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Jim Wynorski’s The Lost Empire Will Be Unleashed on DVD!

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No single director in horror and b-movie history has created as many films as Jim Wynorski that has left viewers on the fence.  You either love his films or hate them…there is no in between.  Personally, I love Chopping Mall and Transylvania Twist.  That brings me to his very first film The Lost Empire.

I received an email today stating that the film will be available April 22nd and you can pre-order the film here!  You can also read the press release below about the release:

In 1983, a young director stepped behind the camera for the first time and began
to shoot a film which he thought might be both his first and his last. An ardent
fan of “B” cinema, Jim Wynorski decided to cram this film with everything he loved.
“I got my first break doing The Lost Empire for Plitt Theatres,” says Jim Wynorski.
“The late owner, Henry Plitt (a decorated war hero), wanted to make a low budget
sci-fi action picture as a tax loss. I never knew that when I made the show, so
I put my heart and soul into the project. When it finally got completed, Plitt
actually liked it enough to give it a wide theatrical release – where it actually
made some money,” comments Wynorski.
The film had a limited theatrical release followed by an initial release on VHS.
As a result of a series of corporate changes at Plitt, “The Lost Empire” was set
aside and lost to generations of genre movie fans. Wynorski’s career took off and
resulted in an immense body of work. “It was always a deep regret of mine that my
first film was caught in this limbo,” says Wynorski “For years I did all kinds of
detective work trying to get my film seen.”
In 2007, Wynorski began working with Indiana based producer, Bill Dever. Dever was
more than familiar with Wynorski’s work and was by his own admission “a big fan”.
Off and on they began searching for The Lost Empire. ” We had a lucky break when
we discovered who purchased the assets of Plitt,” says Dever. “From there the pieces
fell into place; for me it was an honor to be involved in the resurrection of The
Lost Empire.”
They re-acquired the rights and Wynorski went to work readying his first born to
the world for the second time. Dever engaged the sponsorship of Doremi Labs, a
leader in digital cinema technology. Doremi has been in the forefront of leading
the digital cinema revolution. “Doremi not only is a company deeply involved
financially
in digital cinema,” says Michael Archer VP Of Digital Cinema for Doremi, “We also
care deeply for the legacy and tradition of cinema and for us this was a natural
fit.”

Be sure to grab a copy of the film that started the career of one of the kinds of b-movies!

Blacktooth

(Staff Writer) Lover of all things horror and metal. Also likes boobs and booze.

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