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.

Publisher: Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Video, c1999.

Format: DVD ; Dolby digital 5.1. : 1 videodisc (ca. 134 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1937.
"Restored by Sony Pictures Entertainment in Cooperation with the UCLA Film and Television Archive"--Insert.
Special 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, scene selection.
Based on the novel by James Hilton.

Languages: English
Closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.

Cast: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, John Howard, Margo, Thomas Mitchell, Edward Everett Horton, Sam Jaffe.

Crew: Screenplay, Robert Riskin ; photography, Joseph Walker ; editors, Gene Havlick, Gene Milford ; original music, Dimitri Tiomkin.

Contributors: Dimitri Tiomkin (Musician), Edward Everett Horton (Actor), Frank Capra (Director), James Hilton (Author), Jane Wyatt (Actor), John Howard (Actor), Margo (Actor), Robert Riskin (Author of screenplay), Ronald Colman (Actor), Sam Jaffe (Actor), Thomas Mitchell (Actor)

Subject(s):

Shangri-La (Imaginary place) -- Drama.