In the middle of the twentieth century, you fall off the brink of time!
Professor Challenger leads an expedition of scientists and adventurers to a remote plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle to verify his claim that dinosaurs still live there.
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Classical in form, unpretentious, resolved and effortless.
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- John Chardon TMDB · Sep 20156.5/10
Irwin Allen asks us politely to get lost in his world. The Lost World is directed and produced by Irwin Allen, who also co-adapts the screenplay with Charles Bennett from the novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It stars Michael Rennie, Jill St. John, Claude Rains, David Hedison, Fernando Lamas and Richard Haydn. A CinemaScope production in De Luxe Color, music is by Paul Sawtell & Bert Shefter and cinematography by Winton C. Hoch. A loose adaptation of Doyle's novel, this version was the first talkie to surface after the silent original back in 1925. The story pitches a diverse group of travellers/explorers onto an Amazonian plateau where it is hoped that proof of living dinosaurs can be made. Monster malarkey does follow. Given that it has a diverse reputation and average ratings on internet movie sites, you would be fooled into thinking this was a flop. Far from it! It made very good coin at the box office and it continues to be a well received fantasy favourite shown on TV schedules during holiday periods. In fact, there is a cult fan base out there whom steadfastly will defend the pic from violent attack! Irwin Allen used his average budget in areas other than for the creature
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Cast
- Michael RennieLord John Roxton
- Jill St. JohnJennifer Holmes
- David HedisonEd Malone
- Claude RainsProf. George Edward Challenger
- Fernando LamasManuel Gomez
- Richard HaydnProf. Summerlee
- Ray StricklynDavid Holmes
- Jay NovelloCosta
- Vitina MarcusNative Girl
- Ian WolfeBurton White
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- Irwin AllenDirector
- Irwin AllenScreenplay
- Charles BennettScreenplay
- Arthur Conan DoyleNovel
- Winton C. HochDirector of Photography
- Paul SawtellOriginal Music Composer
- Bert ShefterOriginal Music Composer
- Hugh S. FowlerEditor
- Irwin AllenProducer
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