All this week here on Now I’ve Heard Everything, I’m showcasing vintage interviews with authors whose books were made into movies that we love.
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Today, Michael Crichton talks about the real science — and the real ethical questions — behind his 1990 bestseller, “Jurassic Park.”
I had read some of Crichton’s books, and enjoyed the movie “The Andromeda Strain,” that was based on one of them, but I had never interviewed him, until November 1990 when “Jurassic Park” was published.
“Jurassic Park:” the movie was released in 1993, starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum.
Made on an estimated budget of 63-million dollars, “Jurassic Park” earned some one billion dollars worldwide.
Author Michael Crichton died in 2008 at age 66.