Lost (TV Series)

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Pilot Episode:

Lost - Pilot Episode (TV)

Spin-off:

Lost: Missing Pieces (TV Series)

Original title: Lost (TV Series)
Year: 2004
Running time: 42 min.
Country: United States
Director: J.J. Abrams (Creator), Damon Lindelof (Creator), Jeffrey Lieber (Creator), Carlton Cuse (Creator), Jack Bender, Stephen Williams, Paul A. Edwards, Tucker Gates, Eric Laneuville, Greg Yaitanes, Bobby Roth, Kevin Hooks, J.J. Abrams, Daniel Attias, Rod Holcomb, Karen Gaviola, Stephen Semel, Marita Grabiak, Michael Zinberg, Adam Davidson, David Grossman, Robert Mandel, Alan Taylor, Matt Earl Beesley, Roxann Dawson, Deran Sarafian, Paris Barclay, Fred Toye, Mark Goldman, Mario Van Peebles
Screenwriter: J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber, Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse, Adam Horowitz, Edward Kitsis, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Drew Goddard, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Brian K. Vaughan, Leonard Dick, Christina M. Kim, Paul Zbyszewski, David Fury, Steven Maeda, Jeff Pinkner, Melinda Hsu Taylor, Greggory Nations, Graham Roland, Jennifer Johnson, Craig Wright, Kyle Pennington, Jim Galasso, Paul Dini, Lynne E. Litt, Christian Taylor, Brent Fletcher, Janet Tamaro, Monica Breen, Dawn Lambertsen-Kelly, Matt Ragghianti, Alison Schapker, Jordan Rosenberg
Music: Michael Giacchino
Cinematography: John S. Bartley, Michael Bonvillain, Cort Fey, Larry Fong, Stephen St. John, Edward J. Pei
Cast: Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Terry O'Quinn, Josh Holloway, Naveen Andrews, Jorge Garcia, Kim Yoon-jin, Daniel Dae Kim, Dominic Monaghan, Michael Emerson, Harold Perrineau, Henry Ian Cusick, Emilie de Ravin, Elizabeth Mitchell, Ian Somerhalder, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Michelle Rodriguez, Nestor Carbonell, Cynthia Watros, M.C. Gainey, Mira Furlan, Tania Raymonde, Sonya Walger, Alan Dale, Ken Leung, Maggie Grace, Malcolm David Kelley, Jeff Fahey, Jeremy Davies, Rebecca Mader, John Terry, Mark Pellegrino, Titus Welliver, Kimberley Joseph, Lance Reddick, Zuleikha Robinson, Kiele Sanchez, Katey Sagal, Rodrigo Santoro, Kevin Durand, Dylan Minnette
Producer: Broadcasting by American Broadcasting Company (ABC). CBS Television Studios, Touchstone Television, Bad Robot, Grass Skirt Productions
Genre: TV Series. Adventure. Mystery. Drama. Fantasy | Survival Film. Natural Disasters. Time Travel. Planes
Movie Groups: Lost
Synopsis / Plot: TV Series (1994-2010). 6 Seasons. 121 Episodes. 48 survivors fight to stay alive on a tropical island with a malicious mind of its own, after their plane mysteriously tears apart over it. When a plane crash leaves 48 survivors on a remote Pacific island, a fight for survival begins in what appears to be a tropical paradise.

From a faded rock star to a Korean couple who don't speak any English, the motley group band together under the leadership of quick-thinking Jack and pragmatic Kate in a battle against the elements.

But they soon realise that it's no ordinary island that they've landed on. With oddly temperamental weather, malicious forces that play the survivors to the island's own mysterious purposes, and a strange ecology that allows polar bears to survive in its tropical climate, the island has an inscrutable mind of its own.

And when members of the motley group start to see spectres of long dead people and bizarre creatures, a deep, dark terror starts to grow and spread throughout the community.

Even as the survivors’ shocking secrets start to emerge, they realise they have no choice but to put aside conflicting views and rally together – or die.

Created by J.J. Abrams (Alias, Felicity) and Damon Lindelof (Crossing Jordan), Lost brings the best and worst of people to the screens. With its gritty mix of spine-chilling suspense and intense human conflict, the show has consistently topped network viewership in its prime time hour in the U.S.

The pilot episode was the most expensive pilot ever in the history of the US television.

Awards: 2010: Emmy: Best Editing. 11 Nominations, Including Best Drama and Actor

2009: Emmy: Best Sup. Actor (Emerson). 5 Nom., Including Best Drama Series

2008: Emmy: Best Sound Mixing. 7 nom., including Best Drama Series

2007: Emmy: Best Sup. Actor (O'Quinn). 6 Nominations, Including Best Directing

2006: Emmy: 9 Nominations, Including Best Directing, Writing and Sup. Actor

2005: 6 Emmy, including est Drama Series, Directing, Casting, Music. 12 nom.

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2009: Golden Globe: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Emerson)

2006: Golden Globe: 2 Nominations: Best Drama Series and Actress (Lilly)

2005: Golden Globe: Best Drama. Nominated for Best Actor (Fox) and Sup. Actor

2006: Nominated for BAFTA TV Awards: Best International

2008: American Film Institute (AFI): Top 10 - TV Programs of the Year

2005: American Film Institute (AFI): Top 10 - TV Programs of the Year

2004: American Film Institute (AFI): Top 10 - TV Programs of the Year

2007: Satellite Awards: 2 Nominations, Including Best Sup. Actor (Emerson)

2005: Satellite Awards: Best Actor (Fox). 3 Nominations

2010: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Nominated for Best TV Series - Drama

2009: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Nominated for Best TV Series - Drama

2008: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Nominated for Best TV Series - Drama

2007: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Nominated for Best TV Series - Drama

2006: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Nominated for Best TV Series - Drama

2005: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Best TV Series - Drama

2010: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director Drama Series

2009: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director Drama Series

2008: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director Drama Series

2007: Directors Guild of America (DGA): 2 Nominations for Best Director Drama Series

2004: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director Drama Series

2010: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Screenplay in Episodic Drama

2009: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Screenplay Drama-Series

2008: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Screenplay Drama-Series

2007: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Screenplay in Episodic Drama

2006: Writers Guild of America (WGA): 2 Nominations inc. Best Screenplay Drama-Series

2005: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Best Screenplay Drama-Series

2007: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Nominated Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series

2005: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Best Ensemble in a Drama Series

Critics' reviews

"Let 'Lost' remind you of how spectacular scripted network programming can be. Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Robert Bianco: USA Today
"The show is crazy, man (...) and I mean that in the best possible way"

Mary McNamara: Los Angeles Times
"'Lost' is a different genre, one that may infuriate even the loyalists, but there's something impressive and rewarding in its density"

Tim Goodman: San Francisco Chronicle
"Show figures to open reasonably well (...) [It] does a nice job layering on the tension"

Brian Lowry: Variety
"You can either let this annoy you, or you can try to work out the meaning, or you can just enjoy the flow in a noncommittal way that does not preclude your being stimulated, shocked or held in suspense"

Robert Lloyd: Los Angeles Times
"[The creators] neglect to provide a believably textured world, or any time for the characters to interact between crises. As a result, 'Lost' is at once heart-stopping and strangely dull."

Dana Stevens: Slate
"Abrams and Lindelof have created one of only two new shows this season at the end of which I was yearning to see a second hour right away."

Ken Tucker: Entertainment Weekly
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