Looker (1981)

 

Directed by Michael Crichton. Free with ads on Youtube. Albert Finney, Susan Dey, James Coburn, Leigh Taylor-Young.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looker 

https://trailersfromhell.com/looker/  

https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=3024

Eaters of the Dead - Michael Crichton

 

1976 historical thriller.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaters_of_the_Dead

Timeline - Michael Crichton

 

1999 time travel thriller. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_(novel)

Sphere - Michael Crichton

 

1987 thriller.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere_(novel)

The Lost World - Michael Crichton

 

I read the Jurassic Park paperback two summers ago according to this blog.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_World_(Crichton_novel)

Congo - Michael Crichton

 

Impulse reread while boxing up some old paperbacks. First read this copy as a teen. Came out in 1980.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_(novel)

Congo (1995)

 

Directed by Frank Marshall. Free With Ads on Youtube. I read the Michael Crichton book as a teen and I still have that paperback. I wish Frank Marshall had directed more movies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_(film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/congo-1995

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-strange-prehistory-of-1995s-congo/

https://thedissolve.com/features/forgotbusters/183-how-congo-tried-and-failed-to-walk-in-the-footstep/

https://www.avclub.com/it-s-no-jurassic-park-but-fellow-crichton-adaptation-c-1846771406

Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton

 

Woke up in the middle of the night the other night and read almost half of this. It is definitely a page turner. Paperback reread.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(novel)

https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-394-58816-2

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/michael-crichton/jurassic-park/

Westworld (1973)

 

Directed by Michael Crichton. Richard Benjamin. Today on the Movies! channel. I got this Blu-ray from the library. James Brolin. Yul Brynner. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westworld_(film)

https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/how-michael-crichtons-westworld-pioneered-modern-special-effects

https://www.avclub.com/richard-benjamin-on-peter-o-toole-celebrity-treasure-h-1798234629

Trailers From Hell.

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2748/westworld#articles-reviews?articleId=12461

https://thedissolve.com/features/laser-age/448-the-1970s-technophobia-of-michael-crichton/

Runaway (1984)

 

Another Free with Ads movie on Youtube. This has turned into more of a rewatch favorite over the years. A solid thriller. Michael Crichton. Tom Selleck. Kirstie Alley. Gene Simmons. John A. Alonzo cinematography.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_(1984_American_film)

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2021/03/john-alonzo-cinematographer.html

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/michael-crichtons-runaway-1984s-other-killer-robot-movie/

https://tv.avclub.com/tom-selleck-on-jesse-stone-friends-and-fighting-for-m-1798285640

Runaway (1984)—“Jack Ramsay” 

TS: Jack Ramsay is not exactly a character whose name is on the tip of everybody’s tongue, but Runaway was a really great popcorn movie that Michael Crichton wrote and directed. It was very futuristic, it had robots and all sorts of stuff, and it was a nice movie. It was a good movie that I’m very proud of. It didn’t do very well, which was a great disappointment to Michael, who became a friend. And Gene Simmons was in it! Gene hadn’t been in a feature film before, but he was great. We had some great talks and good times. He played this evil guy named Luther who’d invented bullets that could go around corners and hone in on people, and he had robot spiders that could attack people and inject them with poison. I know it sounds hokey, but with Michael Crichton at the helm, it was pretty good stuff.

The Andromeda Strain (1971)

 

Robert Wise one of my favorite directors. I read the book first, many years before I saw the movie. The Book Club edition was on the family bookshelf, and I liked to read thrillers late into the night. The first time I saw the movie was a similar late night experience.  It's long and that adds to the suspense.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andromeda_Strain_(film)

Trailers From Hell.

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-andromeda-strain-1971

https://trailersfromhell.com/the-andromeda-strain/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066769/