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FAMOUS NOVEL "THE LOST WORLD" MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ENTIRELY FICTION !!!!!
 
Modern Day Explorers Uncover A Real-Life Jurassic Park. What Did They Find?
 
Interview Award Winning Film Director Peter von Puttkamer ...

LOS ANGELES / HOLLYWOOD -- Television audiences should get ready to immerse themselves in a major 2 hour TELEVISION EVENT -- THE REAL LOST WORLD airing on Animal Planet and Discovery HD Theater this coming December.  THIS IS WHERE FICTION BECOMES FACT.   

This exciting true-life adventure film takes a modern team in the footsteps of 19th century explorers, whose discoveries in South America became the inspiration for countless prehistoric sci-fi fantasy books and movies.  Weeks of filming with two dozen cast and crew and a team of porters took The Real Lost World  team through the Amazonian swamps, down rivers, across the savannah and jungle to the top of an ancient 9200 ft. plateau.  Once there, they enter a new cave system -- the oldest in the world and what they find inside, will surprise even NASA. 

This is the first expedition, to get to the truth, behind the dinosaur and ape men legends that inspired the writer of the world’s greatest detective novels (Sherlock Holmes) -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- to write his classic adventure tale of people and dinosaurs.  Doyle’s fantastical story, in turn, spawned some of the world’s greatest sci-fi fantasies, notably King Kong and Jurassic Park.

This high-spirited documentary tracks a journey to Mt. Roraima, Venezuela: a mountain whose evil spirits kept natives away for millennia, and whose summit eluded white explorers for some 300 years.  Now a group of enthusiastic 21st century scientists, investigators and animal experts face an onslaught of deadly predators to get to the top, and along the way distill myth from reality.

Combining re-enactment footage of the 19th century British explorers and that of the modern professionals at work in the field, the film is a treat for all:  adrenaline junkies will not be disappointed as giant & poisonous snakes, huge tarantulas and scads of biting, venomous insects slither and crawl across the screen…to be picked up and handled by the team.

The expedition’s astonishing discoveries deep within Roraima’s 3 billion year old caves, have garnered NASA’s attention and commitment to further investigation.

AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW: The Real Lost World creators Peter von Puttkamer (writer, director, producer) and Sheera von Puttkamer. This husband and wife team are award-winning filmmakers who take a Cecil B Demille approach to their documentaries, carving larger-than-life images out of the real world.  Filming for weeks with 3 High-Definition cameras and a camera crane…the film’s visuals are out of this world. READ ABOUT THE MAKING OF THE FILM IN THE DECEMBER ISSUE OF AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER MAGAZINE.

Background: For more than 25 years, Gryphon Productions has produced international award-winning films in the United States and Canada. Peter and Sheera von Puttkamer’s fascination with indigenous peoples, archaeology, mythology, and wildlife has led them to produce both stories of socio-political issues and broad adventure-based documentaries.  They have produced more than 150 documentaries and won over 65 international awards.

ON ANIMAL PLANET IN DECEMBER: The U.S. Premiere of The Real Lost World will air on cable channel Animal Planet on Dec.10th and 17th,  2006.  In addition, Discovery HD Theater will show an impressive high-definition version of the program on Dec. 14th, 2006. Check local listings for times.

MEDIA NOTE: Complimentary review DVD's of the show are available upon request. For more information, photos and to see the trailer -- please visit: www.thereallostworld.com

VIP SCREENING EVENT -- Entertainment industry leaders, celebrities and members of the media are being invited to a special screening:

6:00 PM on December 3rd, 2006  
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