''The Lost City of Z'' is a 2016 American
biographical
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adventure
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drama film written and directed by
James Gray, based on the 2009
book of the same name by
David Grann
David Elliot Grann (born March 10, 1967) is an American journalist, a staff writer for ''The New Yorker'' magazine, and a best-selling author.
His first book, '' The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon,'' was published by D ...
. It portrays British explorer
Percy Fawcett, who was sent to
Brazil and made several attempts to find a supposed ancient lost city in the
Amazon
Amazon most often refers to:
* Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology
* Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin
* Amazon River, in South America
* Amazon (company), an American multinational technology co ...
. It stars
Charlie Hunnam
Charles Matthew Hunnam (; born 10 April 1980) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Pete Dunham in ''Green Street Hooligans'' (2005) and as Jax Teller in the FX series ''Sons of Anarchy'' (2008–2014). For the latter, he was ...
as Fawcett;
Robert Pattinson as his fellow explorer
Henry Costin,
Sienna Miller as his wife, Nina Fawcett; and
Tom Holland
Thomas Stanley Holland (born 1 June 1996) is an English actor. His accolades include a British Academy Film Award, three Saturn Awards, a Guinness World Record and an appearance on the ''Forbes'' 30 Under 30 Europe list. Some publications h ...
as his son, Jack.
Its world premiere was on October 15, 2016, as the closing-night selection at the
New York Film Festival. It was released in the United States on April 14, 2017 by
Amazon Studios
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and
Bleecker Street
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.
It was praised by critics, but grossed only $19 million against a $30 million budget. Despite its lack of financial success, ''
Time'' magazine listed it as one of its Top 10 Films of 2017.
"Z" is pronounced "zed" by the characters in the film, as is done in
British English
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; it is pronounced "zee" by the British actors in the film's U.S.-made promotional videos to suit the local market.
Plot
In 1905,
Percy Fawcett (
Charlie Hunnam
Charles Matthew Hunnam (; born 10 April 1980) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Pete Dunham in ''Green Street Hooligans'' (2005) and as Jax Teller in the FX series ''Sons of Anarchy'' (2008–2014). For the latter, he was ...
) is a young
British
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Peoples, culture, and language
* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
** Britishness, the British identity and common culture
* British English, ...
officer who participates in a
stag hunt on an
Irish
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Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
baronial
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estate for the visiting
Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s benefit. A skilled horseman and marksman, he brings down the stag swiftly, but is snubbed at the after-hunt party.
A year later, Fawcett meets with
Royal Geographical Society (RGS) officials in
London, where he’s informed that the governments of
Bolivia
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and
Brazil are nearly at war over the location of
their mutual boundary. Directly affecting the region’s extremely lucrative rubber trade, they have asked the British government to survey it.
Fawcett leads the survey party, meeting Corporal Henry Costin (
Robert Pattinson), who is familiar with the
Amazon rainforest
The Amazon rainforest, Amazon jungle or ; es, Selva amazónica, , or usually ; french: Forêt amazonienne; nl, Amazoneregenwoud. In English, the names are sometimes capitalized further, as Amazon Rainforest, Amazon Forest, or Amazon Jungle. ...
, aboard the ship to Brazil. At a large
rubber plantation in the
jungle
A jungle is land covered with dense forest and tangled vegetation, usually in tropical climates. Application of the term has varied greatly during the past recent century.
Etymology
The word ''jungle'' originates from the Sanskrit word ''jaṅ ...
owned by Portuguese nobleman Baron de Gondoris (
Franco Nero), they meet Lance Corporal Arthur Manley (Edward Ashley), who tells them the British government advises against further exploration. Nevertheless, Fawcett and Costin, along with several guides and Amazonian scout Tadjui, complete the mission.
Tadjui tells him stories about a legendary
jungle city covered in
gold and full of people. Fawcett dismisses this as insane ravings, but he soon discovers highly advanced broken
pottery and some small stone statues in the jungle, convincing him of the story’s veracity.
Upon his return, Fawcett is praised, and his wife, Nina (
Sienna Miller), has given birth to their second son. In the
Trinity College Library
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of
Dublin, she discovers a
conquistador
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text telling of a city deep in the Amazonian jungle, which Fawcett names “the
Lost City of Z”. He also meets renowned biologist
James Murray (
Angus Macfadyen
Angus Macfadyen (born 21 September 1963) is a Scottish actor. His roles include Robert the Bruce, both in ''Braveheart'' and ''Robert the Bruce'', Komodo in ''Warriors of Virtue'', Vice-Counsel Dupont in '' Equilibrium'', Jeff Denlon in the '' ...
), who agrees to back his Amazon expedition to find that lost city. Attempting to convince RGS members for backing, he is initially ridiculed, but ultimately they concede to further exploration.
Murray, unfamiliar with the rigors of the deep jungle, greatly slows them down. Fawcett’s party is attacked along the river, but he makes peace with the
natives
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. Murray’s leg injury becomes severely infected, and he begins to succumb to madness. Fawcett sends him off with a native guide and their last pack animal to find aid. The team must abandon the expedition after discovering that Murray poured
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* Liquid paraffin (drug), a very highly refined mineral oil used in cosmetics and for medical purposes
* Alkan ...
on their supplies.
Murray survives and, in front of RGS trustees, accuses Fawcett of abandoning him in the jungle, demanding an apology. Fawcett opts to resign from the society rather than do so. When
World War I breaks out in Europe, Fawcett fights in
France. Manley dies in the trenches at the
Battle of the Somme, and Fawcett is temporarily blinded in a chlorine gas attack whilst leading an infantry attack. His estranged eldest, Jack (
Tom Holland
Thomas Stanley Holland (born 1 June 1996) is an English actor. His accolades include a British Academy Film Award, three Saturn Awards, a Guinness World Record and an appearance on the ''Forbes'' 30 Under 30 Europe list. Some publications h ...
), who had long accused Fawcett of abandoning them, reconciles with him as he recovers.
In 1923, Fawcett is living in obscurity in England.
American
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** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, pe ...
interest in exploring the Amazon has escalated, mostly due to Fawcett’s stories of the lost city.
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
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He was involved in the development of the vast office complex in M ...
and a consortium of U.S. newspapers finance a new Fawcett expedition. The RGS co-funds it at the last moment to maintain British pride. Fawcett shows
Sir John Scott Keltie (
Clive Francis
Clive Francis (born 26 June 1946) is a British stage, television and film actor.
Early life
Francis was born in Eastbourne, Sussex. He is the son of actors Raymond Francis and his second wife Margaret Towner.
His father played Detective Chie ...
) a
compass
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, telling him that he will send it back to England once he finds the lost city.
Fawcett and his son go alone this time, traveling as light as possible for up to three years to find “Z”. Costin declines an invitation to join them. The Fawcetts are attacked by natives and escape, only to be ambushed by a second
tribe
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which gives them a fair hearing. Stating out loud that their spirits aren’t wholly of their own world or of the Amazon, they declare their spirits “must belong” somewhere, so they will help them find their rightful place. The Fawcetts are drugged during a ceremony and carried away.
Years later, Nina Fawcett meets with Keltie at the RGS, claiming she has heard that Fawcett and Jack are still alive and living with tribespeople. The RGS, having sent over a hundred people to search for Fawcett over the years, refuses to do another search; and Keltie advises Nina to accept her husband’s death, but she refuses. Instead, she shows him the compass Fawcett had promised to send once he found the lost city. As Nina leaves, her reflection in a mirror shows her walking out into what looks like the Amazonian jungle.
Cast
*
Charlie Hunnam
Charles Matthew Hunnam (; born 10 April 1980) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Pete Dunham in ''Green Street Hooligans'' (2005) and as Jax Teller in the FX series ''Sons of Anarchy'' (2008–2014). For the latter, he was ...
as
Percy Fawcett
*
Robert Pattinson as Corporal Henry Costin
*
Tom Holland
Thomas Stanley Holland (born 1 June 1996) is an English actor. His accolades include a British Academy Film Award, three Saturn Awards, a Guinness World Record and an appearance on the ''Forbes'' 30 Under 30 Europe list. Some publications h ...
as Jack Fawcett
** Bobby Smalldridge as 7-year-old Jack Fawcett
** Tom Mulheron as young Jack Fawcett
* Edward Ashley as Corporal Arthur Manley
*
Sienna Miller as Nina Fawcett
*
Angus Macfadyen
Angus Macfadyen (born 21 September 1963) is a Scottish actor. His roles include Robert the Bruce, both in ''Braveheart'' and ''Robert the Bruce'', Komodo in ''Warriors of Virtue'', Vice-Counsel Dupont in '' Equilibrium'', Jeff Denlon in the '' ...
as
James Murray
*
Clive Francis
Clive Francis (born 26 June 1946) is a British stage, television and film actor.
Early life
Francis was born in Eastbourne, Sussex. He is the son of actors Raymond Francis and his second wife Margaret Towner.
His father played Detective Chie ...
as
Sir John Scott Keltie
*
Ian McDiarmid as
Sir George Goldie
*
Franco Nero as Baron de Gondoriz
*
Harry Melling as William Barclay
*
John Sackville as Simon Beauclerk
* Adam Bellamy as Cecil Gosling
*
Daniel Huttlestone
Daniel Richard Huttlestone (born 17 September 1999) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Gavroche in Tom Hooper's ''Les Misérables'' and Jack in the musical film ''Into the Woods'', which both earned him a 2013 and 2015 Youn ...
as Brian Fawcett
*
Murray Melvin as Lord James Bernard
Production
Development
In February 2009,
James Gray was hired by
Paramount Pictures and
Plan B Entertainment to write and direct the film based on
David Grann's book
A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for this physical a ...
, but the film
remained in development for six years. Based on his experience on previous projects, Gray was not initially sure why
Plan B sent him the book. He explained:
When I was sent the book in the fall of 2008, it hadn’t yet been published. I didn’t know what it was and I hadn’t heard of the story at all. It takes place outside of New York, and it’s a period piece in the United Kingdom and the jungle. So I had no idea why the people at Plan B decided to send me this book, because nothing in my prior work had shown that I could do anything like this. Maybe it was an act of madness on their part.
In a 2015 interview with
IndieWire, Gray admitted that he had developed the script for a while before moving toward production.
He explained that the film was a "very complicated production and the story is amazing, but it's a complicated story. And you want to get it right. It's a very, very scary proposition to go into the jungle and all that. But at the same time it's terrific. It's why you make movies."
Casting
The lead role underwent numerous casting changes.
Brad Pitt
William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. He is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. ...
was initially to star as Fawcett, additionally providing production duties through his company
Plan B Entertainment. In November 2010, Pitt withdrew from the lead role due to scheduling conflicts, but remained attached as producer. On September 4, 2013,
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born 19 July 1976) is an English actor. Known for his work on screen and stage, he has received various accolades, including a British Academy Television Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Laurence Oli ...
came on board to portray Fawcett, along with
Robert Pattinson, who joined the cast in the role of Costin. In February 2015, Cumberbatch dropped out also due to scheduling conflicts, and was replaced by
Charlie Hunnam
Charles Matthew Hunnam (; born 10 April 1980) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Pete Dunham in ''Green Street Hooligans'' (2005) and as Jax Teller in the FX series ''Sons of Anarchy'' (2008–2014). For the latter, he was ...
, while
Sienna Miller was cast as Nina Fawcett.
Filming
Principal photography began on August 19, 2015, in
Belfast
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,
Northern Ireland, and continued for five weeks until late September. On August 28, the production shot at
Greyabbey
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It lies south of Newtownards. Both townland and c ...
Village and
Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland. Hunnam and Miller filmed scenes at
Ballintoy
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,
County Antrim
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, on August 31, and further shooting took place at
Craigavon House, East Belfast on September 2.
On September 7, 2015, scenes were filmed at
Belfast City Hall and on the grounds of
Royal Belfast Academical Institution. Scenes were also shot at
Bangor Castle
Bangor Castle is a country house situated in Castle Park in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. The building, which is also referred to as Bangor Town Hall and is now used as the offices of Ards and North Down Borough Council, is a Grade A li ...
leisure centre on September 13, 2015. Filming then moved to
Santa Marta,
Colombia, and continued through September and October.
Music
Christopher Spelman composed the film's musical score. He had previously composed the music for Gray's 2013 film ''
The Immigrant'', and had been
arranger
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on ''
The Yards
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Set in the commuter rail yards in New York City ("the yards"), ...
'' (2000), ''
We Own the Night'' (2007), and ''
Two Lovers'' (2008).
George Drakoulias George Drakoulias (born 1965) is a Greek-American music producer and a former A&R executive at the American Recordings label. He is often considered a protégé of Rick Rubin.
Drakoulias grew up in Syosset, New York, and attended Syosset High Sc ...
and
Randall Poster were
music supervisors.
The film's trailer featured "Tangled Earth" by
audiomachine
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About the company
...
. The soundtrack was released digitally on March 24, 2017.
Release
The film had its world premiere as the closing night film on October 15, 2016, at the 54th
New York Film Festival.
Prior to that,
StudioCanal acquired international distribution rights to the film, while
Amazon Studios
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obtained U.S. distribution rights.
Bleecker Street
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is partnering with Amazon on the film's theatrical release. The film was released in the United States on April 14, 2017.
The film was released in France on March 15, 2017 and in the UK on March 24, 2017.
In February 2017, the film was presented at the
67th Berlin International Film Festival
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in the ''Berlinale Special'' section. It also served as the opening night film of
Boston International Film Festival
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Established in 2003 by film producer Patrick Jerome, the festival features independent films from ...
on April 13, 2017.
The film got a release date of June 2, 2017 in
Mainland China, but was trimmed by 37 minutes, totaling 104 minutes. It is unclear if the move was due to a commercial decision, or a result of usual censorship by the
.
Reception
Box office
''The Lost City of Z'' grossed $8.6 million in the United States and Canada, and $10.7 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $19.3 million, against a production budget of $30 million.
[
''The Lost City of Z'' was first released in France on March 15 where it generated $770,719 on its opening weekend.] This was followed by the United Kingdom and Ireland on March 24, earning £270,139 from 282 theatres. It debuted at number seven on the box office chart.
In the United States, the film grossed $110,175 from four theaters in its opening weekend. It expanded to 614 theaters the following weekend and made $2.2 million, finishing 10th at the box office. In its third weekend, the film added 252 theaters, and made $1.8 million.
Critical response
According to the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 87% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 245 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "''The Lost City of Z''s stately pace and visual grandeur hearken back to classic exploration epics, and Charlie Hunnam turns in a masterful performance as its complex protagonist." At Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 78 out of 100 based on 44 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Todd McCarthy
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of '' The Hollywood Reporter'' described the film as "a rare piece of contemporary classical cinema." Dan Callahan in his review for ''TheWrap
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Awards
''TheWrap'' has won awards for its journalism, incl ...
'' said that "''The Lost City of Z'' feels like a clear artistic advance for Gray, who proves himself here as one of our finest and most distinctive living filmmakers." Owen Gleiberman, writing for '' Variety'', called the film "a finely crafted, elegantly shot, sharply sincere movie that is more absorbing than powerful." Joshua Rothkopf in his review for '' Time Out'' wrote that "the grandeur of this movie is off the charts ..." Mark Kermode
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of Kermode and Mayo's Film Review stated that while the film had numerous flaws, such as ineffective elliptical storytelling and Hunnam's uncharismatic performance, "it is a film which is haunting me more than I thought. ... it did feel like it was trying obreak out of being just that narrative into something else".
Explorer John Hemming John Hemming may refer to:
* John Hemming (historian) (born 1935), British explorer and author
*John Hemming (politician) (born 1960), British politician
See also
*John Heminges, co-publisher of Shakespeare's works after his death
*John Hemings
J ...
criticized the movie's publicity for claiming that Fawcett was one of Britain's greatest explorers, arguing that this was an insult to the many true explorers, and that Fawcett was a racist
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, a "nutter", and a dangerous incompetent who "never discovered anything", but caused the loss of many lives.
Joe Morgenstern
Joe Morgenstern (born October 3, 1932) is an American writer and retired film critic. He wrote for ''Newsweek'' from 1965 to 1983, and then for ''The Wall Street Journal'' from 1995 to 2022. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2005. Morgen ...
, a movie critic from '' The Wall Street Journal'', compares the book to the movie by stating "Mr. Hunnam's Fawcett is attractive, and animated when circumstances demand it, but thanks to a clumsy script, not very interesting." In contrast to the book being more interested in the facts along with David Grann's findings.
Peter Travers
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, a film critic for '' Rolling Stone'', rates ''The Lost City of Z'' three and a half stars out of four stars and describes the movie as "haunting and visionary, a potent provocation that gets under your skin." He then notes the complementary elements of ''The Lost City of Z'' being "exotic adventure, and the psychological terror that brushes Gray's metaphorical heart of darkness."
Dan Jolin, a freelance journalist, rates ''The Lost City of Z'' a four out of five stars on ''Empire''. He states that though Fawcett's story is "a difficult story to end. ... Gray excels, going out on an oblique but elegant note." However he does note that ''The Lost City of Z'' may "test your patience" because of the scenes being prolonged to enhance the main character, Percy Fawcett.
Neil Soan, a reviewer, rates ''The Lost City of Z'' a three and a half stars out of five stars on '' The Times of India''. In accordance to the role of the main character, Percy Fawcett, Soan believes "Charlie Hunnam adds ample substance to Fawcett" but he also points out that some main personality traits were lackluster. He concludes in his review that though the movie falls short on important scenes, "''The lost City of Z'' an unbalanced but fascinating watch."
Manohla Dargis
Manohla June Dargis () is an American film critic. She is one of the chief film critics for ''The New York Times''. She is a five-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.
Career
Before being a film critic for ''The New York Times'', ...
, a writer from '' The New York Times,'' writes that Charlie Hunnam was "mesmerizing" upon his main role of British explorer, Percy Fawcett. She believes Mr. Gray has "Effortlessly expands his reach as he moves across time and continents and in the process turns the past into a singular life." She also notes the "lapidary details" that have helped polish ''The Lost City of Z'' into something more.
Anthony Lane
Anthony Lane is a British journalist who is a film critic for ''The New Yorker'' magazine.
Career Education and early career
Lane attended Sherborne School and graduated with a degree in English from Trinity College, Cambridge, where he also ...
, a film critic for the ''New Yorker
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* A resident of the State of New York
** Demographics of New York (state)
* A resident of New York City
** List of people from New York City
* ''The New Yorker'', a magazine founded in 1925
* ''The Ne ...
'', believes that the "right person for the role" is actually Robert Pattinson. The way he presents himself in the film as an "Unlikely figure, yet you still follow his every move" which is similar to how someone could think about Percy Fawcett. Despite this, Lane believes ''The Lost City of Z'' to be "beautiful, mournful, and measured."
Robbie Collin
Robbie Collin is a British film critic.
Collin studied aesthetics and the philosophy of film at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. He edited the university's student newspaper, '' The Saint''.
Collin has been the chief film critic at ''The D ...
, a film critic from '' The Daily Telegraph'', describes 'The Lost City of Z' as "a film transporting, profound, and staggering in its emotional power as anything I've seen in the cinema in years. He believes Charlie Hunnam suitably carries the role of Percy Fawcett with his "persuasiveness" demonstrated in roles prior to 'The Lost City of Z'.
David Sims, a staff writer at '' The Atlantic,'' writes that "''The Lost City of Z'' is a miraculous movie at once moving, intimidating, and gorgeous to behold."
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