LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)

DAVID LEAN

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Cast

PETER O'TOOLE ALEC GUINNESS ANTHONY QUINN JACK HAWKINS OMAR SHARIF ROBERT BOLT MICHAEL HENRY WILSON T.E. LAWRENCE SAM SPIEGEL

Plot

A truly epic epic and winner of 7 Academy Awards. Lawrence serves British colonial interests during the First World War by uniting the Arabs against the fast collapsing Ottoman Empire. Stupendous cinemascope drama with a cast of thousands and some of cinema's most famous shots; Sheik Ali's emergence from the desert haze and the storming of Aquaba for example. This is the director's cut, a more coherent version than the original cinema release.