More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#1More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/17/11 at 11:36am
Recent screening with audience reaction...why can't Chelsea Classics do something like this?
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#2More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/17/11 at 12:27pm
I'm pretty much like this every day!
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#2More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/17/11 at 1:22pm
Found this. Adding it just for fun.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#3More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/17/11 at 2:47pm
Love, love, LOVE. Thank you!
Don't know if you've seen this, Borstalboy ... but it makes me smile every time I watch it.
Two guys from Amsterdam
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#4More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/17/11 at 2:58pm
Share the joy ...
These are from original negatives, so the color is great. I wish the whole movie looked like this again!
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#5More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/17/11 at 9:10pm
I love the cute guys from Amsterdam!
Interesting that video is actually better directed than the original film.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#6More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/17/11 at 10:02pm
I still love the movie. Big, giant warts and all. I'm hoping for an "on demand" DVD release via Sony. They've been rumbling about releasing it ever since I had them as a client. I bugged them a lot about it (hoping I'd get to work on it). But it never made its way onto their production schedule.
Now that they've started their own on-demand system (like the Warner Archive releases), I'm hoping they'll do it.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#7More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/17/11 at 10:39pmMan these clips and images got my Liv Ullman boner up and raging again!
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#8More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/18/11 at 8:02am
This oughta put you right over the edge, SNAFU.
... also from Lost Horizon.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#9More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/18/11 at 9:49am
I so love this score...even this klunker...what lyrics!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNQR5Jqhuc4&feature=related
And whatta dancer she is, no?
Reflections reflect, yall!
"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#10More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/18/11 at 1:13pm
"'Cause your reflections reflect in everything you do.
And everything you do reflects on you."
Rock the house, y'all!
Words to live by.
... or is it leave by?
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#11More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/18/11 at 2:56pmOh have been a huge fan of Liv from her Igmar Bergman days! Le sigh.... Would almost go straight for her... wait...naw.....hyperbole!
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#12More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/19/11 at 2:13pmConfession time...I used to do a duet with myself when I put on shows for my family to this song.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#13More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/19/11 at 2:49pm
I love that, uncageg! See ... the thing about this movie is that the score is actually pretty good. But the movie was made almost like a non-musical film with a non-musical cast ... and then they just wedged these songs "from another planet" into it.
It's oil and water, and they just don't mix. If you watch the first part of the movie (where there is no singing) right up through the plane crash and into their first encounter with Shangri-La, the movie is good! I've shown it to people, and they look at me and say they can't figure out why this bombed. Of course, I tell them, "wait, they haven't started singing yet."
Then comes the tunes ... from the non-musical singers (except for Bobby Van) ... and they just don't fit! But I also know people who have never seen the movie who love the soundtrack. Again, I say, "just you wait until you see it." Therein lies the mess!
Here's a pop version of that song, uncageg---by Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye, no less!
The Things I Will Not Miss from LOST HORIZON
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#14More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/19/11 at 4:56pm
Ok Besty, I need to own that for my next show!
I love the score for this movie and as cheesy as the movie is, I loved it. I probably saw it 5 times in the movies as a kid.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#15More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/19/11 at 5:23pm
So great to hear! And you don't have to convince me, uncageg. I was nine years old when it was released, and I saw it three times in the movie theatre, as well.
Here's one more for the road. I can't stop laughing at the cover to this single with the Raggedy Anns and Andys on it:
The 5th Dimension singing "Living Together, Growing Together" from LOST HORIZON
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#16More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/19/11 at 5:31pm
I swear I remember seeing the 5th Dimension do this on a variety show.
Oh, wasn't trying to convince you Besty, just commenting.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#17More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/19/11 at 6:22pm
I know! We're kindred spirits, uncageg. I wonder how many kids out there like us saw this movie multiple times in a theatre and then wore out the soundtrack LP afterward.
Not enough to make a dent in the box office take, obviously. :)
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#18More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/21/11 at 2:07am
Interesting fact is that Marilyn McCoo hated the song "Living Together, Growing Together". The group recorded under protest and were forced to do so because at the time they were under contract to Bell Records, a subsidiary of Columbia Pictures, the studio that produced and released LOST HORIZON.
As for me, I have a soft spot in my heart reserved for this film.
Updated On: 4/21/11 at 02:07 AM
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#19More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/21/11 at 8:22pm
More LH goodies...including the missing link between LOST HORIZON and Act Up.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#20More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/21/11 at 8:58pmI can't say I love this film, but it has its moments. I do, however, love its score. I was at dinner, in December, and the person I was breaking bread with, was interrupted by a phone call. When he got off and apologized for the interruption, he explained that it was someone who was producing the DVD (not Blu-ray) release of the musical version of LOST HORIZON (which I have on laserdisc).
#21More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/22/11 at 9:47am
JB2---that's fantastic news! I just emailed two of my former Sony DVD clients to see if they'll tell me anything. (They may not, if it hasn't been announced yet.)
I also have two friends in L.A. who are serious hardcore "Lost Horizon" collectors. They have tons of behind-the-scenes photos, 16mm vintage documentaries, rare audio recording sessions (many takes not used in the film), etc. Crazy stuff! If the DVD is in production, I'm going to try to hook these people up.
BorstalBoy---One of my two hardcore collector friends created that video! He's heavy-duty for all things "Lost Horizon" related.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#22More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/22/11 at 2:14pmI am so upset but in my move back east, I had to give up my vinyl copy of the soundtrack.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#23More LOST HORIZON goodness for Besty
Posted: 4/22/11 at 2:45pm
Besty, I need to check-in with that guy and see if there is an update to it.
uncageg, there is a CD release of the soundtrack.
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