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Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon (re-released in 1942 as The Lost Horizon of Shangri-La) is a 1937 American adventure drama fantasy film directed by Frank Capra. The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the 1933 novel of the same name by James Hilton.
Plot
In 1935, a revolutionary uprising drives terrified Westerners to the airport in Baskul, China. The evacuation is organized by writer, soldier, and diplomat Robert Conway, before he is to return to the United Kingdom and become Foreign Secretary. He flies out with the last four evacuees, bound for Shanghai. Unbeknownst to the passengers — paleontologist Alexander Lovett; notorious swindler Henry Barnard; bitter, terminally ill Gloria Stone; and Conway's younger brother George — their pilot has been forcibly replaced and their aircraft hijacked. It eventually runs out of fuel and crashes deep in the Himalayas, killing their abductor.
Awards
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| author | James Hilton Robert Riskin |
|---|---|
| award | Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Production Design |
| contentLocation | China |
| director | Andrew Marton Frank Capra |
| editor | Gene Havlick Gene Milford |
| genre | adventure drama fantasy |
| keywords | catholic priest foreign secretary hijack himalaya kill lama old man out of fuel paleontologist paleontology republic of china rescue search party shangri-la shelter shoot than the united kingdom uprise write young woman |
| musicBy | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| producer | Frank Capra |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |
| recordedAt | California |
| theme | romantic fantasy utopian |