National Film Vault

FILM NOTES

Universal Pictures released Jurassic Park in June 1993, directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Michael Crichton's novel. The film marked a turning point in visual effects history, combining Stan Winston's practical animatronics with pioneering computer-generated imagery from Industrial Light and Magic. It became the highest-grossing film of its time and remains a landmark of popular cinema, reshaping audience expectations for what was possible on screen.

This cell captures paleontologist Alan Grant in a moment of stillness, filmed from an elevated angle with the palm tree and rocky island terrain of Isla Nublar framing the composition. The confirmed title places young Tim Murphy within this sequence, a quiet beat from the survival story at the film's heart.