Company: Columbia/TriStar.
Date: June 2000.
Subject: Jurassic Park June 2000.

Sydney, Australia, June 20, 2000 – Columbia TriStar Home Video unleashes Jurassic Park and The Lost World: Jurassic Park, two of director Steven Spielberg’s most eagerly anticipated and biggest blockbuster films, for the first time ever on DVD as Collector’s Editions in October, 2000.

The discs will contain rare and never-before-released footage, Jurassic Park and The Lost World: Jurassic Park are Collector’s Editions a collector shouldn’t be without!

TWO OF THE HIGHEST-GROSSING FILMS OF ALL TIME

The combined box office gross for Jurassic Park and The Lost World has exceeded $1.5 billion worldwide and both films remain among the Top 10 Highest-Grossing films of all time.

Released in 1993, Jurassic Park remains the all-time international box office champ, grossing over $33 million at the Australian box office alone.  It was the first film to implement the new DTS (Digital Theatre System) sound system and quickly earned accolades from critics and audiences for the film’s groundbreaking computerised visual and shattering sound effects, particularly the strikingly realistic dinosaurs. The film earned Academy Awards® for “Best Visual Effects,” “Best Sound” and “Best Sound Effects”.

The Lost World, the blockbuster sequel released in 1997, earned in excess of $20 million at the Australian box office, and raised the special effects stakes impressively while maintaining the non-stop excitement and thrills of the first film. 

As two of the most prominent and dazzling action adventure titles of the cinema, Jurassic Park and The Lost World make ideal additions to any home entertainment library. 

The acquisition of Steven Spielberg’s titles on DVD is part of Columbia TriStar Home Video and Universal Studios Home Video (USHV) DVD distribution agreement outside North America for USHV DVD products.  Columbia TriStar distribute a range of Universal Studios' DVD titles, making Columbia TriStar Home Video the leader in the DVD market.

Columbia TriStar Home Video is a Sony Pictures Entertainment company. Sony Pictures’ global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home video acquisition and distribution, operation of studio facilities, development of new entertainment technologies and distribution of filmed entertainment in 67 countries worldwide.

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