The Lost World (TV movie 1992)

From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
The Lost World (1992)

The Lost World is a Canadian/American TV movie produced by Harmony Gold Pictures (in association with Silvio Berlusconi Communications), released on 9 february 1992, starring John Rhys-Davies as Professor Challenger. 99 minutes.

The movie is an adaptation of the Conan Doyle's novel: The Lost World (1912).

The movie follows the general plot of the original story but with some differences:

  • The expedition goes to Africa (instead of South America).
  • The action takes place in 1920 (instead 1912).
  • Gladys Hungerton is missing, thus Malone doesn't join the adventure to impress his fiancée.
  • Lord John Roxton is replaced by a woman, Jenny Nielson.
  • Jim, a boy, and Malu, a native young girl, are joining the expedition team (they are not in the original story).
  • Natives on the plateau are not neanderthal-like ape-men but African tribes.

The budget should be low as we only see the heads of the dinosaurs and they are quite cheap-looking.

Later on the same year, there was a sequel: Return to the Lost World with same cast but has nothing to do with the Conan Doyle's novel.



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Cast


  • Directed : Timothy Bond
  • Screenplay : Peter Welbeck, Tim Kirk (additional dialogue)
  • Producer : Frank Agrama, Daniele Lorenzano, Norman Siderow, Harry Alan Towers
  • Executive Producer : Don Carmody
  • Line Producer : Michael L. Games
  • Original Music : Isaiah Sanders, Gerard Shadrick, Lawrence Shragge, Larry Wolff
  • Cinematography : Paul Beeson
  • Film Editor : Stephen Lawrence
  • Production Design : John Rosewarne
  • Set Decoration : Dankert Guillaume
  • Hair Stylist : Jane Blewett
  • Makeup Artist : Mara Cedegren
  • Chief Makeup Artist : Tracy Crystal
  • Second Assistant Director : Jennifer Allen
  • First Assistant Director : David Macleod
  • Second Assistant Director : Nico Sachse
  • Third Assistant Director : Arnold Shoko
  • Set dresser : Adam J. Braff
  • Dialogue Editor : R. D. Floyd
  • Special Effects : Philip Sharpe
  • Focus Puller : Keith Blake
  • Camera Operator : Gerry Lotter
  • Color Timer : Ricardo Olivero
  • Production Accountant : Barbara Bergman
  • Location Assistant : Gerald Bezuidenhout
  • Production Assistant : Gavin Bradley
  • Unit Nurse : Ruth Chitambo
  • Location Manager : Kevin Greetham
  • Accounts Assistant : Patience Gwende
  • Location Coordinator : Ashley Joseph
  • Location Assistant : Shoni Kayitano
  • Script Supervisor : Juli Lotter
  • Location Assistant : Bishop Macheka
  • Location Assistant : Aaron Madamombe
  • Location Assistant : Felix Madamombe
  • Armorer : George Taka Matambanadzo
  • Liaison : Johannesburg : Gavin Craig McJannet
  • Production Assistant : Wayne McKop
  • Production Office Assistant : Alice Munharira
  • Location Assistant : David Nziramasanga
  • Production Assistant : Alessia Pedrazzini
  • Unit Nurse : Lessie Pennotty
  • Production Secretary : Samantha Roberts
  • Production Assistant : Lance Westerhout