The location filming for the movie
JURASSIC PARK on the Hawaiian island Kaua'i was nearly finished when hurricane 'Iniki arrived on 11 September 1992. One of the most famous scenes, the rush of the gallimimus, was therefore filmed on the neighbouring island O'ahu.
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The tree trunk from Jurassic Park,
Kualoa Ranch, O'ahu, 12 June 2017 |
The Ka'a'awa Valley proved to be the ideal location for the stampede. The valley is part of the Kualoa Ranch, a cattle ranch near the ocean with 4,000 acres of landscape. Films and television series have been made here since the 1950s. Visitors can visit the valley during the
Movie Tour, a 90 minutes bus tour with a guide. Unfortunately, the bus stops only twice, first at the movie museum in a former World War II-bunker and then at the tree trunk that can be seen in
Jurassic Park. Although we were given less than ten minutes to take pictures, the visit was worthwhile.
After being forced to spent the night in a tree, Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and the children Lex (Ariana Richards) and Tim (Joseph Mazzello) try to find their way back to the visitor center. From a distance they see a herd of gallimimus, that suddenly comes running towards them. Hidden behind a dead tree they watch how one of the animals falls prey to the tyrannosaurus rex. The fields are normally used for cattle, as can be seen in the first photo.
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Screenshots © Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment
More than twenty years after the first film, production returned to the Ka'a'awa Valley for the fourth film in the series,
JURRASIC WORLD. In the years that have passed since the disastrous events of the first three films, a new and successful wildlife park with cloned dinosaurs has been established on Isla Nublar. Again, it all goes wrong when the indominus rex, a genetically engineered and aggressive dinosaur, breaks loose.
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The shooting at the Kualoa Ranch took place in April 2014. Several sets were built at this location, including the 40 feet high residence of the indominus rex and the Gyrosphere station, a ride where visitors roam freely among the dinosaurs in spherical vehicles. On O'ahu, scenes were also filmed at the Honolulu Zoo and at the Hawaii Convention Center.
Just like in the first movie, a running herd of gallimimus can be seen, now being chased by a jeep with visitors. The monorail was digitally added to the mountain ridge.
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In the movie museum of the Kualoa Ranch, the first stop during the Movie Tour, some props from the film are on display, including the sign at the entrance of the Gyrosphere.
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| Movie museum, Kualoa Ranch, O'ahu, 12 June 2017 |
Screenshots © Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment/Legendary Pictures
