Bill Lancaster, son of Burt, wrote The Bad News Bears and The Thing (Carpenter version).
And having read a draft of Serling’s solo script of POTA as well as the final which is mostly Michael Wilson’s work, except for the Statue of Liberty ending, and the archaeological dig site concept, Serling’s work is either gone from the script or much improved on. I bow to the man for The Twilight Zone, but his POTA is overlong, slow as the SDMB server and all talk, IMHO.
He’s “Unlucky Bastard,” and he’s played by David Koepp, who wrote the screenplay.
While we’re on the subject of The Lost World, take a look at the movie ads inside the Blockbuster the bus crashes into. They’re for fictional movies starring big stars in unexpected roles- Robin Williams in Jack and the Behnstacks (a sequel, perhaps?), Tom Hanks as a surfer in Tsunami Sunrise, and Arnold Schwarzenegger as King Lear.
As was the style of 'Nam soldiers to have names, phrases or other things written on their helmets, Johnny Depp’s character Pvt. Lerner in “Platoon” had the name “Sherilyn” written on his.
This was for Sherilyn Fenn, Depp’s girlfriend at the time, who is probably best known as Audrey from “Twin Peaks,” the girl who tied a cherry stem into a knot with her tongue.
The island wall that was used in King Kong was burned as part of the burning of Atlanta sequence in Gone With The Wind.
The “German” planes used in the Battle of Britain movie were supplied by the Spanish Air Force (IIRC the Me-109 were still used as trainers, while the He-111 were used as transports IRL).
and all talk, IMHO.