The Lost World
starring: Bob Hoskins, James Fox, Tom Ward (II), Matthew Rhys, Elaine Cassidy
directed by: Stuart Orme
directed by: Stuart Orme
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767049047
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767049047
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 29, 2002
Running Time: 200 minutes
Sales Rank: 33452
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 06, 2002
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Not the Steven Spielberg blockbuster, this Lost World is a splendid 2001 BBC TV dramatization of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous adventure story. Bob Hoskins makes an unusually genial Professor Challenger, far less of a bully than Doyle's character, but his slightly stereotyped companions are nicely filled out by a solid cast. James Fox is Challenger's more timid but still covertly adventurous rival, Tom Ward is the mustachioed big-game hunter who faces an allosaur with an elephant gun, and Matthew Rhys plays the tagalong reporter hoping to impress his faithless fiancée.
As usual, the adaptation adds a woman--orphaned jungle girl Elaine Cassidy--to the expedition, and an interesting villain (religious fanatic Peter Falk) beefs up the travelogue by marooning Challenger's gang on the South American plateau where dinosaurs, cavemen, and Indians coexist eventfully. The Walking with Dinosaurs-style effects work well for the TV frame, but the real success is in integrating the adventuring with subtle eco-awareness, complex character interplay, and the reliable wonder of soaring pteranodons and carnosaur attacks. --Kim Newman
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- Special effects are mixed. Acting is below average. = Worth watching once for curiosity.The special effects are mixed. They look good in some scenes. In others, they look obviously fake. ... Read More
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- Not the definitive version, but not bad at allThe BBC's 2001 version of Arthur Conan Doyle's oft-imitated The Lost World is better than most (not ... Read More
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- Highly CommendableWonderful special effects, a glorious location for filming (New Zealand) - Lord of the Rings trilogy ... Read More
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- Political Correctness Does Not Improve ItIf you make a point of calling attention to the rampant anti-Christian bias in modern movies and television ... Read More
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- Okay beginning and middle, but good endingI read Doyle's "The Lost World" when in college, and have been waiting for a full-length movie adaptation of ... Read More
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