The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

A research team is sent to the Jurassic Park Site B island to study the dinosaurs there while another team approaches with another agenda.

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Writers:

Michael Crichton (novel), David Koepp (screenplay)

Stars:

Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 16 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jeff Goldblum	...	Ian Malcolm
Julianne Moore	...	Sarah Harding
Pete Postlethwaite	...	Roland Tembo
Arliss Howard	...	Peter Ludlow
Richard Attenborough	...	John Hammond
Vince Vaughn	...	Nick Van Owen
Vanessa Lee Chester	...	Kelly Curtis
Peter Stormare	...	Dieter Stark
Harvey Jason	...	Ajay Sidhu
Richard Schiff	...	Eddie Carr
Thomas F. Duffy	...	Dr. Robert Burke
Joseph Mazzello	...	Tim
Ariana Richards	...	Lex
Thomas Rosales Jr.	...	Carter (as Thomas Rosales)
Camilla Belle	...	Cathy Bowman

Storyline

Four years after the failure of Jurassic Park on Isla Nublar, John Hammond reveals to Ian Malcolm that there was another island ("Site B") on which dinosaurs were bred before being transported to Isla Nublar. Left alone since the disaster, the dinosaurs have flourished, and Hammond is anxious that the world see them in their "natural" environment before they are exploited.

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Plot Keywords:

island | dinosaur | jurassic | girlfriend | capture | 

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Taglines:

Something has survived

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense sci-fi terror and violence

Details

Official Sites:

Universal Studios

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

23 May 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Jurassic Park 2

Filming Locations:

Blue Lake/Lake Tikitapu, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Box Office

Budget:

$73,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$361,700,000 (Non-US) (31 October 1997)

Gross:

$229,074,524 (USA) (10 October 1997)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

129 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally, Dr. Ian Malcolm's team included a fifth member, a paleontologist named Dr. Juttson. He was obviously inspired by the character Richard Levine from the novel. Dr. Juttson was dropped due to an already overcrowded cast, and most of his lines were given to Dr. Sarah Harding.

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Goofs

When Sara is attacked by the stegosauruses, a cameraman can be seen moving in the background.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Mrs. Deirdre Bowman: I love you. Thank you so much. Fabulous!
[a glass of white wine is poured]
Mrs. Deirdre Bowman: Thank you, Geoffrey.
Geoffrey: You're welcome.
Mrs. Deirdre Bowman: We'll also take a bottle of red, as well. Thank you.
Geoffrey: Certainly.
Mrs. Deirdre Bowman: Right. Now... Oh!
Mr. Paul Bowman: [handed a glass of wine] Thank you, Bernard.
Bernard: You're welcome.
[...]

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Crazy Credits

David Koepp is listed as the "unlucky bastard" because he was eaten by the T-Rex. Koepp wrote the screenplay.

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Connections

Referenced in Jurassic Park III (2001)

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Soundtracks

"Tres Dias"
Written by Tomás Méndez
Performed by Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
Courtesy of Peer-Southern Productions, Inc.

User Reviews

Makes JP3 look like Oscar winning stuff.

After the massive success of Jurassic Park, it was pretty clear that a sequel wouldn't be 65 million years in the making; but just because it had less time to evolve doesn't excuse the fact that The Lost World is an inexcusably sloppy piece of movie-making.

Jeff Goldblum returns as eccentric mathematician Ian Malcolm, who travels to dinosaur infested island 'site B' to rescue his researcher girlfriend Sarah Harding (no, not the one from Girls Aloud, but rather the lovely Julianne Moore) who has gone to study the scientifically engineered prehistoric creatures not quite appreciating the dangers she will face.

What follows is often spectacular, and sometimes downright brilliant (best bit: Moore falling on to the slowly cracking windshield of a truck suspended hundreds of feet above jagged rocks), but any flashes of genius from director Steven Spielberg are easily negated by some of the dumbest plot developments and unintentionally funny bits it has been my displeasure to witness in a big-budget blockbuster.

For starters, there is Malcolm's (African-American?!?!) daughter Kelly (Vanessa Lee Chester), who stows on board her father's high tech truck in order to lend the film some kiddy appeal. She provides the film with its most ridiculous moment when she puts her gymnastic skills (conveniently mentioned early on in the film to set up this particular scene) into practise by swinging on some makeshift uneven bars and dismounting with enough force to kick a velociraptor to its death.

And she's almost as dreadful in the part where good old T-Rex sticks its huge head into her tent, and she wakes up to ask 'What is that?'. Take a wild guess, sweetie!

Then there's the gob-smackingly silly scene where one character is so scared of the snake that slithers into his shirt that he'd rather leave the safety of a cave and be eaten by the dinosaur that has been waiting outside. And let's not forget the fact that a captured T-Rex manages to escape from its cage on a boat, eat everyone on board, and then get trapped back in the hold. Or the daft ending, which has Malcolm and Harding lure the king of the tyrant lizards, fresh from a Godzilla style rampage, back into captivity by using its baby as bait.

With all this unintentional hilarity, The Lost World can only be seen as a major disappointment, but I suppose we should at least be grateful that there wasn't a nuclear-blast proof fridge in the film, 'cos that would be really stupid!