Winner of 7 Academy Awards®, David Lean's superb epic is an undisputed masterpiece, a magnificent film with timeless appeal, one of the great classic movies of all time. Peter O'Toole gives a star-making performance as T.E. Lawrence, the eccentric British officer who united the desert tribes of Arabia against the Turks during World War I. Lean orchestrates sweeping battle sequences and breathtaking action, but the film is really about the adventures and trials that transform Lawrence into a legendary man of the desert. Lean traces this transformation on a vast canvas of awesome physicality; no other movie has captured the expanse of the desert with such scope and grandeur. Equally important is the psychology of Lawrence, who remains an enigma even as we grasp his identification with the desert. Perhaps the greatest triumph of this landmark film is that Lean has conveyed the romance, danger, and allure of the desert with such physical and emotional power. It's a film about a man who leads one life but is irresistibly drawn to another, where his greatness and mystery are allowed to flourish in equal measure.

Video : 16/9 (2.35:1) Widescreen/Anamorphic
Audio :
English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
German (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles : English, Spanish, German, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Hindi, Turkish, Danish, Arabic, Bulgarian, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Greek, Hebrew

Special Features :

Exclusive Documentary ~ “The Making of ‘Lawrence of Arabia’”

Featurette ~ “Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic”

Featurette ~ “A Conversation with Stephen Spielberg”

Featurette ~ “New York Premiere”

Featurette ~ “Lawrence of Arabia – The Marketing Campaigns”

Featurette ~ “In Search of Lawrence”

Featurette ~ “Maan, Jordan: The Camels are Cast”

Featurette ~ “Romance of Arabia”

Set-Top features – Maps : Journey with Lawrence (Text and Photos)

Talent files

Advertising Campaigns

DVD Rom ~ Archives of Arabia : Photos and Text for each video chapter

Original Theatrical trailer

Interactive Menus

Scene Selections

Direct Scene Access

Running Time : 218 Minutes

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.

The all-time classic film of British Army officer T.E. Lawrence who united the Arab tribes against the Turks during World War I, and became a legend in his own time. (Restored in 1989).

Artist(s):

FEATURE FILM

Director:

David Lean

Producer:

Robert A. Harris; David Lean; Sam Spiegel

Composer(s):

Maurice Jarre

Screenwriter:

Robert Bolt; Michael Wilson

Studio:

Columbia

Director of Photography:

Freddie Young

Art Director:

John Stoll

Author:

T.E. Lawrence

Costume Designer:

Phyllis Dalton

Label:

Columbia

Duration:

227

Zone:

ZONE 2

Age Restriction:

12

Features:

4 Making of Documentary, The Original Theatrical Trailer, A Conversation with Steven Spielberg, Foot

4 Making of Documentary, The Original Theatrical Trailer, A Conversation with Steven Spielberg, Footage from the New York Premier, Plus Five Other Featurettes, Maps, Text and Photos, DVD Rom - Archives Of Arabia, Filmographies of the Cast and Crew.

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