The Lost World: Pilot - The Journey Begins / Stranded (1999)

Country of Origin: USA
Date(s) of Broadcast: 3 April 1999
Episode Running Times: 2 x 45 mins
Format: colour
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Company: The Over the Hill Gang
Executive Producers: Peter Bergmann, John Landis
Producer: Darryl Sheen
Production Manager: Sharon Miller

SCRIPT
Script: Jim Henshaw, Peter Mohan
Novel: Arthur Conan Doyle

DIRECTION
Director: Richard Franklin

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Online Editor: Pierre Eric Pilon
Post Production Supervisor: Hélène Grimard

MUSIC
Orchestrator: Nerida Tyson-Chew

VISUAL EFFECTS
3D Effects Artist: Marc Bourbonnais
Digital Matte Artist: Randy Vellacott
CG Animator: Yanick Wilisky

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Simon McGuire
Set Dresser: Jodie Allen

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Accountant: Hélène Gallizzi

LOCATIONS
Locations: Australia

CAST
Peter McCauley (Professor George Challenger)
Rachel Blakely (Marguerite Krux)
David Orth (Ned Malone)
Jennifer O'Dell (Veronica)
Will Snow (Lord John Roxton)
Michael Sinelnikoff (Professor Arthur Summerlee)
William DeVry (Ned Malone)
Laura Vazquez (Assai)
George Henare (Chief Jacoba)
Lani John Tupu (chief guide)
Robert Coleby (Maple White)
Laslo Racz (chief)

PLOT SUMMARY

Professor George Challenger leads an expedition to a lost world in South America. Taking with him Lord Roxton heiress Marguerite Krux and skeptical scientist Professor Summerlee. But having escaped from headhunters in a hot air balloon, they find himself stranded on a remote plateau when a thunderstorm forces them to land. They meet Veronica, a beautiful young woman who has lived on the plateau since her parents disappeared when she was eleven years old. The explorers are going to need all of Veronica's skills to survive this strange new world.

KEYWORDS

book into film, dinosaurs, lost worlds