Pilot

1st and 2nd episodes of the first season of ''Lost''

Entitytwo-part episode television pilotQ928951

Also known as Lost pilot

Instance of: two-part episode
, television pilot

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"Pilot" is the two-part television pilot of the ABC television series Lost, with part 1 premiering on September 22, 2004, and part 2 one week later on September 29. Both parts were directed by J. J. Abrams, who co-wrote the script with series co-creator Damon Lindelof. Jeffrey Lieber, who had been commissioned by ABC to write the first version of the script, earned a story credit. Filmed on Oahu, Hawaii, it was the most expensive pilot episode up to that time, costing between $10 and $14 million, largely due to the expense of purchasing, shipping, and dressing a decommissioned Lockheed 1011 to represent Flight 815's wreckage. Many changes were made during the casting process, including the selected actors, the characters' behaviors and fates.

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Cast: Naveen Andrews character role: Sayid Jarrah
Emilie de Ravin character role: Claire Littleton
Matthew Fox character role: Jack Shephard
Jorge Garcia character role: Hugo "Hurley" Reyes
Maggie Grace character role: Shannon Rutherford
Josh Holloway character role: James "Sawyer" Ford
Malcolm David Kelley character role: Walt Lloyd
Daniel Dae Kim character role: Jin-Soo Kwon
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Yunjin Kim character role: Sun-Hwa Kwon
Evangeline Lilly character role: Kate Austen
Dominic Monaghan character role: Charlie Pace
Terry O'Quinn character role: John Locke
Harold Perrineau character role: Michael Dawson
Ian Somerhalder character role: Boone Carlyle
Fredric Lehne
L. Scott Caldwell character role: Rose Nadler
Kimberley Joseph
Michelle Arthur
Dale Radomski
Geoff Heise
Christian Bowman
Faith Fay
Greg Grunberg
Madison
Dustin Watchman
Director: J. J. Abrams
Screenwriter: J. J. Abrams
Damon Lindelof
Released: September 22, 2004 place of publication: United States
June 5, 2005 place of publication: Spain
Part of the series: Lost
Network: American Broadcasting Company place of publication: United States
Members / parts: Pilot: Part 1
Pilot: Part 2
Season: Lost, season 1
Followed by: Tabula Rasa
Title: Pilot
Original language: English
Production code: 100
Set in environment: fictional island
Film editor: Mary Jo Markey
Director of photography: Larry Fong

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