LOST HORIZON is the dreadful 1973 remake of the 1937 film classic about five passengers on a snowy journey on a plane that crashes in an exotic fantasy land where the weather is always beautiful and no one ever grows old. This idea probably looked a lot better on paper than the finished product, but it is a definite curio. It features static direction by Charles Jarrot and some really awful Burt Bacherach/Hal David songs like "The World is a Circle", "Share the Joy", "The Things I Will Not Miss", and "Reflections". The obviously embarrassed all-star cast includes Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Michael York, Olivia Hussey, George Kennedy. Sally Kellerman, James Shigeta, Bobby Van,John Gielgud, and even Charles Boyer. I have never seen a musical put together with more non-singers and non-dancers in the cast in my life...what were these people thinking?
Review of Lost Horizon
