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The all-time classic film of British Army officer T.E. Lawrence who united the Arab tribes against the Turks during World War I, and became a legend in his own time. (Restored in 1989).

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ProducerDavid Lean, Sam Spiegel, Robert A. Harris

EAN5051124205890

eBay Product ID (ePID)115998258

Product Key Features

ActorAlec Guinness, Fernando Sancho, Norman Rossington, John Ruddock, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Donald Wolfit, I.S. Johar, Arthur Kennedy, Anthony Quayle, Jack Hawkins, Peter O'Toole, Michel Ray, Jose Ferrer, Claude Rains, Hugh Miller, Gamil Ratib, Henry Oscar

Film/TV TitleLawrence of Arabia (Box-Set)

DirectorDavid Lean

Release Year2012

FormatBlu-ray

LanguageEnglish

GenreDrama, General

Run Time202 Mins

Additional Product Features

CertificatePG

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Number of Discs1

ComposerMaurice Jarre

Art DirectorJohn Stoll

Costume DesignerPhyllis Dalton

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Director of PhotographyFreddie Young

Consumer AdviceN/A

Production DesignerJohn Box

AwardsBest Director 1962 - David Lean, Best Picture 1962 -

Additional InformationDavid Lean's masterpiece--perhaps the greatest of screen epics--stars Peter O'Toole in one of the most electrifying debuts in film history. The film is less an ordinary adventure than an experience that leaves an overwhelming sense of the struggle between two powerful forces: the Arabian deserts, immense, intractable, ever-shifting, punishing; and T.E. Lawrence, humble as a monk, flamboyant as a rock star, protean, polymathic, heroic, enigmatic, mad. While working on the staff of British Intelligence in Cairo in 1916, Lawrence's fluency in Arabic earns him a post on a mission sent to establish contact with Prince Feisal (Alec Guinness), leader of the Arab revolt and ally of the British against the German-sponsored Turks in WWI. Impressed by Lawrence's knowledge of their culture, the prince allows the young officer to join his staff, and Lawrence quickly earns the Arabs' respect after he executes acts of extraordinary heroism. As the Englishman's genius for guerrilla warfare becomes evident, he assumes the role of de facto leader of the Arab revolt, uniting the heretofore warring tribes into a devastatingly effective weapon. But the chaos of war also unleashes the repressed officer's powerful need for self-abasement and mortification of the flesh. A visionary work that unfolds one indelible image after another, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA fuses the conflict of man against man, man against nature, and man against himself into a sublime poem of force. The film features a literate script by Robert Bolt and an outstanding cast, which also includes Claude Rains, Jack Hawkins, Arthur Kennedy, Anthony Quinn, Jose Ferrer, and Omar Sharif in his unforgettable desert-crossing debut.

ReviewsTime Out - The passage of time has only proved how difficult it is to run ideas, history, characterisation and landscape in harness on this sort of scale., Timeout - The passage of time has only proved how difficult it is to run ideas, history, characterisation and landscape in harness on this sort of scale., Film4 - It's probably heresy to suggest it's overlong, but if Lean's epic outstays its welcome, there are more than enough magical moments to explain why it enjoys its lofty reputation., Empire Magazine - Sweeping, epic, majestic, awesome, sumptuous, you name the grandiose superlative and you'll be right, with amazing performances and gorgeous visuals, although very, very long.

ScreenwriterMichael Wilson, Robert Bolt

AuthorT.E. Lawrence

EditorAnne V. Coates

Movie/TV TitleLawrence Of Arabia (Box-Set)