20 Mind-Blowing Facts About The Jurassic Park Franchise
16. George Lucas Saved Spielbergs Bacon
Spielberg first caught wind of Jurassic Park while working with Michael Crichton on an idea for a TV show that would eventually become ER, teasing the details out of the author and helping fast-track the sale of the movie rights. However, Spielberg was desperate to see another dream project realised in 1993: Schindlers List. As the director himself explains:
"I was desperate to make it on the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto, of the Holocaust at its height. I wanted the film to come out in 93, because of everything thats happened with ethnic cleansing with the Serbs and the Kurds, with Saddam Hussein.
Then-head of Universal Studios Sid Scheinberg agreed to let Spielberg decamp to Europe shortly after production wrapped on Jurassic Park on the condition that George Lucas agreed to oversee post-production in his place. Spielberg successfully enlisted his old pal to act as an insurance policy but had already completing the bulk of the editing on Jurassic Park before filming began on Schindlers List, liaising with Lucas and the special effects crew from afar to complete post-production. Spielbergs artistic and commercial efforts in 1993, which would see him finally claim a deserved Best Director Oscar while also releasing the most successful movie ever made, rank high among filmmakings most remarkable accomplishments.
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