Lost horizon /

Fleeing war-torn China, a small planeload of people are hijacked to an idyllic valley in the Himalayas where time has virtually stopped. There Conway, a British diplomat, falls in love with a beautiful woman, and is asked to remain in Shangri-La as its new leader

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Steiner, Max, 1888-1971 (Composer), Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979 (Musician)
Corporate Authors: Columbia Pictures Corporation (Producer), Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Margo, 1917-1985 (Actor), Capra, Frank, 1897-1991 (Director), Colman, Ronald, 1891-1958 (Actor), Hilton, James, 1900-1954, Horton, Edward Everett (Actor), Howard, John, 1913-1995 (Actor), Jaffe, Sam, 1891-1984 (Actor), Mitchell, Thomas, 1892-1962 (Actor), Riskin, Robert (Screenwriter), Wyatt, Jane, 1910-2006 (Actor)
Format: Unknown
Language:English
Chinese
Korean
Portuguese
Spanish
Thai
Published: Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1999
Culver City, CA : [1999]
Burbank, CA : 1989
Culver City, CA : [1999]
Edition:Full screen version
Series:Columbia classics
Subjects:
Description
Summary:Fleeing war-torn China, a small planeload of people are hijacked to an idyllic valley in the Himalayas where time has virtually stopped. There Conway, a British diplomat, falls in love with a beautiful woman, and is asked to remain in Shangri-La as its new leader
Fleeing war-torn China, a small planeload of people including a British diplomat is hijacked to an idyllic valley in the Himalayas where time has virtually stopped
Item Description:Based on the novel Lost horizon / by James Hilton
Based on the novel by James Hilton
For specific features see interactive menu
Originally released as a motion picture in 1937
Sound track restored to original length of 132 minutes; picture restored to 125 minutes of action, with stills and freeze-frames supplied to bring the length to 132 minutes
Special features: production notes, alternative ending, restoration before and after comparison, 3 deleted scenes, photo documentary with narration by Kendall Miller, restoration commentary (1998) by Charles Champlin and Robert Gitt, theatrical trailer, scene selection
Specific features: production notes, alternative ending, restoration before and after comparison, 3 deleted scenes, photo documentary with narration by Kendall Miller, restoration commentary (1998) by Charles Champlin and Robert Gitt, theatrical trailer
Videocassette of the 1937 motion picture
"Restored by Sony Pictures Entertainment in Cooperation with the UCLA Film and Television Archive"--Insert
Physical Description:1 videocassette (132 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in
1 videodisc (approximately 134 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format:DVD ; Dolby digital 5.1
DVD
DVD; Dolby digital 5.1
VHS - NTSC
Audience:Closed captioned
Awards:Academy Award: Art direction-set direction, Film editing
Production Credits:Director/producer, Frank Capra ; screen play, Robert Riskin ; cinematography, Joseph Walker ; original music, Dimitri Tiomkin
Photography, Joseph Walker; editors, Gene Havlick, Gene Milford; original music, Dimitri Tiomkin
Screenplay, Robert Riskin ; photography, Joseph Walker ; editors, Gene Havlick, Gene Milford ; original music, Dimitri Tiomkin
Screenplay, Robert Riskin ; photography, Joseph Walker ; music score, Dmitri Tiomkin ; music director, Max Steiner
ISBN:0767821416
0800102932
9780767821414