Search - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World on DVD

Movie Release: 2001 DVD Release: 10/29/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Number of Discs: 2 Run Time: 3 hrs 20 mins Studio: A&E Home Video Members Wishing: 4 Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Adventure Drama, Sci-Fi Action

Made for British television, this two-part adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's adventure-fantasy novel The Lost World adroitly combines a straightforward retelling with an abundance of slyly satirical grace notes--not to mention deliberate echoes of such earlier films as Jurassic Park, Planet of the Apes and even Apocalypse Now. The basic plotline details the efforts of feuding scientists George Challenger (Bob Hoskins) and Summerlee (James Fox) to prove that dinosaurs still exist on a remote plateau somewhere in the Amazon jungles. They succeed in this endeavor, and also stumble upon a lost tribe of primitive humans, whose hearts and minds are captured by a mad missionary (Peter Falk). Though the film does not flinch in the special-effects department, there is still plenty of time left over for a quaintly old-fashioned romantic triangle involving sportsman Lord Roxton (Tom Ward), the lovely Agnes Mooney (Elaine Cassidy) and dashing Edward Malone (Matthew Rhys). And while there is action aplenty, the film remains scrupulously within the "suitable for children" category. Originally broadcast as the 2001 Christmas offering by BBC1, The Lost World premiered in the US over the A&E cable network on October 6 and 7, 2002. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Stuart Orme's adaptation of The Lost World comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original aspect ratio of 1.78:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. There are no subtitles, but the soundtrack is closed-captioned. Supplemental materials include a making-of documentary, a special on dinosaurs, biographies of the cast, a bibliography for those looking for additional information on dinosaurs, and a biography of and reading list for the book's author Arthur Conan Doyle. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide