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Lost in Space
The prospects for continuing life on Earth in the year 2058 are grim. So the Robinsons are launched into space to colonize Alpha Prime, the only other inhabitable planet in the galaxy. But when a stowaway sabotages the mission, the Robinsons find themselves hurtling through uncharted space.
1998 · Directed by Stephen Hopkins · 130 min · Science Fiction · Adventure · Action · Screenplay in the scene database · 17 frames
Tagline
Danger, Will Robinson!
Plot
In 2058, Earth will soon be uninhabitable due to the irreversible effects of pollution and ozone depletion. In an effort to save humanity, the United Global Space Force sends Professor John Robinson, his wife Maureen, daughters Judy and Penny, and young prodigy son Will on the spaceship Jupiter II to complete construction of a hypergate over the planet Alpha Prime, which will allow the population of Earth to be instantly transported and populate the new planet. Penny rebels by breaking curfew, while Will's prize-winning science experiment involving time travel goes largely unnoticed by John. Global Sedition, a mutant terrorist group, assassinates the Jupiter II's pilot, who is replaced by hotshot fighter pilot Major Don West, to his chagrin.
The family's physician Dr. Zachary Smith, a Sedition spy, sabotages the ship's on-board robot before launch, but is betrayed by his cohorts and left unconscious as the ship launches and the family enters cryosleep. The robot activates and begins to destroy the navigation and guidance systems, en route to destroying the family. Smith awakens the Robinsons and Don, who subdue the robot, but the ship is falling uncontrollably into the Sun. Forced to use the experimental hyperdrive with an unplotted course, the ship is transported through hyperspace to a remote planet in an uncharted part of the universe.
Passing through a strange distortion in space, the crew finds two abandoned ships in orbit: the Earth ship Proteus, and another ship clearly not of human origin. They board the Proteus, with Will controlling the now-modified robot. They find navigational data to reach Alpha Prime, and a camouflaging creature Penny calls "Blarp", along with evidence suggesting the ship is from the future. They are attacked by spider-like creatures; one scratches Smith, and the robot's body is irreparably damaged but Will saves its computerized intelligence.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Irwin Allen, Akiva Goldsman
- Cinematography: Peter Levy
- Edited by: Ray Lovejoy
- Music: Bruce Broughton
- Production design: Norman Garwood
- Produced by: Carla Fry, Akiva Goldsman, Stephen Hopkins, Mark W. Koch
Cast
- William Hurt as Prof. John Robinson
- Matt LeBlanc as Maj. Don West
- Mimi Rogers as Dr. Maureen Robinson
- Heather Graham as Dr. Judy Robinson
- Gary Oldman as Dr. Zachary Smith
- Lacey Chabert as Penny Robinson
- Jack Johnson as Will Robinson
- Jared Harris as Older Will Robinson
- Mark Goddard as General
- Lennie James as Jeb Walker
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Saltire Entertainment, New Line Cinema, Irwin Allen Productions, Prelude Pictures
- Budget: $80,000,000
- Box office: $136,159,423
- Themes: future, time travel, robot, sabotage, deep space, 2050s
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