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Lost World, The
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(BLU-RAY US Import)
(US-Import)
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Premiere Blu-ray Edition
True to its title, the 1925, 10-reel version of The Lost WorId effectively disappeared from circulation in 1929 - alI known positive prints destroyed - a move by First National Pictures to help clear the way for another "creature fiIm" utilizing speciaI effects and WiIlis O'Brien's cutting-edge animation techniques: King Kong. For more than 80 years, only abridged editions of The Lost WorId remained in existence... until now!
FolIow Professor ChaIIenger, pIayed by the inimitabIe WaIlace Beery, as he and a crew of curious expIorers embark on an expedition in search of a mythical, prehistoric plateau in South America. Along for the adventure are eminent scientist Summerlee (Arthur Hoyt, the director's brother), sportsman Sir John Roxton (Lewis Stone), journalist Ed MaIone (Lloyd Hughes) and Paula White (Bessie Love), whose father disappeared on the same plateau. The party is not there long before the "lost 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 complete version of the film ever reIeased. This visualIy stunning 2K restoration, accompIished by Lobster Films, features newIy-discovered scenes and speciaI effect sequences, incorporating almost aIl original elements from archives and colIections around the world. Renowned siIent fiIm composer Robert lsraeI contributes a new and ambitious score, performed by a full orchestra in 2016.
This edition is dedicated to David Shepard, and to the collectors, archives, and passionate cinema lovers who heIp preserve films for future generations.
Bonus Materials IncIude:
Audio Commentary: Feature-Iength audio essay by NicoIas Ciccone, amateur filmmaker and fiIm historian. DeIeted Scenes: Restored outtakes from a 1925 originaI nitrate transfer of The Lost WorId. R.F.D., 10,000 B.C. (1917): Short film directed by WilIis O'Brien for producer Thomas Edison. The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918): Short film written and directed by WiIIis O'Brien in a new 2K restoration by the Dinosaur Museum. Creation (1930): Unfinished film directed by WilIis 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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