We’re huge fans of James Gray’s work on HeyUGuys. His work on films such as We Own the Night, Two Lovers and 2013’s under-seen (but often on Netflix) classic The Immigrant are stirring works of an assured cinematic hand. Next week his latest film, The Lost City of Z, arrives in UK cinemas, and is well worth your time.
The film tells the story, so vividly brought to life in David Grann’s 2009 bestseller, subtitled: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, of explorer Percy Fawcett. His journeys deep into the Amazon to uncover the secrets of a lost civilization were followed intently at the time, making his disappearance in 1925 of the most enduring mysteries of the 20th century.
With The Lost City of Z Gray has brought together a fine cast including new Spider-Man Tom Holland as the son of British explorer Percy Fawcett, with a cast that also includes Charlie Hunnam as Fawcett, Sienna Miller as his wife, Nina Fawcett and Robert Pattinson as Fawcett’s camp aide and fellow explorer, Henry Costin.
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Kerri Anne McNally sat down with the director recently to talk about his own journey to The Lost City of Z, and his insight into the inner demons of the characters at play.
The Lost City of Z is released in the UK on the 24th of March.
Director James Gray on The Lost City of Z
Movie Synopsis
Based on author David Grann’s nonfiction bestseller, THE LOST CITY OF Z tells the incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the 20th century and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region. Despite being ridiculed by the scientific establishment who regard indigenous populations as savages, the determined Fawcett supported by his devoted wife (Sienna Miller), son (Tom Holland) and aide de camp (Robert Pattinson) returns time and again to his beloved jungle in an attempt to prove his case, culminating in his mysterious disappearance in 1925. THE LOST CITY OF Z is a stirring tribute to the exploratory spirit and those individuals driven to achieve greatness at any cost.
