Lost Horizon (1973 film)
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| Directed by | Charles Jarrott |
| Produced by | Ross Hunter |
| Written by | Larry Kramer |
| Starring |
Peter Finch John Gielgud Liv Ullmann Sally Kellerman Olivia Hussey Charles Boyer George Kennedy Michael York James Shigeta |
| Music by |
Burt Bacharach Hal David |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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150 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $12 million |
| Box office | $3,800,000 (US/ Canada rentals) |
Lost Horizon is a 1973 American musical film directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Peter Finch, John Gielgud, Liv Ullmann, Michael York, Sally Kellerman, Bobby Van, George Kennedy, Olivia Hussey, James Shigeta and Charles Boyer.
The film is a remake of Frank Capra's film of the same name, with a screenplay by Larry Kramer. Both the 1937 version and this one adapted their story from James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon.
Lost Horizon was not a critical or commercial success at the time of release, nor has its reputation improved since. It was selected for inclusion in the book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time, co-written by critic Michael Medved, and is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book The Official Razzie Movie Guide as one of The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made.
This was the final film produced by Ross Hunter.
This version is much closer to the 1937 film than to the original James Hilton novel. It tells the story of a group of travellers whose aeroplane is hijacked while fleeing a bloody revolution. The aeroplane crash lands in an unexplored area of the Himalayas, where the party is rescued and taken to the lamasery of Shangri-La. Miraculously, Shangri-La, sheltered by mountains on all sides, is a temperate paradise amid the land of snows. Perfect health is the norm, and inhabitants live to very old age while maintaining a youthful appearance.
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