Lost in Space (1998)
- Starring:
- William Hurt, Mimi Rogers, (more)
- Director(s):
- Stephen Hopkins
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
- Category:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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This $90 million science fiction adventure is adapted from the television series, created by Irwin Allen, which originally ran on CBS from 1965 to 1968. The original series employed a Swiss Family Robinson in outer space premise; sent to colonize a planet in the Alpha Centauri system, the Robinson family was thrown off course by a stowaway and was left wandering from planet to planet (and changing along the way from a black-and-white series to a color series). The 1998 remake is set in the year 2058, when the United Global Space Force sends Professor John Robinson (William Hurt) and family -- wife Maureen (Mimi Rogers), daughter Judy (Heather Graham), teen Penny (Lacey Chabert), and 10-year-old Will (Jack Johnson) -- on a promotional space jaunt to herald the "offshore" future for the human race (now saddled with eco problems on Earth). Major Don West (Matt LeBlanc), more accustomed to fighting menacing Global Sedition forces, is reluctant to sign on as the Jupiter II pilot but quickly changes his mind after he gets a good look at Judy in her fetish-fashioned space togs. Space spy Dr. Smith (Gary Oldman), hired to sabotage the mission, programs in problems but winds up aboard the craft unconscious. Once awake, he summons the Robinsons from suspended animation, and they save the ship just in time, passing through hyperspace to arrive near an Earth ship where they encounter space-pet Blawp and hordes of teethy spiders. A spider bite makes the villainous Smith mutate, one of some 750 special effects, from animatronics (Jim Henson Creature Shop) to CGI, and other adventures await throughout the galaxy. Cameos include actors from the original series, including June Lockhart and Robot Voice Dick Tufeld. In a curious coincidence, the TV series took place in the future of 1997, the year this movie was produced. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 130 mins
Complete Cast:
- William Hurt - John Robinson
- Heather Graham - Judy Robinson
- Jack Johnson - Will Robinson
- Matt LeBlanc - Don West
- Mark Goddard - General
- Marta Kristen - Reporter No. 1
- Edward Fox - Business Man
- Angela Cartwright - Reporter No. 2
- Mimi Rogers - Maureen Robinson
- Lacey Chabert - Penny Robinson
- Gary Oldman - Dr. Zachary Smith
- Jared Harris - Older Will
- Lennie James - Jeb Walker
- June Lockhart - Principal
- Adam Sims - Lab Technician
- Dick Tufeld - Robot
- Director(s):
- Stephen Hopkins
- Writer(s):
- Akiva Goldsman
- Producer(s):
- Mark W. Koch, Stephen Hopkins, Akiva Goldsman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Violence, Suitable for Teens)
- Categories:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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