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The tour goes sideways in a massive way, however, when a park employee -- played by a pre-\"Seinfeld\" Wayne Knight -- shuts down security systems as part of a plot to steal dinosaur embryos. The park's live main attractions soon slip their pens, and wreak havoc on the humans stranded there. All this is set to an epic John Williams score.

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PHOTO: From left, Richard Attenborough, Martin Ferrero, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern in a scene from the film "Jurassic Park", 1993.
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The movie famously made use of cutting-edge, computer-generated effects from the wizards at George Lucas' special effects house, Industrial Light, and Magic, as well as the late Stan Winston and his team, who supplied stunning, full-sized dinos for close-ups -- including the now-iconic scene that saw a T-Rex getting up close and personal with a couple of kids, with only a toppled SUV's window between them.

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PHOTO: Joseph Mazzello and Ariana Richards look out a window in a scene from the film "Jurassic Park", 1993.
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Both special-effects teams won Oscars for their respective efforts. The film also won a third trophy, for best sound effects editing.

The movie, described by some as \"'Jaws' with claws,\" went on to gross more than $1 billion at the global box office, and spawned a pair of sequels, 1997's \"The Lost World,\" and \"Jurassic Park III\" in 2001.

The franchise got a billion-dollar boost with a 2015 reboot, \"Jurassic World,\" with star Chris Pratt playing a veteran-turned-velociraptor trainer, alongside his on-screen boss, played by Bryce Dallas Howard. A sequel, \"Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,\" hits theaters June 22.

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