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It's no exaggeration to say the late Michael Crichton was a pioneer in genres heavily revolving around medicine and technology. His influence, both as an author and a filmmaker, was monumental — he gave us such classic and incremental stories as "Westworld" (whose villain inspired Michael Myers from "Halloween" ), " Jurassic Park ," and "Twister," in addition to setting the blueprint for medical dramas on television with NBC's "ER." Although he wasn't as prolific at making movies as he was at writing (he published 25 novels while alive, and five more posthumously), he did direct eight films, including the original "Westworld" with Yul Brynner, "Coma" with Michael Douglas, and "The Great Train Robbery" with Sean Connery.…