EveryoneknowsSue,themajesticTyrannosaurusRexskeletonthatistheprideofChicago’sFieldMuseumofNaturalHistory.Lessknownisthebizarreseven-yeartaleofintrigue,perfidy,double-dealing,andgovernmentinterventionthatresultedinthedinosaur-huntingdiscoverers,membersofSouthDakota’sBlackHillsInstitute,beingdivestedoftheirfind,cheatedofrecognition,andevensenttoprison.AssemblyofthegiganticfossilissomethingofametaphorforfilmmakerMiller’smeticulousreconstructionofastorythatincludeshomemoviefootageofSue’sdiscoveryandrecovery,her1992kidnappingbyheavilyarmedFBIagents,arip-roaringcourtroomdramaasherownershipfallsintodispute,andhereventualsaleatauctionforaheart-stoppingsum.