Kafin a buga littafin Crichton, gidajen wasan kwaikwayo guda hudu sun nemi haƙƙin fim ɗin. Tare da tallafin Universal Studios, Spielberg ya sami haƙƙin dala miliyan 1.5 kafin a buga shi a 1990; An ɗauki Crichton a kan ƙarin dala 500,000 don daidaita littafin don allon. Koepp ya rubuta daftarin ƙarshe, wanda ya bar yawancin fallasa littafin da tashin hankali kuma ya yi canje-canje da yawa ga haruffa. An yi fim a California da Hawaii tsakanin watan Agusta da Nuwamba 1992, kuma an yi post-production har zuwa Mayu 1993, wanda Spielberg ya kula da shi a Poland yayin da yake yin fim ɗin Schindler's List. Tambaya: wanene ya rubuta daftarin ƙarshe na littafin Crichton?
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