Four years after the events of Jurassic Park, dinosaurs have secretly survived and been allowed to roam free on a deserted island off of Central America's Pacific Coast. In the time between the two films, John Hammond loses control of his company, InGen, to his nephew, Peter Ludlow.
Ludlow assembles a team to bring the animals back to the mainland to bring in revenue and restore the company. Hammond sees a chance to redeem himself for his past mistakes and sends an expedition led by Dr. Ian Malcolm to reach the island before InGen's team can get there. The two groups confront each other in the face of extreme danger and must team up for their own survival.
Publication Information
- Title : Jurassic Park : The Lost World
- Directed by : Steven Spielberg
- Produced by : Gerald R. Molen, Colin Wilson
- Screenplay by : David Koepp
- Based on : The Lost World by Michael Crichton
- Starring : Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Arliss Howard
- Music by : John Williams
- Cinematography : Janusz Kamiński
- Edited by : Michael Kahn
- Production company : Amblin Entertainment
- Distributed by : Universal Pictures
- Release dates : May 23, 1997
- Running time : 129 minutes
- Country : United States
- Language : English
- Budget : $73 million
- Box office : $618.6 million
Plot
Four years after the events of Jurassic Park, the wealthy Bowman family is on a boat cruise near Isla Sorna off of Central America's Pacific coast. Cathy (Camilla Belle), the daughter, wanders off and is attacked by a pack of Compsognathus. She is then saved by her family, who have heard her screams. The incident allows Peter Ludlow (Arliss Howard), the unscrupulous nephew of John Hammond (Richard Attenborough), to gain control of InGen. Hammond contacts Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), whose publication of the incident at Jurassic Park destroyed his academic reputation, at his home. He explains that Isla Sorna (also known as "Site B") is the island where the dinosaurs were engineered and nurtured before being moved to Isla Nublar, Jurassic Park's location.
He also explains that after the park was shut down, a hurricane destroyed the containment facilities on Isla Sorna, and the dinosaurs have been living free in the wild ever since. Hammond requests Malcolm to join a team that will travel to Isla Sorna to document the dinosaurs in their natural habitat as a way of rallying public support to prevent Ludlow from exploiting the site. Ian initially declines but, after learning that his girlfriend—paleontologist Sarah Harding (Julianne Moore)—is part of the team and is already on the island, agrees to go.
Ian meets the other two members of the team: equipment specialist and engineer Eddie Carr (Richard Schiff), and video documentarian Nick Van Owen (Vince Vaughn). Shortly after arriving on the island, they find Sarah after a brief encounter with a herd of Stegosaurus and discover that Ian's daughter Kelly (Vanessa Lee Chester) has stowed away on the trailer that the group is using as a mobile base.
Ian tries to take Kelly home, but they are interrupted by the arrival of an InGen team of mercenaries, hunters and paleontologists led by Ludlow, whom they spot chasing and capturing several dinosaurs. Meanwhile, tracker and team leader Roland Tembo (Pete Postlethwaite) separates from the main group and goes after his big prize: a male Tyrannosaurus rex. He decides to capture it by luring it to the cries of its injured offspring. That night, Ian's team sneak into the InGen camp and learn the captured dinosaurs will be brought to San Diego as the main attraction of a newly-proposed theme park. This prompts Nick and Sarah to free the caged dinosaurs, wreaking havoc upon the camp.
Cast
- Main article : List of Jurassic Park characters
- Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Ian Malcolm, a mathematician and chaos theorist, and a survivor of the events on Isla Nublar from the first film.
- Julianne Moore as Dr. Sarah Harding, a behavioral paleontologist and Ian's girlfriend.
- Vanessa Lee Chester as Kelly Malcolm, Ian's teenage daughter from a failed marriage.
- Vince Vaughn as Nick Van Owen, a well-traveled and experienced documentarian and environmentalist.
- Pete Postlethwaite as Roland Tembo, a big-game hunter from Africa and the leader of his team.
- Arliss Howard as Peter Ludlow, InGen's current CEO and Hammond's conniving nephew. He is the main antagonist of the film.
- Richard Attenborough as John Hammond, InGen's former CEO and the park's original visionary.
- Peter Stormare as Dieter Stark, the InGen team's second-in-command, under Roland Tembo.
- Harvey Jason as Ajay Sidhu, Roland's immensely loyal and long-time best friend and hunting partner from India.
- Richard Schiff as Eddie Carr, a timid and sardonic field equipment expert.
- Thomas F. Duffy as Dr. Robert Burke, the InGen team's dinosaur expert.
- Ariana Richards as Alexis "Lex" Murphy, John Hammond's granddaughter and a survivor of the events on Isla Nublar.
- Joseph Mazzello as Timothy "Tim" Murphy, John's grandson and also a survivor of the events on Isla Nublar.
- Thomas Rosales, Jr. as Carter, a member of the InGen team.
- Camilla Belle as Cathy Bowman, a girl attacked by Compsognathus.
- Cyd Strittmatter as Mrs. Bowman, Cathy's mother
- Robin Sachs as Mr. Bowman, Cathy's father.
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Awards and nominations
- 1997 - Academy Awards - Best Visual Effects Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Randal Dutra and Michael Lantieri - Nominated
- 1997 - Saturn Awards - Best Special Effects - Nominated
- 1997 - Best Supporting Actor - Pete Postlethwaite - Nominated
- 1997 - Best Young Actress - Vanessa Lee Chester - Nominated
- 1997 - Best Fantasy Film - Nominated
- 1997 - Best DVD Collection - Nominated
- 1997 - Best Director - Steven Spielberg - Nominated
- 1997 - Rembrandt Awards - Won
- 1997 - MTV Movie Awards - Best Action Sequence - Nominated
- 1997 - Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture – Animated or Mixed Media - Nominated
- 1997 - Image Awards Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress Vanessa Lee Chester - Nominated
- 1997 - Grammy Awards - Best Instrumental Composition - John Williams - Nominated
- 1997 - Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor – Sci-Fi - Jeff Goldblum - Nominated
- 1997 - Favorite Actress – Sci-Fi - Julianne Moore - Nominated
- 1997 - Sierra Awards - Best DVD - Won
- 1997 - Golden Raspberry Awards - Worst Remake or Sequel - Nominated
- 1997 - Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property - Nominated
- 1997 - Worst Screenplay - David Koepp, based on the book by Michael Crichton - Nominated
- 1997 - Stinkers Bad Movie Awards - Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing More Than $100 Million Worldwide Using Hollywood Math - Nominated
- 1997 - Worst Sequel - Nominated
Literature
The Lost World : Jurassic Park was adapted into a four-part comic series released by Topps Comics. Each issue had one regular cover, and one photo-variant cover that used stills from the film. The first issue was released on May 1, 1997 with the final issue being released on August 1, 1997.
Games
For the complete list of games based on The Lost World: Jurassic Park, see: There were also a number of games released based on the movie. These included a pinball game, an arcade game, and a number of releases for home systems including the Sega Genesis, Sony Playstation, and the Nintendo Game Boy. A board game was also available.
Sequels- A sequel to the film, Jurassic Park III, was released in 2001, followed by Jurassic World in 2015.
- 1993 - Jurassic Park
- 1997 - Jurassic Park (The Lost World)
- 2001 - Jurassic Park III
- 2015 - Jurassic World
