Original Release Date: 06/22/2000
Color/R/TRT 1hr 10 Mins/©2000

Special Edition Release Date: 10/18/2002
Color/R/TRT 1 Hr 20 Mins/©2002


"Lost in the Wilderness Quest for Episode I" Premiered on June 22, 2000 it originaly was 1 Hour and 15 Minutes and in 2001 it was decided to go back Clean up, Restore, and Re-Edit the movie.

With Moviegod Production Entertainment's Move from its old Florida Studios to its new, more enhanced and Digital Studios in Los Angeles came the idea to really go back and rework the movie.

Writer Director Jack Venturo always wanted to Re-edit his first two movies "Natural Born Stanley" and "Stanley 2 the Legacy".

"Lost in the Wilderness to me really never felt completed I had so many Ideas we just couldn't do, whether it was time or money, it was a different time and place back then and now we have the ability to go back and re work these films"
- Jack Venturo 01

The first step in the creating the Special Edition was restoring the original footage, The original Movie which was edited with Frank J. Monteleone II in association with Mountainlion Productions in Florida who now have moved to a larger and better facility in New York.

Moviegod Productions Entertainment had to open two new divisions "Stanley Digital Sound" and "SES Digital" (Named after the Puppets Stanley Seally and Eddie from "Stanley 2 - The Legacy")

"SES Digital" in charge of restoring and remastering the Video and Optical part of the film.
"Stanley Digital Sound" in charge of only the Audio and surround sound capabilities..


With that Moviegod Productions Entertainment Ltd. created a partnership with Chris Roth Productions and with more facilities at Chris Roth Studios the restoration and remastering of the original film began.

 


From Left to Right a Before and after shot comparing the Original version of the film and the Special Edition.


With the Remastering into place, the new scenes and key sequences needed to be shot and one of the things that was not able to be done before was a Trailer of the Film, so Actor Dan Cook was hired by Writer Director Jack Venturo to lend his voice for the Preview for the Re Mastered Special Edition Re-release of

"Lost in the Wilderness - Quest for Episode I".


Writer Director Jack Venturo quickly went Downtown L.A and drove up to Mullholand Drive to the look out point where it's a good view of the San Fernando Valley and Downtown to get the new shots used for the beginning credits and would be blended in with shots of the original movie and a couple of Arial shots that where taken with the Assistance of Pilot Erica Porch.


Some new actors and extras where hired to participate in the new footage for Special Edition the main scene was the "Newscast Scene" which was inspired by the real events that took place during production of the film when the locations caught on fire and a couple of acres of forest where burned down due to heat.

"It couldn't be done before due to the time, but along with recutting the film and taking out three minutes of the scenes that where not really needed and about ten minutes of Special Edition Never Before Seen Footage was added I am really satisfied with it now."
- Jack Venturo 02