Lost in Space Page #4

Synopsis: The Robinson family was supposed to set off on a five-year mission to explore a distant planet, but an act of sabotage by the scheming Dr. Zachary Smith -- who managed to get himself trapped aboard the spaceship -- leaves them adrift in space for three years. The Robinsons, pilot Don West, Dr. Smith and their trusty robot move from planet to planet, always searching for a way to return to Earth.
Production: New Line Home Entertainment
  3 wins & 17 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.1
Metacritic:
42
Rotten Tomatoes:
27%
PG-13
Year:
1998
130 min
597 Views


PRINCIPAL (OVER)

This is no laughing matter, Mrs.

Robinson. Will is terribly gifted. His

little time machines, though pure

fancy, are the products of a truly

brilliant mind.

The Principal's body has become Twiggy's. Now that of an ape. Maureen

pulls open a closet. Will sits inside. Grins.

WILL:

The changing shape of education.

MAUREEN:

No more monkey business.

Will shrugs, adjusts his deck. The Principal returns to normal.

PRINCIPAL:

The boy is starved for attention. Was

there no way his father could have

attended the science fair?

EXT.-HOUSTON - DAY

Probably Austin and Dallas too. Texas has become a giant urban sprawl

spreading into Mexico and beyond. Immense industrial air purifiers hang

in a dark, wet sky.

EXT.-HOUSTON SPACE COMMAND-ESTABLISHING

A giant dome topped pedestal towers ever the skyline.

INT.-SPACE COMMAND-MISSION CONTROL-DAY

A MAN stands before a large viewscreen facing the throng of PRESS.

He's a little uncomfortable with all the media attention. This is

PROFESSOR JOHN ROBINSON.

JOHN:

Once we have landed on Alpha Prime our

on board robot will begin construction

of a hypergate.

ON SCREEN a hi-tech orbital gate is highlighted and expanded.

JOHN:

By then, technicians here on Earth

will have completed a companion

hypergate in our planet's orbit.

ON SCREEN an image of an orbital gate now under construction.

JOHN:

Once both gates are complete, ships

will be able to pass instantaneously

between them. The Jupiter can bring

the Dimondium back to Earth without

the ten year delay of a return trip.

REPORTER:

Why can't you just use the Jupiter's

hyperengine to zap straight to Alpha

Prime?

JOHN:

As you know, hyperspace exists beneath

normal space. If you try to enter

hyperspace without a gate

ON SCREEN a graphic spaceship appears randomly in the corner of a

turning schematic of the galaxy.

JOHN:

Your exit vector is random. There's no

telling where you'd come out.

REPORTER:

Professor, how is Captain Daniels

recovering from the flu? Will we still

be able to pilot the mission?

John glances to the doorway where a uniformed GENERAL stands.

GENERAL:

Ladies and Gentlemen, you came to get

a look at the Jupiter One. Don't you

think you've waited long enough?

John hits a button and the room darkens. A giant monitor reveals...

INT.-LAUNCH DOME

A giant saucer sits connected to its launch pad by loading belts,

steaming fuel tubes and spindled gantries.

REPORTER (OVER)

Professor, how does your family feel

about leaving the Earth behind....

JOHN (OVER)

They couldn't be more excited.

CHAPTER 3:
Goodbye!

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EXT.-ROBINSON HOUSE-ESTABLISHING

A suburban colonial, the launch dome towering in the distance.

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Akiva Goldsman

Akiva J. Goldsman (born July 7, 1962) is an American film and television writer, director, and producer. He received an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the 2001 film, A Beautiful Mind, which also won the Oscar for Best Picture. more…

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