The Jurassic Park Book

Name: The Jurassic Park Book | New Perspectives on the Classic 1990s Blockbuster
Brand: Bloomsbury Academic USA
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New Perspectives on the Classic 1990s Blockbuster

Matthew Melia(Herausgeber*in)

Bloomsbury Academic USA (Verlag)

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Erschienen am 16. November 2023

360 Seiten

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The definitive 1990s blockbuster, Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park met with almost universal critical and popular acclaim, broke new ground with its CGI recreation of dinosaurs, and started one of the most profitable of all movie franchises. To mark the film's 30th anniversary, this exciting illustrated collection of new essays interrogates the Jurassic Park phenomenon from a diverse range of critical, historical, and theoretical angles. The primary focus is on Jurassic Park itself but there is also discussion of the franchise and its numerous spin-offs.

As well as leading international scholars of film studies and history, contributors include experts in special effects, science on screen, fan studies, and palaeontology. Comprehensive, up to date, and accessible, The Jurassic Park Book appeals not only to students and scholars of Hollywood and contemporary culture, but also to the global audience of fans of the greatest of all dinosaur movies.

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Editor Matthew Melia and 16 enterprising colleagues dig deep into Steven Spielberg's pivotal masterpiece and reveal everything you want to know about Jurassic Park and the universe it established. Contributors of this work answer questions you never thought to ask about the movie's production, marketing, box-office success, franchising, fandom, ecopolitics, merchandising, and afterlives, as well as the representation of men, Jews, scientists, and dinosaurs. Required reading for every T-Rex, velociraptor, and their hosts of descendants and distant relatives. * Thomas Leitch, Kirkpatrick Chair of Writing, University of Delaware, USA * The Jurassic Park Book is a timely, necessary collection for students and scholars about the enduring power of popular entertainment and its limitless capacity to imagine new worlds while critically and commercially shaping our own. From franchise expansion to ecohorror nightmare, Jurassic Park harnesses the scholarly vitality of blockbuster entertainment to spectacular effect; its legacy proves again that Steven Spielberg is the master storyteller of this age. Through insightful, original, and rigorous readings lensed through several interdisciplinary frameworks, including fan and marketing studies, 1990s masculine anxieties, ILM's radical advancement in creating digital lost worlds, and the franchise's adaptation to and beyond the screen, Matt Melia's superb collection joyously unveils the film's rich scholarly depth and why it still matters in blockbuster entertainment today. * Sorcha Ni Fhlainn, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies and American Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK *

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List of IllustrationsTables and Graphs
List of Contributors
Foreword by Linda Ruth Williams
Acknowledgements

Introduction
Matthew Melia (Kingston University, UK)

Part I: Production, Adaptation and Reception
1. Writing the Raptor: from Script to Screen
Oliver Gruner (University of Portsmouth, UK)
2. Rebellious Creations, Monstrous Animals and (Un)Natural Disasters: The Jurassic Park Franchise and Box Office Hit Patterns
Peter Kraemer (De Montfort University, UK)
3. Sounds of the Lost World: Musical World Building in the Jurassic Park Franchise
Daniel White (Huddersfield University, UK)
4. Beyond the Gift Shop: Onscreen Merchandise and Modelling the Consumer-Spectator
Tom Livingstone (University of Kent, UK)
5. Jurassic Park and Dinosaur Fandom
Ross Garner (Cardiff University, UK)
6. Jurassic Park's Smoothing Pass: The Dinosaur Input Device and Digital Materialism
Julie Turnock (University of Illinois, USA)
7. From '6ft Turkey' to Marketing Monster: Marketing Jurassic Park and its Sequels
Ed Vollans (University of Leicester, UK)

Part II: Critical Perspectives and Interpretation
8. Jew-rassic Park
Nathan Abrams (Bangor University, UK)
9. Virility, Venality and Victory: Three Faces of Masculinity in Jurassic Park
Katie Barnett (University of Chester, UK)
10. Jurassic Park and Spielberg's Scientists
James Kendrick (Baylor University, USA)
11. The Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park and the Portrayal of Prehistoric Life and Paleontology in Film
Ali Nabavizadeh (University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, USA)
12. Lost Worlds and Dino Violence
Jennifer Schell (University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA)
13. Jurassic Park: Disaster, Chaos and Existential Threat
Matthew Melia (Kingston University, UK)

Part III: Beyond Jurassic Park
14. Smoke and Mirrors: the 3D Re-Imaginings of Jurassic Park
Allison Whitney (Texas Tech University, USA)
15. The Jurassic Joke
Janet Staiger (University of Texas, USA)
16. A Chance to Three-Dimensionally Live the Movie': Jurassic Park Attractions and Their Influence on Global Themed Experiences
Carissa Baker (University of Central Florida, USA)
17. Family, Nostalgia and Dinosaurs on Stage: The Jurassic Parks
Catherine Pugh (Independent Scholar, UK)

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