

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. 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.ĭue 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. Producer Jack Bender and Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hanneman also attended. The as-yet unseen Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Cynthia Watros, and Michelle Rodriguez were also present. 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, Jorge Garcia and Maggie Grace. An official program on colored paper was handed out for this event, listing both screenings. 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. This audience represented a much larger attendance than the year before, or for other typical Sunset on the Beach events. 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.
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Crew and producers including Damon Lindelof also attended.Īfter 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 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. 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). Abrams was scheduled to attend but did not appear) on Saturday, July 24. 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. A day later at the same location, NBC screened the premiere of its series Hawaii at Sunset on the Beach. 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.
