Jurassic Park 3D which will be released in April has an M rating, while the original was given a PG rating. Source: Supplied
IT?S official. Dinosaurs are scarier in 3D. Twenty years after it was first released, Jurassic Park will roar back into cinemas on April 4 with a state-of-the-art 3D makeover.
It joins another old favourite getting a 3D re-run this year: Top Gun.
In 1993, Steven Spielberg's 2D movie about cloned dinosaurs running wild received a PG rating and was a massive hit with family audiences – grossing $22 million in Australia (and almost $900 million worldwide). Last week, the Australian Classification Board gave Jurassic Park 3D – the same film, just with more lifelike dinos bursting out of the screen – an M rating.
What a difference an extra dimension can make!
"I’m a little unsure what to make of the decision by the Classification Board," said Mike Baard, Managing Director of Universal Pictures Australasia, the local distributor of Jurassic Park 3D, following the rating verdict.
"Certainly, it’s a first – the first time the very same film has been rated differently because of the impact of 3D. That says to the audience they’re going to have a different experience as a result.
The classification board said the 3D version really enhanced the sense of excitement.
"To me the M rating means the film has succeeded in ways beyond what it could do in 1993."
In querying the decision, Universal learnt the Classification Board "felt there was a heightened sense - the 3D really enhanced the sense of excitement".
Said Baard: "We were very surprised but not to the extent we felt we had to challenge it. The M rating still allows anybody to see the film; it’s just guidance for parents to say there might be material that’s not appropriate for children under 15 so you need to exercise caution."
The Classification Board deemed the 3D version of Jurassic Park contains language of "mild impact", themes of "moderate impact" and violence of "moderate impact".
The 1993 original was rated PG with consumer advice of "medium level violence".
Baard calls Jurassic Park 3D "a fairly visceral experience", but adds, "it was a pretty scary movie even back in its day". He wasn’t with Universal when the original was released two decades ago. "But speaking to people who were around then, the PG rating was considered a ‘hard’ PG -as opposed to a ‘soft’ M."
After Titanic received a much-hyped 3D re-launch last year, several high-profile titles were to follow in its wake. However, George Lucas’s Star Wars team has put a halt to 3D conversions already begun on Episodes I and II to instead concentrate on rebooting the franchise with new director J.J. Abrams.
And plans to convert action blockbuster Independence Day and Disney’s The Little Mermaid into 3D have been more permanently scrapped. Disney has seen consistently declining returns for its string of 3D re-releases, which has included Toy Story, The Lion King and most recently, Monsters, Inc.
However, Top Gun will still take a 3D flight on the big screen. Tom Cruise’s 1986 fighter pilot flick has been a perennial bestseller on home video, so has been revamped for Blu-ray as well as the IMAX cinema format. Top Gun 3D will have a two-week run at IMAX Melbourne from March 21 and Sydney IMAX from April 4.
Classic films converted from 2D to 3D
2103 releases
Jurassic Park (1993)
Top Gun (1986)
Monsters, Inc (2001) – was released in January
Released in past years
Titanic (1997)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
The Lion King (1994)
Toy Story (1995)
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
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