Page 20 THE VILLADOM TIMES II & IV • November 9, 2011 DVD releases (continued from Restaurant page) rushed into production to milk dollars from the original. Voice talent is provided by Larry the Cable Guy, Owen Wilson, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Eddie Izzard, and John Turturro. Sorely missed is Paul Newman as Doc Hudson. The “Cars 2” combo pack contains both Blu-ray and DVD, the cartoon shorts “Air Mater” and “Hawaiian Vacation,” and director commentary. “Lost Horizon” (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment), available on DVD for the first time, is the 1973 musical remake of Frank Capra’s 1937 classic. Made during Hollywood’s obsession with bloated, big-budget musicals, “Lost Horizon” seemed to have all the ingredients of a winner: solid, proven story, a score by then-hot Burt Bacharach, and an all-star cast. The movie works for the first 30 minutes or so before a plane crash brings its survivors to the mystical land of Shangri-La, high in the mountains of Tibet. It’s then that the music kicks in and the film loses its way. Amazingly, non-singers were cast in lead roles: Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Michael York, Olivia Hussey, Sally Kellerman, and George Kennedy. Not one of these actors was exactly a threat to Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand. Only Bobby Van could carry a tune and do some fancy footwork without looking dopey. Some scenes defy description: Ullmann leading a group of what appear to be smiling, singing kids on a sugar high up and down a mountain like a Julie Andrews-ish pied piper; a ludicrous fertility dance performed by Shangri-La’s male population; Kellerman flirting with a stone-faced Kennedy; and John Gielgud looking as out of place as a Chippendale table at Ikea. The DVD contains the restored version with a running time of 149 minutes, deleted musical numbers, sequences restored from the original roadshow version of the film, song demos performed by Burt Bacharach, and vintage featurettes.