We recently rewatched Jurassic Park again, and loved every minute of it. One of the movie’s villains, Dennis Nedry, has a particularly memorable and enjoyable scene where he gets paid in exchange for stealing dinosaur embryos from the park.
In it, his partner in crime Dodgson shows him the embryo transport device, a Barbasol shaving cream can, ingeniously disguising a cooled inner chamber.
The scene hits for so many reasons- the humor, the tropical setting, the nefarious actions paired with clever screenwriting and acting.
Now you can own an iconic piece of movie history, the actual prop can from that very scene.
Up for auction, this iconic piece of movie history is currently bid at $25,000. Perhaps a reasonable sum, for such a memorable piece from one of the best adventure films of all time.
We love that the prop is so tactile and real, and the aging of it over the last 30 years makes it all the more appealing.
“Designed to hold and preserve dinosaur embryos for 36 hours, the can is highly visible early in the film as Dennis Nedry (Wayne Knight) meets with his Biosyn contact, Lewis Dodgson (Cameron Thor), who gives him the can and explains its features while devising a plan to steal dinosaur DNA samples from John Hammond’s (Richard Attenborough) InGen.
Later in the film, Nedry uses the can as he infiltrates the cold storage facility on Isla Nubar and secures the DNA samples. The can is ultimately lost as it falls from Nedry’s jeep, washed away in churning mud when the deceitful computer programmer meets his demise in the jaws of a Dilophosaurus.
Chosen by Art Director John Bell, the Barbasol brand can was a perfect fit for its aesthetics and instant recognizability which would help it stick out in its scenes and draw the audiences’ eyes.”