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Not the Steven Spielberg blockbuster, this
f1i Lost World
f0i0 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 fianc'8ee.
As usual, the adaptation adds a woman--orphaned jungle girl Elaine Cassidy--to the expedition, and an interesting villain (religious fanatic Peter Falk) beefs up the travelogue by marooning Challenger's gang on the South American plateau where dinosaurs, cavemen and Indians coexist eventfully. The
f1i Walking with Dinosaurs
f0i0 -style effects work well for the TV frame, but the real success is in integrating the Boys' Own adventuring with subtle eco-awareness, complex character interplay and the reliable wonder of soaring Pteranodons and Carnosaur attacks. --
f1i Kim Newman
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| title: |
The Lost World [2001] |
| stars: |
Bob Hoskins
James Fox |
| purchase date: |
30-12-2004 |
| publisher: |
BBC Worldwide Publishing |
| published: |
03-06-2002 |
| price: |
£19.99 |
| net Rating: |
5 |
| last lookup time: |
126094880 |
| genre: |
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| edition: |
DVD |
| director: |
Stuart Orme |
| created: |
126081224 |
| country: |
gb |
| aspect: |
PAL |
| asin: |
B0000634BT
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