Revisit The Digital Revolution In 'Jurassic Park' Through 10-Minute Video

Today is the 21st anniversary of the release of Jurassic Park, which hit theaters on June 11, 1993. With those twenty-one years in the rear view mirror, it can be difficult to remember just how groundbreaking the film was at the time.

In '93 there were only a few films that used digital effects, and not even a handful that used them as extensively as audiences saw in Jurassic Park. Now, when digital effects are used so pervasively that they can be impossible to distinguish from "real" images, it is good to mentally return to the days when a few seconds of animated T-Rex footage could blow the minds of some of the movie industry's most powerful figures.

A ten-minute installment of 'Moments That Changed the Movies,' produced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, helps us turn back the clock to the dawn of the digital effects era. Watch after the jump.