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1 September 1937 (USA)
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Millions to make it ! . . . Two years in production ! . . . The best seller that set a new style in romance floods the screen with splendor and drama surpassing Frank Capra's greatest past achievements. "Mr Deeds" and "It Happened One Night". more
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A plane crash delivers a group of people to the secluded land of Shangri-La -- but is it the miraculous utopia it appears to be? full summary | add synopsis
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Won 2 Oscars.
Another 5 nominations
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(3 articles)
Tibetan Film Speaks for Itself
(From PasteMagazine. 14 April 2009, 1:46 PM, PDT)
Actress Jane Wyatt Dies at 96
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 23 October 2006)
(From PasteMagazine. 14 April 2009, 1:46 PM, PDT)
Actress Jane Wyatt Dies at 96
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 23 October 2006)
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Maligned classic
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Ronald Colman | ... | Robert Conway | |
| Jane Wyatt | ... | Sondra | |
| Edward Everett Horton | ... | Lovett | |
| John Howard | ... | George Conway | |
| Thomas Mitchell | ... | Barnard | |
| Margo | ... | Maria | |
| Isabel Jewell | ... | Gloria | |
| H.B. Warner | ... | Chang | |
| Sam Jaffe | ... | High Lama |
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Lost Horizon of Shangri-La (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:
132 min (original version) | USA:95 min (TV version) | USA:118 min (general release version) | West Germany:97 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Certification:
Argentina:Atp |
West Germany:12 |
Finland:K-16 |
Portugal:M/12 |
UK:U |
USA:Approved (PCA #2061) |
Norway:7 (original rating) |
Australia:PG
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After initial reservations about Frank Capra's method of directing, Ronald Colman would eventually come to rely on him and the two would experiment with improvisations.
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Continuity: When Lovett and Henry debate directions, Lovett has the box in front of him, and in the next cut his coat and arms are on top of the box.
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Quotes:
Robert Conway:
George, didn't you ever want to know what's on the other side of the mountain?
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Featured in The Cooler (2003)
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Soundtrack:
Here We Go Gathering Nuts in May
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Fantasy filled film that shows the different facaets of human nature. Beautifully conceived by Frank Capra whose brilliant at making films with sentlemenity as main force. A masterpiece which was brutally cut during its threaitcal run and only recently has the film been somewhat restored. Thus, the complete version of Lost Horizon(1937) is one of many lost classics in history of film. Acting is excellent with everyone giving deep performances. An wonderful story with intriquing spirital symbolisms. Ronald Colman does a marvalous job as the good natured and tolerate Robert Conway. Personally I perfer Lost Horizons(1937) over Its a Wonderful Life(1946) because the main character in the former is more complex.