Lost in Space (1998)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1997
Running Times: 130 mins
Length: 7 reels
Format: Rankcolor 35mm Panavision (anamorphic)
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

(Full Credits)

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: New Line Cinema / Irwin Allen Productions / Prelude Pictures
Executive Producers: Mace Neufeld, Michael De Luca, Richard Saperstein, Robert Rehme
Co-Executive Producer: Michael Ilitch Jr
Producers: Akiva Goldsman, Carla Fry, Mark W. Koch, Stephen Hopkins
Producer (Passion Pictures): Hugo Sands
Producer (Uli Meyer Studios): Julie Pye
Co-Producers: Kris Wiseman McIntyre, Tim Hampton
Associate Producer: Chris Carreras

SCRIPT
Script: Akiva Goldsman
Television Series: Irwin Allen

DIRECTION
Director: Stephen Hopkins
2nd Unit Director: John Stephenson

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Peter Levy
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Mike Brewster
2nd Unit Additional Director of Photography: Ken Coles

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Ray Lovejoy

MUSIC
Music: Bruce Broughton; John Williams (Lost In Space Theme); Noko, Trevor Gray, Howard Gray (Will and Penny's Theme)

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Simon Kaye
2nd Unit Sound Mixers: David Allen, Stan Phillips

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Key Make Up: Peter Robb-King
Make Up: Tracy Lee
2nd Unit Make Up: Yvonne Coppard
Make Up / Hair For Gary Oldman: Fae Hammond
Assistant Make Up: Jane Royal
Hair: Jane Body, Francesca Crowder, Annie Townsend
2nd Unit Hair: Tracy Wells
Earth Costume Designers: Robert Bell, Gilly Hebden
Space Costume Effects Design Supervisor: Tahra Kharibian
Space Costumes: Vin Burnham
TITAN Cloth Costumes: Spiewak NYC

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Prosthetic Makeup Designer (Spider Smith): David White
Key Costume Effects: Jody Overhill

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Nick Allder

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor: Angus Bickerton
Visual Effects: AMGFX; Cinesite; Command Post Toybox; Computer Film Company; Digital Film; Electric Image; The Film Factory at VTR; Framestore; Jim Henson's Creature Shop; Little Fluffy Clouds; The Magic Camera Company; Men in White Clothes; Mill Film; Passion Pictures; Rushes Digital Film; SGI Systems; Uli Meyer Studios

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Norman Garwood
Supervising Art Director: Keith Pain
Art Directors: Steven Lawrence, David Lee, Nick Palmer

LOCATIONS
Locations: London, England, UK
Studio: Shepperton Studios, England, UK

STUNTS
Stunt Co-Ordinator: Greg Powell
2nd Unit Stunt Co-Ordinator: Graeme Crowther
Stunts: Andy Smart, Joss Gower, Mark Lisbon, Morgan Johnson, Paul Jennings, Sarah Franzl, Sy Hollands

CASTING
Casting: Allison Cowitt, Mike Fenton, Mary Selway

CAST
William Hurt (John Robinson)
Mimi Rogers (Maureen Robinson)
Heather Graham (Judy Robinson)
Lacey Chabert (Penny Robinson)
Jack Johnson (Will Robinson)
Gary Oldman (Dr Zachary Smith)
Matt LeBlanc (Major Don West)
Jared Harris (older Will Robinson)
Mark Goddard (General)
Lennie James (Jeb Walker)
Marta Kristen (reporter 1)
June Lockhart (Principal Cartwright)
Edward Fox (business man)
Adam Sims (lab technician)
Angela Cartwright (reporter 2)
John Sharian (Noah Freeman)
Abigail Canton (Annie Tech)
Richard Saperstein (Global Sedition attack pilot)
Dick Tufeld (voice of robot)
William Todd Jones (Spider Smith's student)
Gary Hecker (voice of Blarp)

The Earth's natural resources have been exploited to the point where they are about to dry up for good. Mankind's only hope is to send a spaceship, the Jupiter II, through a stargate to a distant galaxy in search of a new home for humanity. But the mission is sabotaged by Dr Smith and the crew of the ship - the Robinson family and their pilot Major Don West - are thrown off course and find themselves lost in space.

Another big budget, big screen and originality-free remake of a television series that wasn't that great to begin with. Dull, plotless and hopelessly miscast (with the sole exception of Gary Oldman), Lost in Space is just another in the long line of special effects extravaganzas trading on nostalgia and getting it all so terribly wrong. Only Apollo 440's cracking take on the theme tune comes out of this mess with any credibility.

Australia
Theatrical Distributor: Roadshow Film Distributors

Belgium
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution

Germany
Theatrical Distributor: Kinowelt Filmverleih
Video Distributor: BMG Video

Luxembourg
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution

Netherlands
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution

Portugal
Theatrical Distributor: Vitoria Filme

UK
DVD Distributor: Entertainment in Video (EDV 9013; includes - music video; deleted scenes; special effects documentary; production design stills)

USA
Theatrical Distributor: New Line Cinema
Video Distributor: Warner Bros. Home Video
Laserdisc Distributor: Image (ID 4712 LI); Image (ID 4258 LI)
DVD Distributor: New Line Platinum Series (N4667; includes - audio comentaries by Stephen Hopkins, Akiva Goldsman, Angus Bickerton and other special effects crew, Peter Levy, Ray Lovejoy and the producers; deleted scenes; Building the Special Effects documentary; The Future of Space Travel documentary; The Television Years, synopses of Lost In Space episodes and interviews with original cast; droduction designs; Apollo 440 music video; biographies of current and original cast members); New Line Home Video Theatrical Hits Gift Set (N4714; 4-disc set, also including Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997); The Wedding Singer (1998) and The Mask (1994); includes - audio comentaries; documentaries)

Australia
Rating: PG

Belgium
Rating: KT

Finland
Rating: K-8

France
Rating: U

Germany
Rating: 12

Mexico
Rating: A

Netherlands
Rating: 12

Norway
Rating: 11

Portugal
Rating: M/12

Singapore
Rating: PG

Sweden
Rating: 11

Switzerland
Rating: 7

UK
Rating: PG

USA
Rating: PG-13 (for some intense sci-fi action); PG
The PG version was edited to remove all swearing and some violence.

1999
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards, USA
Top Box Office Films (Bruce Broughton) - winner

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, USA
Saturn Award Best Science Fiction Film - nominated
Saturn Award Best Costumes (Robert Bell, Vin Burnham, Gilly Hebden) - nominated
Saturn Award Best Make-Up (Peter Robb-King) - nominated
Saturn Award Best Performance by a Younger Actor / Actress (Jack Johnson) - nominated
Saturn Award Best Special Effects (Angus Bickerton) - nominated
Saturn Award Best Supporting Actor (Gary Oldman) - nominated

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing: Foreign Feature - nominated

Razzie Awards, USA
Worst Remake or Sequel - nominated

Young Artist Awards, USA
Best Family Feature: Drama - nominated
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actor (Jack Johnson) - nominated
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress (Lacey Chabert) - nominated

1997
March
4: UK - filming begins

August
16: UK - filming ends

1998
April
3: USA - theatrical release
9: Australia - theatrical release

May
14: Singapore - theatrical release
22: Thailand - theatrical release

June
4: South Korea - theatrical release
24: Netherlands - theatrical release

July
2: Argentina, New Zealand - theatrical release
3: Brazil, Iceland - theatrical release
10: Spain - theatrical release
23: Israel - theatrical release
24: Denmark - theatrical release
30: Slovakia - theatrical release
31: Ireland, UK - theatrical release

August
7: Mexico - theatrical release
20: Slovenia - theatrical release

September
11: Portugal - theatrical release
18: Austria - theatrical release
24: Germany - theatrical release

October
2: Switzerland - theatrical release in German speaking region
6: USA - DVD release (New Line Platinum Series (N4667))
7: USA - laserdisc release (Image (ID 4258 LI))
16: Sweden - theatrical release
24: Indonesia - theatrical release
30: Bulgaria, Russia - theatrical release

November
6: Norway - theatrical release
13: Finland - theatrical release

December
1: USA - laserdisc release (Image (ID 4712 LI))
2: Kuwait - theatrical release
3: Hungary - theatrical release
9: Belgium, France, Switzerland (French speaking region) - theatrical release
12: Japan - theatrical release

1999
January
1: Estonia - theatrical release
15: Italy - theatrical release
19: USA - DVD release (New Line Home Video Theatrical Hits Gift Set (N4714))

June
28: UK - DVD release (Entertainment in Video (EDV 9013)

Danger Will Robinson!

Get Ready. Get Set. Get Lost.

Get Lost!

An adventure like nothing on Earth

Perdidos en el espacio - Spanish title
Lost in space - matkalla avaruuteen - Finnish title
Perdus dans l'espace - French title
Perdidos no Espaço - Portugese title
Perdidos no Espaço - O Filme - Brazilian title

REMAKE OF
Lost in Space (1965 - 1968)

SEE ALSO
Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001)
Muppets From Space (1999)

MAGAZINES

Cinefantastique June 1997 p.6 (USA)
note

Empire August 1998 p.34 (UK)
review (by Darren Bignell)

Empire February 1999 p.118 (UK)
review (by Neil Jeffries)

Film Review August 1998 p.19 (UK)
review (by James E. Brooks)

Notícias Vídeo April 1999 p.11 (Portugal)
review (by João Antunes)

Total Film September 1998 p.80 (UK)
review (by Dean Evans)

NEWSPAPERS

A Capital 11 September 1998 (Portugal)
review (by Rui Brazuna)

A Capital 30 April 1999 (Portugal)
review (by Rui Brazuna)

Correio da Manhã 11 September 1998 (Portugal)
review (by Vitoriano Rosa)

Dagens Nyheter 18 October 1998 (Sweden)
review (Näpet rymdäventyr by Johan Croneman)

Diário de Notícias, DNmais 5 September 1998. (Portugal)
review (by João Antunes)

Svenska Dagbladet 16 October 1998 (Sweden)
review (Tillvaratagna effekter by Elisabeth Sörenson)

BOOKS

The Making of Lost in Space by Pat Cadigan
production notes

television into film; spaceships; space travel; time travel; families; robots; aliens; sabotage; scientists; hyperspace; the future; mutations; insects; stasis