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DVD Release Date
• R1: Apr 3, 2001
• R2: 9 Apr 2001
Budget $12,000,000
Running Time
3 hours, 36 minutes
Country UK
Studio Columbia Pictures
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Other Titles
• Lawrence of Arabia
• Lawrence von Arabien (1963)
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Genre: Adventure, War, Drama, Epic, Biography, World War I, Period Piece, True Story, Military, Political, Gay/Lesbian, Murder, Spy
Tagline: From the creators of "The Bridge on the River Kwai."
Plot: 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 memory 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
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| Directed by |
David Lean
The Bridge on the River Kwai, Doctor Zhivago, Brief Encounter |
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| Robert Bolt
Doctor Zhivago, The Mission, A Man for All Seasons |
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 | Alec Guinness
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Star Wars |
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