• The Lost City of Z (2017)

    At the dawn of the 20th century, British explorer Percy Fawcett journeys into the Amazon, where he discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region. Despite being ridiculed by the scientific establishment, which views indigenous populations as savages, the determined Fawcett, supported by his devoted wife, son, and aide-de-camp, returns to his beloved jungle in an attempt to prove his case.

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The Lost City of Z
78
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70
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Release Date: April 14th, 2017

DVD Release Date: July 11th, 2017

PG-13 |2 hr 21 min

Plot Summary

At the dawn of the 20th century, British explorer Percy Fawcett journeys into the Amazon, where he discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region. Despite being ridiculed by the scientific establishment, which views indigenous populations as savages, the determined Fawcett, supported by his devoted wife, son, and aide-de-camp, returns to his beloved jungle in an attempt to prove his case.

Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland, Edward Ashley, Angus Macfadyen, Ian McDiarmid, Clive Francis

Director: James Gray

Genres: Adventure , Biography , Historical drama

Production Co: Plan B Entertainment, MadRiver Pictures, MICA Entertainment

Distributors: Amazon Studios, Bleecker Street Media

Keywords: Quest , Mystery , Son , Wife ,

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  • 80
    Matt SingerScreenCrush

    Its unhurried pacing, complex themes, and magnificent visuals that must be seen on a big screen make it feel like an artifact from an era of big-budget filmmaking that has been rendered essentially extinct by the franchisification of Hollywood. show more

  • 20
    Joe MorgensternWall Street Journal

    The book’s subtitle was “A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon,” and the film gets that part wrong. It’s deadly dull and conspicuously short on obsessiveness. show more

  • 90
    Todd McCarthyThe Hollywood Reporter

    The Lost City of Z is a rare piece of contemporary classical cinema; its virtues of methodical storytelling, traditional style and obsessive theme are ones that would have been recognized and embraced anytime from the 1930s through the 1970s. show more

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