The Lost World (1998)

Director:

Bob Keen

Writers:

Arthur Conan Doyle (novel)
Jean LaFleur (writer)

Release Date:

6 November 1999 (Germany)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The Original Adventure To A World Like No Other

Plot:

A scientist discovers dinosaurs on a remote plateau in Mongolia. |

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film | Based On Novel

Cast

Patrick Bergin	...	Challenger
Jayne Heitmeyer	...	Amanda White
Julian Casey	...	Malone
David Nerman	...	John Roxton
Michael Sinelnikoff	...	Summerlee
Gregoriane Minot Payeur	...	Djena
Jack Langedijk	...	Maple White
Russell Yuen	...	Azbek / Myar
James Bradford	...	Lord Thomas
Jacques Lessard	...	Oscar Perreault
Martin Sims	...	Student

Also Known As:

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (USA) (TV title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some sci-fi violence/gore.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:14+ (Ontario) | UK:15 | USA:R | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Australia

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the museum when Challenger is giving his lecture, the camera zooms out of a carnivorous dinosaur's mouth. The dinosaur is mounted in a horizontal, not vertical standing, which would have been correct for the period. Also, Challenger and Summerlee comment on the live dinosaurs on the Plateau as standing in a different way than originally conceived. This makes no sense if they have a skeleton set up that way in their museum.

Quotes:

Amanda White: [Looking at the view threw binoculars] What an incredible view.
John Roxton: [Looking at Amanda's chest] It sure is.

Movie Connections:

Version of The Lost World (1999) (TV)

Probably the worst film I've ever seen

This film starts fine but once the mission to find "The Lost World" starts, it goes from not so good, to bad, to terrible and is very quickly farcical.

I would imagine that this was a box office flop and if so, I'm not surprised. Mind you, on the budget it was clearly made on, they (the Financiers) can't have lost very much money, I think my Children's pocket money for a year could have paid for better special effects.

The inaccuracy too is ludicrous. Since when did the original location of Conan Doyle's masterpiece transpose from South America to Mongolia? And since when did Mongolia look so much like Canada? If you've never seen another version of this film or read the book, you might enjoy it. Bon Chance!