Lawrence of Arabia
Lawrence of Arabia is a British epic movie from 1962, based on the life of T. E. Lawrence. It stars Peter O'Toole as the title character, along with Omar Sharif and Alec Guinness. The opening scene of the movie shows Lawrence dying in a motorcycle accident. The movie then goes into a series of flashbacks (past events) from his life.
| Lawrence of Arabia | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | David Lean |
| Produced by | Sam Spiegel |
| Written by | T. E. Lawrence (writings) Robert Bolt Michael Wilson (blacklisted) |
| Starring | Peter O'Toole Omar Sharif Alec Guinness Anthony Quinn |
| Music by | Maurice Jarre |
| Cinematography | Freddie Young |
| Edited by | Anne V. Coates |
Production companies | Horizon Pictures |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | December 10, 1962 (UK) December 16, 1962 (USA) |
Running time | 216 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English / Arabic / Turkish |
| Budget | $15 million (estimated) |
The 1982 movie Gandhi follows the story pattern of Lawrence of Arabia's: after the main character dies at the start, it moves into a series of flashbacks from Gandhi's life.
Lawrence of Arabia won seven Academy Awards, one of them for Best Picture.
Considered one of the greatest movies ever made, it has appeared on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies list (as the number five selecion).
A director's cut of the movie, running at 216 minutes, has no women talking in it.
Lawrence Of Arabia Media
Lawrence's birthplace, Gorphwysfa, in Tremadog, Carnarvonshire
The Lawrence family lived at 2 Polstead Road, Oxford from 1896 to 1921
Leonard Woolley (left) and Lawrence at the excavation of Carchemish, c. 1912
Early Hittite carving found by Lawrence (centre) and Leonard Woolley (right) in Carchemish
Lawrence at Aqaba, 1917
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence.
Map presented by Lawrence to the Eastern Committee of the War Cabinet in November 1918
Emir Faisal's party at Versailles, during the Paris Peace Conference of 1919; left to right: Rustum Haidar, Nuri al-Said, Prince Faisal (front), Captain Pisani (rear), Lawrence, Faisal's servant (name unknown), Captain Hassan Khadri
Lawrence, Emir Abdullah, Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond, Sir Wyndham Deedes, and others in Jerusalem
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Other websites
- Lawrence of Arabia on IMDb
- Greatest Films
- RaveCentral Archived 2006-01-30 at the Wayback Machine