'David basically took it from a banquet to fast food and that's a compliment because the movie feels like a drive-thru. I just remember all the interstitial animation that was done to illustrate the science and thought, 'Why don't we do all this in a two-minute animated handbook for the audience?' It would be easy for everybody to understand how this is even possible to bring dinosaurs back.' 'When I was a kid, the AV kids used to wheel in the projector and show these Frank Capra-produced and -directed documentaries on the mind, the heart, and the sun. Spielberg drew on memories from his childhood for Mr. It's also no accident he makes his debut during the informational film park creator John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) screens for his guests. DNA (voiced by Greg Burson) might only appear in one scene in the film, but he's always been a memorable part, a kind of unofficial mascot for the park. DNA?' And the other one said, 'Yes! That's exactly what we're going to do!''

'How on earth do you get that in a movie? I remember Steven and I were wrestling with that very issue, about the DNA, and one of us said, 'What are we supposed to do? Have a little animated character called Mr. They accomplished it by coming up with easily the most underrated character in the film. Then there was the wizardry of Industrial Light & Magic's Dennis Muren (' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'), who provided the means to create the revolutionary effects for the dinosaurs in 'Jurassic Park.' But it would take all three - Spielberg, Koepp, and Murren's effects - to solve their exposition problem.

Spielberg's salvation? Luckily, the director had a dream team working on the script, with David Koepp arriving to assist and then completing the working script Crichton had started. 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. 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. 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.

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