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Of the nine different dinosaur species featured in The Lost World: Jurassic Park, two characters in particular embody the artful combination of animatronic and computer generated technology that has dazzled audiences around the world: the compsognathus (shown below attacking hunter Dieter Stark) and the T-rex, the film's smallest and largest dinosaurs, respectively. | ||||||||||||
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In the scene, the compys attack Dieter Stark (Peter Stormare), a cold South African second-in-command big game hunter, who earlier in the film had chastised the chicken-size creatures with an electric prod. It begins with a few compys teasing Stark when he gets separated from the group. Frustrated and confused, Stark wanders further and further from his comrades as the compys follow him in increasing numbers. Soon, completely lost, Stark is surrounded by a swarm of the tiny creatures, observing him with their ritualistic head-bobbing. Rightfully fearing for his life, Stark panics and begins running. When he trips over a log in his path, he is attacked and killed by the dozens of tri-finger clawed hunters who have payback on their minds.
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The
compsognathus make their big screen debut in the opening
encounter with the little girl, setting in motion a series
of events that leads Ian Malcolm and the others to Site B.
But later in the film there is a much more graphic depiction
of the less than 3-feet long compy - with their long necks,
flexible forearms and razor-sharp teeth - as the "land
piranha" they really are: light, fast, deadly predators that
take no prisoners.
Winston's primary
challenge was to capture movement of the lively
creatures -especially the desired quick, birdlike,
attack movement. Fortunately, mechanical designer
Chris Cowan put Winston's concerns regarding the
compys movement to rest when he devised a way to
actuate the agile creatures through a combination
of cable-controlled servo mechanisms and
pneumatics.
