THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK is director Steven Spielberg's sequel to his original dinosaur thriller. Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) returns for more dino-horror when, four years after the disaster at the would-be amusement park, another expedition is mounted by millionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough). To document the natural behavior of the beasts at a mysterious Site B, Hammond sends a team comprising Malcolm; Malcolm's girlfriend, paleontologist Dr. Sarah Harding (Julianne Moore); and a wildlife videographer (Vince Vaughn). They face adversity in the form of a less-than-scrupulous big-game hunter (Pete Postlethwaite) and, of course, the terrible lizards themselves. The film is loosely based on Michael Crichton's novel THE LOST WORLD, which was named after the 1912 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novel of the same name. Spielberg proved his determination to alternate making socially conscious films with directing movies of sheer entertainment value; his prior film to THE LOST WORLD was SCHINDLER'S LIST, and he followed the dinosaur adventure with AMISTAD.
Theatrical Release: May 23, 1997
The film was shot in California, Hawaii, and New York.
Estimated budget: $73 million.
The film grossed nearly $230 million at the domestic box office and more than $615 million worldwide.
A few scenes were cut from THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK, including an ending shot of Pteranodons attacking the rescue helicopter.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side - Dual Layer
Collectors Edition
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Surround - English
DTS Surround 5.1 - English
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Notes
Biographies: Cast & Crew
Production Drawings
Storyboard
DVD-ROM Features:
Weblinks
Chat Links
Stars
Jeff Goldblum: American actor
Julianne Moore: Actress, THE HOURS, FAR FROM HEAVEN, BOOGIE NIGHTS
Pete Postlethwaite:
Arliss Howard: American Actor
Richard Attenborough: Oscar-winning director/producer/actor
Vince Vaughn: Actor, SWINGERS
Vanessa Lee Chester: African American actress
Peter Stormare: Swedish Supporting Actor
Harvey Jason: Actor
Richard Schiff: Actor
Thomas F. Duffy: Actor, THE EYE OF THE STRANGER
Joseph Mazzello: Child Actor
Ariana Richards: Teen Actress/"Jurassic.."
Thomas Rosales:
Camilla Belle:
Cyndi Strittmatter:
Robin Sachs:
Elliot Goldwag:
J. Patrick McCormack:
Ross Partridge: Actor/"Amityville: New.."
Ian Abercrombie: Actor/"Puppetmaster 3"
David Sawyer:
Geno Silva: TV Actor/"Wild Times"
Alex Miranda:
Ian Zajonc:
Kenyon Williams:
Alan Purwin:
Bob Boehm:
Bradley Jensen:
Rick Wheeler:
Ben Skorstad:
Gordon Michaels:
J. Scott Shonka:
Harry Hutchinson:
Bill Brown: Actor, GERONIMO: AN AMERICAN LEGEND
Brian Turk:
Jim Harly:
Colton James:
Carey Eidel:
Katy Boyer: American Actress
David Koepp: Screenwriter/Producer
Eugene Bass:
Bari Buckner:
P.B. Hutton:
David St. James:
Mark Brady:
Marjean Holden: Actor
Jaqueline Schultz:
Domini Hoffman de Saldago:
Thomas Stuart:
C. Ransom Walrod:
David Gene Gibbs:
Michael N. Fujimoto:
Paul Fujimoto:
Darryl A. Imai:
Darryl Oumi:
Vincent Dee Miles:
Director
Steven Spielberg: Oscar-winning director/producer/screenwriter
Producer
Gerald R. Molen: Producer
Colin Wilson: Producer, big budget films, '90s-, LOST WORLD 1 & 2
Screenwriter
David Koepp: Screenwriter/Producer
Composer
John Williams: American film composer, STAR WARS (1977)
Editor
Michael Kahn: American Editor/ MAN CALLED HORSE-CLOSE ENCOUNTERS-A.I.
Cameo
Steven Spielberg: Oscar-winning director/producer/screenwriter
Costume Designer
Susan Moore:
Director of Photography
Janusz Kaminski:
Production Designer
Rick Carter: Production Designer, THE POLAR EXPRESS (2004)
Source Writer
Michael Crichton: Author/Director/Producer, JURASSIC PARK,
Special Effects
Stan Winston Studio: Special effects company
Special Effects
Industrial Light and Magic:
Review 1:
"...Terrifically entertaining..."
Source: New York Times
p.C1 05/23/1997
Review 2:
"...Spielberg lets his visual wit fly....Enjoyable..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.38 05/23/1997
Review 3:
"...Dino-mighty effects. These are inconceivably great..."
Source: USA Today
p.1D 05/23/1997
Review 4:
"...Spielberg gives us many, many dinosaurs...and he choreographs their movements with a magician's sense of play....Good fun: deft, scary, engrossing..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.48-9 05/30/1997