7 Insane Things That Were Cut From Jurassic Park Movies
6. The Dramatic Helicopter Rescue
Jurassic Park fans will be well aware that at least one alternative ending for the film was scripted and storyboarded, but another has surfaced in recent years, and it was even more dramatic than the conclusion that was actually filmed.
One idea Steven Spielberg and his team kicked about was to have Alan Grant and the gang dramatically airlifted from the stricken theme park by helicopter, avoiding the jaws of the T-Rex with mere second to spare.
While fleeing from Rexy on foot, the gang leap into the chopper as it's taking off. Grant just makes it and is left clinging onto a runner for dear life as the T-Rex lunges, inflicting toothy damage on the vehicle but not enough to knock it out of the sky.
Although this narrow escape would have made for a more dramatic ending than the one Spielberg used, including it would have deprived the world of that iconic final shot where the T-Rex roars in triumph while a banner reading 'When dinosaurs ruled the earth' floats to the ground.