"The Lost Room" (2006) TV mini-series

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

11 December 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Some doors are better left closed.

Plot:

A detective investigates a mysterious motel room, which acts as a portal to alternate universe.

Plot Keywords:

TV Mini-Series

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 7 nominations

Cast

Peter Krause	...	Joe Miller (3 episodes, 2006)
Julianna Margulies	...	Jennifer Bloom (3 episodes, 2006)
Peter Jacobson	...	Wally Jabrowski (3 episodes, 2006)
Dennis Christopher	...	Dr. Martin Ruber (3 episodes, 2006)
April Grace	...	Lee Bridgewater (3 episodes, 2006)
Elle Fanning	...	Anna Miller (3 episodes, 2006)
Kevin Pollak	...	Karl Kreutzfeld (3 episodes, 2006)
Benjamin Petry	...	Isaac Kreutzfeld (3 episodes, 2006)
Chris Bauer	...	Lou Destefano (2 episodes, 2006)
Harriet Sansom Harris	...	Margaret Milne (2 episodes, 2006)
Margaret Cho	...	Suzie Kang (2 episodes, 2006)
Ann Cusack	...	Helen Ruber (2 episodes, 2006)
Roger Bart	...	Howard 'The Weasel' Montague (2 episodes, 2006)
Nicholas Guilak	...	Arjun Mehta (2 episodes, 2006)
Jason Douglas	...	Anthony (2 episodes, 2006)
Chris Monberg	...	Little Jim (2 episodes, 2006)

Also Known As:

"Motel Man" (USA) (original script title)

Runtime:

270 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Lions Gate Films

Trivia:

During the first episode "The Key", Miller leaves his daughter with a child psychologist in a clinic. When he is leaving, you can hear a call for a "Doctor Sonny Gupta" via the speaker system of the clinic. "Doctor Sonny Gupta" is a character in "Kingdom Hospital" (2004) (2004), written by Stephen King and directed by Craig R. Baxley.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: After Miller returns from the vault with The Bus Ticket, he hands it back to Wally. When Wally went to place it in his jacket pocket, a bare part of The Ticket rubbed across his finger. He should have been transported to the street.

Quotes:

Matt: What does the gun do?
Joe Miller: It shoots bullets. Really fast.

Movie Connections:

References Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

The Lost Room was terrific!

Woof...just saw The Lost Room on Sci Fi. I wasn't expected much but boy was I surprised! Great miniseries and I'm hoping its one of those stealth pilots that might lead to a miniseries.

If you've read the 2 sentence blurb about the show (everyday objects, fantastics powers!) don't think you've got it. There are complexities underneath the surface of this show and it was very well done. The lead, Peter Krauss, used to be the lead on Six Feet Under. I expected higher profile roles for him after SFU died, and when I saw he signed on for Lost Room, I was disappointed. It sounded boring.

It isn't. Its a wild ride and I promise three things. You'll believe that Kevin Pollack can play menacing exceedingly well and Dennis Christopher isn't as cool as you remember him being back in Breaking Away about 100 years ago.

The last thing I can promise is that you will dig the show. Its supposedly coming on again in Jan 2007. If you haven't seen it, see it and tell your friends. This is one we want to get behind.

Scifi is starting to show up more and more often on my ReplayTV list. Being a huge science fiction fanboy geek, that's probably the way it always ought to have been but for years the channel was showing reruns of The Hulk and and old bad scifi TV. Lately, with BSG, Stargates (all flavors), hopefully soon for Painkiller Jane and Dresden Files, its finally coming into its own. I expect that in 2007, I may be watching it as much as I do HBO and Showtime and I pay for those! Now, if I could just get Scifi to stop showing stuff like Mansquito and the like, I'll be one happy damned camper.