Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon 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
It is 1935. Before returning to Britain to become the new Foreign Secretary, writer, soldier, and diplomat Robert Conway has one last task in China, rescuing 90 westerners in the city of Baskul. He flies out with the last few evacuees, just ahead of armed revolutionaries.
Awards
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author | James Hilton Robert Riskin |
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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 | foreign secretary hijack himalaya horrify kill lama old man out of fuel paleontologist paleontology remember republic of china rescue search party shangri-la shelter 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 |