A beloved classic gets a new premiere with a live orchestra!
Professor Challenger believes dinosaurs still exist in the dark reaches of South America. When his colleagues and students mock him, he proposes that a team be assembled to travel to the Amazon rainforest to see for themselves. Challenger, along with a small group – including scientists, and a reporter, set sail for the forbidden territory, not knowing the adventure that awaits!
So begins the story in this 1925 silent action film on the cutting edge of groundbreaking special effects by the Oscar-winning master action guru Willis O’Brien, who later created classics like KING KONG. Using brilliant stop-action photography, stunning practical sets, and camera work, O’Brien achieved a feat in special effects technology that later inspired such movies as JURASSIC PARK. It was said that during the 1925 premiere, many members of the audience left the theater believing that the dinosaurs were, in fact, real! 
A movie such as this deserves special music and sound design. Enter THE GRAND FEATURE FILM ORCHESTRA! In what could be described as their biggest project to date, the orchestra will compose new music sequences and orchestrate works from the great classics, such as THE RITE OF SPRING, THE SOURCERER’S APRENTICE, FIREBIRD, and THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY -- perfectly timed to the massive cinematic action. Meanwhile, our talented sound design engineers are developing LIVE sound effects machinery using experimental microphonic electro-acoustics to recreate the needed menacing atmosphere for the terrors of the Mesozoic Era.
<<< Pictured -- One of GFFO's LIVE Microphonic electro-acoustic soundboxes used to create epic sound effects
Critics agree! This is a movie to see
“As soon as the thrilling sequences are reached, where the explorers are seen in the supposed habitat of the living dinosauri, brontosauri, allosauri, and other prehistoric monsters, there is no end of excitement.”
--Gordaunt Hall, New York Times (1925)
DETAILS:
GFFO Presents THE LOST WORLD
Sunday, August 20th, 2023 --- 2:00 pm.
Journey Downtown Theater – 308 Main Street – Vacaville, CA