The Dark R-Rated 'Jurassic Park' James Cameron Never Got To Make

Over thirty years ago now, on June 11, 1993, one of the biggest and most important films ever made was released, when Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park came to theaters. The man who had already given us sharks in Jaws, and aliens in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, was now going to tackle dinosaurs running amok in an amusement park. It's safe to say, with its almost billion-dollar worldwide box office haul, that Jurassic Park was a success. Though it launched a six-film franchise, no entry has yet to come close to the original. Steven Spielberg was the perfect director for the job. He understood horror, not just with Jaws but Duel, and the importance of characters, but his Indiana Jones trilogy showed how well he could construct non-stop action. Jurassic Park has all of that. Yes, there are dinosaurs killing people and intense chase scenes, but none of that would matter without the phenomenal characters played by Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Richard Attenborough, among others.