The Lost World (Special Edition) - 1960 & 1925 versions
by Irwin Allen
List Price:
Our Price: $17.99
You Save: $1.99 (10%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $11.80 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD details
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD details
Actor: Claude Rains, David Hedison, Fernando Lamas, Jill St. John, Michael RennieDirector: Irwin Allen
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Color, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 172 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of The Lost World (Special Edition) - 1960 & 1925 versions
DVD Review: The Lost World
Summary: 4 Stars
The Irwin Allen movie is a bit cheesey, but the print is good.
The silent version accompanying it is better dramatically and is very well preserved.
DVD Review: Guilty Pleasure From MY Youth
Summary: 5 Stars
Great Irwin Allen action flick from my childhood. It's funny that the bonus silent "Lost World" had better creatures--stop-motion not just lizards with add-ons. Fun overall.DVD Review: If you really have nothing to do. . . .
Summary: 1 Stars
This has to be one of the worst movie I ever forced my way through - it fact - I could only watch about half of the movie. The actors and actresses (I use the terms quite loosely) plus the "background sets" - are all fourth rate material.
Don't bother buying this DVD. If you really want to watch it - please just rent it. Then if you want to buy it - be my guest, you are truly a better person than me.
DVD Review: The Lost World
Summary: 5 Stars
Loved both films it made movie night fun for everyone, adults and kids alike. The films contained no profanity, nudity and minimal violence.DVD Review: THE LOST WORLD
Summary: 4 Stars
I ENJOYED THIS MOVIE VERY MUCH,ALTHO NOT AS GOOD AS JURASSIC PARK,BUT
FOR ITS TIME, THIS MOVIE WAS DONE VERY WELL.
Description of The Lost World (Special Edition) - 1960 & 1925 versions
An eccentric scientist (Claude Rains) returns from the Amazon with news of a distant plateau where creatures from the dawn of time still prowl the jungle. To prove his story, he gathers a team of explorers, including a journalist (David Hedison), a playboy-adventurer )Michael Rennie), a beautiful socialite (Jill St. John), and a pilot (Fernando Lamas) with a secret plan of revenge. But an unexpected attack on their camp leaves the group stranded in a world of dinosaurs and other exotic creatures, where humans are no longer the lords of the earth??they are helpless prey.The Lost World (Special Edition) is a terrific two-fer that includes Irwin Allen's glossy, 1960 adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel as well as the fantastic, 1925 silent version of the same story. In essence, The Lost World is Doyle's tale of an expedition to a mysterious plateau deep in the Amazon rainforest, where cantankerous adventurer Professor Challenger leads an expedition to prove the existence of prehistoric creatures living far from the civilized world. Allen's film, as with his many movie and television productions focusing on disasters (The Poseidon Adventure) and science fiction (Land of the Giants), is full of relationship complications within a large ensemble of characters, creating drama and tension even before terror strikes. An attractive cast including Claude Rains as Challenger, Michael Rennie, David Hedison, Jill St. John, and Fernando Lamas makes Allen's The Lost World fun to watch, especially if one self-consciously overlooks the cast's persistently clean and pressed wardrobe (and perfect hair) despite the jungle heat and assaults by cannibals.
Part of the film's charm is also its most ludicrous element: "dinosaurs" played by various, wriggling tropical lizards, a far cry from the stop-motion animation creatures--that actually look like dinosaurs--in Harry O. Hoyt's amazing take on The Lost World 35 years before Allen's. An impressive spectacle that conveys a certain beautiful wildness, the film stars Wallace Beery as an imposing Challenger, trapped with his team on the aforementioned plateau. In constant danger from carnivorous monsters (as well as flesh-eating monkey-men), the group's relationship strains have greater poignancy and the stakes seem higher all around. Where Allen's film is lulling, Hoyt's is galvanizing, but each is unique and well worth a visit. --Tom Keogh
General DVDs
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Bestsellers in General DVDs
The Nightmare Before Christmas (2-Disc Collector's Edition + Digital Copy)Release date: 2008-08-26; DVD
Best price: $20.90
Price in other shops:
Incredible Hulk (Widescreen Edition)Release date: 2008-10-21; DVD
Best price: $15.99
Price in other shops:
The Dark Knight (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition)Release date: 2008-12-09; DVD
Best price: $16.99
Price in other shops:
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Single Disc)INDIANA JONES & KINGDOM OF CRYSTAL SKULL (DVD; Release date: 2008-10-14; DVD
Best price: $12.49
Price in other shops:
Iron Man (Two-Disc Special Collectors' Edition)IRON MAN-ULTIMATE EDITION (DVD MOVIE); Release date: 2008-09-30; DVD
Best price: $18.10
Price in other shops:
The Dark Knight (Two-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy)Release date: 2008-12-09; DVD
Best price: $22.99
Price in other shops:
Iron Man (Single-Disc Edition)IRON MAN (DVD MOVIE); Release date: 2008-09-30; DVD
Best price: $10.98
Price in other shops:
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Two-Disc Special Edition)INDIANA JONES & KINGDOM OF CRYSTAL SKULL (DVD; Release date: 2008-10-14; DVD
Best price: $19.58
Price in other shops:
![Iron Man (Ultimate Two-Disc Edition) [Blu-ray] Image](/images/Iron-Man-Ultimate-Two-Disc-Edition-Blu-ray-B001GAPC1K-X.jpg)
Iron Man (Ultimate Two-Disc Edition) [Blu-ray]Release date: 2008-09-30; DVD
Best price: $24.75
Price in other shops:
![The Dark Knight (+ Digital Copy and BD Live) [Blu-ray] Image](/images/The-Dark-Knight-Digital-Copy-and-BD-Live-Blu-ray-B001GZ6QEC-X.jpg)
The Dark Knight (+ Digital Copy and BD Live) [Blu-ray]Release date: 2008-12-09; DVD
Best price: $24.95
Price in other shops:
Similar DVDs, VHS Video, Audio CDs
Fox Horror Classics Collection (The Lodger / Hangover Square / The Undying Monster)TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2007-10-09; DVD
Best price: $15.96
Price in other shops:
El Cid (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (The Miriam Collection)WELLSPRING/GENIUS; Release date: 2008-01-29; DVD
Best price: $13.01
Price in other shops:
The Land That Time Forgot/ The People That Time ForgotTWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2005-02-15; DVD
Best price: $4.11
Price in other shops:
Fantastic Voyage (Special Edition)TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2007-06-05; DVD
Best price: $10.86
Price in other shops:
Tales From the Crypt / Vault of Horror (Double Feature)TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2007-09-11; DVD
Best price: $7.40
Price in other shops:
![20 Million Miles to Earth [Region 2] Image](/images/noimg.gif)
20 Million Miles to Earth [Region 2]DVD
Best price: $37.27
![The Fly Collection (The Fly [1958] / Return Of The Fly / The Curse Of The Fly) Image](/images/The-Fly-Collection-The-Fly-1958-Return-Of-The-Fly-The-Curse-Of-The-Fly-B000RXVNDI-X.jpg)
The Fly Collection (The Fly [1958] / Return Of The Fly / The Curse Of The Fly)Fly; Release date: 2007-09-11; DVD
Best price: $20.99
Price in other shops:
Icons of Horror Collection - Sam Katzman (The Giant Claw / Creature with the Atom Brain / Zombies of Mora Tau / The Werewolf)Release date: 2007-10-16; DVD
Best price: $16.48
Price in other shops:
Journey to the Center of the EarthRelease date: 2003-03-04; DVD
Best price: $6.50
Price in other shops:
Robinson Crusoe on Mars - Criterion CollectionImage Entertainment; Release date: 2007-09-18; DVD
Best price: $27.21
Price in other shops: