The Lost City of Z [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray]

Director: James Gray James Gray

Overview

During an expedition in the Amazon in 1906, British explorer Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam) grows obsessed with finding a lost city that could be the key to understanding the origins of human civilization. Over the next two decades, he returns to the Amazon multiple times in the hope of unearthing its location. Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, and Angus MacFadyen co-star in this adaptation of David Grann's 2009 nonfiction novel, which was directed by James Gray (The Immigrant, We Own the Night).

Product Details

Release Date:	09/19/2023
UPC:	0826663240542
Original Release:	2016
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Shout Factory
Language:	English
Format:	Blu-ray
Sales rank:	10,065

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Charlie Hunnam	Col. Percival Fawcett
Robert Pattinson	Henry Costin
Sienna Miller	Nina Fawcett
Tom Holland	Jack Fawcett
Angus Macfadyen	James Murray
Edward Ashley	Arthur Manley
Ian McDiarmid	Sir George Goldie
Clive Francis	Sir John Scott Keltie
Pedro Coello	Tadjui
Matthew Sunderland	Actor
Johann Myers	Willis
Aleksandar Jovanovic	Urquhart
Elena Solovey	Madame Kumel
Bobby Smallbridge	Actor
Tom Mulheron	Jack Fawcett (3 Yr Old)
Daniel Huttlestone	Brian Fawcett (15 Yr Old)
Nathaniel Bates Fisher	Brian Fawcett (7 Yr Old)
Murray Melvin	Lord James Bernard
Harry Melling	William Barclay
Michael Jenn	Brig. Gen. Thorton
Michael Ford-FitzGerald	Hunt Leader
Franco Nero	Baron De Gondoriz
Frank Clem	Texan Gunman
Bethan Coomber	Joan Fawcett (7 Yr Old)
David Calder	Secretary Bryce
Stacy Shane	American Reporter
Pat Mooney	Random Scientist 3
Colin Carnegie	Random Scientist 2
Anthony Boyle	Trench Runner
Neil Bromley	Reporter 2
Bill Hurst	Reporter 1
Richard Croxford	Officer Thomas Busby
Louise Parker	Random Woman
Jose Pereira	Chief Guarayo
Gustavo Duque	Crew Member
Fernando Vigui	Diminutive Latino Man
Nicholas Agnew	John Coundley
Robert Fawsitt	Random Man at Port
Patrick McBrearty	Whipping Officer
Gary Crossan	Waiter at Savage Club
Niall Cusack	Random Scientist
Nick Sampson	Doctor
Ruairi Heading	Actor
David Coon	Random Scientist 4
John Sackville	Simon Beauclerk
Bobby Smalldridge	Young Jack Fawcett
Siennah Buck	Peasant Child
Frank Cannon	RGS Member
Barnaby Edwards	Various characters
Andrew McNeill	British Soldier
Chris Spelman	Composer

Technical Credits

James Gray

James Gray	Director,Screenwriter,Producer
Dede Gardner	Producer
Jeremy Kleiner	Producer
Anthony Katagas	Producer
Dale Armin Johnson	Producer
Luca Borghese	Producer
Brad Pitt	Executive Producer
Marc Butan	Executive Producer,Producer
Mark Huffam	Executive Producer,Producer
Felipe Aljure	Executive Producer,Producer
Gabriel Bocanegra	Sound Effects
Jonathan Bullock	Special Effects
Felipe De La Roche	Special Effects
Kate Ringsell	Casting

Editorial Reviews

Director James Gray's masterful The Lost City of Z is the kind of old-fashioned, methodical, vibrant epic that Hollywood used to be famous for making. It's reminiscent of classic adventures helmed by John Huston, Francis Ford Coppola, and Werner Herzog, each of whom traversed his own heart of darkness to deliver gripping yarns about heroism, obsession, and madness. The movie begins in 1905 Ireland, where an undecorated major named Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam) is desperate to distinguish himself and escape from the shadow of his disreputable father. As one contemporary bluntly puts it, "He's been rather unfortunate in his choice of ancestors." His chance finally arrives when he's summoned to the Royal Geographical Society in London, where he once proved useful as a top-notch mapmaker. He's charged with leading an expedition to South America to map the disputed border between Brazil and Bolivia, which requires that he locate the source of the Rio Verde. The proposed two-year mission means Fawcett must leave behind his supportive, pregnant wife Nina (Sienna Miller) and his young son Jack, but he eagerly accepts the opportunity because he believes it will allow him to redeem his family name. Fawcett is accompanied on his journey by aide-de-camp Henry Costin (a never-better Robert Pattinson) and a small entourage of guides and stewards. Before they embark up river, one craggy codger warns them that "ain't nobody comes back from up there -- ever." Soon enough, the band of explorers learn just how harsh the river and jungle can be: They encounter hostile, arrow-shooting natives, sharp-toothed piranhas, venomous snakes, and gut-ravaging diseases. But Fawcett is determined and refuses to turn back, regardless of the obstacles. "A man's reach should exceed his grasp," he states, so he soldiers on and discovers more than he ever expected when he stumbles upon some broken pottery and other artifacts that hint at an ancient civilization -- one previously unknown. When he returns to England, he's hailed a hero. However, when he suggests the possible existence of a lost city in the Amazon, which he refers to as Zed, he's nearly laughed out of the geographical society. How could savages build a city and create works of art? But Fawcett is undeterred, and believes destiny awaits him. Suffice it to say that Fawcett does indeed return to Amazonia, more than once, and continues his quest. But at what cost? His children barely know him and his wife grows weary of being a single parent. James Gray's focus on the Fawcett family dynamic yields some of the film's richest scenes: Miller is nothing short of sensational, as is Hunnam in a breakout role. Gray, who adapted the movie from David Grann's non-fiction book, smartly condenses the story and makes the yarn more intimate, yet the tale loses none of its epic scope -- it even includes a horrifying depiction of the brutal 1916 Battle of the Somme during World War I, in which Fawcett fought. The director should also be commended for shooting on 35 mm film, which gives The Lost City of Z a breathtaking, eerie beauty that lures viewers into the hellish yet intoxicating jungle, and helps us realize, in part, why Fawcett became so obsessed with it. Fawcett purportedly served as the inspiration for Indiana Jones, and it's easy to see why. But viewers expecting a rip-roaring, Raiders-like yarn will be sorely disappointed. The Lost City of Z is more thoughtful and contemplative, yet it remains just as gripping as any larger-than-life adventure flick. This is filmmaking of the highest order.