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Cabaret Cinema: Lost Horizon

1937, USA, Frank Capra, 132 min.

The ultimate utopian fantasy of Western man’s preoccupation with the Himalayas, Capra’s Lost Horizon is a visual tour de force.

When Robert Conway (Ronald Colman), a diplomat stationed in China attempts to rescue a group of Westerners, his plane is hijacked and crashes in the Himalayan mountains near Shangri-La, a magical valley. As he learns more about the remarkable inhabitants of the valley, Conway soon discovers that the plane crash may not have been an accident.

“An artistic achievement of the first order and a triumph for Frank Capra.” —The Hollywood Reporter











When: Fri., Nov. 11, 2016 at 9:30 pm - 11:30 pm
Where: Rubin Museum of Art
150 W. 17th St.
212-620-5000
Price: $10
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1937, USA, Frank Capra, 132 min.

The ultimate utopian fantasy of Western man’s preoccupation with the Himalayas, Capra’s Lost Horizon is a visual tour de force.

When Robert Conway (Ronald Colman), a diplomat stationed in China attempts to rescue a group of Westerners, his plane is hijacked and crashes in the Himalayan mountains near Shangri-La, a magical valley. As he learns more about the remarkable inhabitants of the valley, Conway soon discovers that the plane crash may not have been an accident.

“An artistic achievement of the first order and a triumph for Frank Capra.” —The Hollywood Reporter

Buy tickets/get more info now