“Lost
Horizon” is a fantasy adventure drama based on the book by James Hilton and
Directed by Frank Capra.
World
weary British diplomat Robert Conway (Ronald Colman) and a small group of
civilians crash land their plane in the Himalayas, and are rescued by the
people of the mysterious, Eden-like valley of Shangri-la, a place of eternal
youth, natural beauty, and free from strife, where the lush green valley is
protected by the mountains that surround it from the harshness of the weather
and the wider world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering.
They
are greeted by Chang (H.B. Warner) and are treated as guests, and Robert also
meets another resident, Sondra (Jane Wyatt) who he grows close to, but one day
Conway is invited to meet the spiritual leader the High Lama (Sam Jaffe) and
enlightened as to the truth about the valley which affects him profoundly.
Conway
wants to stay and feels that he is meant to be there, but some of the group,
including his brother George (John Howard), want to leave and find their way
back to the world as they know it, but porters to guide them are hard to find.
So
will Robert be drawn by duty and family ties to help his brother or follow his
heart and stay with Sonja in Shangri-La.
There
is something special about classic films made before the days of computer
generated visual effects, a time when movies depended on great stories, great
performances and great direction to make a memorable film, and that is
definitely the case with “Lost Horizon”.
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