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It is well known that the animatronic triceratops that was made for Jurassic Park (1993) wasn’t used, but it did make appearance in The Lost World, although not as an animatronic. The Stan Winston Studio crew retained the original radio-controlled head but the animatronic body was refurbished as a foam latex Triceratops suit, worn by SWS employee Lindsay MacGowan in the scene.

Here’s a quote from the book Jurassic Park: The Ultimate Visual History by James Mottram:

To create a caged baby Triceratops, Winston's team dug out the abandoned infant Trike animatronic from Jurassic Park. The mechanics were removed so Winston employee Lindsay MacGowan could climb into the creature's skin via its belly and perform the creature on set. "I was on all fours basically, inside the cage," says MacGowan, who admits it was physically tough to be in that position for any length of time. "The takes were kind of long. So by the time you finished the take, your arms were a little bit like jelly!"

Here’s a fun bit of “movie mistake” trivia for the nerds out there!

In the first slide, we see Malcom walk towards the front trailer, but then he enters into the second one.

And behind him is the wrong car; that’s the one Eddie was sitting on a moment ago, when it should be the one of with the “bubble” top.

Also the sunroof is missing from the car in these scenes.

All this is because this scene was a pickup. It was shot in February 1997, after principal photography had already wrapped.

Above are pages from the 4/19/1996 draft of The Lost World, as well as the 6/21/1996 draft. I also included a page from a June 3 1996 script meeting between screenwriter David Koepp and Steven Spielberg, where it is mentioned that producer Kathleen Kennedy suggested Sarah be the first on the island, much like Levine in the novel. It turns out she won that debate.

Here is the link to JurassicLibrary’s post : https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX9NrVrNb3r/?igsh=eWNlMnZmeHdmcTl0

(I uploaded it to YouTube as an unlisted video only to share onto this sub specifically, I do not take credit for this video.)

The clip shows rehearsals of the scene where the Gatherers set up their base camp, and Eddie activates the GPS device. Nick and Malcolm both look over Eddie’s shoulder while the GPS loads. Nick then moves over to the car to start unpacking his camera supplies; Ian moves over to Eddie’s other shoulder so the camera can see Nick in the background.

Here is the dialogue which you can faintly hear:

NICK
What's that?

EDDIE
Global Positioning Sensor.

MALCOLM
Looks like it's bouncing off the cloud cover.

EDDIE
Give it a minute. It's reading the optical. Waystations are coming up.

NICK
Data from what?

EDDIE
Radar. Navigational satellites. That's us right there. And I built a location sensor into Dr. Harding's satellite phone, so we should be getting a readout right about . . . There's our girl.
(to Malcolm)
See, Doc? Everything is under control.

MALCOLM
Her phone is safe. I'm so relieved. You got the rifle?

The clip shows rehearsals of the scene where the Gatherers set up their base camp, and Eddie activates the GPS device. Nick and Malcolm both look over Eddie’s shoulder while the GPS loads. Nick then moves over to the car to start unpacking his camera supplies; Ian moves over to Eddie’s other shoulder so the camera can see Nick in the background.

Here is the link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX9NrVrNb3r/?igsh=eWNlMnZmeHdmcTl0

Here is what is in the dialogue which you can faintly hear:

NICK
What's that?

EDDIE
Global Positioning Sensor.

MALCOLM
Looks like it's bouncing off the cloud cover.

EDDIE
Give it a minute. It' reading the optical. Waystations are coming up.

NICK
Data from what?

EDDIE
Radar. Navigational satellites. That's us right there. And I built a location sensor into Dr. Harding's satellite phone, so we should be getting a readout right about . . . There's our girl.
(to Malcolm)
See, Doc? Everything is under control.

MALCOLM
Her phone is safe. I'm so relieved. You got the rifle?