The film follows wealthy industrialist (Richard Attenborough), who uses fossilized DNA to clone dinosaurs for a high-stakes theme park on Isla Nublar . To ensure the park's safety, he invites a group of experts: Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill), a traditional paleontologist. Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), a paleobotanist.

Spielberg wanted the Raptors to be 10 feet tall for dramatic effect, despite real Velociraptors being much smaller. Coincidentally, paleontologists discovered the 10-foot-tall Utahraptor shortly before the movie's release. Legacy and Availability

For close-ups and partial shots, master effects artist Stan Winston created full-sized, hydraulically powered robots.