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The Lost World [DVD] [2001]

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Binding : DVD
EAN : 5014503108625
Label : 2 Entertain Video
Manufacturer : 2 Entertain Video
Publisher : 2 Entertain Video
Release date : 2002-06-03
Title : The Lost World [DVD] [2001]
Actor : Array
Audience rating : Suitable for 12 years and over
Format : Array
Languages : Array
Number of items : 1
Original release date : 2001-12-25
Region code : 2
Running time : 150
Studio : 2 Entertain Video
Theatrical releaseDate : 2002-10-06
Number of discs : 1

Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
Not the Steven Spielberg blockbuster, this ILost World/I is a splendid BBC TV dramatisation 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 moustachioed big game hunter who faces an Allosaurus with an elephant gun, and Matthew Rhys plays the tagalong reporter hoping to impress his faithless fiancée. pAs 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 IWalking with Dinosaurs/I-style effects work well for the TV frame, but the real success is in integrating the Boys' Own adventuring with subtle eco-awareness, complex character interplay and the reliable wonder of soaring Pteranodons and Carnosaur attacks. --IKim Newman/I

Customer reviews

review by: date: 2009-04-01 rating:

Lost cause...Doyle it aint
When I read that the BBC was to make an adaptation of Conan Doyle's Lost World I thought we may get a treat, it was after all, to be shown at christmas. Unfortunately, this production was as no closer to the Doyle original than previous attempts. It is a sobering thought that the silent 1925 version is still the best to date, including the jerky special effects. Why Bob Hoskins was chosen for the part of professor Challenger, and not the likes of Brian Blessed is a mystery; perhaps he had read the script and wondered why Columbo was included as a religious maniac. Sherlock Holmes didn't make an appearance, unfortunately, he may have been able to make some sense of it.

review by: barnie884 date: 2008-10-23 rating:

Good BBC production
Somehow I missed this first time around, and tuned in to see it on BBC3, however missed a lot of that as well, so time to buy the DVD. Have to say this was an excellent DVD, well shot, good special effects and an outstanding cast list. Also, for once, this was pretty faithful to the original unlike many Hollywood remakes. Well worth a purchase!

review by: date: 2007-11-21 rating:

Not the definitive Lost World by any means, but not at all bad
The BBC's 2002 version of Arthur Conan Doyle's oft-imitated The Lost World is better than most (not saying much considering the low budgets and abysmal special effects of most versions over the past half century) but it still takes plenty of liberties with the source material. Bob Hoskins' irritable Professor Challenger and James Fox's Professor Summerlee are faithful enough, but once again a new female character has been written into the story for purely demographic reasons in the form of Elaine Cassidy's daughter of Peter Falk's missionary, though this does at least allow the script some contentious discussion of Creationism vs. Darwinism to help stake its claim to a higher intellectual plateau than its cheap-and-cheerful rivals. But of course, it's the dinosaurs that people are really interested in. they're mostly to be found in the second half (the show was originally broadcast in two parts over Christmas) and if you can't quite help shaking the suspicion that this version was only produced was because the BBC still had all that costly computer software left over from Walking With Dinosaurs on their hard drives it's impressive enough to leave little ground for complaints even if it's not quite Jurassic Park standard. Indeed, it's in many ways the perfect choice for a BBC adaptation: part period costume drama, part nature and science documentary, and even if the definitive version has still yet to be made, this will do well enough in the meantime. br / br /Though not exactly packed with extras - a half-hour making of and an audio commentary - the DVD boasts a good widescreen transfer.

review by: franl155 date: 2006-02-07 rating:

Is this the same film that I saw???
I was eager to see this when it was shown on BBC, but then I was so appalled I actually had to force myself to watch the second part, just to see how much of a mess they’d made of it.pAs an adventure film, it’s fine: as a film based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s story of the same name, it stinks. They’ve ruined it, as far as I’m concerned: if this had been done to a person, it would probably be called attempted murder.pGranted, they had to update the reason for the explorers being marooned on the plateau, since the book is a tad racist in places. But they could have done that without destroying the original storyline.pAnd of course there has to be a female in it [this was one of my beefs with the original Michael Rennie version; that and the use of helicopters!].pThe finale is so very twenty-first century; the explorers “confessing” that the whole thing was a hoax to save the plateau from becoming a tourist attraction complete with burger bars.pThere's probably lots more that I could say, but I only saw it the once, and had to force myself to watch at least half of it, so most of the rest is mercifully blurred in my memorypIf they’re going to make a film of a book, why don’t they stick to the book?

review by: date: 2004-03-27 rating:

A breathtaking adventure with an interesting subplot
This is the story of a great adventure. At the beginning of the 20th century four very different men leave London on a strange expedition: they follow the map of a long dead missionary, who thought that he had seen dragons somewhere in the middle of the Brasilian rainforest ...brProfessor Challenger is convinced that these dragons are dinosaurs, his dour collegue Summerlee thinks that it is a hoax, Lord Roxton likes the adventure and the reporter Edward Malone wants to impress Claire, the girl he is in love with. Somewhere in the Brasilian jungle they are joined by Alice and her uncle, a missionary - for reasons that you have to see for yourself! The expedition finds the "lost world" on a plateau deep in the rainforest. And then the real adventure begins and Tyrannosaurus Rex is not the only danger they have to face ...brI loved the film, because it is not only action and special effects, but has some deeper levels as well. Darwin's theories come into it and also the idea that being human means that you have to make choices and that you are responsible for them. That makes it really, really interesting to watch. Much more than Spielberg's "Jurassic Park", which has more action, no psychological depth at all and spends not much thought on the scientific and philosophical questions of Doyle's story.brAnd the acting is excellent! I especially like Bob Hoskins as Challenger. His enthusiasm and his awe in view of the things he sees and experiences in the "lost world" seems so genuine that you are absolutely drawn into the story and see it all with his eyes. And Matthew Rhys as the awkward Edward Malone is quite good as well. The look of dumb shock on his face, when he is faced with another catastrophe (which happens quite often ;-)) is absolutely hilarious!

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