The Lost City of Z ( film ) - wikipedia The Lost City of Z ( film ) The Lost City of Z Theatrical release poster Directed by James Gray Produced by Dede Gardner Jeremy Kleiner Anthony Katagas James Gray Dale Armin Johnson Screenplay by James Gray Based on The Lost City of Z by David Grann Starring Charlie Hunnam Robert Pattinson Sienna Miller Tom Holland Music by Christopher Spelman Cinematography Darius Khondji Edited by John Axelrad Lee Haugen Production company Plan B Entertainment Keep Your Head Productions MICA Entertainment MadRiver Pictures Distributed by Amazon Studios Bleecker Street Release date October 15, 2016 ( 2016 - 10 - 15 ) ( NYFF ) April 14, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 14 ) ( United States ) Running time 141 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $30 million Box office $17.2 million The Lost City of Z is a 2016 American biographical adventure drama film written and directed by James Gray, based on the 2009 book of the same name by David Grann. It describes real events surrounding British explorer Percy Fawcett who was sent to Bolivia and later made several attempts to find an ancient lost city in the Amazon and disappeared in 1925 along with his son on an expedition. It stars Charlie Hunnam as Fawcett along with Robert Pattinson as his fellow explorer Henry Costin and Sienna Miller as his wife Nina Fawcett. The film had its world premiere as closing night film on October 15, 2016, at the New York Film Festival and was released in the United States on April 14, 2017, by Amazon Studios and Bleecker Street. The film was praised by critics, though it only grossed $17.2 million against a $30 million budget. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Development 3.2 Casting 3.3 Filming 4 Music 5 Release 6 Reception 6.1 Box office 6.2 Critical response 6.3 Accolades 7 References 8 External links Plot In Ireland in 1905, Percy Fawcett is a young British officer participating in a stag hunt on an Irish baronial estate for the benefit of the visiting Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. A skilled horseman and marksman, he brings down the stag swiftly but is snubbed at the after - hunt party. A year later, Fawcett is sent to London to meet with officials of the Royal Geographical Society. The governments of Bolivia and Brazil are nearly at war over the location of their mutual boundary, and have asked the British government to survey it. Fawcett agrees to lead the survey party to restore his family 's good name. On the ship to Brazil, Fawcett meets Corporal Henry Costin, who has knowledge of the Amazon rainforest. At a large rubber plantation in the jungle owned by the Portuguese nobleman Baron de Gondoris, the two meet Corporal Arthur Manley, who tells them that the British government advises against further exploration. Fawcett, with several guides and the Amazonian scout Tadjui, completes the mission. Tadjui tells Fawcett stories about a city in the jungle covered in gold and full of people. Fawcett dismisses such stories as insane ravings, but discovers highly advanced broken pottery and some small stone statues in the jungle that convince him Tadjui 's story was true. Fawcett is praised after his return to England, where his wife, Nina, has given birth to their second son. In the Trinity College Library, Nina discovers a conquistador text which tells of a city deep in the Amazon jungle. Fawcett meets the renowned biologist James Murray, who agrees to back Fawcett 's expedition to the Amazon to find what Fawcett calls `` the Lost City of Z ''. Fawcett attempts to convince the members of the RGS to back the expedition, but is publicly ridiculed. Nevertheless, the RGS backs the expedition to further exploration of the Amazon basin. Murray is unused to the rigors of the deep jungle, and slows the party down significantly. The Fawcett group is attacked while traveling along the river. However, Fawcett makes peace with the natives. Murray suffers a severe knee injury which becomes infected, and he begins to go mad. Fawcett sends him off with a native guide and the group 's last pack animal to find aid. Fawcett 's team are forced to abandon the expedition after discovering that Murray poured paraffin on their remaining supplies. Murray survives, and accuses Fawcett in front of the RGS trustees of abandoning him in the jungle. Fawcett elects to resign from the society rather than apologize. World War I breaks out in Europe, and Fawcett goes to France to fight. In the Battle of the Somme, Manley dies in the trenches, and Fawcett is temporarily blinded during a chlorine gas attack. Jack, Fawcett 's eldest son who had long accused Fawcett of abandoning the family, reconciles with his father in the hospital. In 1923, Fawcett is living in obscurity in England. American interest in exploring the Amazon has reached a fever pitch, primarily due to Fawcett 's stories of the lost city. John D. Rockefeller Jr. and a consortium of American newspapers finance a new Fawcett expedition. The RGS co-funds the expedition at the last moment as a matter of British pride. Fawcett shows Sir John Scott Keltie a compass, informing Keltie that should the lost city be found by Fawcett, the compass will be sent back to England. Percy and Jack intend to go alone this time, traveling as light as they can for up to three years in order to find Z. Fawcett invites Costin along, but he declines. Percy and Jack are attacked by natives and escape -- only to run into an ambush by a second group of Amazonians. This second tribe give the Fawcetts a fair hearing, but are puzzled by them, noticing that their spirits are n't wholly of their own world but also not wholly of the Amazon. They declare that the spirits of the Fawcetts `` must belong '' somewhere and they will help them find it. Percy and Jack are drugged during a ceremony and carried away. Years later, Nina Fawcett meets with Keltie, now the head of the RGS, claiming she has heard that Percy and Jack are alive and living with tribespeople. The RGS, having sent more than a hundred people to search for Fawcett over the last several years, declines to send another expedition. Keltie advises Nina to come to terms with her husband 's death, but she refuses. Nina instead shows Keltie a package, and on opening it, it contains the compass Fawcett had promised to send back if he found the city. Cast Charlie Hunnam as Percy Fawcett Robert Pattinson as Corporal Henry Costin Sienna Miller as Nina Fawcett Tom Holland as Jack Fawcett Bobby Smalldridge as 7 - year - old Jack Fawcett Tom Mulheron as young Jack Fawcett Angus Macfadyen as James Murray Clive Francis as Sir John Scott Keltie Edward Ashley as Corporal Arthur Manley 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 as Brian Fawcett Production Development David Lean but with a `` slightly more hallucinogenic feel. Because ( the protagonist ) went to the jungle and sorta went mad. '' -- James Gray, director of The Lost City of Z, on the film. Originally James Gray was hired by Paramount Pictures and Plan B Entertainment to write and direct the film based on David Grann 's 2009 book in February 2009 but the film remained in development stage for six years. Based on his previous films, Gray was not initially sure why Plan B sent him the book. He explains, `` When I was sent the book in the fall of 2008, it had n't yet been published. I did n't know what it was and I had n'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 towards production. He explained that `` ( it 's ) 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 project went through numerous casting changes for the lead role. Initially Brad Pitt was to star as Colonel Percy Fawcett, additionally providing production duties through his Plan B Entertainment. In November 2010, Pitt withdrew from the lead role due to scheduling conflicts, but remained attached as the producer to the film. On September 4, 2013, Benedict Cumberbatch came on board to portray Fawcett, along with Robert Pattinson, who also joined the cast as fellow explorer Henry Costin. In February 2015, Cumberbatch also dropped out of the project due to scheduling conflicts, and was replaced by Charlie Hunnam, while Sienna Miller also joined the cast as Nina Fawcett. Filming Principal photography began on August 19, 2015, in Belfast, Northern Ireland and continued for five weeks through late September 2015. After that, filming moved to Santa Marta, Colombia, South America and continued through September and October 2015. On August 28, 2015, filming took place at Greyabbey Village and Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland. Hunnam and Miller filmed scenes at Ballintoy County Antrim on August 31, 2015. Filming took place at Craigavon House, East Belfast on September 2, 2015. Hunnam, Pattinson, Miller and Macfadyen shot scenes at Methodist College Belfast on September 3, 2015. 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 Leisure Centre on September 13, 2015. Music The Lost City of Z : Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Film score soundtrack album Released March 24, 2017 Genre Alternative rock, indie pop, electronic Length 55 : 04 Label Filmtrax Producer Christopher Spelman Christopher Spelman chronology The Immigrant ( 2013 ) The Immigrant 2013 The Lost City of Z ( 2017 ) Christopher Spelman composed the music of the film. He also composed the music of James Gray 's 2013 film The Immigrant. He also worked as the music arranger for Gray 's previous films including, The Yards ( 2000 ), We Own the Night ( 2007 ), and Two Lovers ( 2008 ). George Drakoulias and Randall Poster served as the music supervisor for the album. `` Tangled Earth '' by audiomachine was used in the trailer of the film. The soundtrack was released digitally on March 24, 2017. No. Title Length 1. `` The Lost City of Z '' 0 : 59 2. `` The Hunt '' 2 : 35 3. `` The First Goodbye '' 2 : 33 4. `` Onto the River '' 2 : 29 5. `` The Letter '' 2 : 05 6. `` City of Gold '' 7 : 39 7. `` Source of the Verde River '' 5 : 40 8. `` The Grenedier 's Welcome '' 1 : 34 9. `` The Argument '' 2 : 25 10. `` The Attack '' 2 : 20 11. `` Crossing the River '' 3 : 16 12. `` Delusions '' 2 : 51 13. `` Homecoming '' 1 : 48 14. `` Confrontation '' 3 : 47 15. `` In the Hospital '' 3 : 33 16. `` The Chase '' 1 : 40 17. `` The Final Journey '' 7 : 50 Total length : 55 : 04 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 obtained U.S. distribution rights. Bleecker Street 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 in the Berlinale Special section. It also served as the opening night film of Boston International Film Festival 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 State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television. Reception From left to right : Hunnam, Miller, Pattinson and Gray at the film 's premiere at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival. Box office 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. Critical response On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 87 % based on 193 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3 / 10. The site 's critical 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. '' On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 78 out of 100, based on 44 critics, indicating `` generally favorable reviews ''. Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter described the film as `` a rare piece of contemporary classical cinema. '' Dan Callahan in his review for TheWrap 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 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 ( to ) break out of being just that narrative into something else ''. Accolades Year Group / Award Recipient Result Ref. 2017 International Cinephile Society Awards Best Picture Not Released in 2016 James Gray Won References Jump up ^ `` The Lost City of Z ( 2017 ) ''. AMC Theatres. Retrieved June 11, 2017. Jump up ^ Laurent Schenck ( 2017 - 03 - 15 ). `` The Lost City of Z : 5 choses à savoir sur l'aventure amazonienne de James Gray '' ( in French ). 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Question: when is the lost city of z released
Answer: April 14, 2017