Season 1 · Episode 26
"Jaws" (1975) vs. "Jurassic Park" (1993): Episode 1 of 3
In the summer of 2020, when COVID turned the world upside down and theaters scrambled to stay open, two of Steven Spielberg’s greatest summer blockbusters—"Jaws" and "Jurassic Park"—miraculously topped the box office once again, decades after their...
Surely You Can't Be Serious Podcast
July 8, 202545m 56s
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Show Notes
In the summer of 2020, when COVID turned the world upside down and theaters scrambled to stay open, two of Steven Spielberg’s greatest summer blockbusters—"Jaws" and "Jurassic Park"—miraculously topped the box office once again, decades after their original release. In this first of a three-part series, Jason and Dee dive deep into the origin stories of both films. From the troubled production of "Jaws" that nearly sank Spielberg's career to the groundbreaking birth of CGI that made "Jurassic Park" a cinematic game changer, we unpack how these two iconic movies forever changed Hollywood. Grab your popcorn and hold on to your butts—this is the ultimate showdown between man-eating sharks and genetically resurrected dinosaurs!