Lost Horizon 1973 - The World Is A Circle - Liv Ullman - Bobby Van

[SkidMunro]

I think it's fair say that the extremely gifted Norwegian actress & author Liv Ullmann never wanted to perform in another Hollywood musical after this - hope she fired her agent. Awkward staging or what? Recently viewed the entire calamity on dvd; time has not been kind since I first saw it in 1973. Popster Burt Bacharach confused the allure & mysteries of the Himalayas w/ "The Sound of Music". Wrong composer for what COULD have been an interesting interpretation on Hilton's timeless tale.

[Christianqcs]

Through the whole movie we see not-very-special-voices singing along, some poor coreographies and stupid camera tricks. But I love that movie, and I'll always do, because it's message is so huge and beats so hard inside that the production looks just perfect -- perfect enough, beautiful enough. I wouldn't expect a movie like that to have a large budget.

[GregDiablo]

Wow, this sure looks a lot sharper than the crappy VHS copy I had years ago. Still an embarrassingly bad film, of course, with lots of horrible casting, but I have a soft spot for awkward musicals from the late '60s - early '70's.

This is the movie that broke the successful Bacharach/David songwriting partnership (lawsuits), estranged them from Dionne Warwick for years, and probably aided and abetted in Bacharach's first marriage to Angie Dickinson hitting the rocks a few years later.

[mcqueen5]

Still love this movie and score, don't care what the critics said all those years ago!!

[GREGAUSTI]

i love this movie but most of all this musical number

[angeldearte]

Gracias por colocar esta secuencia de Horizontes Perdidos , hace mas de un año que la encontré y me puse muy contento porque hacia mucho tiempo que no oia esta cancion memorable , he visto esta secuencia mas de 100 veces y no me canso de escucharla , gracias al que ha subido este video y saludos a todos desde España

[tracey19711999]

me and my sis won this album soundtrack wen we were little....we listened t the songs 4 yrs b4 we saw the film.......stil love all the songs...xx

[wildbilltexas]

I saw this movie in the theater with my mom when I was 10 and I liked it then, especially the songs. But I had no concept about what a "bad" movie was then.

I'm really afraid of buying the DVD after seeing this. What was the choreographer or cameraman thinking at 2:19 ?

[ScrapNfight]

Beautiful film. Great version of the story

[123boink]

Good Song. Crap Film.

beutuoy1

OMG!! I loved this movie!!! I was a little kid when I saw this movie!!! I remember the song and can sing it today!! My mom doesn't remember it at all, but I do!! Follow the circle without a beginning!

janislalala

I think this is the last film i saw with my mum, she died not long after. As a lone parent from the year 64/74 i think she brought me up well. She loved this film, and most musicals as a whole. Thanks for the memories

johnbarry007

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OMG!! I wanted to live at Shangri-La when I was little! Thank you soo much for posting this! I haven't seen it since it came out!! I almost cried when I started watching this! ;)

neptunevenus

Gotta love Liv Ullmann's boobs colliding with the camera at 2:21.

Johngalt43

Comparisons with The Wicker Man? ...Lama character (Lord Somerisle) pal (Sgt Howie) ...the Maypole scene.

toearthlikedew

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Watching this number always reminds me of a combination of Julie Andrews and the children in "The Sound of Music" and Deborah Kerr and children in "The King and I"-but no matter. The movie was so-so but I am a big fan of Mr. Bacharach and have loved his music since I was a child. I actually got to meet him once so that was pure icing on the cake! :-)

sadiepartington

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I so love baddddddd Hollywood musicals of the 1970s, and there were plenty! This has to be one of the worst. In the UK, Coronation Street fans will be thrilled to see little Simon Barlow being picked up by Liv UIlman @1.11 and shouting "Whoah!" (ha ha).

TheLizzie12

@TheLizzie12

Looks like the actual kid may be Michael Bernal aka Miguel Bernal. Anyone know for sure?

boinx1234

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Well it is nice to see a time were movies had a lot of stars in them not like today with maybe 2 or 3.....use the music is sappy in places but it beats the hell out of some of the stuff i hear now......

miamimann1

Lost Horizon and Finnians Rainbow. My favourite old time movies. Can watch them over and over.

vanjane

I have the Disneyland LP with this song (also "Living Together, Growing Together" and "Question Me an Answer")...and it's one of my favorites.

vinylrecord68

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I think if you could set aside your 20th and 21th cynicism for A couple of hours you might get some enjoyment out of this movie. True it dose not hold A candle to the original but it was in no means A disaster as the critiques had panned it.

carrychris2010

I just adore this song, the way it waltzes along with such energy and the sunshine choreography ~~

Lennythewinner

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This film defies belief... This is like forty minutes into the film and out of nowhere comes this song! There had only been two songs in the movie up to this point and both were pretty much excusable by context (theme song and a dance number for entertainment purposes) but after this you get a song every five minutes!

TheChequeredHorse1

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@TheChequeredHorse1

Actually, it's also excusable - it's supposed be the kind of song often sung in classrooms. I remember singing songs like this when I was in grade school.

boinx1234

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I watch this clip and it makes me cry with joy. Thanks for posting

burnt62

Yes, the film did very badly, and is considered to have killed the Musical Film as a medium...still, you have some very clever concepts in the Bacharach songs, even if they are poorly delivered (Sally Kellerman singing???) Overall, the film just doesn't work, not as a version of "Lost Horizon" and not as a musical, and not as a Film.

eldiran2

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@eldiran2 I know this film is often blamed but it was actually CABARET that killed off the musical genre. Why? Because it changed the rules of dramatic musicals. No longer was it acceptable for characters to break out into song in a scene to express emotion. It had to be done in a realistic setting like in a club or on a stage.

showstartsatdusk

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@showstartsatdusk You make a valid point, but IF "Lost Horizon" had been competently directed and choreographed, people would have perhaps still gone for the 'old style' musical. The did for "Oliver" only a few years before, even though "Hello Dolly" had been aptly panned by the critics and audiences for its mediocre directing in the same period.Honestly, I studied Film, and it seems fair to pick out "Dolly" and "Horizon" as being too big and clumsy to carry the tradition through.

eldiran2

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Dolly's grosses were high and it was nominated for a slew of Oscars including Best Picture. I have been very critical of Hermes Pan, not just in this movie but in others. HOWEVER, at this late date, the choreography suggests the giddy happiness that Hilton wrote about in his novel. There's only a few spots where it looks REALLY silly. Not in this number, although Van looks a little silly in his movements. Liv Ullmann is the ultimate princess in paradise. She's beautiful.

showstartsatdusk

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@showstartsatdusk

I think the real crime is the lyrics. "Start with a man and you have one, add on a woman and then you have two. Add on a child and what have you got? You've got more than three. You've got what we call a family." My god, who ever let that one through? And poor James Shigeta had to sing it while trying to look believable.

boinx1234

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I saw this movie in my youth and I still think about it.

diverbob8

question me an answer, answer me the questions, why it won't happen in the dream house again

churchillng

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i saw this movie when i was a little girl growing up in the Philippines, i loved this movie, and i'm glad to see parts of it here again, loved the music.

padsgendmusk

The Sound of Music in the Himalayas! It just didn't work, and seemed especially bad to anyone who had seen the original Ronald Colman version. I hope they paid Sir John Gielgud enough to compensate for his embarrassment - he looked a real twerp..

Hendrikdevuile

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This movie was bad, sorry but the songs were so lame, the singing voices were dubbed, there was hardly any dancing and the choreography was crappy. And it's not that I can't apprenciate good films, but this one wasn't. A good cast didn't save this. It made it into some list of the worst so-bad-they-are-good films of all time

frodo322

I really loved the music in this film but didn't like the film itself which is weird for me.

kittkat42 

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i have this LP, only i don't have a turn table to play it on.

flarbton

A lovely film with beautiful music. For me this tune is the soundtrack to Heaven. Thank you for uploading the vid.

markspeakman

My mom made me watch this movie when I was a kid & I quickly fell in love with the music. I still go around the house singing these songs. I now sing the sings to my baby son :) Wish the movie would have received the recognition it deserves.

laurameyer76

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I haven't seen this in so long. It still brings a smile to my face. Thanks for posting.

skygirl1924

Poor Liv Ullman--she looks so embarrassed to be in this crap film. Must have paid her a lot to be in this (where choreography is apparently to flail your arms to and fro, just for starters).

johnsax1445

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worst film ever...Lost Horizon (1973)...best film ever Lost Horizon (1937), the only thing wrong with the brilliant 1937 film is that the Llamasary supposedly built in the 1700s is in the mid 1930s Art Deco style !

holaryhilary

@holaryhilary Couldn't agree more. As for the Art Deco lamasery... that's Hollywood.

JohnnyContagious

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holy shit this is utterly terrible

darkkramer666

My cat is very upset about her voice. She's biting me to turn it off.

dontcindyme

Thanks for posting what is truly a period piece. We sang this song in school chorus back in about '74 and I've liked it ever since, though I have never watched the movie from beginning to end.

prestush

Vídeo lindíssimo que faz parte de um filme belíssimo dos velhos e bons tempos!!!

JOSECARLOS3311

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This is such an awesome song. I'm so glad they are letting the video be on YouTube.

prestush

Thanks for posting, I've always heard how bad this movie is, and now I know! Blech! Patooey!

Pixiesnix

I have always loved this song

COCO4LS

ohhh, how i love this movie, i bought the VHS..then..liv is so beautiful & a fine actor!!!!yes..the best song of the world....great...great.

zackyko

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That outfit makes Liv look like the Reverend Mother from "The Flying Nun."

Owlzindabarn

Why is it that the lead woman character in these BIG musicals are always teachers? Then they do a BIG number with a bunch of brats!

romcopper

oh my God i saw this movie I was 17 y/o and still remember y loved it!!!

baloo727

unforgettable movie especially the songs are choiced cut coming from the maestro Burt Bucharach

petetuason

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This movie was terrible. Watch the original instead.

CharmingSage

movie unforgetable ,música e filme inesquecível, thank you ,for posting !

vintolho

Aww! I saw this movie in the theater and HAD to have the record (yes, an LP). I still remember all these words. This was a very sweet scene - thanks for posting!

KarenM526

Great song, best heard and not seen due to the lousy choreography in this film.

giganticus999

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I absolutely love this .. reminds me of my childhood .. my younger sister always wanted me to sing this on a good or bad day whenever .. i love this!

sibila64

Love the film, not matter what the critics said :) and Miiko Taka is in it, enough reason for me :))

dessert57

i imagined better choreography and direction when I listend to this song.

filmfanatic99

I'm another lover of the movie!! What a find

Gerryrph

I really like this movie. Great songs that you can sing alone to.

cinebird

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The movie never did explain how Liv Ullman's character, who supposedly came to Shangri-La as a baby, grew up with a Swedish accent. LOL I saw this movie when it first came out. It wasn't bad at all. Movie critics of the early 70s just enjoyed trashing movie musicals because they preferred grittier films like "The Godfather" and "Deliverance." This movie and Lucille Ball's "Mame" were casualties of that critic bias.

OceanKingNY

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Great place to start a Cult!

Gaughran69er

Very TUNEFUL! Sounds great in Stereo. Thanks for posting. This film might have been a disappointment to some when it was released, but as the years go on, it gets better looking and sounding. A real gem!

showstartsatdusk

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Looked this up because I served Liv tonight in the restaurant I work in, Sailors Thai in Sydney, she was as lovely and natural as ever, looking great for 71 and no 'work' done

BigDeanoSyd

Gotta love Liv! Despite being dubbed here, she did in fact star on Broadway in the (albeit short-lived) musical version of "I Remember Mama", Richard Rodgers' last major score.

BroadwayGuy25

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Yes! Definitely a favorite! Very inspirational...learned the words to this one when the movie came out and it helped me get through many situations going through adolescence. Just like "Up From The Roses" from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Kids need uplifting stuff like that...not like the CRAP they get fed today.

ticket88

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People laugh at the film / miniseries / tv movie now, but I loved it as teen - ager, even though it was full of misconceptions & stereotypes about Tibetans, Buddhists, etc. For the 70's - 80's it wasn't too bad, & the Bacharach numbers weren't too bad. AND it was paying loose homage to a classic novel & film w / I haven't read or viewed in a while (Read the novel in High School without it even being " assigned reading ") .

knoxvilleguy2

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Thank you for posting! I love this movie! I went to see it with my sister when we were young and we both loved the songs from this movie!

hagridssister

Bought the soundtrack in 1973 because one of my classmates in elementary school was an extra in the film. You know, 34 years later, it ain't half bad! American Cinemateque wil screen this film in August.

dublinboyo

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I'm gonna see a Burt Bacharach concert in Matera (Italy) and I hope he signs the cover of the album "Lost horizon" that I have with me. Next september I'll make a short movie with "The world is a circle" as soundtrack. This song and "Close to you" are my favourite.Everytime I listen it I'm ill, but I like it.

PeppinoCiraci

I really love the music from this film. Thanks for putting it up.

GillianTom

My favourite music film of all time. 5* Thankyou for posting,,,,,

shela2

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34 years later, and this movie is still in my top ten of all best!!!

cuddleyduddley

Beautiful song, beautiful woman. Totally underrated film musical. This musical had a strong story going for it. Way stronger than most musical films. The strange mixture of straight drama and pop tunes made it quirky. Why shouldn't paradise be a slightly goofy place? It's a wonderful musical that deserves to be rediscovered. Thanks for posting.

Cineramicfilms

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Easily one of my favourite songs, and now in HD Stereo! Thank you SO much! Honestly, I can't understand why anyone would fault this song. Sure, it has its faults. But, tbh, complaining about a song with a warm message and an equally warm delivery is crude. :]

BurntFeet

I actually saw this thing in a theatre when it came out. My favorite reviewer comment was Pauline Kael's: "Only Ross Hunter could remake a 1937 movie into a 1935 one".

scottoro