Lost is lost in security X-ray
2007-02-10 08:32
Honolulu - Film from ABC's hit show Lost was ruined when airport security screeners accidentally X-rayed the film's canister containers.
The TV crew had to re-shoot, at a cost the producers would not mention.
The loss would not affect the broadcast schedule for the popular show filmed in Hawaii, co-executive producer Jean Higgins told The Honolulu Advertiser newspaper.
The incident occurred when the film canisters, sent as cargo, were mistakenly mixed with passenger luggage and sent through an X-ray machine at Honolulu International Airport.
Having to re-shoot was a monumental issue, said Anne Misawa, a local film producer and instructor at the University of Hawaii Academy for Creative Media.
The cost for a commercial alone could easily top $100 000 (about R720 000), she said.
- AP