Lost in Space (1998)
Front Cover Actor
William Hurt Prof. John Robinson
Mimi Rogers Dr. Maureen Robinson
Lacey Chabert Penny Robinson
Heather Graham Judy Robinson
Jack Johnson Will Robinson
Gary Oldman Dr. Zachary Smith
Matt LeBlanc Maj. Don West
Jared Harris Older Will Robinson
Mark Goddard General
Lennie James Jeb Walker
Movie Details
Genre Action; Adventure; Sci-Fi
Director Stephen Hopkins
Producer Carla Fry; Akiva Goldsman
Writer Irwin Allen; Akiva Goldsman
Studio New Line Cinema
Language English
Audience Rating PG-13
Running Time 130 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
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

The Robinson family was going into space to fight for a chance for humanity. Now they are fighting to live long enough to find a way home.
Personal Details
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In Collection Yes
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Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Layers Single side, Dual layer
Chapters 25
Release Date 2004
Subtitles English
Packaging Snap Case
Standard Features Deleted Scenes
Director's Commentary
Interactive Menus
Production Notes
Scene Selection
Theatrical Trailers
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital Surround - English, Director's Comments
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1