侏罗纪公园 1 Jurassic Park (1993) Movie Script

ELLIE:

I'm still not clear on Chaos.

MALCOLM:

It simply deals with unpredictability in complex systems. It's only principle is the Butterfly Effect.

A butterfly can flap its wings in Peking and in Central Park you get rain instead of sunshine.

Ellie gestures with her hand to show this information has gone right over her head.

MALCOLM:

I made a fly by, I go too fast.

Looking out of the opposite window, Grant sees movement at the far end of a field. He sits bolt upright, trying to get a better look.

Malcolm, looking for another example - - MALCOLM (cont'd) (points to the glass of water) Here. Give me your glass of water.

He dips his hand into the glass of water. He takes Ellie's hand in his own.

MALCOLM (cont'd) Make like hieroglyphics. Now watch the way the drop of water falls on your hand.

He flicks his fingers and a drop falls on the back of Ellie's hand.

MALCOLM (cont'd) Ready? Freeze your hand. Now I'm going to do the same thing from the exact same place. Which way is the drop going to roll off?

(or) Which way will the drop roll? Over which finger? Or down your thumb? Or to the other side?

ELLIE:

Uh - - thumb!

(or) The same way.

MALCOLM:

It changed. Why?

(or) Okay, back over your wrist.

(then) Because and here is the principle of tiny variations - - the orientations of the hairs - -

ELLIE:

Alan, listen to this.

MALCOLM:

- - on your hand, the amount of blood distending in your vessels, imperfections in the skin - -

ELLIE:

Oh, imperfections?

MALCOLM:

Microscopic - - never repeat, and vastly affect the outcome. That's what?

ELLIE:

Unpredictability....

MALCOLM:

And even if we haven't seen it yet, I'm quite sure it's going on in this park right now.

There's definitely something out in that field, and Grant has to see it.

He jerks on the door handle and opens his door a few inches. He looks outside towards freedom, then looks around to is anybody's watching him.