In Character: Dennis Nedry | Jurassic Park (1993)
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- Опубліковано 11 чер 2020
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First episode of a new series where I talk about some of my favorite film characters instead, of entire films and careers. First up is one of my all-time favorites - Dennis Nedry as portrayed by Wayne Knight in Jurassic Park (199t3).
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Personally, my favorite fact is that despite being fat and selfish, he was not lazy nor helpless in a crisis. He was dangerously capable and more unlucky than incompetent. He hatches the plan to solve his financial issues through corporate espionage. His computer virus works brilliantly, covering his escape as intended. When his SUV gets hung up, he immediately gets out and starts using the winch, grumbling rather than panicking. It only when faced with a deceptively lethal predator that he loses, because he underestimated it, not because he panicked. A powerful counter to an all-too-common trope that fat and selfish means weak and helpless.
good point.
in the book, he is very sympathetic. Hammond was a crazy man. Nedry was a self-made tech wiz and had a small company. Hammond was using lawers to basically enslave Nedry's company. So it was less about money and more about payback. I understand in movies they have to compress and change things for time. I am glad you see shades of Hammond's true self in the movie, but he was full on grandiose narcissist.
I just wondered recently if he did succeed in his plan he would have been a wanted man. I guess he was planning on going back to the control room after he dropped off the canister and then switch the power back on. Hammond and the rest would have questioned where the hell he was for an hour.
@@TheRubberStudiosASMR He was hitching a ride on the last boat out of the island. That's why he was in such a hurry and driving too fast for the weather conditions. His plan wasn't supposed to take place until later, but the storm boned him into action.
Edit: Whoops, he was planning on going back!
@bill bixby I doubt it, I think he coulda got it down
The most villainous thing he did was ruining the pie. What a monster.
"I'm sorry about your financial problems but they are your problem."
from there, I understood Nedry's motives clearly even as a kid.
"Spared no expense", my ass.
When in college Wayne Knight was told that he would never make it as an actor. But I think he was excellent as Dennis Nedry. I can't imagine anyone else in that role.
Or maybe Danny DeVito cause he nailed it as the evil penguin in Batman Returns, but literally nobody else but Wayne Knight aka Newman couldn't nailed that role any better.
It’s crazy that he was at first a detective.
Do you think John Candy could’ve done it or would he have been too likeable?
@@Sonicandlaytonfan Also the sarcastic postal worker Newman on Seinfeld before Jurassic Park.
4:25 It is worth mentioning that in the Jurassic Park novel, Dennis Nedry’s death is way more graphic than what we see in the movie. In the novel Nedry gets blinded by the venom, has his intestines ripped out, and finally has his head in the jaws of the Dilophosaurus. And by the way the Dilophosaurus in the novel is about 6 or 7 feet tall, and has a red & yellow pattern to it.
Yeah, he met an adult in the novel.
Growing up my best friend's last name was Dotson and it was awesome to yell "Dotson! We got Dotson here!" every time he entered a room. Glad you included that clip so I could reminisce over annoying the hell outta my buddy for all those years lol
The fact that they decided to add the comedic whistle sound when Nedry falls down in the mud still perplexes and amuses me. And no, it's not the cable as the cable makes a ratcheting sound.
That sound just happened on set by accident. Spielberg liked it and kept it in
Spielberg always liked a hint of comedy in his action. His repeated use of The Wilhelm Scream in so many of his features became a joke, in itself.
I thought that was just the sound of his rubber galoshes slipping on the rock. The sound wasn't added in to be cartoonish.
@@matthewpaul6904 in what world lol? It is clearly unnatural. Also, it is a classic comedic sound. What are the odds that that would happen so perfectly on accident lol
Just in this video I noticed that there's also the hissing acid sound of the goo hitting Nedry's eyes. My brain always knew that the goo was supposed to burn, but I literally only just now realized it was that added sound effect that is 100% responsible for giving off that impression.
I love that, without ever feeling contrived or expositional, we’re told everything we need to know about Nedry in his introductory scene. He ruins someone else’s food thoughtlessly and, even after being given a fortune, makes someone else pay for his lunch.
As an IT Director, I now identify with Dennis more than anyone else
As someone who looks like Wayne Knight, you now identify with Dennis more then anyone else
I debug phone systems and build computer networks. Lol (no seriously that is my actual job)
Alex Johnson I don’t know whether to be offended or flattered. I do know that I will now begin advocating that Wayne Knight is a sexy beast!
webduelist see? Can you believe that Denis was carrying the entire IT infrastructure of Jurassic Park by himself? He was very likely over worked and under paid. It’s the tragic story of a lowly IT professional seeking to better himself and getting eaten along the way. #DennisDidNothingWrong
fubecafy I mean he bid to do the job, that would indicate he is a contractor, he could have multiple employees under him if he bid correctly, in the book he had people back on the main land.
I love Wayne Knight in everything I've seen him in. He's a delight to watch.
Definitely. He was great as the voice of Al in Toy Story 2 who I would say is the the secondary antagonist with Stinky Pete being the main one. In Billy Madison I thought it was Wayne Knight playing principal Anderson and it does look like him but he was played by Josh Mostel.
"I'm gonna run you over when I come back down" - somehow the way he says it makes it hilarious!
I just love that when Nedry slips on the waterfall, there’s a cartoon “whee” sound effect subtly placed somewhat quiet compared to the rest of the audio. Listen closely at that scene. It’s hilarious.
That's just his rubber galoshes slipping on the wet rocks. Nothing more.
Wayne Knight said that was the most aweful scene he was in, he was wet, cold and miserable from an interview later he said
dennis was always my favorite character in jurassic park, I didn't even realize he was the villain when I was a kid and was disappointed when he dies.
“Jurassic Park is 27 years old... and if you haven’t watched it for a while...”
Honestly dude, I watch it every few months
Released1993. Isn't it now 30 years old this aummer? Still one of the best action adventure films
Went to see this movie in the theaters with my father in the laurel maryland shopping center cinema. There was a bad thunderstorm happening outside while the movie was playing and the power went out during the raptor in the kitchen scene. Being 7 years old at the time that freaked me out and I didn't know if it was part of the show or not. My dad chuckled at me at first but assured me it was just a power outage due to the thunderstorm. The power came back on after about 10 mins allowing us to finish the film with a full refund as well due to the inconvenience of the power going out during one of the most intense scenes in the movie. I will always have that wonderful memory of my father.
That sounds sorta thrilling. When I was watching it alone in theater it randomly cut out when Goldblum was talking (no idea why though). Used my free ticket to watch Robin Hood: Men in Tights. I was ten and probably should have gone with Hocus Pocus.
@@remmymontgomery8483 hahaha! I love hocus pocus. But yes the power outage due to a crazy storm outside was pretty cool cause they had emergency lights and you could hear the storm so we just got to chill out and talk for a couple of minutes until it came back on.
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Watching this movie as a kid, Dennis Nedry was my favorite character, because he got to play with all the cool toys and speed through the jungle in a jeep during a tropical storm, which I thought was the coolest thing ever.
Never mind that he gets brutally killed and eaten by one of the scariest dinosaurs in the movie.
"Love to hate" is an incredible talent. Clarence Boddicker is another great one.
Robocop
Are you psychotic. After the way he tortures Murphy there was no liking that guy
@@A-small-amount-of-peas you do realize that eumoria was saying that Clarence Boddicker is good at playing characters that people love to hate? As in, the characters are real jerks that piss off the audiences. You're not actually disputing what was said but you're confirming the original point.
And Negan from the walking dead
Funny how the Dennis Nedry figure released at the time of the release of the film looks absolutely nothing like Wayne Knight.
a0040pc Some versions even had sunglasses. It looked like the Terminedry
saved a bit of money on licensing for sure.
@@justinratcliffe947 That is the one I have
Yeah, it was sculpted as a tough guy
I love that scene of his over-explaining his trip to the vending machine. Anyone who feels guilty or trying to tell a lie will go on and on like that to make themselves seem more natural. Having a bad guy also be a bad liar makes for a far more realistic character.
FUN FACT; Dennis Nedry was Peter Griffin's first live-action performance. :o)
I wanted Dennis to get off the island and become rich while watching as a child.
Same, my personal head cannon is that he was able to beat the dilo and escape safely
@@alfsleftnut9224 me too lol
@@MustachioMo We never SEE him dead. He probably bashed that dumb dino's head in.
He is THE disgruntled employee. So much more depth to this character, a v smart guy. Ask any software technicians worth their salt and they'll admit his setups for jurassic park were beyond incredible.
I loved Wayne Knight in this, he was also pretty funny in the show 3rd Rock From The Sun
He was fantastic!
Sally ♥
His squeal when he gets shown the shaving can secret compartment does sound eerily like his eventual killers squeal
And he was killed while having a shaving-cream-esque substance applied to his face.
@@PongoXBongo what kind of shaving cream are you using? Lol
Foreshadowing
@@Nickraculous Shaving gel then lol no menthol
2:17 is that loud squeal from Dennis's laugh or from a noise the canister is making while popping open?
It's his laugh. I had wondered since 27 years ago but confirmed that it's his laugh
@@katespe You're doing God's work.
Science vs religion
Chicken or the egg
Dennis's laugh or the can opening?
I’m glad you asked this question and not me lol
Dennis squeals like a pig
In the novel Dennis Nedry’s death was more violent then in the movie.
The first scene with him in the movie leaves out one thing, in the book he was recording the conversation which is why he made sure to say Dodgson's name out loud he was planning on blackmailing him afterwards.
Holy crap, that Goonies piece of trivia blew my mind. I like being surprised by movies like that years later
Supposedly, the dilophosaurus in the film is a baby. A full grown dilophosaurus is 23 feet tall. I would love to see an adult.
I’m surprised why they haven’t included it in any other of the films. It has so much potential- but then I guess that’s why it’s appearance in the first film is so special. The sequels are mostly terrible anyway.
which would mean that frill is an intimidation display rather than a sexual one.
I figured it was just more InGen splicing, he ended up a runt because they crammed his DNA full of frilled lizard. you notice he also lacks the crocodile-style notched jaw, instead having a simple lizardmouth.
@@KairuHakubi They tried to retcon their VERY inaccurate appearance using that as an excuse for the later films, but it always sounded like a weak excuse. 😂 Just like how they turned deinonychus into velociraprors, when the real raptors were closer to the size of a turkey.
@@WobblesandBean I believe the initial idea was deinonychus and they just said velociraptor SOUNDS better, so they went with it. Plus they wanted to be able to have humans in costumes. This does not bother me.
I feel soooo much older! I was actually a projectionist in Houston, TX for Cineplex Odeon and ran this film. It was in the new DTS sound system. I saw this film (@ the theater no fewer than 9 times) Now over the years I've seen it on small screen, but always loved to see audience reaction to it. I remember all the teaser trailers 4 it. Yes! Wayne did a Bang UP job in a role that kicked off a franchise. It remains my favorite of ALL JP's
What I find funny is Hammonds catch phrase is "Spared no expense" but when it came to Nedry it seems he spared as much expense as he could.
Hammond was the *real* villain. He stiffed his employees.
Well that discrepancy largely seem to be because they changed Hammonds character from the book where he was a real scumbag, but kept the scenario largely intact as otherwise we wouldn't have much left of the plot.
We don't know what he was paid in the movie
He spent no expense in the official tours and aesthetics. Technical specs and security? Pfft. Typical miser.
I never thought about it before, but he is a pretty good character. He knows he's just a chubby nerd, someone nobody would think twice about, and he tries to make something of that by infiltrating a place as its IT guy... takes everything with a chill attitude because careful study and planning only got him a tech degree and a boring job. why stress when you have a pretty easy task of stealing from a hugely incompetent, overblown theme park slash mad science lab? but then things go a tiny bit wrong here or there and we see liiiittle cracks in his calm.
I heard William Hootkins was the original choice for the role. Hootkins of course having played Jek Porkins in Star Wars, Major Eaton in Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Lt. Eckhart in Batman '89.
Check your description, you misspelled "first" in "first up".
I randomly spent a solid fifteen minutes lecturing my poor wife on Wayne Knight and why he should be in everything given the nostalgia push of today after showing our youngest "Space Jam" yesterday.
With the all the childhood favorites having cameos, new roles on more, I wish I saw Mr. Knight in a whole lot more. He deserves it and my inner child greatly craves it.
This channel always makes me wonder how many other incredible content creators there are on UA-cam that I will never hear about because they’re sort of under the radar
One thing I feel that is under appreciated about Dennis is his death scream.
Oh, to be 10 again seeing this in the theater!! Was GROUND BREAKING at the time!! TY SIR!
I really did like his character as well. He played the part so well and I can’t see anyone else play it
Wayne Knight is a funny actor and it's possible other actors could've pulled off the role. John Goodman would've been a good choice. What's funny is when I first saw Billy Madison I thought it was Wayne Knight playing the role of principal Anderson and it does look like him but he was played by Josh Mostel.
I never understood why they focused in on the embryo canister getting buried in the mud, either. Same with Ned's first scene, where the camera focuses in on the shaving foam he scrapes off on his pie. I thought for sure they were setting up a Chekov's gun, but no...they were just really, really odd cinematography decisions. I can't help but feel like those were missed opportunities.
The canister buried in the mud was meant to emphasize that all of his scheming and planning was for nothing. I thought that was obvious. Also for people not to ask "Duh...where'd that canister go?"
Joe, I could watch your videos all night. In fact, that's exactly what I'm doing!
“Dotson, Dotson..we’ve got Dotson here!! See, nobody cares” Lol one of my favorite lines from a movie
Great videos, can't get enough
Nedry wasn't really a villain in the book. He had a legitimate grievance. Hammond hired him to design the system, didn't give him sufficient information, then blamed him when the system was shown to be full of bugs. Hammond then blackmailed Nedry into making all the corrections with no more pay by slandering Nedry to his potential employers. Had Hammond not done this, the whole disaster at JP would never have happened.
Hammond was the true villain.
Last time i was this early, Jurassic Park was still a well written franchise
I'm so glad someone said it!
Honestly a lot of the more memorable parts of Jurassic Park come from before shit even hits the fan, especially Nedry's scenes.
That laugh tho.. Also thank you for including the Butterfinger bit, probably my most often quoted line from the whole film.
"Kind of an asshole" - 'Irreverent' feels like a better descriptor. Best character in the series imo.
Another great video! Really loving your stuff dude
I love your voice, your calmness, your videos.
The scene with Denis and the Dilo is the most epic scene in the entire movie imo and more epic than the iconic t-rex intro with the two jeeps in the pouring rain.
There's a non-canonical Lego Jurrasic World cartoon series in which Dennis has a nephew, Danny Neidlemeyer. Dennis does eventually make an appearance as an old recorded video tape with clues to some sort of treasure he was looking for (did I say this was non-canonical?). Unfortunately, they didn't get Wayne Knight to reprise his role. There is also a Lego figure of Dennis, but it's only available in a really big set. I recommend checking it out. It's far superior to the movies it's a prequel to.
And the "spitter" dinosaur has always been my favorite, too.
I gotta say, your channel is best thing UA-cam has sent me in months. So happy the podcast is going well, and I can't wait to follow where your content goes. Keep it up!
Thanks for the support!
I had that action figure and it was way too skinny; it looked NOTHING like Wayne Knight.
I just started going through your stuff you got me busy. I want to watch it all. Good work
Thanks for watching!
Awesome awesome video. Jurassic Park it's a legendary film and I love how you focused it down to one character.
Totally agree. The sequels had no memorable characters. It's nice how well laid out these characters even though some have very little screen time.
Well, there was Peter Postlethwaite's character. I found his 'Peter, if you want me to run your little camping trip' speech very memorable.
I just watched this tonight. What a classic and the entire cast did well. As much as Wayne Knight’s character was conniving, I felt for his death, especially when he lost his glasses as I myself wear glasses. Another fantastic video.
Absolutely brilliant video. I sometimes forget that Newman and nedry are played by the same actor- he does it so well.
Great Goonies reference! I never would have realized it on my own. Great Job!
Ominous quoite: "When you control the mail, you control.. information"
Great video. Dennis Nedry was played perfectly by Wayne Knight.
When Nedry said " dont go cheap on me Dodson", he was the one being both greedy and cheap. Also Nedry 's character was shown to be abliar too. He lied and complained about his financial problems to Hammond and nobody else did. Apparently he was the only one having a problem with the salary.
He was great as Micro in Punisher War zone, but I fondly remember Jurassic Park in the cinema as a kid
Uh uh uh, you didn't say the magic word
Regardless of who he plays Wayne knight will always be Dennis Nedry to me.
Your vids are so great, keep up the good work.
One thing I never really noticed until you kind of pointed it out is that Nedry was generally eloquent and had no trouble speaking. The one time he wasn't eloquent, he was up to no good. That out-of-character moment is something that probably should have tipped off the other staff that something was up, but they never seemed to catch on.
i never saw him as all that bad compared to everyone around him. he is no good guy, but i never thought he was the main one to blame. hammond and wu were the main bad guys to me with nedry as a catalyst.
In the book Hammond was absolute villain and willingly knew the park wasn’t in good condition. Dennis’ motive is less money but more getting back at Hammond for mistreating him.
Damn you're a great storyteller. I love the docs, I've watched all of them. I have a suggestion for a video, maybe something Steve Oedenkerk. I don't know if Kung Pow! is a cult classic, but the humor is not subtle at all. Haha. Keep up the stellar ideas!
I like him too as a villain and he's very well played, I think Wayne Knight and Ariana Richards did the best acting jobs in this film. I also very much like the story of the Jurassic Park game, glad to see that it gets some love here.
Jurassic Park the game for ps3 was so amazing! Pretty cool that it deals with the embryos and it takes us back to the same location in the movie where Denis met his demise from the Dilo. All these years later the Jeep is still there with Denis laying dead inside of it and it's a spinetingling moment when the dilo jumps out of it.
Wow that connection with the goonies just blew my mind.
Denis nedrys death in the book is gory, violent and masterful in Crichton's hands, you just cannot pull away from it.
"We spared no expense." - John.
HELLOOOOO NEWMAN!!!
I absolutely loved him in the movie. Call me crazy, but he was my 4th favorite person in JP. First one being Alan, 2nd one, Malcolm, 3rd one, Hammond. i wish he hadn't died in the movie
"Life finds a way" to show me how our Mr. Knight portrayed a greedy Dinosaur DNA grabber in the unique "Jurassic Park". Stay safe and keep it up!
This movie was a defining part of my childhood. I went to LA a couple years ago to ride the original JP ride at Universal before they revamped it to Jurassic World. I can't express strongly enough how much it felt like being transported into my 8 year old self's imagination. Sad that it's gone now.
I watched Jurassic Park a bunch as a kid, but what really made it have a special place in my heart was all the YTMNDs made about it. On top of that a dude at my school would take other kids' facebook photos and photoshop them into screencaps of Jurassic park. Seriously this movie was the beginning of a life of memes for me.
Dennis, our lives are in your hands and you have butterfingers?
Thank you! I love Jurassic Park for the characters--more so than the dinosaurs to be honest. And Nedry is my absolute favorite character. I think he's fascinating, fun to watch, and I liked his story. Although he caused so much death, chaos, and destruction (including his own), he also had an understandable motive for doing what he did, although it was wrong--betraying InGen for Biosyn for money. I just think the novel did a better job explaining Nedry's financial situation than the movie did but the movie was my first love... Thanks for making this video!
There is so much more to the character than most people know. Look up Klayton Fioriti. He goes in-depth to a lot of Jurassic Park stuff.
Nedry is not greedy, he just wants to be paid for the work he is forced to do for free because Hammond actually IS greedy and screwed him over.
I watched Jurassic park for the first time recently and I thought Hammond was the actual villain of the movie.
I had that action figure, and the Jeep. His character is also why I always wanted one of those Silicon Graphics computers
The dinosaur was actually created by Spielberg himself. It is not a real dinosaur, but he wanted something like a cobra that spits "acid". I think it was a BBC One Radio interview.
Dilophosaurus was a real dinosaur, the frill and venomous spit were added to make her stand out...she's also not fully grown so that she wouldn't be as big as the Raptors.
hanscombe72
I loved Nedry! He showcased some of the best early 90s technology. There is I think an early apple Newton/think-pad pda on his desk. It was awesome that he was talking to digitised video with harbour master through his own screen and headset. That cool move synchronising the timer on his Casio databank watch with the timer for the security cameras. The silicon graphics computers. In an age where it was brilliant to see real video on a desktop computer his tech was awesome.
I even had a desktop theme disc that had quotes that matched events on windows 95. “Some of the minor systems might go on and off but it’s nothing to worry about it’s just a simple thing”.
Rest In Peace Dennis.
Hats off man
One of the best movie experiences of my life was seeing JP on IMAX 3D for the 20th anniversary; you couldn't tell that it wasn't made for that format at all (it looked better then a lot of modern 3d movies anyway).
Hats Off Entertainment I heard that Wayne Knight really wanted to reprise his role for a sequel, the idea being because of his weight he was too big of a meal and was left alive but missing a hand, eye ETC.
Helloooo Jerry...
Hello, Newman...
When I was little this scene scared the shit out of me.. much more than the Trex one!!!
The cutaway leaves it to your imagination.
Me too. The shot of him trying to wipe the blinding venom from his eyes with the lightning flashing in the background gave me nightmares when I was a kid
Dennis Nedry returns in the new movie, and we find out that he survived. If It accessed, It would be fantastic and brilliant. A surprise for everyone
Yes, he is alive!❤😊 Yeah😊! Yeah!😊 Dennis Nedry is aliveeeeeeeee
If ignorering that some game use that scene later, in the movie you never see him die. So in some time line he is still on the island and looking for that canister, or he just got on the boat, half eating up, but now relaxing on a beach, without arms and legs.
Wayne Knight has been a favorite of mine since he was on the Edge, on fox. Great show
Dennis Nedry is alive
In the novel they expand on his motives, and as a grownup, I even feel a small sympathy. Mild Spoilers: Hammond/Ingen kept all the project in secrecy so kept Nedry working "blindly" (brilliant pun later on) and after some inevitable bugs, they ordered some out of contract additions and modifications to the software without paying him, and even threatening to badmouth him to other companies to keep him on a leash. No wonder he was so fed up. Also his plan was to return to the control room and restore the systems after he delivered the embryos. As a kid, I always though he wanted to ditch the island with the "guy in the boat" and leave everyone to die. His death in the novel is brutal!
Does anyone else here think Hammond is the actual villain in Jurassic Park? He’s directly and indirectly responsible for a lot of the bad that happens in the film, such as screwing over Dennis Nedry, neglecting proper OSHA compliancy around the park which puts nearly everyone at risk and clearly being greedy and uninterested in the well being of others.
It was more obvious in the book, where he is conveyed far more unsympathetically and is killed by his own dreams in the end.
Nedry's motivation was better explained in the book. He was abused and blackmailed by Hammond to do his work, really heavy programing work, without all the details needed to do it. And then he was underpaid and blamed for the failures. He had several reasons to betray Hammond, not just greed. I never liked that part of Hammond-Nedry realtionship in the movie, it was like a lot was missing, until I read the book.
Joe, could you make a mini documentary (almost) Cult of The Full Monty? It's a very good movie!!
But in the book Nedry's sabotage is not what really caused the break down. It was the complete reliance and automation and systems not being manually checked is what cause JP's downfall.
This was Wayne Knight's greatest work
Newman...
One of my favorite actors