JURASSIC PARK with Live Music by The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra November 3rd – 5th

JURASSIC PARK  screens with live music accompaniment by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra November 3-5th at Powell Hall in St. Louis (718 N Grand Blvd)

I’ve often said there’s nothing better than watching silent movies with live music, but what about watching sound movies with live music? When the movie is JURASSIC PARK and the score is being performed by the award-winning St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, it just becomes one of those events that can’t be missed. John William’s beloved score is performed live by the STL Symphony with Steven Spielberg’s’s adventure classic shown from the Powell Hall stage beginning at 7pm  November 3rd and 4th, and 2:30pm Sunday November 5th.

The movie itself certainly holds up. In 1993, JURASSIC PARK did for monster movies what King Kong had originally done in 1933. It combines the new (at the time) visual effects technology of CG with a fantastic story and great characters to create a dizzying exciting movie packed with action, scares, intrigue, drama and humor. It was Spielberg doing what he does better than just about anybody – creating pure cinematic entertainment which is visually stunning and emotionally satisfying. He set up the story with brilliant flourishes, like the opening killing of the park worker where all we see of the monster is a closeup of its eye, then moves on to show us the dinosaurs in a perfectly judged mixture of awe, wonder and terror. The eight minute sequence where the T-Rex attacks the children in the rainstorm sustains an incredible level of suspense. The entire movie is filled with such brilliant scenes though – the juxtaposition of the kids on the electric fence with Ellie trying to turn the power back on, the hide-and-seek with the raptors in the kitchen. Even the quiet moments where Alan and the kids hide in the tree or when Hammond tells the melancholic story of his flea circus are all charged with emotion. JURASSIC PARK was the best kind of Hollywood blockbuster; a rich, eye-popping, scary entertainment extravaganza from a tremendous fantasy story, lovingly crafted by one of the greatest filmmakers of all time.

You can enjoy JURASSIC PARK again on the big screen when it plays with live music accompaniment by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra beginning at 7pm November 3rd and 4th, and 2:30pm Sunday November 5th. at Powell Hall in St. Louis (718 N Grand Blvd)

Ticket information can be found HERE