JURASSIC PARK - 1993

Synopsis:
Re-creating dinosaurs and stocking an amusement park with them seemed like a good idea until they started eating the customers in this Spielberg blockbuster.

Cast:
Grant - Sam Neill
Ellie - Laura Dern
Malcolm - Jeff Goldblum
Hammond - Richard Attenborough

Below: the tree featured prominently in the film.

PHOTO: Sam Neill runs for his life. Visit the site of the Gallimus dinosaur stampede you saw in Jurassic Park! The tree is still on the grounds for photo opportunities.

GODZILLA 2000

Synopsis: The movie pits a 180 foot-high Godzilla against an alien life form aroused from its 6,000 year sleep in the depths of the Japan trench. Two hundred meters wide and shaped like a rock, the alien flies over the Japanese archipelago and attacks Godzilla, who has just crushed the entire city of Nemuro, Japan.

Can Godzilla's furious heat beam destroy the gigantic UFO? Is this alien life form an enemy? Is there a future for the humans? The stage is set for an unprecedented battle between Godzilla(r), the UFO and the Japanese citizens of Shinjuku.

CAST:
Dr. Niko Tatopoulos: Matthew Broderick
Philippe Roache: Jean Reno
Audrey Timmonds: Maria Pitillo
Victor (Animal) Palotti: Hank Azaria
Col. Hicks: Kevin Dunn
Mayor Ebert: Michael Lerner
Charles Caiman: Harry Shearer
Lucy Palotti: Arabella Field
Dr. Elsie Chapman: Vicki Lewis
Sgt. O'Neal: Doug Savant
Dr. Mendel Craven: Malcolm Danare

MIGHTY JOE YOUNG - 1998

CAST:

Gregg O'Hara....... BILL PAXTON
Jill Young....... CHARLIZE THERON
Strasser......RADE SHERBEDGIA
Cicily Banks....... REGINA KING
Garth...... PETER FIRTH
Pindi..... NAVEEN ANDREWS
Dr. Harry Ruben.... DAVID PAYMER
Kweli.....ROBERT WISDOM
Jack..... CHRISTIAN CLEMENSON
Vern..... GEOFFREY BLAKE
Dr. Baker.... LAWRENCE PRESSMAN
Mighty Joe Young.... JOHN ALEXANDER

On a farm in the heart of Africa, a gentle young girl named Jill Young lives happily with her orphaned playmate Joe, a Tanzanian gorilla. As the years cultivate the extraordinary bond between these two unlikely friends, Jill marvels not at Joe's gargantuan 15-foot-tall physique, rather it is Joe's benevolent temperament and capacity to love that astounds her the most. It is only when Joe is brought to civilization that he learns to regard the human race with antipathy.

PEARL HARBOR - 2001

Synopsis:
On a sleepy Sunday morning in December, as children played and families prayed, squadrons of Japanese warplanes screamed across the skies of a Hawaiian paradise and launched a surprise attack on the U.S. armed forces at Pearl Harbor. The infamous day that jolted America from peaceful isolationism to total war and altered the course of world history is relived in this epic tale of patriotism, passion and romance.

"Pearl Harbor" focuses on the life-changing events surrounding December 7, 1941, and the war's devastating impact on two daring young pilots (Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett) and a beautiful, dedicated nurse (Kate Beckinsale). It is a tale of catastrophic defeat, heroic victory, personal courage and overwhelming love set against a stunning backdrop of spectacular wartime action.

Rafe.....................BEN AFFLECK
Danny Walker.......JOSH HARTNETT
Evelyn Johnson.....KATE BECKINSALE
"Dorie" Miller..CUBA GOODING, JR.
Earl...........................TOM SIZEMORE
President Roosevelt. .JON VOIGHT
Admiral Kimmel.........COLM FEORE
Colonel James H. Doolittle.....ALEC BALDWIN
Billy..........................WILLIAM LEE SCOTT

Gooz...........................MIKE SHANNON
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.......MAKO
Captain of the USS West Virginia.. PETER FIRTH
General George Marshall........SCOTT WILSON
Betty..........................JAMES KING
Commander Minoru Genda....CARY-HIROYUKI TAGAWA
Captain Thurman......DAN AYKROYD

WINDTALKERS - 2002

Synopsis:
WWII Marine Joe Enders is assigned to protect Ben Yahzee, a Navajo code talker and the Marines' new secret weapon against the Japanese. Enders' orders are to protect his code talker, but if Yahzee should fall into enemy hands, he's to "protect the code at all costs." Against the backdrop of the horrific Battle of Saipan, when capture is imminent, Enders is forced to make a decision: if he can't protect his fellow Marine, can he bring himself to kill Yahzee to protect the code?

Cast:
Christian Slater - Ox Henderson
Nicolas Cage Marine - Joe Enders
Peter Stormare - Hjelmstad
Noah Emmerich - Chick
Mark Ruffalo - Pappas
Frances O'Connor - Rita
Brian Van Holt - Harrigan
Cameron Thor - Mertens

News article:
September 12, 2001... "I live in Hawaii on the island of Oahu, and I read in the Honolulu Advertiser an article about the filming of Windtalkers," writes a local resident. "The budget is set around $100 million. At Kualoa Ranch they were doing on-site battlefield rehearsals. There were a hundred or more extras 'dressed as American soldiers in period detail' in an open field. John Woo pointed out white markings all over the valley where explosions would simulate the battle fire. He also said that there were 200 of them for one shot. Woo went on to say that although it has Nicolas Cage in it and a lot of explosives, the movie will focus on individuals...'It's all about friendship. And the Navajo. We want to tell their story...I will try to make it very realistic, very real and very touching.'"

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