the retelling of a classic story be set to the music of burt bacharach and lyric of hal david . the actor seem like real people in this fairytale of the outside world meeting with mystical shangra la . it be a joy to watch bobby van and whose act put me in mind of red button and and and a always and george kennedy ( cool hand luke ) who always manage to carry gravitas in his role . the surprise here be charles boyer a the elder high lama . who would have know . all star cast include michael york and olivia hussey make this work a keeper for those of u who cherish people .