A wounded Billy had already been rescued and was onboard.Three flyingPteranodonswere seen gliding into the sunset away from the island as the film ended..."just looking for new nesting grounds."Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)This second sequel was essentially a non-stop action-chase film.The first of the film series"" scripts that was not based on a novel by the original author Michael Crichton.[Note: This was Lee""s first and sole novel - and it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1960.] The poor Southern town of deteriorating homes was authentically re-created on a Universal Studios"" set.] It is probably not just coincidence that Maureen O""Hara""s character name is Mary (Ford""s wife""s name) Kate (the name of his unrealized love - Katharine Hepburn).Damn, you dumb!King: (chuckling) It don""t make no difference.She know what I mean.She don""t read too good no how!Two other black recruits, stocky Big Harold (Forest Whitaker) and Junior (Reggie Johnson), whined about their C-rations, pork and turkey loaf, and joked about Big Harold""s laziness." They pushed on to Calima, because Leo""s device indicated that his crew was already there [the twist was that they had been there for a LONG time!], although they first had to pass, after darkness fell, through a river camp or outpost of ape guards housed in brightly-colored red tents.