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