? Have you ever dreamed of a place ?
? far away from it all? ?
? Where the air you breathe is soft and clean ?
? and children play in fields of green ?
? and the sound of guns ?
? doesn’t pound in your ears. ?
? Have you ever dreamed of a place ?
? far away from it all? ?
? Where the winter winds will never blow ?
? and living things have room to grow ?
? and the sound of guns ?
? doesn’t pound in your ears ?
? anymore? ?
? Many miles from yesterday ?
? before you reach tomorrow ?
? where the time is always just today. ?
? There’s a lost horizon ?
? waiting to be found. ?
? There’s a lost horizon ?
? where the sound of guns ?
? doesn’t pound in your ears ?
? anymore. ?
Wise, gimme that.
George, lets get out as many as we can.
Bring them out now.
Don't overload me Conway!
Mr. Lovett?
Calme vu.
It's all right.
Plenty of planes are coming.
Patients, patients.
Please be patient.
Plenty of planes are coming. Please.
Don't worry. Everyone will get away.
Please don't worry the planes are coming.
Get me Hong Kong will you.
Talking to them sir.
Hello it's Conway here. Where are those planes you promised me?
I still got a whole lot of people to get out.
The whole towns on fire
and the guerrillas are nearly here.
That runway won't take heavy jets.
We've sent you every other plain we
could commandeer, even freighters.
Now, Fenner's in charge.
They should be there any time. Now, take your people and clear out.
My people! What about the rest of them here?
Richard, Bill Ferguson here.
Yes Bill?
We've had a lot of flak from your local military authority.
They have forbidden us to let you evacuate any of their nationals.
The ST says you are to take only your own group, only those you have listed.
Do you hear me?
- Yes, I hear you Bill, but it's not... - Hey, it's the planes.
They're here.
Just a minute, we think the planes are here.
Thank you.
Oh my god, whats happen.
They must have blown up the generator.
Come on.
Those planes can't land without light.
Hello, Hong Kong. Come in Hong Kong.
Let's go.
[Chele', Chele'!]
[Chele'!]
[Ah' roo cha']
[Chele' Chele' Chele' Chele' Chele']
Let's get back to the main building.
Here they are, now let have the next group.
Only the women.
All right quiet please, just calm down.
Hay Miss. Come on, you get left behind.
Let the heroes go first.
You an American?
No, Mongolian.
You have to teach me the language sometime.
He's away.
We go on the next plane. Bring out everybody that's left.
Right.
Hello Fenner.
Hello Conway.
Having a little trouble?
Enough.
Does this thing really fly?
From time to time she does.
Over there. Keep them back.
Tell Fenner to take off.
Fenner, let's go!
Fenner!
Get down! Get down on the floor! Get down!
Fenner, come on!
Fenner, takeoff!
Come on Fenner!
Fenner!
Everybody all right?
Yeah, sure.
Now we all have a long journey ahead of us.
Now I suggest you make yourselves as comfortable as possible.
Right?
- Fine. - OK.
G-George, see if you can find some food.
Uh, where we heading?
Hong Kong.
Who are you? I don't remember listing you.
Yeah, well I sort of arrived the last minute.
Names Harry Lovett the comedian.
Just finished three solid weeks, top of the bill, Saigon USO.
Terrific audience those guys. I love um'.
Saigon?
What were you doing in Baskul.
Yeah, well, we had a few drinks and someone said "Let's go see the Temples."
And there was this plane and we had a few more drinks
and uh, all of a sudden we were in the middle of the jungle.
Temple of Baskulla was pretty funny.
Then the shells start falling and nobody's laughing.
All right, I'll get some particulars from you later.
Hi, name's Harry Lovett.
The Comedian.
Sam Cornelius. The Engineer.
Milk and sandwiches.
Milk? Somebody at headquarters has a sense of humor.
Dish it out.
I'm going to make out my report,
while I can still remember the details.
No thank you.
Of course...
You're Sally Hughes, of Newsweek.
Yes.
I’m George Conway, London Express.
Hello.
Richards my brother.
I was covering him on the peace talks
when the whole thing blew up.
Well did you get some good stuff on the airfield just now?
Look, I'm through with all this!
And I'm tired.
I'm sorry.
The way Fenner is flying this thing we're in for a rough night.
I uh, just found some jungle juice. Can I freshen your milk?
Sure.
It's pretty rough eh?
Yeah.
Were you on a project back there?
Yeah.
Really?
Really.
Well, take it easy.
Ah, well gentlemen, I ah,...
not been too successful up front.
Could I interest you in a little bourbon?
Oh, you're our man.
Yes.
Great.
Great?
Well, God Save the Queen.
Cheers.
Mr. Conway? Mr. Conway, wake up.
Look outside.
We're traveling in the wrong direction.
Look, I know I flunked boy scout,
but from what I remember the sun rises in the east.
Hong Kong is east, we're going west.
He's right. The suns behind us.
It's desert down there.
Must be a reason.
Fenner too good a pilot to get lost.
What goes on?
Fenner?
What's happening?
Fenner?
[Meet say nay grean?]
- Whats happening? - It's a hijack!
Hijacking DC-3. Come on.
That's what it looks like.
Well, what are we going to do?
What do you suggest?
He could be a maniac, we gotta do something.
Such as?
Be quite!
Now listen everybody,
there's nothing we can do about this for the moment.
So I suggest you all sit down and as far as possible,
relax.
That guy has a gun!
There's nothing we can do about it until he lands, now please, sit down.
George.
We're heading down!
We're going to land.
I don't see a landing strip, do you?
[Ming mashe ta lue]
[Ah sha tee]
[Ming mashe ta lue]
[Ling pi oh]
[Ay Sing ling bi oh]
[Sing ling bi oh]
Let's find out what's going on.
I think their refueling.
[Say poo da la ca poo]
The other facts to consider are these.
That the fuel was waiting, the armed men were waiting,
And they wouldn't let us off.
If this was an ordinary hijacking they would
have kept us back there in the desert.
- Exactly. - It could be political.
That means you Richard.
I doubt it. The whole point is on ***
Oh c'mon Conway, you'd be a price in anybody's book.
And for good measure they got two journalist.
And by his own account, a famous comedian.
Very funny but, what about you Cornelius. Maybe they want you.
Who are you!
I'm somebody flying a strange plane,
to a strange place,
with a lunatic pilot
and I'm trying to find out why,
that's who I am.
All right all right all right.
God he's really going high.
What's the ceiling on these planes?
I don't know.
Let's see if that oxygen equipment works.
Thank you.
If the altitude gets you, swallow hard.
Or hold your nose… And blow.
That's it.
Here.
Hold it.
Breathe deeply.
- OK? - OK.
This one's empty.
Now take deep breaths.
Slowly, slowly.
Is that any better?
I feel like were heading for outer space.
Easy now.
Mmm.... You know a guy to get to like this.
What's happening?!
He's losing his left engine.
Seat belts, strap in!
Brace yourselves! Lean forward.
Right, forward.
Lock your hands behind your head!
Don't let them snap back!
Ahhh!
Get down!
Oh!
Are you all right? Look after the others.
How are the others?
Shaken, but OK.
He's had it.
Here's a map.
You see that spot where he's marked I'll bet that's where we refueled.
There's the end of civilization.
We must be 1000 miles beyond that.
Just a blank here on the map.
Hay, whats happening Conway?
Conway?
Don't tell them about this George.
- Conway. - Just a minute.
- How are you? - I'm all right.
Where the hell are we?
Down on solid ground and it feels great.
What are you doing?
Listen buddy, I don't know about you,
but I'm scared and this helps.
What's the situation?
- The pilots dead. - Well where are we?
As far as I can make out, in an unexplored part of the world.
How do we get out?
At the moment we don't. We stay here.
Only a fully equipped expedition could last outside.
So here we stay, all calm and cool.
We're sure gonna' be cool.
It's not so bad we've got ah…
blankets, a stove, emergency rations.
We can get through the days. The nights maybe a little bit more difficult.
But will manage, until somebody finds us.
Till somebody finds us.
They will.
- I've got another one to work. - Good.
Hear, hear.
Drink this. It hasn't got much taste, but it's hot.
As a matter of fact it hasn't got any taste at all.
I'll try one then.
All right, … there.
Mr. Conway.
There lights out there.
Mr. Conway there are lights out there!
Hey, there are people out there, moving in the snow.
Coming towards us, down that mountain!
There is something, they found us! I knew they would, I knew it!
Come on.
Conway, what is this?
[I non cee, holla?]
I am from a nearby Lamasery.
My name is Chang.
Mine is Richard Conway.
How do you do?
How you do.
Forgive me, I hadn't expected anybody in this part of the world to talk English.
I was an undergraduate at Oxford in my young days.
It was there that I had the opportunity
of improving my knowledge of your language.
You speak it very well.
You have no idea how welcome you are.
Yesterday our plane left Baskulla for Hong Kong
but we suddenly found ourselves hijacked
and traveling in the opposite direction.
- The pilot… - Where is your pilot?
He was killed in the crash.
May I see him?
Please.
[Marie ta' ma green ta luu']
Mr. Chang, you're obviously on a journey of your own,
but could you possibly take us to your Lamasery?
I would consider it an honor.
You will need suitable clothes for the journey.
It is not particularly far but it is quite difficult.
I suggest we start at daybreak.
Aah!
Welcome to Shangri La, Mr. Conway.
You see we are sheltered by mountains on every side.
A strange phenomenon for which we are very grateful.
Come, let me show you.
This is Brother To Len.
He will show you to your rooms.
Shangri-La welcomes you.
If you should wish to assume our habits of dress you will find suitable garments.
You would need to rest now.
And later I shall be most pleased to see you all at dinner.
Mr. Chang.
Please.
I am happy to report that the plane has arrived.
With Richard Conway?
With Conway and four others.
Excellent.
What are we going to do now?
What we always do?
- Miss. Hughes! - Gasp!
That is the coward's way out.
You are in the midst of life.
Do not seek death, it will find you.
But choose the road that makes death a fulfillment.
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, a funny thing
happened to me on the way to the Airport.
Get a load of the outfit have Kimona will travel.
Both look pretty silly.
When in Rome, do as the romans do.
C'mon, let's get something to eat, take a quick look
around the place, and catch the first train out here.
We've just crash a plane in the middle of nowhere,
spent all day dragging ourselves up a mountain
and you're looking for the nearest ticket office?
Man, where do you think we're gonna go?
Um, suits you.
I thought I might find Chang here.
No, sorry.
I'm not doing very well so far I failed to find him or…
- Telephone or telex. - Telex?
Even a socket for my razor.
Hard luck.
- You better use mine. - Thanks.
Seriously, I must get in touch with my paper.
Well an hour or two won't make any difference will it?
It does to me. I want to get this story off before we eat.
And I want a few more peaceful moments
before the world gets its claws into me again.
Oh well, in that case,
I'll make a big sacrifice. I'll shave and shut up.
Thank you George, I'm very grateful.
Until dinner.
? Friendly doors open wide ?
? Come and share the peace and life you will find inside ?
? Share the joy ?
? Let the sun comfort you ?
? It will keep you safe and warm, always shining through ?
? Share the joy ?
? All the lovely songs you will hear, ?
? means we all hold dear ?
? At the same time ?
? All the grandest things we possess, ?
? means we value less ?
? So many small things can bring happiness ?
? Love is in all things ?
? Flowers bloom, people grow ?
? You may never want to leave when it's time to go ?
? Share the joy ?
? Mountains rise, mountains fall ?
? You have nothing more to prove, you have climbed them all ?
? Now you're here ?
? May you ?
? stay and share the joy ?
Now that's the best thing to cheer me up since we got here.
? Now you're here ?
? May you ?
? stay and share the joy ?
Bravo.
Good evening my friends.
Did you think I had forgotten you?
- Have you everything you need? - Everything thank you.
We're sorry, Miss Hughes?
She asked me to say she's not feeling well,
it is nothing serious.
I hope she's well enough to travel when we leave.
Mr. Chang, I have some questions?
Please, ask them.
We all wish to return to civilization as soon as possible.
Are you so certain you are away from it?
Mr. Chang, I think I speak for all of us, when I say
your hospitality is quite remarkable and we're very grateful.
But were also anxious to go home as soon as we can.
That is always the case Mr. Conway.
And even more urgent, for some of us, is to send cables.
Unfortunately,
we lack radio communication of any sort.
It has always been a source of deep regret,
that the same mountains that allow us our splendid weather,
also prevent adequate wireless reception.
Then perhaps you could send porter's or messengers or some sort.
But I'd really like to tell my agent I'm safe.
He's bound to have some bookings for me.
We have no porter's or messengers.
No porter's, but…
You were rescued by our own people.
Who have never gone beyond the point of which you were found.
Two venture further would be too hazardous.
How'd you get all this stuff brought here?
Ahh, yes.
Well, depending upon favorable weather of course.
There are porters,
500 miles away who sometimes make the journey.
They are our only contact with what you would call,
the outside world.
How soon can we get in touch with them?
In that respect you are exceedingly fortunate.
We are expecting a shipment from them at almost any moment.
And when is "almost any moment" Mr. Chang.
Tomorrow, next week?
I cannot forecast the exact date, precisely.
Let me see, I believe…
Aww, yes we have been expecting this particular shipment,
for about two years.
But I assure you gentlemen, I shall endeavor to make your stay
here as pleasant as possible.
And now, if you'll excuse me, it is getting late.
I hope you will all sleep well.
- Good night. - Good night.
Goodnight Mr. Conway.
Goodnight sir.
About two years.
Did you believe all that stuff about the porters?
I don't know.
- Don't you care? - Not really.
It's nice to be in a place where time doesn't matter.
Yes, but you wanna get out of here, don't you?
I don't know what I want.
George, something happen when I arrived.
Did you ever go to a totally strange place
and feel from the very first moment that you'd been there before?
Because that's what happened to me.
It's absurd I know.
The feeling so strong that…
I can't think of anything else.
I've always in the past, wanted to see what it was all about.
To see what was on the other side of the mountain.
Perhaps this is it.
It's like…
coming home.
Well with me, it's the complete reverse. I can't wait to get back.
But I'll tell you want.
If I, mind my manners and don't rock the boat,
will you seriously think about getting out of here, soon.
All right, we'll have a truce.
Till we find out about this place.
And then if we get out here...
If?
Did I say if?
Yes, you did.
Can I ask you a question?
Were we brought here on purpose?
Over 2000 people live in the valley.
And if so, what is the purpose.
In addition to those here in Shangri-La…
What is Shangri-La?
Who is he? You.
Good heavens, no.
Not I.
Well who, for instance.
In time, you will know.
You know for a man who talks a great deal,
it's amazing how unenlightening you can be.
There are some things my dear Conway,
that I deeply regret I cannot discuss.
Shall we continue?
You know, in the outside world, you'd be a knockout.
I bet people would fight to see you dance.
I fear I shall never see you're outside world.
Never see it? Why ever not?
It is not possible.
Am I then, in some way on trial dear Mr. Chang.
Oh no, like everyone else
you are on a pilgrimage through life.
By chance, out of your voyage of discovery, is here.
By chance?
Here of course, we have more time for reflection.
Sickness is unknown.
Perfect health is the rule.
And it is quite common for us to live to a very ripe old age.
Indeed.
And does that also apply to those who come here from the outside world.
If it did not, Shangri-La would never have been built.
How old it is your oldest inhabitants?
Um? Let me see?
Considerably over 100 years old.
Considerably.
Yes, still at work,
when last I spoke to him.
Climate and diet, these are important of course to keep you young.
But we believe it is the lack of struggle in our way of life.
How often in your countries do you hear the expression,
"He worried himself to death."
or " this thing or that thing killed him."
Your lives are, as a rule shorter.
Not so much by natural death
as by indirect suicide.
Unfortunately true.
"Climate, diet, and harmony." you said.
And somewhere the guiding mind. Is that it?
Is it not enough?
What worries me is that it's a little like a dream,
from which I shall shorty, but unpleasantly, awake.
You surprised me.
I surprised you?
Yes, as you who have written so much of better worlds
should think it a dream when you find one.
Or is it that you fail to recognize one of your own dreams when you see it.
And this is our school.
This is where we start to prepare our young for the future.
Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why.
? The world is a circle without a beginning ?
? And nobody knows where it really ends. ?
? Everything depends on where you ?
? Are in the circle that never begins, ?
? Nobody knows where the circle ends. ?
? La la la, la la-la la, la la. ?
? And just because you think you're small, ?
? That doesn't mean that you're small at all. ?
? And just the way a tiny branch ?
? is like a tree to a twig, ?
? To someone else you are big. ?
? The world is a circle without a beginning, ?
? And nobody knows where it really ends. ?
? Woooa! ?
? Everything depends on where you ?
? Are in the circle that's spinning around. ?
? Half of the time we are upside down. ?
? La-la-la La la la, la la-la la, la la. ?
? And just because they say you're weak, ?
? That doesn't mean you've a weak physique. ?
? And even if they're partly right, ?
? At least they're partially wrong. ?
? To someone else you are strong. ?
? And just because they say you're slow, ?
? That doesn't mean that you're slow, you know. ?
? And even if you're never first, ?
? Compared to someone who's last, ?
? They're sure to think you are fast. ?
? The world is a circle without a beginning, ?
? And nobody knows where it really ends. ?
? Woooa! ?
? Everything depends on where you ?
? Are in the circle that never begins. ?
? Nobody knows where the circle ends. ?
? La-la-la La la la, la la-la la. ?
? The world is a circle that never begins. ?
? Nobody knows where the circle ends. ?
- Oh. - Children.
Thank you.
Sometime in the future, you shall have the pleasure of meeting her.
Sam, Sam I had the strangest dream last night.
I dreamt I swallowed a 50 pound marshmallow.
And when I woke up my pillow was gone.
- You're getting better. - I thought so.
- You go on. I'll be with you in a minute. - OK, hurry it up.
Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you were alone.
What is it?
Lovett had a deck of cards. I thought you'd...
might like to play a game.
Some other time, huh?
Sure.
I didn't think I could hold a card.
Why am I like this?
It helps talking to you.
My little cold knot in my stomach starts easing up.
My memory
keeps coming back, that I…
really considered dropping off this balcony.
Would you have done so?
I don't know.
If Chang hadn't called, then maybe I would.
That's what frightens me.
What's happened to me?
Perhaps you can answer that yourself.
Sally, "Golden Girl."
I was always taught, dreams could come true.
That's terrific to believe when you're a kid.
A little more difficult later on when you're a "little more difficult."
All that passionate involvement.
Men, causes.
Going around agonizing about man's inhumanity to man.
I made a good living out of taking pictures of people with their heads blown off.
So other people with their heads still on
and usually under hair dryers
could get a kick out of them before turning to the nearest recipe.
One day it all made me sick.
The dreams were over.
That is very painful but,
also necessary so that you may take the next step.
The next step was to start taking pills to get the dreams back.
The excitement, the loving, the feeling good ones.
The kicks I got, lasted about two and a half minutes.
So you find out, that's not the answer either.
And now?
Nothing.
- The end of the line. - No!
You had the courage, not to jump.
Which means?
You must tell me.
Answers!
Where the hell are any answers! I don't know!
Try Miss. Hughes.
Inside me I guess. Is that it?
It would not be wrong to start there.
- May I help you with some tea Mr. Conway? - Thank you.
Let me see. 19 plus 187 gives me a grand total of…
two hundred and six.
You know if you hadn't told me you were honest Harry,
I'd swear you were cheating.
Of course I'm cheating Sampson, and getting away with it.
I mean there's no fun playing cards if you don't.
And the rest of us, are we all as content as we seem here or…
is there some delicious drug in our food?
Or is all this, a mirage?
No, no no no my dear Mr. Conway, we employ no such methods in Shangri-La.
To put it simply, we believe in moderation.
We teach that virtue lies in avoiding excess.
We rule with moderates strictness.
In return we are satisfied with moderate obedience.
As a result our people are moderately sober.
Moderately chase and err... moderately honest.
Then you're more than moderately fortunate.
Good evening.
Well, I brought you this.
Oh, thank you.
- May I look at it? - Yes.
Do you ever have arguments over women?
Oh, only very rarely.
You see, it would not be considered good manners
to take a woman that another man wanted.
And supposing somebody wanted some particular woman so badly,
he didn't care whether it was good manners or not.
Well in that event.
It would be good manners on the part of the other man...
To eh…
Yes?
To let him have her.
That's very convenient. I think I like that.
And ah, does this arrangement applied for women also?
Of course. You'd be surprised Mr. Conway how a little courtesy all around
can help to smooth out the most complicated problems.
Thank you.
- Hope it has a happy ending. - Good night.
- Good night.
Excuse me.
Just a minute.
Yes Mr. Conway.
I'm… in a quandary and ah…
I thought that…
you might be able to help me.
I noticed you are having your course in elementary Chang.
What is your problem?
Well, Chang tells me that as soon as I meet a woman I like
I must be prepared to give her up if somebody else likes her as well
and I don't think I'm capable of doing that.
- When that happens… - I think it has.
When that happens the important thing
is to try and make the… other fellow, the one who must be courteous.
I see, I hadn't thought of it like that.
Perhaps you could help me with some other questions.
I have so many I hardly know where to begin.
You want to know who I am and what I'm doing here.
- My name is Catherine and I was born here. - Were you?
Well, almost born here. It was just beyond the pass.
My parents were explorers who couldn't rest until they had seen everything.
Unfortunately, they died just on the other side.
And Chang rescued you.
Fateful Chang, he and his men found me barely alive.
Here I've grown up and here I've been happy.
With no desire to leave.
Absolutely none.
So I should know a good thing when I see it.
Is that it?
That's it.
Goodnight Mr. Conway.
Well my friends you have seen our mountains our valley and our people.
You've heard about our past,
now you are seeing our future.
This is our Festival Of The Family.
A chosen couple perform a ritual, honoring the newly born children.
? 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 have what they call a family. ?
? Living Together, Growing Together, just being together, ?
? that's how it starts. ?
? Three loving hearts all ?
? pulling together, working together, just building together, ?
? that makes you strong. ?
? If things go wrong we'll still get along somehow, ?
? living and growing together. ?
? It just takes wood to build a house. ?
? Fill it with people and you have a home. ?
? Fill it with love and people take root. ?
? It's just like a tree ?
? where each branch becomes a family that's ?
? Living Together, Growing Together, just being together, ?
? that's how it starts. ?
? Three loving hearts all ?
? pulling together, working together, just building together, ?
? that makes you strong. ?
? If things go wrong we'll ?
? still get along somehow, ?
? living and growing together. ?
? Living Together, Growing Together, just being together, ?
? that's how it starts. ?
? Three loving hearts all ?
? pulling together, working together, just building together, ?
? that makes you strong. ?
? If things go wrong we'll still get along somehow, ?
? living and growing ?
? just like we're doing now, together. ?
Yeaahhh!!
? Seems like I've had so little time. ?
? All through my life ?
? Maybe that's why I've always been ?
? so impatient. ?
? I must learn to be patient ?
? or I might frighten her away. ?
? Seems like I've had just too much time ?
? All through my life ?
? Maybe that’s why I’ve seemed to be ?
? So unhurried, somethings just should be hurried ?
? Or they might frighten him away ?
? Seemed like were part of two different world ?
? In the way we live ?
? More than in just a few things ?
? that mean we both a lot to give ?
? Learning how we do things ?
? Sharing new things ?
? Looking back I see that I’ve always been alone ?
? All through my life ?
? Maybe I knew when it was time ?
? Love would find me ?
? I must just let it find me ?
? Or it might frighten her away ?
? Yes it might frighten him away ?
? If we rush we may loose ?
? What we may have found ?
? today. ?
? Mmmmh,
Mmmmm, ?
Hi.
Ah, improving your mind again eh?
You should try it.
Yes.
Yes, maybe you're right.
Then perhaps I can understand what it is
about this place that the rest of you seem to enjoy so much.
Tell me, don't you ever give a thought to leaving here?
No. I don’t know what you left behind
but what I left behind, I'm not in such a hurry to see again.
Aw.
Don't listen to her Maria.
She was born to be a recluse.
Hello Maria. I saw you dance at the ceremony, and you were lovely.
Thank you.
I've read these and I've come back for more.
I wonder what will happen when we've read them all.
We'll be about 250 and need new glasses.
You sound like you hate the outside world.
- Do you? - Well I don't love it.
But what about London and Paris?
And the Greek islands and the Leningrad Ballet.
You mean compared to hear? Oh, Maria you must be kidding.
Look what you got, plus all the time the world to enjoy it.
Time, … Yes there is time.
Before George came, it didn't seem strange to spend my days in reading.
Talk to myself, dance.
Drift through the days full of nothing but peace and quiet.
It didn't seem too long, but it's different now.
Oh boy, good old George.
Take it from me Maria, Shangri-La has a definite edge over New York City,
not to mention Calcutta and the rest.
But the way George describes it.
Listen Marie, George is a nice guy and I don't mean to knock him,
but don't let him kid you there's some sort of wonderland outside.
So all you have is peace and quiet uh-uh.
You have a place here where you can breathe.
Where no violence, no cruelty.
A place where people will take the time to care.
George can have his rat race. I can do without it.
? On the list of the things that I will not miss ?
? First of all is noise ?
? On the list of the things that I will not miss ?
? Is peace and quiet ?
? I would like to try it ?
? Different people look at life from different points of view ?
? If you really want the things I have just help yourself ?
? I give it all to you ?
? On the list of the things that I will not miss ?
? I would mention crowds ?
? On the list of the things that I will not miss ?
? Is open spaces ?
? Why can't we change places? ?
? Different people look at life from different points of view ?
? If you really want the things I have just help yourself ?
? I give it all to you ?
? On the list of the things that I will not miss ?
? I would mention work ?
? On the list of the things that I will not miss ?
? Is contemplation ?
? Sounds like a great vacation ?
? Different people look at life from different points of view ?
? If you really want the things I have just help yourself ?
? I give it all to you ?
? Different people look at life from different points of view ?
? If you really want the things I have just help yourself ?
? I give it all to you ?
? On the list of the things that I will not miss ?
? Most of all is rain ?
? On the list of the things that I will not miss ?
? Is too much sunshine ?
? Can there be too much sunshine? ?
? Different people look at life from different points of view ?
? If you really want the things I have just help yourself ?
? They're yours ?
? I give it all to you ?
You know, those girls would be great in my new act.
They should be so lucky.
You look beautiful.
Thanks. I guess.
Oh I mean, you looked beautiful before but now, you look beautiful.
Tomorrow I got something to tell you.
What's wrong with today?
I can't now, it's a secret.
Alright.
I'm afraid that truces over.
Why?
If we don't get it straight now we never will.
Get what straight?
Who wants to leave, and when and how.
For start, I want you to tell them what you told me.
That we were brought here deliberately.
And what's the point. They're perfectly happy.
They won't be when they find out.
Will you tell them?
No, and certainly not tonight.
Then I will.
Listen everybody.
My brother wants to explode a small bomb but
I think I better do it. Sit down George.
Do you realize that we are all prisoners here?
No we're not, we're guest.
We were deliberately kidnapped.
- What is this? - You have no proof of that.
The pilot of a plane was a man from Shangri-La.
- May have been. - Stop glossing over the facts.
I want to get out of here. I can't do it alone
I need to know if anyone else feels as I do?
Well, does anyone else want to leave.
Mr. Conway? Mr. Conway.
Ask him if you don't believe me.
Why were we kidnapped and brought here Mr. Chang?
Mr. Conway I'd bring you extraordinary news.
Answer the question.
- Let him go. - Richard! - Let him go!
Mr. Chang,
Forgive my brother's determination to force the issue.
You've been very kind and we appreciate it.
But I think the time has come for you to be more open with us.
Were we brought here deliberately and if so why?
There is no time to answer questions now Mr. Conway.
You must come at once. The High Lama wishes to see you.
Who is the High Lama?
I thought you ran this place Chang.
Oh no, I'm only a humbled member of the community.
- Please Mr. Conway, you must… - Just a minute.
Will your High Lama answer our questions?
That is possible.
Then he's the man that I want to see.
Richard?
Tell him that, I at least intend to leave here.
I was here for five years before I was called.
You cannot appreciate the overwhelming
honor that has been bestowed upon you.
It is unprecedented.
Good evening Mr. Conway.
Please come in. Sit down near me.
I trust, you have been comfortable at Shangri-La since you arrival.
I've liked it very much.
But some of my friends and in particularly my brother are puzzled by the mystery.
I can understand that Mr. Conway.
Perhaps if I told you of Shangri-La's origins
things would become clearer.
Thank you.
A Belgian priest named Father Perrault
was was the first European to enter the valley of the Blue Moon.
When was that?
Was the year 1747.
When Father Perrault tumbled into the valley half frozen to death,
one of his legs was so badly frostbitten,
there being no doctor he was forced to amputate it himself.
- He amputated his own leg? - Yes.
Oddly enough, later, when the natives came to trust him.
He learned from them that his leg would have healed
without amputation.
- With frostbite that's impossible. - Oh no.
This valley celebrates the natural life.
And he recovered well.
Soon he was making his way around the valley
taking a great interest in everything.
He taught his own religion and the best of others.
Instructing the children
knowing how important education would be for future generations.
He began building the Lamasery of Shangri-La
with one or two helpers.
But after some years hundreds of the natives
who by now had come to respect him helped with the task.
When it was finished he was 108 years old.
He's life works is over.
He became weak and lay in his room for many weeks between life and death.
And then a strange thing happened.
He had a vision
of the purpose
of Shangri-La, of its entire meaning.
And of his part in it.
From that moment on he began to recover.
And how old was he when he died?
But that's incredible!
Yes my son.
You're still alive Father Perrault.
Sit down my son.
You may not know it, but I've been an admirer of yours for a great many years.
Of mine, Father?
Oh, not the Richard Conway, the public hero, the government servant
but the Richard Conway who once wrote,
"There are moments in every man's life
when he glimpses the eternal."
That man seemed to belong here.
In fact, it was suggested that someone be sent
to bring him here.
So I was right, we were brought here.
But, what possible use could I be to an already thriving community?
If this community is to continue to thrive,
then we need men like you here.
You can work today.
Is there anything more pitiful.
Will surely this is a time of crisis.
But when has the world known any other time.
What madness there is
what blindness, what unintelligent leadership.
A furiously harassing marshall, bewildered, humanities, strengthening,
not in wisdom but in vulgar passions.
The time must come when evil will destroy itself.
I will not live to see that day.
But you might, my son.
And that is why you have been brought to Shangri-La.
For when the day comes, that the world begins to look for a new life,
it is our belief
that they will find a reservoir of hope here.
So here we shall stay with our books and our music.
And our medications.
Here we shall be, to guide the footsteps of a weary people.
Here we shall be with our way of life.
There's only one simple rule, …
be kind.
And it is our hope
that our brotherly love will then spread throughout the world.
And when the strong have devoured each other,
then, at last…
the meek shall inherit the earth.
I am tired now my son.
Will you come again?
Yes I will.
? How do I know this is part of my real life? ?
? If there's no pain can I be sure I feel life? ?
? And would I go back if I knew how to go back? ?
? What good is time when you're sure of tomorrow? ?
? Can there be joy where there has been no sorrow? ?
? And would I go back if I knew how to go back? ?
? Will I find there is really such a thing as peace of mind, ?
? and what I thought was living was truly just confusion, ?
? the chance to live forever is really no illusion, ?
? and this all can be mine? ?
? Why can't I make myself believe it? ?
? Can I accept what I see around me? ?
? Have I found Shangri-La, or has it found me? ?
? And would I go back if I knew how to go back? ?
? Will I find there is really such a thing as peace of mind, ?
? and what I thought was living was truly just confusion, ?
? the chance to live forever is really no illusion, ?
? and this all can be mine? ?
? Why can't I make myself believe it? ?
? There are things that you see. ?
? Other things you feel. ?
? Feelings can't be seen yet we never doubt they are real. ?
? When you search for the truth don't just use your eyes. ?
? Look inside yourself that is where the truth always lies. ?
? Where knowledge ends faith begins, ?
? and it shines like a star, ?
? till your heart fills with hope and with love. ?
? I have looked in your heart. ?
? I have faith in you. ?
No not there.
I apologize for being away so long.
Well, did you ask about…- What was he like? - Richard, did you see him?
Yes.
I saw the High Lama.
And I haven't the answers to all of our questions yet, but I will in time.
And when I do I'll tell you exactly what the situation is.
Particularly about going home.
Until then you all have to trust me.
Come on, come on,
Oh my lord.
- There, gold, the stream is full of it. - So?
We can smuggle it out. Get those porters to help us.
Correction, you bribe the porters, I got something better to do.
Such as?
Such as not sitting around worrying about how to
spend money in a place where money isn't any good.
But what about when we get out?
Get out, how? Sam you gotta' be more practical.
Trouble with you is you haven't got any inner resources.
Who hasn't? What are you trying to tell me?
Your life is made up of infinite possibilities
and you're not realizing one of them.
- Not one. - For instance?
? When you look at yourself do you like what you see? ?
? If you like what you see, you're the person you should be. ?
? 'Cause your reflection reflects in everything you do, ?
? and everything you do reflects on you. ?
? When you wake up each day do you like how you feel? ?
? If you like how you feel, you've got nothing to conceal. ?
? 'Cause your reflection reflects in everything you do, ?
? and everything you do reflects on you. ?
? Doing something for someone else isn't really for someone else. ?
? It does twice as much for you as something you do just for yourself. ?
? When you lay down to sleep do you like all your dreams? ?
? If you like all your dreams, life's as happy as it seems. ?
? 'Cause your reflection reflects in everything you do, ?
? and everything you do reflects on you. ?
Now you said the other night that these farms around here need better irrigation.
Well you were an engineer, go irrigate them.
Yea!
Excuse me, I was looking for your brother.
He's not here.
She seems to be quite taken with him.
Let's hope that beautiful young women can talk more sense into him than I can.
You spoke of her as young.
My dear friend I hate to dissolution you.
But you must not be deceived by her appearance.
Our way of life has preserved her youth and her beauty.
She came here when she was 20.
She was on her wedding journey but her carriers lost their way in the mountains
and the whole party would have perished but for meeting our people.
They brought her here.
That was many, many years ago.
How many?
You are more beautiful than the women of Thailand.
More feminine than the women of France.
More pliable than the women of Japan.
- More… - Stop. Stop.
I don't want to hear about all these other women.
All I want to hear is that, you won't leave me.
Oh, I adore you.
But, I can't stay here.
There's so much I want to do with my life that, I can't do here.
Maria, if I could find a way, would you come back with me?
- There is no way. - Well there has to be!
Tomorrow I'm going out to the pass that leads out of here, to see if its guarded.
And to look for those porters. If they exist.
They exist.
They do?
Then why didn't you tell me before?
I hoped you would become contented, like the others.
Con-Contented?
Oh...
Look, I have to get out of here.
Please, will you come with me?
Would you stay with me here if I said no?
Then I will come with you.
The water starts up in the hills all right
but about halfway down it's starts going the wrong way.
Now if we put a dam here and these interconnecting bamboo pipes
you'd have the whole valley. You'd have the entire mountainside.
And just watch that stuff grow. And no more women carrying buckets of water.
- Sam you're excited. - Yeah, yeah.
I guess it's been a long time.
- A longtime what? - Oh, since I was so excited.
And involved.
A long time ago I used to work the land.
I guess I got waylaid somewhere along the line.
- What happened? - Nothing.
- Come on. - Forget it. I don't wanna talk about it.
Sam, I'm interested.
Okay, does the name Simon Causefield mean anything to you?
Causefield...
- Yeah, didn't he… - That's me.
I remember American Consolidated Products.
And the thing fell apart. You were gone and the money was too.
I wasn't there because there wasn't any money! And it wasn't my fault!
I'd worked hard and made a little bit.
That little bit became a lot.
So I built a corporation. It became a lot of corporations.
I was a hero.
It was the American dream. Everybody wanted in.
I did ask them to, nobody told them to buy, they just did.
Overnight the balloon burst.
The next day I'm the biggest crook that the country has ever seen.
I don't know what to do.
So I started running.
Anywhere I think that they won't find me.
That's how I ended up in Baskul.
Maybe here the running can stop.
Maybe.
Sam…
I stopped running here, you can too.
Il pleut, il pleut, bergère.
Look, uh-uh-uh, I-I don't know a thing about teaching.
- C'mon you're going to have to… - Mouton.
- Il pleut, il pleut, … - All you have to do is to follow me.
Come along with me. Ladies and gentlemen,
Miss Catherine has to leave you, so I want to
introduce you to your new teacher of the day.
Your new expert Mr. Lovett.
Yea.
Well now, there you are, here I am, and ah, where are we?
Ah, success. You think that was funny folks,
'You ain't heard nothing yet.'
- Now what are you learning? - French.
French. Well that lets me out. 'I know nothing about French.'.
A teacher should only teach what he knows at all I know is ah, Show Business
I don't think they'd approve.
You know when I was a kid, the thing that got me
was that every teacher I ever had, only ask me questions and expected answers.
You too? Well I'll tell you what I think.
Any dummy can know the answers. It's the smart ones that know the questions.
? Question me an answer bright and clear. ?
? I will answer with a question clear and bright. ?
? Even though your answer may be ?
? wrong my question will be right. ?
? Question me an answer. ?
? Answer with a question. ?
? Fourteen hundred ninety two. ?
? What's the year that Babe Ruth hit his sixtieth home run? ?
? Wellington at Waterloo. ?
? Who became the hero at the battle of Bull Run? ?
? Learning can be lots of fun. ?
? Question me an answer bright and clear. ?
? I will answer with a question clear and bright. ?
? Even though your answer may be ?
? wrong my question will be right. ?
? Question me an answer. ?
? Answer with a question. ?
? Midnight ride of Paul Revere. ?
? What's the way that Yankee Doodle really went to town? ?
? Cleaning up the atmosphere. ?
? What's the reason London Bridge is always falling down. ?
? You can learn things from a clown. ?
? Question me an answer bright and clear. ?
? I will answer with a question clear and bright. ?
? Even though your answer may be ?
? wrong my question will be right. ?
? Question me an answer. ?
? Answer with a question. ?
? On the good ship Lollypop. ?
? How did Christopher Columbus sail upon the sea? ?
? Underneath the circus top. ?
? Where did Cleopatra get to meet Mark Antony? ?
? They say knowledge makes you free. ?
? Question me an answer if you please. ?
? I will answer with a question if I can. ?
? Let me show you just how I became an educated man. ?
? Question me an answer. ?
? Answer with a question. ?
? If you wanna' know, if you wanna' hear, if you wanna' see, ?
? question me an answer. ?
Harry, what are you doing?
You hear that? They love me!
They love me.
It's beautiful.
It's also inconceivable.
Father Perrault, his story and…
This place hidden away from the rest of the world.
Then you come along and confuse me even more.
- Am I so strange? - No you're not.
Nothing here is strange.
And that's what's so confusing.
I'm desperately trying to keep my…
emotional feedings…
and my spiritual needs
from clobbering each other to death.
You're very beautiful.
And very desirable.
But like everything else beautiful that's happened to me here.
I find it remarkable that…
it has happened to me here
and not out there.
You know, I can't explain it but, …
everything seems familiar.
This air, …
Those beautiful gardens, you,
This lamasery with its
feet rooted in a good earth of this fertile valley.
While its head explores the eternal.
And I've been kidnapped…
Brought here against my will
which is a crime, a great crime.
And yet I accepted it as, one would accept
an act performed by a very dear friend.
Can you tell me why?
Perhaps because you've always been a part of Shangri-La without knowing it.
I'm certain there's a, wish for Shangri-La in everyone's heart.
I've never seen you're outside world
but I imagine it's full of millions of people
who secretly wish to be in a beautiful place like this.
Well if they were, it wouldn't be beautiful for long.
For years I hoped that someone like you
would come and share these moments with me.
But now you're here you're not as I pictured you.
What did you expect?
From your books some uh, Saintly Hero.
Almost astatic.
And much less attractive.
Well, people who worship heroes must be prepared for disillusionment.
But, I shall become saintly immediately.
Just, to please you.
Did you ever think…
What did you expect? Or hope?
I imagined she'd be just like you.
I come to you…
with all my hopes and I bring you love.
I come to you…
All my life I searched for something rare.
A love that I could share.
? I come to you with all my dreams and I bring you love. ?
? I come to you. ?
? There were times my faith in life was gone, ?
? still I continued on. ?
? Those endless days turned into years. ?
? They were lonely years in many ways. ?
? And deep inside I'm sure I always knew I had to wait for you. ?
? And here you are, my own true love. ?
? I come to you. ?
? Happy birthday to you ?
? Happy birthday dear Harry ?
? Happy birthday to you ?
Thank you. Thank you my friends. Old friends.
And new friends.
And a special thank you to Sally for arranging the candles.
Twenty one how'd you guess?
Well, here we go.
Yea.
Well, this is a pretty happy day for me.
Not just because it's my birthday but ah,
because I've come to a big decision.
I've decided to stay in Shangri-La.
If they'll have me.
Good that's fine.
Now wait a minute. Hold it. I hope Mr. Chang
that you'll go along with a great idea I've got.
I shall be most interested to hear it Mr. Lovett.
Well Mr. Chang I know I speak for all of us
I say that ah…
this place is terrific.
I don't worry here,
and I sleep well.
Confidentially I've had some pretty rough times lately.
Few bookings and audiences well…
They weren't throwing bread, they sat on their hands.
But ah, these kids here…
They ah...
They love me.
You know I took a little personal inventory about 10:30 last night,
just before going to sleep. And I said to myself.
"Harry Lovette things are going pretty well for a change."
And they are, so why not go for a run of the play contract. Right?
Well down in school those kids,
Terrific kids you got here Mr. Chang.
They're very imaginative. They keep imitating me.
Wanting to be like me.
I thought it might be a good idea to give them a course in dramatics.
Teach them to sing and dance, you know
sort of that, 'Big Time Stuff.'
But ah, would that be all right with you Mr. Chang?
Can I stay?
Watch it Mr. Chang he's liable to cause chaos in that school.
I don't think so. We have a saying,
"The trees that bend a little to the harmless breeze,
will later grow to withstand the wild wind."
Uh?
We shall be most honored to have you Mr. Lovett.
Oh, great great great. Now, I'll cut the cake.
Chang!
I wanna' talk with you Mr. Chang.
That famous tribe of porter's expected for two years
that will take us all out of here whenever they arrive.
Well, I've just discovered they have arrived, three days ago.
And there was never any intention that they should take us out of here.
Isn't that right Mr. Chang?
I'm going with them Richard.
As for the rest of you well, think about it.
Mr. Conway.
My friend you must not let him go.
The porters could only take him a certain distance.
Beyond that is a wilderness for which he would never get out alive.
You should have told me the porters where here.
I could have prepared him for this.
Talk to him.
I'll try, I don't think he'll listen to me.
Richard.
Be careful. He will want you to go with him.
Well.
What shall I do Catherine?
Go and talk to Father Perrault.
Yes, I will.
And I need your help Father, to stop him from leaving.
I am no longer able to help you.
The responsibility is yours.
My son…
I'm going to die.
I wish to place in your hands,
the future and destiny of Shangri-La.
I knew my work was done when I first set eyes upon you.
I'd been waiting for you for a long time.
I've sat in this room
and seen the faces of many newcomers.
I've looked into their eyes and heard their voices.
Always in the hope that I might find you.
It's not an honest task that I bequeathed.
For our order knows no rigid bonds.
To be gentle and patient,
to care for the riches of the mind,
to reside here in wisdom,
while the storm rages without.
It will be such a one my son as the world has not seen before.
There will be no safety by arms.
No help from authority.
No answer in science.
It will rage till every flower
of culture is trampled
and all human beings are leveled
in a loss chaos.
Ask yourself, has it not already begun?
Do you, really believe that I'll live to see the end of the storm?
I do. That is why it is you
who must preserve
the fragrance of our history
and add to it, a touch of your own mind.
You net…
I…
My vision weakens.
I can see,
the great distance.
A new world
stirring in the ruins.
Stirring clumsily
but in hopefulness.
Seeking its lost and legendary treasures.
They will all be here my son.
Hidden behind the mountains
in the Valley Of The Blue Moon.
Preserve in Shangri-La.
I see...
my...
miracle.
And that's the story.
He said, " I place in your hands the future and destiny of Shangri-La."
I now know that
I found the answers to all the confusion of the
world that has plagued me for a long time.
I found what I'm searching for…
I don't know what to say to you.
Do you really believe everything he told you?
Yes, I do.
Without any proof?
The proof is in the man himself.
In everything I've felt. Here, from the beginning.
Doesn't the story mean anything to you?
What could it mean to me?
You're right George. This is no place for you.
And you should realize it's no place for you either.
You're needed in the outside world
where the problems are far more urgent and pressing
than they are here in Shangri-La.
Here, here you just marking time.
Besides think of your obligations to the U.N.
I know the obligations.
I know.
But I've found peace here.
And I've found love.
And I must hold on to it.
I'm going to pack and see to the others.
Richard, I beg you to think again.
And change your mind.
George, I'm staying.
Sorry.
I'm very sorry.
I shall miss you. So will a lot of other people.
So you won't be lonely, I've talked to the rest of them.
They're staying too.
So it'll be just Maria and me.
Maria, what she got to do with it?
She's coming with me.
- You can't take her away. - Why not?
Don't you know what will happen to her if she leaves Shangri-La?
She'll begin to live the happiest part of her life. That's what will happen.
She'll begin to live the last moments of her life.
Her beauty is…
She must stay here where she's safe.
She's young and strong, she'll manage the trip all right.
George listen, she can't make that trip.
She's not young and strong. Chang told me that she came here, …
80 years ago.
Eighty?
What are you talking about?
Oh come on Richard, you can't believe that.
You've seen her, she's not a day over 20.
Shangri-La will keep her youthful indefinitely.
I see. And what if she leaves Shangri-La?
Chang said she would quickly revert to her actual age.
And you must believe it.
Look, will you believe me if I prove you're wrong?
And will you then see that, if I'm right about Maria,
I'm probably right about the rest too.
I'll die if I have to stay here alone now.
George promised he wouldn't leave me.
If it weren't for me you'd never get out.
It was I who bribed the porters.
They were forbidden by the High Lama to take any one out of here.
- Is it true? - I was with her.
They only took the bribe because he's dead now.
But aren't you afraid to leave? You know what will happen if you go.
Happen?
Ah, I suppose Chang told you that I am old.
That is part of the myth of Shangri-La.
Chang did tell you didn't he.
Yes.
Look at me Mr. Conway,
Do I look like an old woman?
Is this the skin of an old woman?
Are these the eyes of an old woman?
And in my heart, are these the feedings of an old woman?
Do you believe I have been here for 80 years?
Like us, she was kidnapped.
They brought her here just two years ago.
Well I don't believe it. I can't believe it. She's lying.
You're lying every word you said is a lie. Now come on admit it.
What reason would I have for lying?
Look Mr. Conway,
the chances are, we will never live through this terrible journey.
But, I would rather go out there with George,
and die in a snowstorm than stay here one minute more.
But why have they told me this story!
Because they need you here.
Sally and the others have already found ways to be useful,
But you're the one they were after, you had to be convinced.
But your job isn't here and you must realize that now.
Are you telling me the truth?
I am 20 years old and I was brought here two years ago.
I'm going to need your help on this journey.
We both are.
Please come with us Richard.
I believe her.
Humph.
I once said to Chang that I was afraid this was a dream
from which I might suddenly and unhappily awake.
All right, I'll come with you.
Catherine!
Catherine?
To Len.
- Yes Mr. Conway. - Where's Catherine?
Chang has given orders that she cannot be disturbed.
But where is she, I must see her.
I regret that is not possible Mr. Conway.
Richard! Richard come on.
I can't find Catherine.
I'm sorry, but the porters won't wait.
Richard, the porters won't wait.
I hope they make it.
Doesn't tempt you, does it Harry?
Not me Sam.
We can still go with them if you want to.
What's happened? Where's Richard?
He's leaving my child.
- Leaving?! - But, he will return.
Richard!
Richard.
Richard, hurry!
Richard!
Richard.
[Hundunn!]
Can't you get them to wait.
They're leaving us father behind everyday.
They're only trying to save themselves. We're too slow.
I am sorry. I cannot go faster.
I cannot move faster.
- Hey! Hey! - Hey! Hey!
[Hoodelee]
Aahh!
Richard.
Help me.
I must rest. I cannot go on any longer.
I must rest!
I'll carry her.
Richard? Richard!
Richard, her-her face!
Look at her face!
There's a cave over there.
Help me.
There.
Ugh.
No!
- Oh no! - George!
No no!
- George! - No!
Aaaahh!
Aah!
Doctor.
How are you Mr. Conway?
I dreamt for a moment that I was back again.
Back again? Where?
Where?
How are you feeling?
I don't know whether I've been mad, and now sane or,
I was sane for a time and now mad again.
Mr. Conway.
How do you know my name?
The whole world knows your name and wonders what happened to you?
You were flying back from a U.N. peace mission when your plane disappeared.
Peace mission.
- Did we succeeded? - Sadly no.
But there's always hope.
Yes hope.
It must be that.
Mr. Ferguson, I'm Dr. Verden.
I told Conway you're coming.
- Oh good. This is my associate Theo Murphy. - How do you do.
- Dr.. - Please come with me.
Follow me.
When the tribesmen found him wandering in the lower valley,
he was totally lost.
Suffering from snow blindness and near starvation.
Despite this, they had a hard time getting him to the village.
So keen was he to get back into the mountains.
To get to this place called Shangri-La.
Shangri-La. Yes, that was in your report.
- But do you think...? - You'll hear about it from him.
Come.
Where he is he?
I'm afraid you arrived too late.
He's gone.
Gone?
Shangri-La.
On and on he talked about this fantastic place.
He must return. He must return!
Obviously right now that's what he's trying to do.
But I've got to find him.
It's my job to take him home.
Your job won't be easy Mr. Ferguson, even if you do find him.
This, obsession if you will,
kept him alive in the wilderness, beyond all human endurance.
Even here his convalescence is do less to medicine,
than to that, all consuming passion to return.
In Richard Conway's mind,
Shangri-La represents the ultimate way of life.
It's ah, Shangri-La. Do you believe it?
Yes, I believe it.
I believe it, because I want to believe it.
? There's a Lost Horizon, ?
? waiting to be found. ?
? There's a Lost Horizon ?
? where the sound of guns ?
? doesn't pound in your ears, ?
? anymore. ?