Jurassic Storyboards - Jurassic Park: The Many Deaths Of John Hammond

Fans of Jurassic Park universally fell in love with Richard Attenborough's portrayal of John Hammond from the films. Steven Spielberg, clearly evident of his casting choice and how he would have lovingly played such a Disney-like character, eventually led to him being a much more sympathetic compared to the novel's more sinister take. Fans of the novel will know that John Hammond dies while falling down a hill, then killed by Compies as their poisonous venom paralyzes him. However, in nearly every screenplay tackled by another writer, his death is altered.
This special Jurassic Storyboards video depicts all known ways he was to be killed in the film adaptations, until it was decided to keep him alive.
Featuring production artwork by Tom Cranham, Marty Kline, & John Bell. Curated and Edited by Derrick Davis. Music by Bernard A. Kyer. Credits Music by Bernard A. Kyer & John Williams. Estimated sequence creation: 1990-1992.
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JURASSIC STORYBOARDS are exclusive videos created to showcase storyboard sequences from JURASSIC PARK. Featuring early versions of famous scenes and omitted moments that never made it to the screen. Most of the storyboards are presented unedited from their original pages in various production quality, with music and ambient sound effects to set the general mood. There are several versions of the same sequences, conveying subtle to extreme differences to how they played out over time. This series is meant to educate and entertain how JURASSIC PARK's talented production artists shaped the film before anything was ever filmed.
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[@BonecrusherT800]

I remember how hateful Hammond was in the novel and how surprised by that I was after being used to the much kinder film version. Richard Attenborough (R.I.P.) had such a kind and lovable personality you just can't see him as the hateful dirtbag Hammond was in the novel. I think a wise decision was made to make the film version a much kinder character and thus have him live, learning from his mistakes.

[@PapaLobo94]

Given the fact that John Hammond was a colossal asshole throughout the entirety of the novel, I was surprised that Steven Spielberg decided to let him live at the end of the movie

[@velociraptor4you3291]

Good thing Hammond in the film _wasn’t_ a colossal *A-Hole* like he was in the novel; when I first read it, _that_ surprised me for sure.

[@DeadMansParty]

Hammond’s World was very depressing.