The Lost World: Jurassic Park
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| The Lost World: Jurassic Park | |
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| Directed by | Steven Spielberg |
| Written by | Michael Crichton, David Koepp |
| Starring | Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Richard Attenborough |
| Produced by | Kathleen Kennedy, Gerald R. Molen, Colin Wilson |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment |
| Release date | May 23, 1997 |
| Runtime | 129 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $73,000,000 (estimated) |
| IMDb page (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119567/) | |
The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a 1997 movie and sequel to the blockbuster Jurassic Park. The film was adapted by David Koepp from Michael Crichton's novel The Lost World, and was directed by Steven Spielberg.
Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough reprise their roles from the previous film. They are joined by Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Vince Vaughn and Arliss Howard.
Plot summary
John Hammond (Attenborough) reveals to Ian Malcolm (Goldblum) that there was another site used to raise the dinosaurs until ready for the amusement park. Since the destruction of the original site on Isla Nublar, "Site B" was evacuated and the dinosaurs on Site B were left alone. Hammond sends Malcolm and a small team to Site B to show the world what the dinosaurs are like in their natural habitat and that they are not dangerous.
The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Visual Effects.
This film broke many box office records upon its release on May 23rd, 1997. It took an incredible $72.1 million gross on its opening weekend ($92.6 million for the four-day Memorial Day holiday) in the US, which was by far the biggest opening weekend taking at the time. It also took the highest single day box office taking of $26.1 million on Sunday, May 25th, and it became the fastest film to pass the $100 million mark, achieving the feat in just five and a half days. The film eventually ended up grossing $620 million worldwide, becoming the sixth highest-grossing film of all time.
External links
- The Lost World (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119567/) at the Internet Movie Database
| Feature films directed by Steven Spielberg | |
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| 1970s: | Duel, The Sugarland Express, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1941 |
| 1980s: | Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Color Purple, Empire of the Sun, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Always |
| 1990s: | Hook, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Amistad, Saving Private Ryan |
| 2000s: | A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can, The Terminal, War of the Worlds |
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