Movie Description
THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK is director Steven Spielberg's sequel to his original dinosaur thriller. Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) returns for more dino-horror when, four years after the disaster at the would-be amusement park, another expedition is mounted by millionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough). To document the natural behavior of the beasts at a mysterious Site B, Hammond sends a team comprising Malcolm; Malcolm's girlfriend, paleontologist Dr. Sarah Harding (Julianne Moore); and a wildlife videographer (Vince Vaughn). They face adversity in the form of a less-than-scrupulous big-game hunter (Pete Postlethwaite) and, of course, the terrible lizards themselves. The film is loosely based on Michael Crichton's novel THE LOST WORLD, which was named after the 1912 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novel of the same name. Spielberg proved his determination to alternate making socially conscious films with directing movies of sheer entertainment value; his prior film to THE LOST WORLD was SCHINDLER'S LIST, and he followed the dinosaur adventure with AMISTAD.
| Credits | | Producer: | Colin Wilson, Gerald R. Molen | | Cast: | Alex Miranda, Bari Buckner, Brian Turk, C. Ransom Walrod, Carey Eidel, Cyndi Strittmatter, Darryl A. Imai, Darryl Oumi, David Gene Gibbs, David Koepp, Domini Hoffman de Saldago, Eugene Bass Jr., Geno Silva, Harry Hutchinson, Ian Abercrombie, J. Scott Shonka, Jaqueline Schultz, Joseph Mazzello, Katy Boyer, Mark Brady, Michael N. Fujimoto, Rick Wheeler, Ross Partridge, Thomas Stuart, Vincent Dee Miles |
| Details | | Sound: | HiFi Sound, Stereo Sound, Surround Sound, THX Sound |
Notes
Theatrical release: May 23, 1997.
The film was shot in California, Hawaii, and New York.
Estimated budget: $73 million.
The film grossed nearly $230 million at the domestic box office and more than $615 million worldwide.
A few scenes were cut from THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK, including an ending shot of Pteranodons attacking the rescue helicopter.
Editorial Reviews
"...Terrifically entertaining..."
Rolling Stone - p.116 - Peter Travers (07/11/1991)
"...Spielberg gives us many, many dinosaurs...and he choreographs their movements with a magician's sense of play....Good fun: deft, scary, engrossing..."
Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman (05/30/1997)
"...Spielberg lets his visual wit fly....Enjoyable..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Lloyd Sachs (05/23/1997)
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