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

In Early Drafts of the Script, Lex and Tim were kept in for much longer. Some even had the kids going back to the park and encountering the dinosaurs again.

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Goofs

When Ian Michaels boards the ship after it crashes into the dock, as he is walking across the deck he steps on one of the arms that was severed at the shoulder. Instead of the arm staying on the deck or rising slightly, it pops up almost vertically and almost hits him in his leg. Its obvious that it is a plastic mannequin arm.

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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

References Last Action Hero (1993)

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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

Another Steven Spielberg Classic Comes To Life

It has been four years since Jurassic Park was destroyed and the island Isla Nublar itself was drowned by a hurricane killing most of the dinosaurs; now there is a new island (called Isla Sorna) that has been genetically engineering the same animals, but abandoned the project after the company InGen declared bankruptcy.

The film's short prologue introduces a rich family who are trying to enjoy their vacation on the beach of Isla Sorna, but their little girl wanders off into the jungles of the beach where she encounters a small dinosaur called a Compy in which she assumes it's a friendly creature, but turns out to have little friends of its own when they start pecking body parts of her off screen.

Jurassic Park survivor Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) returns to John Hammond (Richard Attenbrouogh) after being called upon. This time Hammond wants Malcolm to send in a team of specialists to go in and document the island where he wants to show the world that the dinosaurs are safe and not dangerous animals. Malcolm finds out that his girlfriend Sarah Harding (Julianne Moore) is already on the island and doesn't realize what she's getting into.

With the team on the island, they track down Sarah and realize that Malcolm has another surprise that his daughter Kelly has sneaked in one of the trailers and disobeyed her father's orders of staying on the mainland.

Another team is on the island not to document but to capture and retrieve the animals to make a zoo. The team is lead by Hammond's nephew Peter Ludlow (Arliss Howard in a bad English accent) who wants to make a profit after the company InGen suffers a lost in profit and damage from the original Jurassic Park. He gets a big game hunter name Roland Tembo (Pete Postelwaite) who wants to bag a Tyrannosaurus Rex as his trophy.

The Lost World: Jurassic Park is great entertainment; the special effects are twice worthy than the original. Though I find this film more frightening than the original, it reminds me of the film "Aliens" where the suspense gets bigger and twice as scary as the original.