Land of the Lost (2009)

On his latest expedition, Dr. Rick Marshall is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his research assistant and a redneck survivalist. In this alternate universe, the trio make friends with a primate named Chaka, their only ally in a world full of dinosaurs and other fantastic creatures.

Director:

Brad Silberling

Writers:

Chris Henchy, Dennis McNicholas,

Stars:

Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride

1 win & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Will Ferrell	...	Dr. Rick Marshall
Anna Friel	...	Holly Cantrell
Danny McBride	...	Will Stanton
Jorma Taccone	...	Chaka
John Boylan	...	Enik
Matt Lauer	...	Matt Lauer
Bobb'e J. Thompson	...	Tar Pits Kid
Sierra McCormick	...	Tar Pits Kid
Shannon Lemke	...	Tar Pits Kid
Stevie Wash Jr.	...	Tar Pits Kid (as Steven Wash Jr.)
Brian Huskey	...	Teacher
Kevin Buitrago	...	Teenager
Noah Crawford	...	Teenager
Jon Kent Ethridge	...	Teenager (as Jon Kent Ethridge II)
Logan Manus	...	Teenager

Storyline

Palaeontologist Rick Marshall takes Will and Holly into a new world of danger, dinosaurs and big bug-eyed lizard people while trying to find their way back home and, too, save the universe and in doing so saving his reputation. With the dinosaur with brains, brawn and personality and the adventure of scientific advancement and exotic beasts in a far away land, it all adds up to time traveling fun and frolics.

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Plot Keywords:

dinosaur | lizard | primate | liquid nitrogen | tour guide | 

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Taglines:

Universal Studios Invites You to Get Lost

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, and for language including a drug reference

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [fr] Official site [jp]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 June 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

La tierra perdida

Filming Locations:

Dumont Dunes, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$100,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£642,553 (UK) (31 July 2009)

Gross:

£1,409,998 (UK) (7 August 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Sid & Marty Krofft Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

At one point, Jack Black and Kirsten Dunst were in talks to play Will and Holly, but plans fell through.

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Goofs

Dr. Marshall states that the T-Rex had poor depth perception. However, in reality T-Rex is believed to have had great depth perception.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Astronaut: Mission Control, come in. Mission Control, do you read?

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Crazy Credits

Halfway through the credits there is an additional scene showing a brought back dinosaur egg hatching to reveal a baby Sleestak.

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Connections

Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: The Rotten Tomatoes Show Year Endies (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Believe"
Written by Paul Barry (as Paul Michael Barry), Brian Higgins, Steve Torch,
Matthew Gray, Stuart McLennon, Timothy Powell
Performed by Will Ferrell, Danny McBride

User Reviews

Ignore the critics, enjoy the psychedelic ride!

This was a great movie.The visuals were superb! My girlfriend and I are both big fans of the original 1974 series and we had a fun time. We went into the theater having heard all the negative reviews, expecting a horrible film. Glad we ignored the critics. It doesn't deserve the rap it's getting and if this is the movie Sid and Marty wanted then that's fine with us. It's their creation and we enjoyed their take on it. I can't help but think that a more serious treatment might have been more pleasing to hard-core fans like us but a film has to span the masses so we understand the direction they went. Now bring on the Sony H.R. Pufnstuf movie!