lost horizon ( 1973 film )
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lost horizon. 1937 film. restored. region 1 usa dvd ronald colman, jane wyatt .
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the 1973 film, it seems to me, is better acted up and down the line .
lost horizon (1937) is a timeless, widely - acclaimed classic romantic fantasy film that was directed by frank capra .
all musicals are adaptations: in fact, this is the second attempt at a lost horizon musical .
lost horizon (1973) desecrated the 1937 frank capra classic and humiliated an all - star cast. a mostly saccharine burt bacharach score, ugly sets and a long list of well - paid stars had business insiders referring to this film as
lost investment .
great directors are perhaps best understood by their failures, and such is the case with
lost horizon .
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lost horizon companion: a guide to the james hilton novel and its characters, critical reception, film adaptations and place in popular culture by john r. hammond
the novel was filmed again in 1973 as a spectacular star - studded musical flop .
i have not seen the 1973 remake. have you? is it worth seeing ?
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( with song titles including both “lost horizon” and “shangri - la”) was destined for obscurity. the next chapter of the
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cover: ℗ 1973 ross hunter productions, inc. © 1973 bell records a division of columbia pictures industries, inc. released in a special foldover - style envelope picture sleeve .
- - james hilton' s lost horizon is a novel. four passengers on a plane are unknowingly flown to a remote tibetan lamasery where the air & an elixir extend lives of inhabitants. because they practice moderation lost horizon isn' t a typical adventure story. although isolated the community has access to books & music. first printed in 1933 lost horizon is a classic. - -
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opening credits for this edition of frank capra' s lost horizon, 1937, include details of the restoration project conducted by the american film institute, ucla and sony pictures. >
i agree with everyone who loves this film and the music with all their hearts. i was heart broken to see the film on amc and that they lost so many scenes due to the film rotting ...
one fact helps to explain why the 1973 film got so much criticism: between 1937 and 1973 the standard of political correctness had changed. what was business - as - usual in the thirties was unacceptable in the years after the 1960s .
lost horizon is a 1937 film by frank capra, starring ronald colman, based on the novel of the same name by british author james hilton (of goodbye mr chips fame) .
for me, everything that was good and right about shangri - la… a modern symbol of paradise… is best represented in the heavily panned 1973 film .
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lost horizon companion: a guide to the james hilton novel and its characters, critical reception, film adaptations and place in popular culture: urltoken j. r. hammond: 9780786432387: books
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a1. 2 lost horizon. label / pressing date: bell records label, pressed in 1973. an album / lp described as follows mt = mint. a4 living together, growing together. (see notes below regarding grading) .
on august 16th of 2009, the egyptian theater in los angeles showed a reported pristine print of a film that was reviled by critics in 1973. the film is lost horizon, a musical version of the james hilton novel that was filmed once before in 1937 by frank capra, but at that time, it was done as a straight drama .
in the 1973 film, chang is played by another brit, sir john gielgud. (the producer wanted toshiro mifune, but he turned it down. )
the 1973 film was a dream project for producer ross hunter. the huge success of
airport
gave him the clout and money to get it made .
lost horizon (1973 / dvd - r / sony choice collection) when a group of passengers survive a plane crash in the himalayas they end up in the mystical world of shangri - la, an idyllic oasis where art, cult ...
lost horizon. catalog #: bell 1300. label: bell records. year released: 1973. format: - 33 rpm 12
lp stereo. original insert inner sleeve. lp quantity: 1. record is in new clean inner sleeve .
this is an original 1973 trade - publication print ad for columbia pictures, promoting their new movie ,
lost horizon
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this is the dvd only from the hmv premium collection set of lost horizon. the film has all the several features listed on the rear cover but the blu - ray will be missing. alternate ending .
the film was remade as a colorful, big - budget musical - lost horizon (1973), with charles boyer as the high lama, peter finch as robert conway, john gielgud as chang, olivia hussey as maria, and michael york as george conway, with music by burt bacharach and hal david .
i think we can agree lost horizon is worth keeping on the shelf but we must also agree that it’s a guilty pleasure. some of that past would be better lost but some of it could do with being rediscovered .
lost horizon - the premium collection. this release also includes a collectible slipcase and collector' s booklet. bonus features special features. northern ireland and bfpo .
the 1973 lost horizon is a terrible musical, with otherwise pleasant songs by none other than burt bachrach, none of which work within the classic story. peter finch and charles boyer seem constrained, but liv ullmann is miscast, and the recycled sets from camelot look tawdry .
pierre cardin put out a line of costume jewelry, watches and belts
inspired by lost horizon
. marrakech, ltd. had a line of
lost horizon
shirts for men, periphery a line of women' s attire, rijir a line of colognes and soaps, and brown jordan a line of rattan furniture all designed for that shangri - la look. craft masters put out a paint - by - number set, and saalfield marketed a
lost horizon
coloring book .
savaged by the critics in 1973, this version of lost horizon — a musical, no less! — was considered by some to be one of the worst films of all time, and everyone connected to the project tried to disown it. yet over the years, people have discovered and loved this film despite being told they should hate it .
the 1973 version starred peter finch, who would go on to win an oscar in network. in lost horizon, he is world - weary and reflective. it' s not a flashy performance by any means and seems almost lethargic at times, but it fits the situation perfectly .
only those with a young heart can enjoy the 1973 version of lost horizon. that is why people either love or hate the movie. the ironic part is that the transformation of the hearts of the visitors to shangri - la from hardened to young is the essence of the movie .
the musical remake of' lost horizon' has been almost uniformly panned over the years and has long been unavailable on home video. so is it really that bad ?
1. introduction / lost horizon: introduction / lost horizon, 2. share the joy, 3. the world is a circle, 4. growing together living together, 5. i might frighten her away, 6. the things i will not miss, 7. if i could go back, 8. where knowledge ends (faith begins), 9. question me an answer, 10. i come to you, 11. reflections, 12. bonus track) lost horizon - (single version
which raises a sore issue with the 1973 film: casting. only one native tibetan has much of a speaking part in the original story. that character is chang, the head monk .
lost horizon. extended 149 minute version. uk compatible. new sealed dvd. this is the official usa warner archive release which are manufactured by them on dvd - r .
even with the excision of several laugh - inducing musical numbers, lost horizon limped along at theaters before disappearing completely within weeks of opening. soundtrack albums and truckloads of lost horizon merchandising items (comic books, paper dolls, etc .) filled the remainder bins. denied a vhs release and airing on cable tv only in its severely edited - down form, lost horizon, a film otherwise destined for obscurity, has over the years risen to must - see status primarily due to its long - standing unavailability and a lingering public curiosity surrounding it actually being as awful as its reputation attested .
( with extraordinary art direction, the set of shangri - la is considered the largest ever built in hollywood. lost horizon won two 1937 academy awards (r): art direction - set design and film editing). los ...
it’s not my intention to turn this blog into a celebration of the worst that cinema has to offer (although there are those who would say i already have), but the recent dvd release of the notorious 1973 mega - flop, lost horizon, is an event of considerable note. a cause for celebration, if you will, for both lovers of entertainingly bad cinema (yours truly), and those who have come to regard lost horizon as an underappreciated classic .
famous novels - (unabridged) lost horizon, knight without armour, goodbye, mr. chips, random harvest, the story of dr wassell, & so well remembered by james hilton
( 1973), another critically savaged musical based on a novel previously adapted in highly regarded non - musical versions. by my reckoning
studio synopsis: celebrate the 80th anniversary of the lavishly produced frank capra classic, lost horizon, based on the best - selling novel by james hilton. ronald colman and jane wyatt star in this unique journey to the enchanted paradise of shangri - la, where time stands still. now restored in 4k and featuring an additional minute of rarely seen footage long missing from the film, lost horizon is a sumptuous experience for lifelong fans and newcomers alike .
the conjunction of truth and lies hardly seems accidental in a film that sets out to recall a kind of filmmaking now lost, but succeeds only in denting pleasant memories .
composer: burt bacharach, hal david. conductor: burt bacharach. listen
lost horizon
. released on bell records. this is a sealed album and will perform with the ultimate sound .
lost horizon. factory sealed blu ray & dvd. this release also includes a collectible slipcase and collector' s booklet. uk exclusive. fast dispatch from the uk. bonus features special features .
with its haunting melody this served as the opening theme to the 1973 movie flop of the same name. recently the film has gained renewed interest. this, as other oddities, was played on wip in philly .
although i am very fond of lost horizon and have seen it many times, i don' t number myself among those who actually think it’s a good film. i like it because of the nostalgia it invokes (the pro - lost horizon cult is comprised chiefly of individuals who saw it as children. bless their undiscerning little hearts); my love of burt bacharach; and because i have a decided taste for cheese. lost horizon is a banquet of tacky aesthetics, risible dialog, awkward performances, wince - inducing lyrics, and moldy choreography. and i wouldn' t have it any other way. movies this wrong - headed are just too much fun .
lost horizon (1937) is a timeless, widely - acclaimed classic - a romantic fantasy and science - fiction adventure film, produced and directed by frank capra for columbia pictures. the film was faithfully adapted by screenwriter robert riskin from james hilton' s best - selling 1933 novel of the same name. the story was inspired by real - life mountaineer george leigh - mallory, who was lost during a fatal climb of mount everest in 1924 .
now, for the first time since that calamitous opening week in 1973, the curious and devout alike can witness lost horizon in all its fully restored, digitally enhanced, wide - screen splendor, with all but one of its five deleted musical numbers reinstated (a brief sally kellerman / george kennedy reprise of
living together, growing together
is still mia). sure, the recovery of lost footage from lost horizon is a bit like a bizarro world reenactment of the restorations of stroheim' s greed or lang' s metropolis; but it’s rare for a studio to treat one of its money - losing embarrassments with such respect .
please show lost horizon (1972). it' s been about 12 years since i last saw it. enjoy the music of burt bacharach. like singing along with the actors... .
but besides that, i think the biggest problem was that 1973 was just a bad time for a musical with the sort of message that “lost horizon” was putting forth: the world is terrible and the only good place is somewhere you can never reach! remember, we’re talking about the cynical days of watergate and a new found distrust in how government worked, maybe for the first time in us history by the masses. on that point alone, “lost horizon” was working against itself before the cameras even started rolling. that’s an element that can’t be underestimated .
lost horizon, james hilton’s paean to peace and spiritual life everlasting in a magical land called shangri - la, was first adapted to film by frank capra in 1937. thirty - five years later, mor pop sensations burt bacharach and hal david were hired by producer ross hunter to score this big - budget, semi all - star, musical remake. alas, lost horizon fell prey to the prevailing twisted logic of the day which held that what modern musicals needed most was dramatic talent, so, columbia pictures, not having learned its lesson from camelot (whose revamped set serves a shangri - la’s lamasery), populated lost horizon with a cast of dramatic actors who could neither sing nor dance .
just one asian actor was employed in a major role, yet that was an improvement over the 1937 film. in 1937 few cared — except perhaps asians who might have liked an opportunity in the film industry. in 1973, critics were offended that any non - asian actor was cast to play an asian .
sony pictures home entertainment has officially announced that it will release on blu - ray director frank capra' s film lost horizon (1937), starring edward everett horton, jane wyatt, sam jaffe, thomas mitchell, and ronald colman. the release will be available for purchase on october 3 .
in 2016, the film was selected for inclusion in the united states national film registry by the library of congress as being
culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant .
originally released in 1937, the film also nominated for seven academy awards .
yet against all odds, lost horizon is finally arriving on dvd on october 4 courtesy of columbia pictures’ mod (made on demand) dvd - r program. but this won’t be a bare - bones release; the studio is promising that it will be “packed with extras” and fully remastered; in other words, the kind of treatment usually reserved for a classic, cult or otherwise. if the time hasn’t come and likely won’t for lost horizon to be reappraised as a cinematic masterpiece, we can still appreciate it without irony for its one unmistakably terrific element: its music by burt bacharach. today’s friday feature celebrates the music of lost horizon .
conway (ronald colman) is introduced to the presence of the high lama (sam jaffe) whose true identity he quickly deduces in frank capra' s lost horizon, 1937, from the james hilton novel. >
i' m glad we still have copies of these music in this age. the songs, specially the lost horizon is still a very much wanted expression of our dreams :
where the sound of ...
in the 1973 film, because they' re busy helping maria, who is too weak to walk (in hindsight, she' s rapid aging) the brothers fall behind the porters and call out to them to stop. oops .
this cd hasn' t lost any of the charms i remembered when i saw the film all those years ago. could never understand why it wasn' t a smash hit. lovely .
was columbia' s highest budgeted film (two million dollars) at that time .
hi mark
lost horizon
is available now, made to order, through warner bros. archives. it' s been out since october 2011. really great job of restoration. here' s the link: urltoken
lost horizon. region 3 southeast asia, east asia, including hong kong. if it does, then the following codes identify discs that are compatible with the players typically sold in that region. dvd regio ...
they escape the revolution on a plane, but instead of flying to safety they end up crashing in the himalayas. title: lost horizon. format: dvd. missing information? . condition: new. genre: feature .
year: 1973. front view. condition: very good condition. minor folds in borders and corners. minor surface details only seen if direct light is applied .
reported that hilton approved of the plot and character differences between his book and the film .
big special effects as robert (ronald colman) and george (john howard) conway and cohorts (thomas mitchell, edward everett horton and isabel jewell) crash land beyond tibet in frank capra' s lost horizon, 1937. >
thank you - all who have reviewed this. i can' t add anything new to what has already been stated. i' ve been checking for a video tape of lost horizon for several years now - and ...
story, though, would make a splash in every respect. hit the jump, and i’ll meet you in 1973! bring your popcorn; we’ve provided the clips !
wrong. i found the 1937 version of lost horizon to be inferior on every point of comparison. the story is the same — even much of the dialog is the same — but the earlier film suffers from worse production values on every measure. this amazed me. how could the classic be worse than the
turkey
?
the saga of lost horizon began in 1933 with james hilton’s novel, imagining an idyllic shangri - la tucked away in a tibetan valley where illness, age and poverty are unknown. one year later, after the success of hilton’s goodbye, mr. chips, readers discovered lost horizon, and it became a bestseller. in 1937, frank capra adapted it into a well - regarded film version starring ronald colman, which won two academy awards out of seven nominations, and in 1939 the paperback edition of the original hilton novel became pocket book no. 1. both the novel and capra’s film can be interpreted as explicitly anti - war; when a 1942 re - release of the film cut one of colman’s speeches in which he mocked war, capra balked .
title theme tune: the only song in the film' s opening quarter, to boot .
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by 1973, the intelligentsia' s views on imperialism and relations between the races had changed. famed new yorker critic pauline kael put it this way: shrangli - la was
we were told not to like the movie by the critics. they lambasted the picture with a preconceived grudge against ross hunter (even pauline kael of the new yorker began her review with a repulsed reaction to ross hunter on a tv talk show, calling him mr. bland). once the negativity foisted upon us by the press thankfully subsided, we were left with the film–which is pretty wonderful. campy, yes, silly, maybe, but meticulously designed and crafted for commercial enjoyment. viva 1973’s “lost horizon” !
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the film is often cited as a case of movie - making excess. after the record - breaking success of the sound of music in the early 1960s, hollywood had been trying to repeat the formula for years, hoping lightning would strike again. by 1973, many thought the movie musical was dead, especially as members of the 1960s youth movement piled contempt on their parents' music. that didn' t stop producer ross hunter from trying with lost horizon. many, in retrospect, wondered what he was thinking .
lost horizon ‘s march 1973 premiere was such a big deal in hollywood that governor ronald reagan was persuaded to return to his roots to attend, and the picture was selected for a royal command performance in the united kingdom. but it was quickly savaged by the critical community, with pauline kael and judith crist among its many vocal detractors. its camp excesses couldn’t help but leave most cold, but it inspired bette midler’s oft - quoted quip, “i never miss a liv ullmann musical! ” john simon, the famously acidic critic of both stage and screen, commented that lost horizon “must have arrived in garbage rather than in film cans. ” the folks at urltoken may have put it best, though, and most accurately: “ lost horizon is not the jaw - dropping catastrophe that many people insist it is, nor is it the camp classic that generates therapeutic cynicism for its audience. it is actually more of a sincere but inert bore, a good idea that went nowhere strictly because it lacked the imagination to fly. ”
i was in one of those rare moods to revisit a renowned cinematic turkey that i saw during its original release when i was a kid. sometimes the years are kind to such movies, and a reconsideration brings a new appreciation. there wasn’t much that i could recall about the 1973 musical remake of lost horizon. after watching it again, i realized that the trauma of seeing it the first time must have resulted in amnesia .
really? this is 35 years of film progress? : above, shangri - la envisioned as a streamline moderne paradise in the1937 film; below, shangri - la as a las vegas theme hotel .
for decades, sony pictures refused to release the 1973 film lost horizon, despite considerable demand by the public. then, late in 2012, the studio bowed to public pressure. (you can link to urltoken here. there' s also a blu - ray version .) the story is about a group of westerners whose plane crashes in the mountains of tibet. there they are rescued by monks from shangri - la, a remote valley where there' s no illness, greed, hunger, or war… and people live to incredible ages .
along with an unflattering wardrobe, liv ullmann is saddled with a terrible dubbed singing voice in lost horizon. to hear what her real singing voice is like (metered shouting, actually), check out this clip of ullmann performing in the 1979 broadway musical i remember mama
hey joe, thanks for reading and for sharing this information! i’d also be remiss if i didn’t thank you (however belatedly !) for your wonderful work on the laserdisc, which has really done such a great part in keeping the music of lost horizon alive .
this is the true diamond of the film world! i have loved this film since the first time i saw it all those years ago. it has stayed with me throughout my life, i am 37 .
your article is quite informative. i didn’t know that there had been an earlier broadway musical version of “lost horizon” in the ’50s, for instance. in my opinion, i think that the pooh - pooh naysayers who hated hunter’s film version of “lost horizon” at the time it came out were being quite unfair. of course, it’s not the greatest film ever, but it’s not as bad as they made it out to be either. i am prejudiced about the music, however, because for me, bacharach can do no wrong. i like everything that he has written, unconditionally. i even accept his stupidly horrendous “the blob”? that’s what kind of fan i am. i mean, come on, everything an aritist does can’t be a masterpiece! i am a creative artist myself, and we all have hits and misses. but i do like the songs in “lost horizon. ” i have “if i could go back” in my repertoire, in fact. i am a professional singer, too, among other things .
hi clifford. now, what you wrote is exactly what i find stimulating about film discussion! you offer insight into your personal experience of the film that illuminates for me your perspective and illustrates how terrifically personal the cinema experience can be. trust me, as a fan of 1980' s
xanadu
, i' m no stranger to seeing a film i' ve always loved dragged through the gutter online... but i really get a charge (a quite a few laughs) reading about how deeply some people hate a film that has only made me happy. the points you bring up about
lost horizon
are points well - taken, well - observed, and intelligent, and i' m sure there are many who feel the same way. that you show some objectivity and are aware of the film' s flaws yet still love it, speaks to what i try to call attention to in my posts: that no film is flawless, and that the enjoyment of cinema is not confined to the oscar winners and
prestige
films. if a film (any film) touches or inspires you... in my book, that is a successful film. thanks very much for sharing your opposing voice on a much - maligned film. it was actually refreshing to read a differing point of view !
hal david’s lyrics expressed a sentiment shared by many of the optimistic generation who hadn’t yet felt their ideals vanquished by the reality of vietnam and growing dissension under the white house of president richard m. nixon. david’s words were captivatingly sung by folk artist shawn phillips, signed at the time to the a & m label, and set to a haunting melody from burt bacharach that’s removed from both the exuberance of “i say a little prayer” and the soul of “walk on by. ” bacharach and david composed the song for producer ross hunter’s 1973 motion picture lost horizon, described at its release by the new york times’ vincent canby as a “big, stale marshmallow. ” canby continued to call out the film’s “surprisingly tacky…appearance, ” asserting that “the second rate auspices just about destroys everyone in the film, with the possible exceptions of [ peter ] finch, [ bobby ] van and michael york. ” and canby was one of the kinder critics. lost horizon became one of the costliest flops and most notorious disasters in film history. what happened? where did it go wrong ?
foldout sleeve and original inner. released on the bell label in 1973. condition - vinyl is in vg condition with a few light surface marks. sleeve is vg with a little rubbing to edges .
to promote lost horizon, ross hunter—the comb - overed, leisure - suited, closeted - gay producer (his 40 - years lifetime partner was frequent co - producer jacque mapes) responsible for the tammy films, douglas sirk, and those rock hudson / doris day comedies—appeared in a flurry of self - congratulatory, back - slapping, print and television publicity declaring how proud he was of lost horizon, and how (in a subtle slap in the face to the new permissiveness in films) his musical was to be a return to the wholesome family films of yesteryear .
thanks, jeremy for your comment and compliment. alas, my knowledge of entertainment is second, third, and fourth to many, i' m afraid. but it makes me happy that you enjoyed reading about
lost horizon
. if you have the stomach for it, i hope you check out the restored version. it' s a hoot, and in an odd way, an improvement. as for ullmann singing on broadway... after her experience with
lost horizon
the woman is either the bravest or most foolhardy person on the planet !
camp as a row of pink tents, but very enjoyable film on a beautiful region b blu - ray .
robert conway (ronald colman) and fellow crash survivors (thomas mitchell, edward everett horton, john howard and isabel jewell) are led into shangri - la by chang (h. b. warner) in frank capra' s lost horizon, 1937, from the james hilton novel .
there' s also the 1937 frank capra version starring ronald colman, considered to be a classic. if the 1973
turkey
was bad, the venerable classic version had to be better, right ?
fully restored in 4k and presented in high definition, the blu - ray is housed within a lavish, limited edition 24 - page digibook, complete with an all - new essay from film historian jeremy arnold and rare archival photos from the film. in addition, as part of the restoration, more than a minute of rarely - seen original footage from the film was found and included, making this the most complete cut of the film in existence .
robert conway (ronald colman) and fellow crash survivors (thomas mitchell, edward everett horton, john howard and isabel jewell) are led into shangri - la by chang (h. b. warner) in frank capra' s lost horizon, 1937, from the james hilton novel. >
when this movie was shown in 1973 i was still in high school and about 16 years old. i loved the movie, the theme, the way it was done and presented. the cast played well .
stock footage: a few shots of snowy mountain peaks from a documentary were used to make this film more realistic .
news item, germany banned the film because it
offends our most sacred feelings and also our artistic souls .
lost world: the high mountains all around mean that no one ever goes to shangri - la except the porters that visit once every few years .
news item states that the film had a premiere in manila on the same day it opened in new york. although some contemporary sources list morris stoloff as the musical director, the film credits max steiner, and a march 17, 1938
secondary adaptation: while it' s officially credited as an adaptation of the novel, it' s self - evidently a musical remake of the 1937 film, including importing the canon foreigners that were added to that film with some minor changes .
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a1. 2 lost horizon 1: 58. a4 living together, growing together 3: 21. a3 the world is a circle 3: 25. b2 where knowledge ends (faith begins) 3: 43. b1 if i could go back 4: 07. a6 the things i will not miss ...
for the 1973 film, the filmmakers wanted toshiro mifune, the leading actor in japan and an international star, known for roshomon, among other great films. because of scheduling conflicts, mifune couldn' t take the role. the producers went with a backup plan, casting the great english actor sir john gielgud in heavy makeup. in the film he speaks with his familiar english accent, but chang is supposed to have been educated at oxford before returning to shangri - la .
the musical remakes of both
lost horizon
and
goodbye, mr. chips
might explain away why remakes of classics are usually duds. the biggest part of the problem is that several of the leads cannot sing and are terrible - - making possible decent songs sound horrible - - especially liv ullman, an usually reliable and talented actress, and peter finch. (the same could also be said of peter o' toole in
chips
.) that said ,
lost horizon
does have some really delightful pieces - - especially the haunting title track which takes the place of the prologue from the original frank capra film, which is a classic, and
living together, growing together
a truly wonderful song about the strenghts of family living. so buyer beware! there is some good stuff here, but it has a few songs that you scream ouch! !! !! by the way, if you ae looking for an excellent film of this book / film story try the capra version .
in the 1937 film, it is caused by the porters playfully fooling around with the brothers' guns and shooting them off .
boasting great production values, frank capra' s film is still one of the most cherished fables made during the depression era .
, worked on the screenplay of this film without receiving credit. on september 15, 1941, ronald colman and donald crisp performed
appear to be based on both hilton' s book and capra' s film. they are: a 1956 broadway musical entitled
in the end, you can' t enjoy this film if you look at it unkindly. the most important rule of shangri - la — the only rule, it turns out, that matters — is
be kind .
looking kindly at the 1973 film lets it come to life. this was no shoddy, cynical attempt to make a quick buck by packaging buddhist sayings like fortune cookies. it was a product of many talented people working very hard and doing some fine work .
, with music by harry warren, book and lyrics by jerome lawrence, robert e. lee and james hilton, and starring dennis king and carol lawrence; a 1960 hallmark hall of fame television broadcast of the stage production, starring richard basehart and marisa pavan; and the 1973 columbia musical film, directed by charles jarrott and starring peter finch and liv ullman .
bowdlerize: one of the reasons that the film now exists in mostly complete form was due to the studio reissuing the film in periods where some elements would be considered controversial. the first re - release was in 1942, and the anti - war elements were toned down for wwii - era audiences. 10 years later, the film was reissued again, though since it was at the height of the red scare, the studio eliminated anything that would give the illusion that the film was
pro - communist .
this “lost horizon, ” with peter finch at the head of a not‐quite‐all‐star cast, is a big, stale marshmallow, notable, perhaps, in that most of it was filmed in and around hollywood at what is reported to have been a rather large budget. money apparently doesn' t go very far in hollywood these days, for the film, in addition to packing all of the dramatic punch of a moral re‐armament pamphlet, is surprisingly tacky in appearance .
it actually sounds to me like this needs one more rendition, and this time as a biting philosophical critique of utopianism and progressivism… even a black comedy… or, for that matter, even a black comedy musical that centers around all the logical contradictions inherent in most models of utopia. if they’ve got the sneering nerve to make a mocking musical out of the disco film xanadu, which sported one of the best soundtracks ever, then they can make another lost horizon .
let’s be honest. “lost horizon, ” the 1973 movie musical, really can’t be considered a “masterpiece, ” no matter how you spin it. it seems like it was a concept that was put together on the run and not fully fleshed out before production started, which is clearly where the trouble began. the casting was abominable, especially considering that pretty much everyone in the cast were going to sing burt bacharach songs (challenging, even for accomplished vocalists). but george kennedy and peter finch as “singers? ” there is suspending disbelief and then, there’s this !
hal david later reflected with candor, “ lost horizon was a film that just didn’t work. and the score suffered because of it, in my opinion, ” though he acknowledged, “i think we did some beautiful things for it. ‘where knowledge ends, faith begins’ is a song i always loved. ‘the world is a circle’ is becoming a little bit of a standard…but if the picture doesn’t work, nothing works. ” bacharach agreed: “there are some good songs that came out of lost horizon. ‘if i could go back’ is a pretty terrific song. ‘living together’ is okay. ‘the world is a circle’ – that’s a good one. on their own, these songs were very good, but when you saw the movie…if you have a dog picture, the songs are not gonna fly. ”
have you ever dreamed of a place far away from it all where the air you breathe is soft and clean and children play in fields of green and the sound of guns doesn' t pound in your ears (anymore) have you ever dreamed of a place far away from it all where the winter winds will never blow and living things have room to grow and the sound of guns doesn' t pound in your ears anymore. many miles from yesterday before you reach tomorrow where the time is always just today there' s a lost horizon waiting to be found. there' s a lost horizon where the sound of guns doesn' t pound in your ears anymore .
not to everyones taste but i thought it was very good. i wish i could get a dvd of the hal david film .
i will definitely be buying this! for years, only the cut version was aviailable, called lost horizon of shangri - la, until finally, in 1986, a restored version was shown theatrically, then released to dvd, with about 30 mins. added, though some of the scenes were stills, accompanied by the still existing soundtrack .
thanks clifford for reading the post and commenting on
lost horizon .
i like that you sincerely seem to enjoy a film that i love exclusively for its flaws. but isn' t that the point behind the song
the world a circle
? taking a cue from another one of the bacharach / david songs from
lost horizon
:
different people look at life from different points of view .
the experience of film is a subjective one. there isn' t a film made, no matter how excellent, that doesn' t have its champions and its detractors. that' s the way it should be. if i hold the opinion that a film is lousy or good, it' s just that. my opinion. i don' t insist that it' s the only opinion or that it' s even right... but i defend it as being authentically my experience of a film, and therefore not a subject for debate. if someone wants to share their opposing view, i love that. it' s fun to learn how different audience response can be to the same film. it' s illuminating of the moviegoing experience. but differing views isn' t a effort to convince one another of a position taken... it' s the sharing of the uniquely personal points of view of the viewers. no more, no less. when i write that the dubbed voice for liv ullman is artificial and disembodied (which it is, to me) i' m not insisting that you find it to be so, i' m expressing my opinion. you can say otherwise, but you can' t say that i' m wrong if i don' t agree with you. it sounds like you enjoy
lost horizon
a lot, but in the spirit of the film' s theme, i think it' s totally wonderful that we live in world where some people can think this is a terrible film and some people really love it and that both opinions are ok. that feels like shangri - la to me .
part number: spp70280. this is an original press photo. photo is dated 06 - 30 - 1973. it may contain wrinkles, cracks, and possibly even tears due to its age and how it was handled before it got to us .
when the negative of the 1937 film was restored in the seventies, it was decayed so badly that seven minutes could not be salvaged. however, an intact soundtrack was found. the film as it exists today uses still pictures along with dialogue to illustrate those seven minutes .
and twilight time' s superb new blu - ray affords viewers a chance to experience the film in the best possible light. the high - def transfer and the 5. 1 audio are excellent. it' s also the complete 150 - minute cut of the film ,
year: 1973. very good condition. a few very small folds in the 4 corners. surface details only seen if direct light is applied. surface details. cardboards (acid - free), in a secure envelope so that yo ...
hello poseidon thanks very much for reading my post. i am glad to finally chuck my old tv - taped vhs of
lost horizon
too. i can' t wait until you post about the film on your site. there are not enough good posts about the film online and you seem to have a library of backstory and little known facts about every film you cover. sorry about the id thing, which seems unique to my site. for the record, someone told me that if you disable the
stay signed in
box on the google account page, your id comes through (why? i have no idea but it worked when i went to your site). i' ll be keeping an eye out for your poseidon' s underworld site .
the rest of the 1973 cast is rounded out by george kennedy, olivia hussey (who played juliet in a famous film version of the shakespeare play), sally kellerman, song - and - dance man bobby van, and michael york, whose performances all hold up today. kennedy is particularly sympathetic as a former billionaire on the run, who got blamed for everything when his company tanked .
if you' re going to criticize musicals for their artificiality, you can certainly criticize lost horizon. in the song
the world is a circle ,
there' s a clumsy moment that still makes me shake my head: liv ullman lifts a kid in the air while he sings
whoa–oo–oo–oo…
this happens at 1: 10 in the following clip .
thanks for stopping by and taking the time to leave a comment, jaime! i' m glad you enjoyed the post and that you are a fan of the good / bad
lost horizon
. had i seen this film as a child, i would very likely have fallen in love with it. seeing it as an adult has its pleasures, but mostly of the unintentionally comic side. and yes, i wish i had devoted more time into talking about michael york and some of the others. however, it' s very easy to get carried away picking apart a film like this. i tried to exercise a little restraint and keep the piece under 7000 words. : -) thanks again for sharing your own history with this film paired with
jaws
? what a double feature !
although this long - awaited dvd may be enough for connoisseurs of both lost musicals and classic pop, we’d really be in shangri - la if an expanded, complete soundtrack recording would follow. (with the soundtrack controlled by sony music through arista, bell’s successor, and the film itself owned by columbia pictures, another sony unit, perhaps that isn’t completely implausible. bacharach’s orchestral underscore is too good to remain languishing in a vault! are our film score label friends reading this? hint, hint…) and a dvd release of the television special burt bacharach in shangri - la, guest - starring bobby van, richard harris and the 5 th dimension would be welcome, too! alas, that’s for another day and another column. in the meantime, don’t be frightened away from exploring the singular monument of cult cinema that is ross hunter’s lost horizon.
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 . 
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.
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.