Important Updates

From Executive Producer - Darlene Tipton: I average over 500 emails a week.  The vast majority of these emails are from current and former abused Scouts telling me their story. Each one breaks my heart and I respond to each individually. There are also many emails expressing concern about what kind of movie we will be making, or that we are out to destroy the Boy Scouts. So, I will address that now.

LOST VALLEY WILL NOT be an anti-Scouting movie. On the contrary, we believe that the concept of the Boy and Girl Scouts is an immensely positive experience for all. Scouting helps youth develop academic skills, self-confidence, ethics, leadership skills, and citizenship skills that influence their entire adult lives. Where the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has failed is in its paid administrative staff. These people have enabled and ignored the heinous element within the volunteer Scout ranks, much like the Catholic Church has done for centuries with pedophile priests.

The BSA has admitted that they kept files on pedophiles but still they did nothing to stop the sexual abuse of hundreds of thousands of boys for over 100 years. That is why they filed bankruptcy. Appallingly, the BSA is taking the position that if a Scout was sodomized in a state that has a statute of limitations, then they have no legal liability for monetary damages and are offering a token settlement of $3,500, of which the Scout would receive only $2,100 after attorneys’ fees, even though the BSA has the cash and insurance – if not the decency -- to make appropriate settlements.

Soon, we will asking famous Boy Scouts such as Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford, Jack Black, Jimmy Buffet, John Tesh, Bill Gates, Jack Black, Michael Bloomberg, and many others to make a short personal video asking viewers to contact their state legislators to abolish all sex abuse statutes of limitations and also sign a petition for the same. The petition is at the link: PETITION

We will also ask that each famous Boy Scout tell us more in their video about their personal experiences in the Boy Scouts, good or bad. FAMOUS BOY SCOUTS

There are many emails that are concerned about how graphic the movie will be and could it be used by pedophiles as a form of erotic entertainment. The short answer is NO.

The primary purpose of the LOST VALLEY movie is to educate through entertainment. It will be a PG-13 rated movie and the sex scenes will be shot so things will be left to the viewer’s imagination. What WILL be shown is how pedophiles target, choose, and groom their victims for sexual abuse. No Scout meetings about sex abuse will ever have the same lasting effect as our movie.

The LOST VALLEY movie will be available forever by streaming and, hopefully, be used in sex education classes, Scout training, and especially at home where parents can watch with their young sons and daughters and open a dialogue to better prepare them for the real world. Sexual abuse counselors will be utilized during the screenwriting to make the movie as authentic and educational as possible.