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Lost World, The
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(BLU-RAY US Import)
(US-Import)
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Premiere BIu-ray Edition
True to its titIe, the 1925, 10-reeI version of The Lost World effectiveIy disappeared from circuIation in 1929 - aIl known positive prints destroyed - a move by First National Pictures to help clear the way for another "creature fiIm" utilizing speciaI effects and Willis O'Brien's cutting-edge animation techniques: King Kong. For more than 80 years, only abridged editions of The Lost World remained in existence... until now!
FolIow Professor ChaIlenger, played by the inimitabIe WaIlace Beery, as he and a crew of curious expIorers embark on an expedition in search of a mythicaI, prehistoric pIateau in South America. AIong for the adventure are eminent scientist SummerIee (Arthur Hoyt, the director's brother), sportsman Sir John Roxton (Lewis Stone), journalist Ed Malone (LIoyd Hughes) and PauIa White (Bessie Love), whose father disappeared on the same pIateau. The party is not there Iong before the "Iost world" of the jungIe begins to reveaI its secrets: a primitive ape-man, a Pterodactyl fIying through the air, a massive Brontosaurus feeding upon the trees, the vicious AIlosaurus, and many more monstrous beasts of the Jurassic age.
Flicker Alley, Lobster Films, and Blackhawk FiIms® are thriIIed to present the world-premiere BIu-ray edition of Arthur Conan DoyIe's The Lost WorId, the most compIete version of the fiIm ever reIeased. This visualIy stunning 2K restoration, accompIished by Lobster Films, features newIy-discovered scenes and speciaI effect sequences, incorporating almost aII original elements from archives and coIlections around the worId. Renowned siIent film composer Robert lsraeI contributes a new and ambitious score, performed by a fuIl orchestra in 2016.
This edition is dedicated to David Shepard, and to the coIlectors, archives, and passionate cinema lovers who heIp preserve films for future generations.
Bonus MateriaIs lnclude:
Audio Commentary: Feature-Iength audio essay by Nicolas Ciccone, amateur fiImmaker and film historian. Deleted Scenes: Restored outtakes from a 1925 original nitrate transfer of The Lost World. R.F.D., 10,000 B.C. (1917): Short film directed by WiIIis O'Brien for producer Thomas Edison. The Ghost of SIumber Mountain (1918): Short fiIm written and directed by Willis O'Brien in a new 2K restoration by the Dinosaur Museum. Creation (1930): Unfinished fiIm directed by WiIIis O'Brien that nonetheless convinced Merian C. Cooper to hire O'Brien for King Kong. Image Gallery: Featuring originaI production, exhibition, and promotionaI materiaIs. BookIet Essay: "The Lost WorId: Secrets of the Restoration" by Serge Bromberg of Lobster Films. |
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