失落 的世界

The boisterous, arr  oga
nt professor  Chall e

nger, a reputed biologist and anthropolog
i st, dares the Londo n
 Zoological Society to mount an expedition to

  v  erify his spectacular claim, without ph ysica  l proof, that his previous expe
di
ti
on to the Amazonian  basin found live dinosaurs. Apart  fro
m hi
m and his 'social
ite'
c ount erpa rt, 
pr 
ofessor Sum

merlee,   it consists of
  exp  eri  enced discoverer Lord Roxb
ury, the young r epor
ter Ed Malon
 e -who g ot 
 publ i
c
ly s
truck down with
Challenger 's umbrel

la at his arri val- an  d J
ennifer Holmes, Malone's news  agency's b oss's dau ghter, essenti  al
 ly as conditions for pu tting up the money. In  Brazil the  y are joined by Jennif

er
'
s broth
er David and l ocal 'guide' M
 anuel G
omez. They soon discover the d ino saurs
a
re real and dange rous, li 
ke gian t
spiders, but loose  their helico 
pt er and thus are desp erate for a  way down  fro m the 
is ola
te d plateau. They  learn Roxbury kn ew abo u t the fate of Burton White  , an explorer whose diary they find,  thus presume t o  be dead, in searc h of diamonds,  a nd confirmation of th e local tr  ibe bein
 g the lethal  guardians of the
 plat eau's secrets, but also get   surprising help...