

15 min

Ian Malcolm: "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they did not stop to think if they should." Theme: nature cannot be controlled, hubris vs. respect for natural order.

#3

Set-Up

22 min

Alan Grant paleontologist, dislikes kids. Ellie Sattler partner. Dig site. Hammond invites to preview park. Malcolm mathematician added. Lawyer Gennaro. Hammond grandkids unexpectedly there. Experts assembled for tour.

#4

Catalyst

28 min

First dinosaur - Brachiosaurus! "They do move in herds." Wonder and awe. Living, breathing dinosaurs. Impossible made real. Grant and Ellie overwhelmed. Dream come true. Malcolm skeptical. Everything changes seeing them alive.

#5

Debate

38 min

Tour begins. Triceratops sick. Grant studying. Hammond explains: genetic engineering, all female, control breeding. Malcolm warns chaos theory. Should park open or not? Safety vs. miracle. Experts divided. Storm approaching.

#6

Break Into Two

48 min

Nedry sabotages park for corporate espionage. Turns off security. Trapped in cars when T-Rex paddock fence shuts down. Storm raging. Enter world where dinosaurs free and humans prey. No control. Pure survival.

#7

B Story

55 min

Grant protecting kids Lex and Tim. Initially dislikes children. Forced to care for them. Relationship developing through survival. Learning to connect. Kids teaching Grant about life beyond fossils. Family forming through crisis.

#8

Fun and Games

68 min

T-Rex attack! Iconic scene. Lawyer eaten. Car flipped. Kids terrified. Escaping T-Rex. Tree climbing. Raptor kitchen. Gallimimus stampede. Brachiosaurus sneeze. Promise: dinosaur survival horror and wonder combined.

#9

Midpoint

75 min

Power restored briefly. See dinosaurs peacefully. "Life finds a way" - dinosaurs breeding. False victory: getting control back. But raptors learning, hunting. Hammond realizes park failed. Stakes: must survive, cannot control nature.

#10

Bad Guys Close In

88 min

Raptors everywhere. Hunting systematically. Tim electrocuted on fence. Grant revives him. Ellie and Muldoon hunting raptors. Muldoon killed. Multiple threats converging. Communication down. Rescue boat left. Trapped.

#11

All Is Lost

102 min

Raptors in visitor center. Kids trapped in kitchen. Grant and Ellie separated. Cornered from all sides. Lex and Tim hiding. Raptor learning door handle. Everywhere they turn, death. No weapons, no escape. Terror peak.

#12

Dark Night of the Soul

108 min

Grant holding kids in ceiling as raptors search below. Hammond in control room alone, park destroyed. Malcolm wounded. Dream became nightmare. All control illusion. Man cannot play God. Everything failed spectacularly.

#13

Break Into Three

112 min

Lex restores power. "It is a Unix system! I know this!" Synthesis: children and technology save them. Doors lock. Brief escape. Running for exit. Humans adapting to survive nature no longer controllable.

#14

Finale

118 min

Raptors corner them in rotunda. T-Rex crashes through, attacks raptors! Natural order. Predators fight each other. Humans escape in chaos. Hammond: "I really hate that man." Vision dead but alive. Barely survive nature.

#15

Final Image

126 min

Helicopter leaving island. Grant arm around kids. Now loves children. Pelicans flying. Nature endures. Hammond dream destroyed. Respect for life and chaos learned. Cannot control nature. Survival gift enough. Changed forever.