[Note: The emotionally-brooding film told only a small portion of Steinbeck""s work, roughly adapting only the final third of the novel (Chapters 39-55) and leaving out the childhood of the parents and the Chinese character of Lee, he Trask family servant.He proves his point to his son (with a painful fist) by explaining:That""s what that""s for.And then he boastfully taunts J.J.King: "If anybody else is caught on this boat...my son""ll handle him." Willie emerges more assertive and defiant when he repeats the insult, although his father cuts short his boldness and conquest by dragging him away (inadvertently causing him to painfully straddle a deck cable).A major football sports competition (between Florida and Chicago) was being held in Baltimore, attended by both President Fowler and Cabot, as Ryan frantically rode in a helicopter to the Baltimore docks and attempted to warn them of the nuclear bomb""s presence in the city.Nominated for five Academy Awards (with no wins): Best Actor (Johnny Depp), Best Makeup, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound, and Best Sound Editing.The survivors were further pursued by another predatoryTyrannosaurus Rexthat was distracted in its battle with theSpinosaurus.