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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

7.8 Listal rating
8.6 IMDB rating

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An inordinately complex man who has been labeled everything from hero, to charlatan, to sadist, Thomas Edward Lawrence blazed his way to glory in the Arabian desert, then sought anonymity as a common soldier under an assumed name. The story opens with the death of Lawrence in a motorcycle accident in London at the age of 47, then flashbacks to reco ... (more)


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Peter O

Peter O'Toole

T.E. Lawrence
Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Prince Feisal
Anthony Quinn

Anthony Quinn

Auda Abu Tayi
Jack Hawkins

Jack Hawkins

General Lord Edmund Allenby
Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif

Sherif Ali
José Ferrer

José Ferrer

Turkish Bey
Anthony Quayle

Anthony Quayle

Colonel Brighton
Claude Rains

Claude Rains

Mr. Dryden
Arthur Kennedy

Arthur Kennedy

Jackson Bentley
Donald Wolfit

Donald Wolfit

General Murray


Written by (View all) :
T.E. Lawrence

T.E. Lawrence

(writings)
Robert Bolt

Robert Bolt

(screenplay) and


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An astonishing classic epic!

Posted : 1 year, 1 month ago at Oct 18 2:55
"Young men make wars, and the virtues of war are the virtues of young men: courage, and hope for the future. Then old men make the peace, and the vices of peace are the vices of old men: mistrust and caution." It has been decades since Lawrence of Arabia first astonished the world when it hit cinemas back in 1962. In the years succeeding the film's release, it has become one of the highest regarded movies in cinematic history. Lawrence of Arabia has been bestowed with endless accolades, awards and tributes. Reviewers worldwide to this day still continually express their perpetual love and admiration for this passionate historical epic. Frankly, this reviewer feels fairly overwhelmed as everything that can be said about the movie has probably already been said. I'm most likely forty year...Read more

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

Posted : 2 years, 9 months ago at Feb 5 6:59
Okay, just so you know, it gets the 4 stars and not 5 only because I don't quite get the Arab world conflict then, and that's after actually reading his Seven Pillars of Wisdom (what can I say--I went through an intellectual phase). It's uncanny how Peter O'Toole looks exactly like the effete (onscreen, at least) former cartographer, T.E. Lawrence, and then there's David Lean's amazing vistas of the desert, which words fail to describe (he, along with a stellar cast which included Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Quayle and Claude Rains--no females in the cast, at all--took two years to finish the movie). Of course, I'll always remember this as the movie where I fell in love with the young Omar Sharif--but like him or not, I guarantee you'll never forget his grand entrance. For cine...Read more

Rating : 9/10