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Lost World (The) (1925)
Arthur Conan Doyle's novel is brought to life.Director: Harry O. Hoyt
OVERALL: Draw-
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Subtitles:English (intertitles)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Specs are not fully confirmed. Probably been transferred from a 16mm reduction print.
- Specifications to be confirmed
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Extras:"The Lost World Puzzle" promotional film
3 segments from earlier Willis O'Brien pictures ("manikin comedies" produced for the Edison Company):
-"Prehistoric Poultry" (1917)
-"R.F.D. 10,000 B.C." (1917)
-"The Dinosaur and the Missing Link" (1917)
"Monsters of the Past" (1923, a non-O’Brien film from the Pathé Review series)
"Letter on The Lost World" by Ray Harryhausen
Essay by Scott MacQueen
Still frame library (contains many shots from the original version of the film)
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Subtitles:English (intertitles)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo (Music & sound effects only track)
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Case type:Jewel Case
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Notes:"Super Jewel Case". The transfer uses 2 sources: Reels 3 and 4 are from the 16mm preservation dupes (made in the 1950´s), along with the surviving 35mm materials. The intertitles are digital freeze-frames. Color tinted and toned. Music is synthesizer performance of the 1925 score. Lumivision’s original 1997 DVD release of this film (catalog number DVD0897) is now OOP. SlingShot Entertainment DVD re-release featured the same Lumivision program, with the addition of re-designed menus.
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by Roy Pilot (co-editor of "The Annotated Lost World")
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Extras:Willis O’Brien animation outtakes from the film (13 min)
Photo galleries:
-Production photos and artwork
-Selected images from the aforementioned book, "The Annotated Lost World"
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Subtitles:English (intertitles - digitally reset for this edition)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 5.1 (modern score composed and performed by The Alloy Orchestra)
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Case type:Snapper Case
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Notes:This edition has been prepared from a combination of eight surviving prints of "The Lost World" surviving in private collections and world film archives, including the Czech print (a nearly complete 35mm print). Color-toned black & white.
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film
"Footprints On Sands of Time" 1960 featurette (3:15)
"Fox Movietone News: The Lost World Found Thrilling by P. A. L. Youths" 1960 featurette (0:59)
Trailer (3:13)
Galleries:
- Interactive pressbook gallery (has the option to enlarge portions) (8 images)
- Comic Book (1:31)
- Still Gallery (9:21)
- Advertising Gallery (1:17)
- Illustrations Gallery (1:41)
DISC TWO
*The Film (1925) (1.33:1 / 24fps / Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo / Score by Phillip Carli) (76:01)
Outtakes (7:10)
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Subtitles:English (intertitles)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo (music score newly composed and performed by Philip Carli)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes with a slip case.
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Subtitles:English (intertitles)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:This presentation has been transferred from a truncated color-toned 16mm reduction print, which is dark in shadow areas and soft of image detail. Framing is open, and the transfer is at a proper speed. The music is orchestral score. Triple pack, with "The Eagle (1925)", and "The Lodger (1926)".
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Extras:DISC ONE "The Lost World" (1960) (Blu-ray)
DISC TWO (DVD)
* The Film - Restored Original Version (96:44)
* The Film - Kodascope Version from 1929 (65:17)
Outtakes (9:11)
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Subtitles:English Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* "King Kong" (English/Italian mono audio, black and white + colorised)
DISC TWO
* "The Lost World" 81925)
King Kong (1933) trailer (2:40)
2001 Fay Wray interview (21:38)
"R.F.D. 10,000 B.C." short (1917) (8:37)
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Subtitles:Italian (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (soundtrack by the Alloy Orchestra)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Film Preservation Associates restored version, w/soundtrack by the Alloy Orchestra.
NOTE: This is an extra on this release of 1933 film KING KONG. -
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by Roy Pilot (co-editor of "The Annotated Lost World")
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Extras:Willis O’Brien animation outtakes from the film (12:33)
Photo gallery
"Conan Doyle And The Lost World" -featurette (mixture of biography, production notes and restoration notes, 12:38) -
Subtitles:English (intertitles - digitally reset for this edition)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo (modern score composed and performed by The Alloy Orchestra)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Reproduction of the original souvenir program presented in the inside artwork.
This edition has been prepared from a combination of eight surviving prints of "The Lost World" surviving in private collections and world film archives, including the Czech print (a nearly complete 35mm print). Color-toned black & white. -
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by Roy Pilot (co-editor of "The Annotated Lost World")
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Extras:Willis O’Brien animation outtakes from the film (12:33)
Photo gallery
"Conan Doyle And The Lost World" -featurette (mixture of biography, production notes and restoration notes, 12:38) -
Subtitles:English (intertitles - digitally reset for this edition)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo (modern score composed and performed by The Alloy Orchestra)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Region 2-5 encoded. This edition has been prepared from a combination of eight surviving prints of "The Lost World" surviving in private collections and world film archives, including the Czech print (a nearly complete 35mm print). Color-toned black & white.
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OVERALL: Draw
*R2 German Koch Media release includes the 18fps speed restored version and the Kodascope 1929 version along with the trailer and outtakes plus the 1960 "The Lost World" film on a Blu-ray disc.
*2-disc R1 Fox SE uses the "George Eastman House" restoration (though in the liner notes it is falsely credited to "David Shepard") with the trailer and outtakesluded plus the 1960 "The Lost World" film on a separate DVD.
For more info about this release, please read the review Here (John Sinnott/DVDTalk).
*R1 (Image), R2 UK (Eureka), and R4 (Force) use the "David Shepard" restoration. They have an audio commentary, outtakes, and photo galleries. Note, that the R1 has a 5.1 music track though lacks the "Conan Doyle and The Lost World" featurette.
For more info about this version, please read the review Here (Mark Bourne/DVD Journal).
*The R0 SlingShot version has some exclusive supplemental materials and uses the Kodascope version of the domestic negative.
For more info about the various DVD releases, please read the comparison Here (Carl Bennett/Silent Era).
Information on differences can also be found in our "The Lost World" reference thread and at Digitally Obsessed.
Since this is a 1925 silent film, there are several film sources and restorations. Some are in 24fps, some in 20fps, and some in 18fps, transfered in NTSC or in PAL, with a variety of music scores. -
CUTS:
- R0 America- Alpha Video - Shorter, 69 minute version.
- R0 Special Collector's Edition America- SlingShot Entertainment/Lumivision - Shorter, 64 minute version.
- R1 America- Image Entertainment - (92:44 NTSC) 20fps transfer. Several scenes are now expanded in length or appear on home video for the first time (about a 90% restoration of the original film ). Some scenes have not survived, and those scenes are ignored here. Of particular note is footage that is missing from this edition, exists in the Lumivision edition: The shot of the dinosaur’s tail sweeping to the side and knocking several Londoner men off their feet.
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R1 Cinema Classics Collection America- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - 24fps transfer, original 35mm film restored by "George Eastman House". Notes from Glenn Erickson / DVD Savant:
"This presentation is from the George Eastman house, with an original music score by Philip Carli. It's a very different cut than the 1997 Lumivision DVD (also an Eastman restoration) and also different than David Shepard's 2001 Image disc of this feature. All three appear to have unique scenes. Comparing running times doesn't tell us much because the longer versions frequently slow down scenes."
More info here by John Sinnott/DVDTalk. (76:01 NTSC) - R1 Drama Classics Triple Feature America- Navarre Corporation - Shorter, 69 minute version.
- R2 Special 2 Disc Edition Germany- Koch Media - No cuts - Includes the restored original version in 18fps (96:44 PAL) and the Kodascope version from 1929 (65:17 PAL).
- R2 King Kong (1933) Special Edition Italy- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - No cuts
- R2 United Kingdom- Eureka - (92:42 PAL) 20fps transfer. Several scenes are now expanded in length or appear on home video for the first time (about a 90% restoration of the original film ). Some scenes have not survived, and those scenes are ignored here. Of particular note is footage that is missing from this edition, exists in the Lumivision edition: The shot of the dinosaur’s tail sweeping to the side and knocking several Londoner men off their feet.
- R4 Australia- Force Video - (92:42 PAL) 20 fps transfer. Several scenes are now expanded in length or appear on home video for the first time (about a 90% restoration of the original film ). Some scenes have not survived, and those scenes are ignored here. Of particular note is footage that is missing from this edition, exists in the Lumivision edition: The shot of the dinosaur’s tail sweeping to the side and knocking several Londoner men off their feet.
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Comparison added by Adrian_Busby on 04/11/01
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 12/09/18UPDATE LOG:
21/04/12 - Added Italian release.
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10/07/17: Updated US Fox, UK Eureka, ASINs, corrected typos.
15/07/17: Updated links.
12/08/18: Added Germany Koch Media.
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