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Land of the Lost (I) (2009)

PG_13  102 min  -  Action | Adventure | Comedy   -  5 June 2009 (USA)
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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
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Cast

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

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Plot Keywords:

Dinosaur | Primate | Lizard | Catapult | Freezing To Death  | See more »

Taglines:

Right place. Wrong time. See more »

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, and for language including a drug reference See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

La tierra perdida See more »

Filming Locations:

Dumont Dunes, California, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$100,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$18,837,350 (USA) (7 June 2009) (3521 Screens)

Gross:

$49,392,095 (USA) (9 August 2009)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

SDDS  | Dolby Digital  | DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Before Holly Cantrell takes her shirt off and rips her pants into short, her outfit is almost an exact match to Holly Marshall's outfit in Land of the Lost. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When the T. rex roars at them in the cave, all three end up splattered with dino-spit. In the next close-up they only show a few token dabs of saurus-slobber. See more »

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. See more »

Connections

References Old School (2003) See more »

Soundtracks

"Also Sprach Zarathustra"
Written by Richard Strauss
Performed by Wiener Philharmoniker (as The Wiener Philharmoniker)
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan
Courtesy of The Decca Music Group Limited
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises See more »