The Lost World

The Lost World (2001)

This Lost World is a splendid BBC TV dramatisation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous adventure story. Bob Hoskins makes an unusually genial Professor Challenger, far less of a bully than Doyle's character, but his slightly stereotyped companions are nicely filled out by a solid cast. James Fox is Challenger's more timid but still covertly adventurous rival, Tom Ward is the moustachioed big game hunter who faces an Allosaurus with an elephant gun, and Matthew Rhys plays the tagalong reporter hoping to impress his faithless fiancée.

Date of release
2001-12-25
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (77)
Runtime
2h 30m
Genres
Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction, TV Movie
Director
Stuart Orme

Casting

  • Bob Hoskins — Prof. Challenger
  • James Fox — Prof. Summerlee
  • Tom Ward — Lord Roxton
  • Matthew Rhys — Edward Malone
  • Elaine Cassidy — Agnes Cluny
  • Peter Falk — Theo Kerr
  • Bianca Roe — Selena
  • Nathaniel Lees — Indian chief
  • Joanna Page — Gladys
  • Robert Hardy — Prof. Illingworth
  • Tom Goodman-Hill — Arthur Hare
  • Tessa Peake-Jones — Mrs. Hilda Summerlee

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