Lost in Space (1998)

The Robinson family was going into space to fight for a chance for humanity. Now they are fighting to live long enough to find a way home.

Director:

Stephen Hopkins

Writers:

Irwin Allen (television series), Akiva Goldsman

Stars:

Gary Oldman, William Hurt, Matt LeBlanc

1 win & 11 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gary Oldman	...	Dr. Zachary Smith / Spider Smith
William Hurt	...	Prof. John Robinson
Matt LeBlanc	...	Maj. Don West
Mimi Rogers	...	Dr. Maureen Robinson
Heather Graham	...	Dr. Judy Robinson
Lacey Chabert	...	Penny Robinson
Jack Johnson	...	Will Robinson
Jared Harris	...	Older Will Robinson
Mark Goddard	...	General
Lennie James	...	Jeb Walker
Marta Kristen	...	Reporter #1
June Lockhart	...	Principal Cartwright
Edward Fox	...	Businessman
Adam Sims	...	Lab Technician
Angela Cartwright	...	Reporter #2

Storyline

In the year 2058, the Earth will soon be uninhabitable after the irreversible effects of pollution and global warming! Professor John Robinson, lead scientist of the Jupiter 2 Mission, will lead his family to the habitable planet Alpha Prime to prep it for colonization. The Jupiter 2 is equipped with a hyperdrive that allows faster-than-light travel, which will eventually be employed to evacuate the citizens of Earth. However hypergates must be constructed on Earth and Alpha Prime to provide stable points of departure and arrival. Dr. Zachary Smith is bribed by a terrorist organization to sabotage the mission, and ends up an unwilling stowaway as the ship blasts off.

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Plot Keywords:

planet | sabotage | scientist | sun | fighter pilot | 

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Taglines:

Get Ready. Get Set. Get Lost.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some intense sci-fi action

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 April 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

LS

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$80,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$46,800,000 (Non-US) (2 October 1998)

Gross:

£10,625,503 (UK) (2 October 1998)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Saltire Entertainment, Irwin Allen Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

130 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first robot in the movie weighed two tons and required eight people to control.

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Goofs

While running away from the spiders on the Proteus, Major West trips twice.

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Quotes

Major West: I'm going to try to break us out of the atmosphere.
John Robinson: No, we don't have enough core material for that.
Major West: Well, maybe if we catch one of the thermal...
John Robinson: No, it won't work. I *know*. We have to go... down. Through the planet as she's breaking up. We can use the planet's gravity...
Major West: What?
John Robinson: To throw us ut the other side and back into space!
Major West: That's insane!
John Robinson: I don't have time to argue.

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Crazy Credits

When the closing credits are ending you hear Penny's infamous line once more, 'This mission sucks!'.

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Connections

References RoboCop (1987)

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Soundtracks

"I'm Here...Another Planet"
Written by The Creatures & Juno Reactor
Performed by Juno Reactor & The Creatures
Courtesy of Blueroom Released & The Creatures

User Reviews

Pleasant surprise after all the jaded eye rolling

Actually, I was quite surprised at how much fun I thought this movie was. Hardly perfect by any measure and, sure, there were some elements that were intrusive, but I found it to be quite faithful to the TV show

• it used plots and elements from the early episodes. Even with the

newer designs, they incorporated older aspects - the planet REALLY looked like a better version of one of their old sets.

Furthermore, Oldman managed to peg Dr. Smith perfectly, taking in all the old camp elements and putting them to very good use - even using some old catch phrases in different ways.

As diversionary, light sci-fi adventure goes, I thought this was great and I'm usually very picky about this kind of thing. It was fun and a pretty good kids' movie.

The only thing really missing was Billy Mumy.