The Real Lost World
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The Real Lost World is a documentary
, released on December 10, 2006 by Animal Planet
, where a team of scientists journey to Monte Roraima
in Venezuela
, the plateau that inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's literary work, The Lost World
. They investigate the legend. The film was written and directed by Peter von Puttkamer
and produced by Gryphon Productions.
The documentary won awards from WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival for Best Cinematography and from the Accolade Television Awards Best of Show in Directing and Cinematography.
Documentary
A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:* Documentary film, including television* Radio documentary* Documentary photographyRelated terms include:...
, released on December 10, 2006 by Animal Planet
Animal Planet
Animal Planet is an American cable tv specialty channel that launched on October 1, 1996. It is distributed by Discovery Communications. A high-definition simulcast of the channel launched on September 1, 2007.-History:...
, where a team of scientists journey to Monte Roraima
Monte Roraima
Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima chain of tepui plateau in South America. First described by the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh in 1596, its summit area is defended by 400-metre-tall cliffs on all sides...
in Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
, the plateau that inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's literary work, The Lost World
The Lost World (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Lost World is a novel released in 1912 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle concerning an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America where prehistoric animals still survive. It was originally published serially in the popular Strand Magazine during the months of April 1912-November 1912...
. They investigate the legend. The film was written and directed by Peter von Puttkamer
Peter von Puttkamer
Peter von Puttkamer is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, with special interest in environmental issues and in American indigenous peoples and cultures.-Early years:Von Puttkamer was born Baron Marc Peter von Puttkamer, in Bonn, Germany in 1957...
and produced by Gryphon Productions.
The documentary won awards from WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival for Best Cinematography and from the Accolade Television Awards Best of Show in Directing and Cinematography.
Scientists
- Dr. Hazel Barton – Cave Biologist
- Dean Harrison – Cryptozoologist
- Seth Heald – SnakeSnakeSnakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...
Expert - Peter Sprouse – CaveCaveA cave or cavern is a natural underground space large enough for a human to enter. The term applies to natural cavities some part of which is in total darkness. The word cave also includes smaller spaces like rock shelters, sea caves, and grottos.Speleology is the science of exploration and study...
Expert - Rick West – TarantulaTarantulaTarantulas comprise a group of often hairy and often very large arachnids belonging to the family Theraphosidae, of which approximately 900 species have been identified. Some members of the same Suborder may also be called "tarantulas" in the common parlance. This article will restrict itself to...
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