Lost Horizon (1973)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

Charles Jarrott

Writers:

James Hilton (novel)
Larry Kramer (screenplay)

Release Date:

17 March 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Musical | Adventure | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Come to Shangri La!

Plot:

This retelling of the classic tale of James Hilton's Utopian lost world plays out uneasily amid musical production numbers and Bacharach pop music...

Plot Keywords:

Kidnapping | Singing | Blizzard | Singer | Song

Cast

Peter Finch	...	Richard Conway
Liv Ullmann	...	Catherine
Sally Kellerman	...	Sally Hughes
George Kennedy	...	Sam Cornelius
Michael York	...	George Conway
Olivia Hussey	...	Maria
Bobby Van	...	Harry Lovett
James Shigeta	...	To Len
Charles Boyer	...	The High Lama
John Gielgud	...	Chang
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Bernal	...	School Student / Dancer
Tybee Brascia
Paul De Lucca
Larry Duran	...	Asian pilot
Sharann Hisamoto	...	School Student / Dancer
Neil Jon
Virginia Ann Lee
Hedley Mattingly	...	Col. Rawley
Jessie Salve	...	Bridegroom / Dancer
Kent Smith	...	Bill Fergunson
Miiko Taka	...	Nurse
Jackie Tom	...	School Student / Dancer
John Van Dreelen	...	Dr. Verden

Runtime:

150 min (original release)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Mono (35 mm prints)

Certification:

UK:U | Iceland:L | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | USA:G

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The castle set from Camelot (1967) was recycled and used as the lamasery. This was the first motion picture that Columbia Pictures filmed after it moved onto the Warner Bros. Studio Lot in 1972, creating The Burbank Studios to facilitate both production companies. For "Lost Horizon's" mythical setting of Shangri-La, the medieval turrets of the Camelot castle on the studio's main back-lot were removed and replaced with Tibetan gables to simulate Himalayan Buddhist monasteries. Most of the lower levels of the castle remained intact, and the courtyard was replaced with layered steppes and fountains. This set remained on the studio's back-lot for several years before it was torn down to make way for a new office building, and it can be seen in many episodes of "Kung Fu," in which it was often used as an exterior set.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: The library at Shangri-La is supposed to be a repository for the world's great literature. There is a number of "Readers Digest Condensed Books" on its shelves.

Quotes:

[considering possible reasons why their plane has been hijacked]
Sam Cornelius: For good measure, they've got two journalists and - by his own account - a famous comedian.
Harry Lovett: Very funny. But what about you, Cornelius? Maybe they want you? Who are you?
Sam Cornelius: I'm somebody flying in a strange plane with a lunatic pilot and I'm trying to find out why - that's who I am!

Movie Connections:

Version of Lost Horizon (1937)

Soundtrack:

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Can't get it out of my head!!!

I watched this film when I was a young girl in Taipei, Taiwan. I loved the film! From the wonderful cast, to the scenery and the musical scores! It has stuck with me throughout the years as being one of my favorites. My sister and I had the sound track and played it all the time during our teenage years. If I had it today, I would still play it.