Sunset on the Beach

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The Season 2 Sunset on the Beach

Sunset on the Beach is a public service program by the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii. Entertainment and food is organized starting from 4:00pm on the beach at the eastern edge of the Waikiki district, and a video program such as a movie, television program, or documentary begins on a large outdoor screen at Sunset. The event has also been a source of significant spoilers for Lost for the premieres of Seasons 2 and 3.

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Lost

Season 1

On August 28, 2004, ABC screened the premiere episode of the Lost Pilot at Sunset on the Beach, 25 days before the official series premiere on September 22. A day later at the same location, NBC screened its series premiere of its series Hawaii at Sunset on the Beach. Both events featured the cast. However a pre-edit version of the Pilot episode had been screened publicly more than a month earlier at Comic Con 2004 (attended by Matthew Fox, Dominic Monaghan, and Evangeline Lilly -- J.J. Abrams was scheduled to attend but did not appear) on Saturday, July 24. As Lost was not yet a hit, news stemming from these events on the internet was subdued and generally geared toward promotion rather than outright spoilers (e.g.: 1).

The Season 1 Sunset on the beach premiere was attended by most of the cast: Matthew Fox, Dominic Monaghan, Evangeline Lilly, Jorge Garcia, Maggie Grace, Malcolm David Kelley, Daniel Dae Kim, Harold Perrineau, Terry O'Quinn, Yunjin Kim, Ian Somerhalder, Naveen Andrews, and Josh Holloway. Crew and producers including Damon Lindelof also attended.

Season 2

After Season 1, Lost was now a hit series with an uncommonly dedicated fanbase, and the Sunset on the Beach event for the world premiere of the second season of Lost drew a crowd of thousands. The now much-anticipated episode "Man of Science, Man of Faith" was screened on Wednesday, September 14, 2005, fully one week before the airing of ABC's official season opener on September 21. This audience represented a much larger attendance than the year before, or for other typical Sunset on the Beach events. Although the screening was accompanied by a continuous downpour of rain that began after sunset, the majority of the crowd stayed through the screening of Lost, although many left soon afterwards, choosing not to stay in the rain for the second part of the double feature, a new episode of ABC's Invasion. An official program on colored paper was handed out for this event, listing both screenings.

Many of the familiar main cast made an appearance at this premiere, including Matthew Fox, Harold Perrineau, Josh Holloway, Naveen Andrews, Dominic Monaghan, Daniel Dae Kim, and Maggie Grace. The as-yet unseen Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Cynthia Watros, and Michelle Rodriguez were also present. Producer Jack Bender and Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hanneman also attended. However, some major cast members such as Terry O'Quinn, Yunjin Kim, and Evangeline Lilly did not attend, as they were actively working on a film shoot for Lost that day, according to Bender.

Due to the fan frenzy from the show's popularity, the screening of Lost was preceded by Bender asking the audience not to give away spoilers to the internet. Despite Bender's pleas, the screening was soon followed by the release of spoilers by Ryan Ozawa on various small websites, and a detailed scene-by-scene summary of the episode at AintItCool.com.

Season 3

The crowd at the Season 3 event

Although the Lost production crew was displeased with the spoilers from the previous year, there was a special Sunset on the Beach preview screening of the Season 3 premiere on Saturday September 30, 2006 which was four days before the officially scheduled ABC airdate on October 4. The event was publicly confirmed on September 22.

Red carpet arrivals began at 5:30pm (with Michael Emerson arriving first), although food and musical events began at 4:00. The events for the season premiere of Lost Season 3 began after sunset. As with all Sunset on the Beach events, admission was free, and the screen was erected at the east end of Waikiki, at Queen's Surf Beach. Programs were distributed at food booths, and the ABC booth gave out goodie bags in return for filling out a survey. The attending crowd was composed of thousands of people, with estimates up to 15,000.

Episode one of Season 3, "A Tale of Two Cities", saw its world premiere screening. Also enjoying its world premiere before the screening of the episode was the new Lost music video of the song Demons by Brian McFadden. The screening of the Lost episode was next, followed by a screening of The Nine.

In attendance were the main cast members from last season: Yunjin Kim, Daniel Dae Kim, Terry O'Quinn, Jorge Garcia, Dominic Monaghan, Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Emilie de Ravin, Naveen Andrews, Josh Holloway, as well as the recently promoted Michael Emerson and Henry Ian Cusick. Also in attendance were the new members of the cast, Kiele Sanchez, Elizabeth Mitchell, and Rodrigo Santoro. Also present were producers including Jack Bender, who also directed the episode, as well as Carlton Cuse, Bryan Burk, and Jean Higgins. No-shows were J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof-- Cuse explained that they were in California working on an upcoming episode to air in three weeks. Bender also accidentally revealed Henry Gale's real first name, "Ben," during his introductory comments.

Season 4

On January 19th, Ryan Ozawa reported that the Sunset on the Beach premiere was still on, despite a change in the episode's broadcast television airdate to January 26, 2008. [1] On January 10, 2008, The Honolulu Advertiser reported that the Season 4 event had been canceled. The event's January schedule confirmed this, as did the television broadcast premiere occuring on January 31, 2008 without a premiere taking place.

External links

Season 1: August 28, 2004

Lost-TV news - Regarding 2004 Premiere
Honolulu Advertiser - short article on premieres for Lost and Hawaii with the cast on August 28, 2004. As Lost was not yet a hit, no followup article was printed the next day on August 29.
Sunset on the Beach - Honolulu City event listing for August 28, 2004
Lost-Media - Photo album from Season 1 Premiere at Sunset on the Beach

Season 2: September 14, 2005

Honolulu Advertiser - Lost Cast Showered With Love (September 15 2005)
Sunset on the Beach - Honolulu City event listing for September 14, 2005.
AICN (Ain't It Cool News) - "A liquid glowing ominously" FEAR NOW THESE SPOILERS!! LOST 2.1!! - Season 2 Premier spoiler. Although dated September 21, 2005, this article is a site repost of a nearly identical spoiler on September 15.
HawaiiUp Podcast #25 - Spoiler podcast from Ryan Ozawa, formerly producer of The Transmission fan podcast.
Lost-Media - Photo album from Season 2 Premiere at Sunset on the Beach
YouTube - Fan video from the S2 premiere

Season 3: September 30, 2006

Sunset on the Beach - Honolulu City event listing for September 30, 2006. This listing confirms the upcoming Season 3 preview.
themisfitishere blog - Photograph of a VIP-area access ticket of the Sept. 30 2006 event.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Sep 24, 2006 article on the event.
Lost-Media - Photo album from Season 3 Premiere at Sunset on the Beach
Dharmasecrets forums - spoiler thread
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - October 1, 2006 article by Katherine Nichols on the Sep 30, 2006 event - "Lost premiere draws thousands"
Honolulu Advertiser - October 1, 2006 article by Michael Tsai on the Sep 30, 2006 event - "Thousands turn out for stars, answers!"
YouTube - Video montage from Ryan Ozawa of The Transmission podcast.
Lost Virtual Tour - photos and commentary
Lost Spoilers Blog - Detailed spoiler episode summary
Honolulu Star Bulletin - October 2, 2006 article, continued coverage of the event. Some extremely minor spoilers regarding the episode (essentially putting to words the various ABC promotional photos and television trailers for this episode, and nothing more).
Honolulu Advertiser video - Comments from the event stage from the producers, from Honolulu Advertiser's photographer Rebecca Breyer, hosted on YouTube
Lostblog.net - (October 3, 2006) - Lostvirtualtour.com's narrative hosted on Lost Blog
Maleko's Room - Interviews and gallery from DJ Hawaii radio station Star 101.9
ABC Medianet - official press photos from ABC
eXtra TV - video interview by Tanika Ray
Letter from Lost - Full page letter printed October 15, 2006 in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, printed on the back of the first section of the paper, it's a thank you letter from Lost to Hawaii.
TV.com - Interview with cast at Sep 30 event.

Gallery

September 14, 2005: A view close to the screen and stage just before sunset . The crowd of thousands stretches off to the right for the Season 2 world premiere.	September 14, 2005: A view after sunset from behind the projection screen-- the presentation from this vantage point was reversed. The silhouettes are those of the cast, Jack Bender, and the Honolulu mayor.	September 14, 2005: Naveen arrives on the red carpet.	September 14, 2005: Dominic arrives on the red carpet.
September 14, 2005: A mud-stained program from this rainy event.	September 30, 2006: A program. The reverse side is a menu of the various food vendors, from which the programs were distributed.	September 30, 2006: Terry O'Quinn with the fans	September 30, 2006: Kiele Sanchez is still an unknown face among the fans
September 30, 2006: Michael Emerson is the first to arrive on the red carpet	September 30, 2006: Yunjin Kim arrives on the red carpet