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(Wednesday, June 9, 1993, 7:00 p.m. EDT) — Jurassic Park, an American science fiction film about a billionaire philanthropist and a small team of genetic scientists who have created a wildlife park of cloned dinosaurs, premiered tonight at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C., and was released two days later in the United States.

Directed by Steven Spielberg, the film starred Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, BD Wong, Samuel L. Jackson, Wayne Knight, Joseph Mazzello and Ariana Richards.

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The film is set on the fictional island of Isla Nublar, located off Central America’s Pacific Coast near Costa Rica, where a wealthy businessman named John Hammond (Attenborough) and a team of genetic scientists have created a wildlife park of de-extinct dinosaurs.

When industrial sabotage leads to a catastrophic shutdown of the park’s power facilities and security precautions, a small group of visitors, including Hammond’s grandchildren, struggle to survive and escape the now perilous island.