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David 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.Product Identifiers
ProducerDavid Lean, Sam Spiegel, Robert A. Harris
EAN5035822205864
eBay Product ID (ePID)3943110
Product Key Features
FormatDVD
Release Year2003
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
Additional Product Features
Subtitle LanguagesEnglish, Hindi, Dutch
Rating12A/12
Director 1David Lean
Release FormatDVD
Leading Role 2Omar Sharif
Leading Role 3Anthony Quinn
Leading Role 1Peter O'toole
Score ComposerMaurice Jarre
ScreenwriterMichael Wilson, Robert Bolt
Running Time227 Minutes
Additional Roles byAlec Guinness, Fernando Sancho, Norman Rossington, John Ruddock, Donald Wolfit, I.S. Johar, Arthur Kennedy, Anthony Quayle, Jack Hawkins, Jose Ferrer, Michel Ray, Claude Rains, Hugh Miller, Gamil Ratib, Henry Oscar
AuthorT.E. Lawrence
Additional GenreGeneral
EditorAnne V. Coates