1993, in any cinema in Spain. Jurassic Park just released. In just a few months, nearly six thousand spectators would pass through the theaters of our country to meet the dinosaurs of Spielberg. It would be the beginning of a franchise that is still alive to this day and whose latest installment debuted this summer on the big screen.
After 32 years, the first film of Jurassic Park continues, unquestionably, at the forefront of all. Including its sequel, also filmed by Spielberg. It’s hard to explain what makes this product unique Jurassic Park original, so full of details that, decades later, there are still many to discover. One of the last is the curious wink of Jurassic Park has The Gooniesdirected by Richard Donner and written by Chris Columbus, but which was based on an original story by Steven Spielberg, who also participated as a producer.
What is “Jurassic Park”’s nod to “Goonies”?
Spielberg was present in both, but with unequal weight. In Jurassic Parkthe only thing he didn’t provide was the original story, based on the well-known novel by Michael Crichton; In The Gooniesthe only thing he brought was the original story. Nor is it that the feature films, so Spielbergian, each give rise to numerous comparisons in their own way.
However, social networks have saved a triple coincidence, too striking to be a coincidence. This corresponds to Wayne Knight’s wardrobewho embodies the employee of Jurassic Park this triggers the catastrophe. Throughout the film, Knight makes a series of sartorial decisions as risky as his attempt to steal dinosaur embryos.
His Hawaiian print (perhaps Knight’s most memorable model), as well as the gray jacket or yellow raincoat with which he said goodbye to all the spectators, have already appeared in The Goonies, of course, distributed between three of its protagonists: Chunk (Jeff Cohen), Corey Feldman (Mouth) and Mikey (Sean Astin). The clothes are too specific for it to be a nod so as not to appear excessive.
The Goonies will return to theaters in December, to celebrate its 40th anniversary on the big screen. So, if you want to take the opportunity to track down the iconic children’s film in search of clues, the right time is December 12, when the billboards of our country will go back four decades to show one of the favorite films of all children born between the 80s and 90s.
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