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Lost Horizon AKA Lost Horizon of Shangri-La (1937)
A plane crash delivers a group of people to the secluded land of Shangri-La - but is it the miraculous utopia it appears to be?Director: Frank Capra
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
Only minor language differences.
Note the various versions of the film:
- March 1937 premiere version: 132 minutes
- September 1937 general release version: 118 minutes
- 1942 re-release: 110 minutes
- 1948 re-release: restored to 118 minutes
- 1952 television version: 92 minutes – the only version in circulation for several decades.
- 1986 photochemical restoration: 132 minutes – 125 minutes of footage synchronised to complete premiere version soundtrack; film freeze frames and on-set publicity photos fill in the blank sections.
- 1998 digital restoration: 132 minutes – further work was carried out on the 1986 restoration.
- 2016 all-new 4K digital restoration: 132 minutes – 126 minutes of footage synchronised to premiere soundtrack, after an extra minute of missing film was discovered. -
CUTS:
- R1 America- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - 1998 digital restoration.
- R2 Germany- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - 1998 digital restoration (127:48 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - 1998 digital restoration (127:48 PAL).
- R4 Australia- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - 1998 digital restoration (127:48 PAL).
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Comparison added by David on 09/03/02
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 05/01/19UPDATE LOG:
29/12/18: Added Australia, updated UK.
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05/01/19: Added Germany, notes on the versions, title update.
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