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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Larry Kramer (screenplay)
James Hilton (original novel)
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Release Date:
17 March 1973 (USA) more
Tagline:
Come to Shangri La! more
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... more | add synopsis
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Shlocky, cornball 70's musical at it's finest! more (77 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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Additional Details

Runtime:
150 min (original release)
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Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Mono (35 mm prints)

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Trivia:
Michael York has said that despite Ross Hunter's reputation for lush productions, York actually found the decor rather tacky. Since the lamasery scenes were filmed in Burbank during a hot summer, he began to call the location "Shangri-La in the Smog". more
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. more
Quotes:
Sam Cornelius: Are you an American?
Sally Hughes: No, Mongolian.
Sam Cornelius: You'll have to teach me the language some time.
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Movie Connections:
Edited into Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) more
Soundtrack:
I MIGHT FRIGHTEN HER AWAY more

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12 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Shlocky, cornball 70's musical at it's finest!, 13 March 2000
Author: niknak99 from Cleveland OH.

I came across this moldy on AMC and was riveted! Suddenly I was taken back to my grade school years where I was forced to sing an ever so cheesy "The World is a Circle"! For the first time in years I'm seeing and hearing where these rediculous tunes from my youth have come from - and loved it. John Geilgud's perpetual grin and his pointy-head costumes had me in stitches. Not to mention some truly silly dance numbers AND a cast including actor extraordinaire George Kennedy! What's not to love? View it for what it is - guilty pleasured silliness.

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