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1 videodisc (approximately 134 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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Based on the novel by James Hilton
Fleeing war-torn China, a small planeload of people are hijacked to an idyllic valley in the Himalayas where time has virtually stopped. There Conway, a British diplomat, falls in love with a beautiful woman, and is asked to remain in Shangri-La as its new leader
Originally released as a motion picture in 1937
"Restored by Sony Pictures Entertainment in Cooperation with the UCLA Film and Television Archive"--Insert
Specific features: production notes, alternative ending, restoration before and after comparison, 3 deleted scenes, photo documentary with narration by Kendall Miller, restoration commentary (1998) by Charles Champlin and Robert Gitt, theatrical trailer
Photography, Joseph Walker; editors, Gene Havlick, Gene Milford; original music, Dimitri Tiomkin
Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, John Howard, Margo, Thomas Mitchell, Edward Everett Horton, Sam Jaffe
DVD; Dolby digital 5.1
In English with optional subtitles in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired
Academy Award: Art direction-set direction, Film editing