
Lost in Space Movie
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Battlestar Galactica‘s Edward James Olmos wasn’t kidding when he said “the series is even better than the miniseries.” As developed by sci-fi TV veteran Ronald D. Moore, the “reimagined” BG is exactly what it claims to be: a drama for grown-ups in a science-fiction setting. The mature intelligence of the series is its greatest asset, from the tenuous respect between Galactica’s militarily principled commander Adama (Olmos) and politically astute President Roslin (Mary McDonnell) to the barely suppressed passion between ace Viper pilot “Apollo” (a.k.a. Adama’s son Lee, played by Jamie Bamber) and the brashly insubordinate Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff), whose multifaceted character is just one of many first-season highlights. Picking up where the miniseries ended (it’s included here, sparing the need for separate purchase), season 1 opens with the riveting, Hugo Award-winning episode “33,” in which Galactica and the “ragtag fleet” of colonial survivors begin their quest for the legendary 13th colony planet Earth, while being pursued with clockwork regularity by the Cylons, who’ve now occupied the colonial planet of Caprica. The fleet’s hard-fought survival forms (1) the primary side of the series’ three-part structure, shared with (2) the apparent psychosis of Dr. Gaius Baltar (James Callis) whose every thought and move are monitored by various incarnations of Number Six (Tricia Helfer), the seemingly omniscient Cylon ultravixen who follows a master plan somehow connected to (3) the Caprican survival ordeal of crash-landed pilots “Helo” (Tahmoh Penikett) and “Boomer” (Grace Park), whose simultaneous presence on Galactica is further evidence that 12 multicopied models of Cylons, in human form, are gathering their forces.
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Lost in Space | |
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Directed by | Stephen Hopkins |
Produced by | Mark W. Koch Stephen Hopkins Akiva Goldsman Carla Fry |
Written by | Akiva Goldsman |
Based on | Lost in Space by Irwin Allen |
Starring | |
Music by | Bruce Broughton |
Cinematography | Peter Levy |
Edited by | Ray Lovejoy |
Production company | New Line Cinema Saltire Entertainment |
Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
Release date |
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Running time | 130 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $80 million |
Box office | $136.2 million |
Lost in Space is a 1998 American science-fiction adventure film directed by Stephen Hopkins, and starring William Hurt, Matt LeBlanc, and Gary Oldman. The plot is adapted from the 1965–1968 CBS television series Lost in Space. Several actors from the TV show make cameo appearances.
The film focuses on the Robinson family, who undertake a voyage to a nearby star system to begin large-scale emigration from a soon-to-be uninhabitable Earth, but are thrown off course by a saboteur and must try to find their way home.
Lost in Space met with negative reviews, and grossed $136.2 million worldwide.
Contents
Plot
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In 2058, Earth will be uninhabitable within twenty years due to the irreversible effects of pollution and ozone depletion. In an effort to save humanity, the United Global Space Force (UGSF) elects to send Professor John Robinson and his family—wife Maureen, daughters Judy and Penny, and young prodigy son Will—on a mission on the spaceship Jupiter II to complete the construction of a hypergate over the planet Alpha Prime, allowing for the population of Earth to be instantly transported to and populate it as a new home. Penny is resistant to leaving, rebelling by breaking curfew, while Will's prize-winning science experiment involving time travel goes largely unnoticed by John. Global Sedition, a terrorist group against the mission, assassinates the Jupiter II's pilot, and hotshot fighter pilot Major Don West is instead recruited to fly their ship—much to his chagrin.
Dr. Zachary Smith, the family's physician, turns out to be a spy for the Sedition, who sabotages the ship's on-board robot before launch, but he is betrayed by his cohorts, and left unconscious as the ship launches and the family enters cryosleep. The robot activates soon after and begins to destroy the navigation and guidance systems, en route to destroying the family itself. Smith awakens the Robinsons and West, who manage to subdue the robot, but the ship is falling uncontrollably into the sun. Forced to use the experimental hyperdrive with an unplotted course, the ship is transported through hyperspace to a remote and uncharted part of the universe, where their known star charts are useless. Going through a strange distortion in space, the crew finds two abandoned ships in orbit, the Proteus, an Earth ship, and another ship that is clearly not of human origin. They board the Proteus, with Will controlling the now-modified robot by remote control to aid them. They find navigational data that can be used to get to Alpha Prime along with a camouflaging creature whom Penny calls "Blarp", and evidence suggesting the ship is from the future. They are attacked by spider-like creatures; in their escape, Smith is scratched by one, and the robot's body is damaged beyond repair, but Will saves its computerized intelligence. West destroys the vessel to eradicate the spiders, and, as a result, the ship crash-lands on the nearby planet, where a distortion like the one from before appears. Will theorizes they are distortions in time; in fact, they are his science experiment's predicted results. John, however, frustrates Will by ignoring his input. He and West head off to explore the time bubble, and encounter a future version of Will and a rebuilt robot he crafted with parts and the saved intelligence, who explains that some spiders had survived and attacked after his father and West had left them, and that Maureen, Penny, and Judy were all killed. Constructing a time machine, Will intends to go back to Earth to prevent Jupiter II from launching.
Meanwhile, young Will and Smith head out on their own to investigate the time bubble. Smith tricks Will into handing over his weapon, but he is foiled by a future version of Smith, who had been protecting Will ever since the rest of the family was killed, and was transformed by an infection from the spider injury into a kind of anthropomorphic spider creature. Will and West return to the Jupiter II with an injured Smith and the robot in tow while the future Smith reveals his true actions: He had killed the Robinsons, but kept Will alive to build the time machine, so he could go back in time to populate Earth with a race of space spiders. John remembers that the spiders eat their wounded, rips open Smith's egg sac with a trophy Will had turned into a weapon, and while Smith's own army devours him, he is thrown into the time portal, which rips him apart. The increasing instability of the planet caused by the portal forces the Jupiter II to take off, but they are unable to reach escape velocity, and are destroyed by the planet's debris. Will realizes that his father never actually abandoned them, and that he really does love him after all. Setting the time machine's controls to send John back to his family, he himself is unable to go along, with only enough power available for one person. Saying goodbye to his family, the future Will is killed by falling debris, and John reunites with his living family. Realizing that they do not have enough power to escape the planet's gravitational pull, John suggests that they drive the ship down through the planet, and use the gravity well to slingshot them back into space. They are successful, but the planet turns into a black hole, and they once again activate the hyperdrive to escape. Using the navigational data from the Proteus to set a potential course for Alpha Prime, the ship blasts off into hyperspace.
Cast
Main cast
- William Hurt as Professor John Robinson
- Mimi Rogers as Professor Maureen Robinson
- Heather Graham as Dr. Judy Robinson
- Lacey Chabert as Penny Robinson
- Jack Johnson as Will Robinson
- Matt LeBlanc as Major Don West
- Gary Oldman as Dr. Zachary Smith / Spider Smith
- Dick Tufeld as the voice of the Robot
- Jared Harris as Older Will Robinson
- Lennie James as Jeb Walker
- Edward Fox as Businessman
Production
Filming begun on March 3, 1997 in London's Shepperton Studios, with more than 700 special effects shots planned,[2] done by Industrial Light & Magic and Jim Henson's Creature Shop. The $70 million Lost in Space film was New Line's hope to launch a multimedia franchise, followed by animated and live-action television series.[3] Licensing deals were made with Trendmasters for toys and Harper Prism and Scholastic for tie-in novels.[4]
Music
TVT Records released a soundtrack album on March 31, 1998, featuring 11 tracks of Bruce Broughton's original score (which makes no reference to either of the TV themes composed by John Williams) and eight tracks of techno music (most of which is heard only over the film's end credits).[5] A European version of the soundtrack album was released that omits the tracks "Spider Attack", "Jupiter Crashes", and "Spider Smith" in favor of three new songs unused in the film by Aah-Yah, Asphalt Ostrich, and Anarchy.[6]Intrada Records released a score album for the film the following year, and the complete score in 2016. The track "Thru the Planet" on the TVT album is not the same as "Through the Planet" on the Intrada release, but is a shortened version of Broughton's unused end-title music heard on the score album as "Lost in Space."[citation needed]
TVT soundtrack album
Lost in Space: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
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Soundtrack album by Various | |
Released | March 31, 1998 (1998-03-31) |
Genre | Big beat, film score |
Length | 67:59 |
Label | TVT Records |
Lost in Space: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |||
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No. | Title | Artist | Length |
1. | "Lost in Space – Theme" | Apollo 440 | 3:27 |
2. | "I'm Here... Another Planet" | Juno Reactor / The Creatures | 4:21 |
3. | "Busy Child" | The Crystal Method | 7:27 |
4. | "Bang On" | Propellerheads | 5:47 |
5. | "Everybody Needs a 303" | Fatboy Slim | 5:49 |
6. | "Will & Penny's Theme" | Apollo 440 | 3:22 |
7. | "Song for Penny" | Death in Vegas | 5:35 |
8. | "Lost in Space" | Space | 3:30 |
9. | "Main Title" | Bruce Broughton | 1:03 |
10. | "Reprogram the Robot" | Bruce Broughton | 2:17 |
11. | "The Launch" | Bruce Broughton | 4:14 |
12. | "The Robot Attack" | Bruce Broughton | 2:54 |
13. | "The Proteus" | Bruce Broughton | 2:26 |
14. | "Spiders Attack" | Bruce Broughton | 2:26 |
15. | "Jupiter Crashes" | Bruce Broughton | 1:17 |
16. | "Spider Smith" | Bruce Broughton | 2:42 |
17. | "Kill the Monster" | Bruce Broughton | 3:54 |
18. | "The Portal" | Bruce Broughton | 2:46 |
19. | "Thru the Planet" | Bruce Broughton | 2:42 |
Intrada score album
Lost in Space: Original Motion Picture Score | |
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Soundtrack album by | |
Released | March 23, 1999 (1999-03-23) (original release); February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29) (expansion) |
Genre | Film score |
Length | 67:03 (original release); 122:49 (expansion) |
Label | Intrada Records |
All music composed by Bruce Broughton.
Lost in Space: Original Motion Picture Score | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Prologue" | 0:57 |
2. | "Preparing for Space" | 2:31 |
3. | "The Launch" | 6:22 |
4. | "Robot Attack" | 3:21 |
5. | "Into the Sun" | 6:21 |
6. | "Spiders" | 10:22 |
7. | "A New World" | 1:25 |
8. | "Guiding Stars" | 1:37 |
9. | "The Time Bubbles" | 2:21 |
10. | "Smith's Plan" | 1:21 |
11. | "Will and Smith Explore" | 2:00 |
12. | "Will's Time Machine" | 4:24 |
13. | "Spider Smith" | 2:39 |
14. | "Facing the Monster" | 8:46 |
15. | "Attempted Escape" | 1:26 |
16. | "The Time Portal" | 2:42 |
17. | "Through the Planet" | 2:31 |
18. | "Back to Hyperspace" | 1:38 |
19. | "Fanfare for Will" | 0:27 |
20. | "Lost in Space" | 3:24 |
All music composed by Bruce Broughton.
Lost in Space: 2-Disc Edition - CD 1 | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Prologue" | 0:58 |
2. | "Main Title/Major Mayhem" | 4:07 |
3. | "Hologram Gags/You'll Do (Alternate)" | 1:05 |
4. | "Meet Dr. Smith" | 1:40 |
5. | "Dog Tags, No. 1" | 0:38 |
6. | "Reprogram The Robot/The Launch" | 6:25 |
7. | "Bad Dream/The Robot Attack" | 3:22 |
8. | "Where's Judy?/Judy Is Dying (Remix)" | 6:23 |
9. | "Can't Kill The Man (Revised)" | 0:49 |
10. | "We're Lost" | 0:23 |
11. | "The Proteus (Alternate)" | 2:23 |
12. | "Boarding The Proteus, Pt. 1/Boarding The Proteus, Pt. 2" | 7:01 |
13. | "Spiders And Static/Spiders Attack (Revised)" | 7:54 |
14. | "Jupiter Crash" | 1:11 |
15. | "A Strange New Place/Spider Scratch" | 1:29 |
16. | "Matt And Judy" | 1:40 |
17. | "Goodnights" | 0:38 |
18. | "Energy Bubbles/Dog Tags, No. 2/John And West Set Out" | 2:23 |
19. | "Will's Walk/Smith Persuades Will" | 1:56 |
20. | "Will And Smith Set Out" | 1:59 |
21. | "Decades Old/I'm Your Son (Revised)/Time Machine" | 4:27 |
All music composed by Bruce Broughton.
Lost in Space: 2-Disc Edition - CD 2 | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Never Trust Anyone/Smith Interrupts/Spider Smith" | 3:01 |
2. | "Friendship/We Have A Plan/Kill The Monster (Revised)" | 8:46 |
3. | "Let's Go Major (Original)" | 1:26 |
4. | "The Portal (Revised Alternate)" | 2:44 |
5. | "Through The Planet (Revised Alternate)" | 2:28 |
6. | "Nice Work Fly Boy (Revised)" | 1:36 |
7. | "Fanfare For Will" | 0:27 |
8. | "Lost In Space" | 3:26 |
9. | "Hologram Gags/You'll Do (Original)" | 1:04 |
10. | "Can't Kill The Man (Original)" | 0:49 |
11. | "The Proteus (Original)" | 2:24 |
12. | "Spiders And Static/Spiders Attack (Original)" | 7:54 |
13. | "Decades Old/I'm Your Son (Original)/Time Machine" | 4:32 |
14. | "Friendship/We Have A Plan/Kill The Monster (Original)" | 8:50 |
15. | "Let's Go Major (Alternate)" | 1:24 |
16. | "The Portal (Original)" | 2:42 |
17. | "The Portal (Revised)" | 2:43 |
18. | "Through The Planet (Original)" | 3:13 |
19. | "Through The Planet (Revised)" | 2:41 |
20. | "Nice Work Fly Boy (Original)" | 1:48 |
Reception
Critical response
Lost in Space was panned by critics on release.[7][8]Roger Ebert gave the film a rating of one and a half out of four, calling it a "dim-witted shoot-'em-up".[9] Wade Major of BoxOffice rated the film at 1 and a half out of 5, calling it "the dumbest and least imaginative adaptation of a television series yet translated to the screen."[10]James Berardinelli was slightly more favorable, giving the film a rating of 2 and a half out of 4. While praising the film's set design, he criticized its "meandering storyline and lifeless protagonists," saying that "Lost in Space features a few action sequences that generate adrenaline jolts, but this is not an edge-of-the-seat motion picture."[11]
Online aggregators have tracked both contemporary and recent reviews of Lost in Space. At Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 28% based on 83 appraisals, with an average score of 4.7/10. The site's consensus reads: "Clumsily directed and missing most of the TV series' campy charm, Lost in Space sadly lives down to its title."[12] The film holds a score of 42 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on the opinions of 19 journalists, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[13]
Box office
On its opening weekend, Lost in Space grossed $20,154,919 and debuted at number one at the box office, ending Titanic's 15-week-long hold on the first-place position. It opened in 3,306 theaters and grossed an average of $6,096 per screening. Lost in Space grossed $69,117,629 in the United States, and $67,041,794 outside of America, bringing its worldwide total to $136,159,423.[14] Those results were deemed insufficient to justify a planned sequel.[citation needed]
Accolades
Lost in Space received six Saturn Award nominations, including Best Supporting Actor for Oldman. The film also received a Golden Raspberry Award nomination for Worst Remake or Sequel, but lost to the tied Godzilla, The Avengers and Psycho.
Home media
VHS, DVD, and later a Blu-ray have been released for the film. Both the DVD and Blu-ray releases contain deleted scenes.[15]
References
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External links
- Lost in Space on IMDb
- Lost in Space at the TCM Movie Database
- Lost in Space at AllMovie
- Lost in Space at Box Office Mojo
- Lost in Space at Rotten Tomatoes
- Lost in Space at Metacritic
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