Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: July 25, 1995
• Run Time: 55 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303477461
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,245 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Hosted by Jeff Goldblum (Jurassic Park II). A fascinating look at could scientists one day create a living dinosaur using 100 million year old DNA? With interviews & demonstrations with some of today's top paleontologists and experts (and a behind-the-scenelook at the film Jurassic Park with director Steven Spielberg, Jeff Goldblum & author Michael Crichton), the Award-winning TV Series "Nova" explores the viability of recreating live dinosaur. All phases of logistics are approached, from extracting prehistoric insect DNA to creating embryos for placement in host eggs, and much more. Thought-provoking, informative and utterly fascinating, the program touches all the bases, even discussing whether it would be ethical to bring back an extinct species back to life. A well-thought out program.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not everything, but close enough, February 7, 2001

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William M. Kane (Lockport, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Real Jurassic Park [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a great video to show to high schoool classes when covering the genetics. It covers many (but not all) of the problems that a scientist would incur while trying to bring a dinosaur to life via DNA. The three steps in the video include, finding dino-DNA, developing the embryo, and keeping the dinosaur alive (much harder a task than one might think!). More (and more in depth) information on the problems incured can be found in the book "The Science of Jurassic Park and the Lost World or, How to Build a Dinosaur" by Rob DeSalle, Ph.D. Many problems, from finding the DNA, identifying the species, filling in gaps (frog DNA? PLEASE!!!), finding the appropriate first egg, and much much more.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE REAL JURASSIC PARK VHS, January 10, 2010

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This review is from: Real Jurassic Park [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This tape is a very enjoyable educational piece from the NOVA
series. It's narrated by JEFF GOLDBLUM,with insights from
MICHAEL CRICHTON,JACK HORNER,BOB BAKER,and even STEVEN SPEILBERG.
It was made back in 1995 and gives insights as to how,when,
and where you could bring back genetically created dinosaurs.
While a bit dated. It doe's give a view as to up to that
point in time how you would be able to make,and keep healthy,
genetically created dinosaurs.

7 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Documentary, A must for Dinosaur enthusiasts!, April 11, 2000

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This review is from: Real Jurassic Park [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This Video explored every single topic that is debated on what would happened if dinosaurs are brought back to life. Includes many points of views that really make you think about the topic. Very enjoyable.