Lost in Space kid grows up to narrate Hollywood's most spectacular destruction.
Narrated by Bill Mumy (Will Robinson from TV's "Lost in Space"), this documentary spotlights some of the most thrilling scenes the disaster genre has ever produced. From 1970s classics such as Airport and The Towering Inferno to James Cameron's Oscar-winning epic Titanic, no celluloid disaster flick is omitted. Interviews with directors and actors (including Will Smith) and newsreels of real historical disasters are also included.
Practical Effects
Pre-digital destruction that required actual engineering degrees.
Production
Will Smith randomly appearing in a 2000 documentary about 70s movies.
Director
Shelley Lyons
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bill Mumy was literally Will Robinson in the original 1965 Lost in Space series, making his narration here a full-circle moment for sci-fi disaster fans.
This documentary dropped in 2000, right before 9/11 permanently changed how Hollywood could depict large-scale urban destruction without audience discomfort.
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