Lost Horizon

1937 · 132 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 14,997 VOTES · DIR. Frank Capra

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Overview

British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash land in the Himalayas, and are rescued by the people of the mysterious, Eden-like valley of Shangri-la. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-la provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,371 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:03:37 Conway!
00:08:30 -A what? -A palaeontologist.
00:12:27 And what will they think?
00:17:00 He may be a maniac for all we know.
00:25:50 -He's fainted? -Looks like it. You smell those fumes?
00:30:17 My friends and l, and the lady in the plane...
00:38:57 -And the wine is excellent. -I'm glad you like it.
00:42:48 Hidden away like this, no contact with civilisation.
00:46:48 How do you deal with incorrigibles, criminals?
00:50:41 Well, is it?
00:59:10 Hurry up, you slowpokes. I'm starved.
01:01:46 -What do you think you're doing? -Let me go.
01:06:49 "There are moments in every man's life when he glimpses the eternal."
01:11:24 ...based on one simple rule:
01:18:16 I know, it was full of this and full of that. But you were accomplishing nothing.
01:21:30 I just know that secretly they are all hoping to find a garden spot...
01:25:10 "Here we go gathering nuts in May Early on Tuesday morning
01:30:00 Yet always there to greet us with outstretched arms when we landed.
01:33:58 She was 20 at the time. She was on her way to join her betrothed...
01:38:01 ...and they will all be here, my son.
01:42:58 ...but so beautiful. As you know, we were kidnapped and brought here...
01:46:44 She's fragile and can only live where fragile things are loved.
01:50:01 ...than to stay here one more minute.
02:04:17 -Was he that determined to get back? -Determined?

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,371
Dialogue density10.4 lines / min
First line00:03:37
Final line02:04:17

Production Record

DirectorFrank Capra
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4,000,000
IMDb votes14,997