Lost Horizon (1973)

Director:

Charles Jarrott

Writers:

Larry Kramer (screenplay)
James Hilton (original novel)

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:

Shangri La | Diplomat | Lamasery | Dancing | School

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	...	Lenn's brother
Charles Boyer	...	The High Lama
John Gielgud	...	Chang
Kent Smith	...	Bill Fergunson
John Van Dreelen	...	Dr. Verden
Larry Duran	...	Asian pilot
Miiko Taka	...	Nurse
Tybee Brascia
Neil Jon
Hedley Mattingly	...	Col. Rawley
Virginia Ann Lee
Paul De Lucca
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bruce Davis Bayne	...	Airline passenger (uncredited)
Michael Bernal	...	School Student / Dancer (uncredited)
Sharann Hisamoto	...	School Student / Dancer (uncredited)
Jessie Salve	...	Bridegroom / Dancer (uncredited)
Jackie Tom	...	School Student / Dancer (uncredited)

Directed by
Charles Jarrott

Writing credits
Larry Kramer		(screenplay)
James Hilton		(original novel)

Produced by
Ross Hunter	....	producer
Jacques Mapes	....	associate producer (as Jacque Mapes)

Original Music by
Burt Bacharach

Cinematography by
Robert Surtees

Film Editing by
Maury Winetrobe

Production Design by
E. Preston Ames		(as Preston Ames)

Set Decoration by
Jerry Wunderlich

Costume Design by
Jean Louis

Makeup Department
Thomas R. Burman	....	makeup artist (as Tom Burman)
Larry Germain	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Raymond Gosnell	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mike Frankovich Jr.	....	second assistant director
Malcolm R. Harding	....	assistant director: second unit (as Mack Harding)
Russell Saunders	....	second unit director (as Russ Saunders)
Sheldon Schrager	....	assistant director
Jerry Ziesmer	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Max Frankel	....	prop master

Sound Department
Arthur Piantadosi	....	sound (as Arthur R. Piantadosi)
Jack Solomon	....	sound
Richard Tyler	....	sound
Dan Wallin	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Matthew Yuricich	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Bruce Surtees	....	second unit cameraman
Harold E. Wellman	....	second unit cameraman (as Harold Wellman)

Casting Department
Jack Baur	....	casting supervisor
Rose Tobias Shaw	....	casting supervisor

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Guy C. Verhille	....	costume supervisor (as Guy Verhille)

Editorial Department
Earl Moore	....	assistant film editor
Abe Lincoln Jr.	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Burt Bacharach	....	conductor: original score
Hal David	....	lyricist
Jack Hayes	....	orchestral arrangements
Hermes Pan	....	musical numbers staged by
Ken Runyon	....	music editor
Leo Shuken	....	orchestral arrangements
Burt Bacharach	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Diana Lee	....	singing voice: Liv Ullmann (uncredited)
Dan Wallin	....	score mixer (uncredited)
Jerry Whitman	....	singing voice: Peter Finch (uncredited)
Andra Willis	....	singing voice: Olivia Hussey (uncredited)

Transportation Department
James Morris	....	transportation (uncredited)

Other crew
Bea Busch	....	assistant: Mr. Pan
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	titles
Don Morgan	....	publicity supervisor
Helen Morgan	....	unit publicist
Frank Radcliffe	....	assistant: Mr. Pan (as Frank Radcliff)
Marshall Schlom	....	script supervisor
Frank Tallman	....	aerial sequences
Robert Werden	....	unit publicist

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation (presents) (as Columbia Pictures)

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1973) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1975) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (VHS)
• Pioneer Entertainment (laserdisc)

Special Effects

• Butler-Glouner (special photo effects) (as Butler-Glouner, Inc.)

Other Companies

• Edit International  sound effects editing (as Edit-International Ltd.)
• Lute Jerstad Adventures  climbing sequences supervised by
• Tallmantz Aviation  aerial sequences
• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service  we thank for their cooperation and permission to photograph in Mt. Hood National Forest (as The U.S. Department of Agriculture and its Forest Service)
• U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service  we thank for their cooperation and permission to photograph in The North Cascades National Park (as The U.S. Department of the Interior and its National Park Service)

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:

Originally, there was a fertility dance number, but it was cut from the final print because preview audiences laughed at it.

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:

George Conway: You are more beautiful than the women of Thailand; more feminine that the women of France; more pliable than the women of Japan; more -
Maria: Stop, stop. I don't want to hear about all these other women. What I want to hear is that you won't leave me.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Liv Ullmann scener fra et liv (1997)

Soundtrack:

QUESTION ME AN ANSWER

The "director's" version was better, but ...

I was 19 or 20, years old at the time and living in Salt Lake City, Utah and I still remember the new dome theater, called the century 21. Layback chairs that rocked and a new sound system, large screen and huge open space between the screen and the packed theater. We felt all the excitement of a new preview screening of a film. Ta da da daa da ta da dada dada... I can still hear the opening music ringing trumpet and the crash of cymbals. I loved the interplay of characters and the filmed vistas. I know Peter Finch and Luv and Sally had some trouble with the lip-sink but hey, this was a feel good, go feel better about things film! What I regret is the way they cut the meaningful heart out of it, showed the cut version and then called it a flop. I saw the cut version and I can see it lost its view of the vision it had in the preview edition. Yes I wince a bit at Peter's effort to make love through music but, you know I didn't see it that way when I left the theater. when they surveyed us as we left I regret any comment I made that may have altered the original. I liked it then and still see it while I listen to the music on my LP. Most of my family has heard me sing much of the sound track and I can use the films monologues in our games of "what movie is this". I wish a director's cut on DVD was available. It is available on VHS but its not quite the same. I would particularly like a full serious lord of the rings style commentary about its origins, struggles and triumphs. Picky people should leave things well enough alone. Bring it back!!!!