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The Lost World (2001)

The Lost World poster
Directed by
Stuart Orme
Genre
adventure television series, fantasy television series
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
2h 30m
Rated
12
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 74 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A professor leads an expedition to a remote plateau where dinosaurs still live. The team must survive prehistoric dangers and a rival explorer's scheming.

adventurousold-fashionedexoticsuspensefulepisodicbriskdramaticnostalgic

What happens

The Lost World is a 2001 British made-for-television film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's 1912 novel The Lost World, directed by Stuart Orme and adapted by Tony Mulholland and Adrian Hodges. It was filmed at various locations on the West Coast of New Zealand. The 145-minute film was divided into two 75-minute episodes when broadcast on BBC One on 25 and 26 December 2001, receiving 8.68 million and 6.98 million viewers respectively. Bob Hoskins stars as Professor Challenger, with James Fox, Peter Falk, Matthew Rhys, Tom Ward and Elaine Cassidy in supporting roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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