Lost Horizon – 1973
Director
Charles Jarrott

Writers
Larry Kramer (screenplay)
James Hilton (original novel)

Cast
Peter Finch
Liv Ullmann
Sally Kellerman

Review by Wayne Malin

A GREAT bad film!,

A laugh a minute classic! It’s OK for the first 45 minutes with no songs, but then they get to Shangra-La (or whatever), the songs chime in and the movie falls to pieces. The songs, without exception, are HORRIBLE–so bad they’re good! “The World Is A Circle” has got to be one of the worst songs I’ve ever heard! And poor Liv Ullman is forced to sing it while leading a bunch of obnoxious little kids up a mountain (or something like that).

How did they get Peter Finch, John Gielgud (playing an Asian!) and Ullman to do this? Were they really that hard up for cash? They’re all great actors, NOT singers (or dancers). George Kennedy, Michael York and Sally Kellerman all try to give decent performances, but are stuck with bad dialogue. Olivia Hussey looks like she wishes she were somewhere else and Bobby Van is REAL annoying (I just wanted to strap him down and shove a bottle of Valium down his throat).

The songs keep popping up out of nowhere and they just get worse and worse.

Well worth seeing–a guaranteed laugh a minute!