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Lawrence of Arabia is a 1962 epic biographical adventure drama film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence and his 1926 book Seven Pillars of Wisdom (also known as Revolt in the Desert [6]). It was directed by David Lean and produced by Sam Spiegel through his British company Horizon Pictures and distributed by Columbia Pictures .
Apr 2, 2013 · Lawrence of Arabia: Directed by David Lean. With Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins. The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
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- Adventure, Biography, Drama
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- 2013-04-02
Dec 14, 2022 · Sixty years after its release, David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia remains highly influential and yet still unsurpassed in its ambitions.
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Aug 6, 2024 · Director David Lean was said to have spent nearly three years making Lawrence of Arabia, which is based on Lawrence’s mammoth memoir The Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926). The movie, shot on location in Jordan , Spain , and Morocco , is famed for its ravishing desert vistas.
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Sep 2, 2001 · T.E. Lawrence must be the strangest hero ever to stand at the center of an epic. To play him, Lean cast one of the strangest of actors, Peter O’Toole, a lanky, almost clumsy man with a beautiful sculptured face and a speaking manner that hesitates between amusement and insolence. O’Toole’s assignment was a delicate one.
Lawrence of Arabia (BFI Film Classics) by Kevin Jackson Paperback This study argues that the film is a unique blend of visionary image-making, narrative power, mythopoetic charm and psychological acuteness; far from being a Boy's Own Tale, it is one of popular cinema's greatest tragedies.
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David Lean. Director: Lawrence of Arabia. An important British filmmaker, David Lean was born in Croydon on March 25, 1908 and brought up in a strict Quaker family (ironically, as a child he wasn't allowed to go to the movies).
