Lawrence of Arabia

Director: David Lean

Overview

"Director David Lean's epic film of the life of one of England's most interesting soldiers is now available in a single disc format. Thankfully you can see this film as it's meant to be seen, in an Anamorphic widescreen 2.20:1 aspect ratio. The audio is a

Product Details

Release Date:	08/23/2005
UPC:	0043396094314
Original Release:	1962
Rating:	PG
Source:	Sony Pictures
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	3:38:00
Sales rank:	4,451

Special Features

Closed Caption;Digitally mastered audio & Anamorphic video; Widescreen presentation; Audio: English 5.1 (Dolby Digital); Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Protuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai; Animated & interactive menus; Scene selections; Feature length approximately 217 minutes. (Approximately 227 minutes including overture, entr'acte and exit music)

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Peter O'Toole	T.E. Lawrence
Alec Guinness	Prince Feisal
Omar Sharif	Sherif Ali Ibn el Karish
Anthony Quinn	Auda Abu Tayi
Jack Hawkins	Gen. Allenby
Anthony Quayle	Col. Brighton
Claude Rains	Mr. Dryden
Arthur Kennedy	Jackson Bentley
Donald Wolfit	Gen. Murray
Gamil Ratib	Majid
Michel Ray	Farraj,Farraj
Zia Mohyeddin	Tafas
John Dimech	Daud
Howard Marion-Crawford	Medical Officer
Jack Gwillim	Club Secretary
Hugh Miller	RAMC Colonel
Kenneth Fortescue	Allenby's Aide
Stuart Saunders	Regimental Sergeant Major
Fernando Sancho	Turkish Sergeant
Henry Oscar	Reciter
Norman Rossington	Corporal Jenkins
John Ruddock	Elder Harith
M. Cher Kaoui	Khitan of Aleppo
Mohammed Habachi	Talal
David Lean	Actor
Maurice Jarre	Actor,Composer
Robert A. Harris	Actor
T.E. Lawrence	Actor
Ken Buckle	Actor
Cliff Richardson	Actor
Robert Bolt	Actor
Anthony Masters	Actor
Sam Spiegel	Actor
Winston Ryder	Actor
Malcolm Cooke	Actor
Robert Rietty	Majid,Voices
Bruce Beeby	Captain at Officer's Club
Barbara Cole	Nurse
Basil Dignam	Cavalry General at Field Briefing
Jack Hedley	Reporter at Lawrence's Funeral
Charles Gray	Voices
Jos? Ferrer	T?rkischer Konsul
Peter Burton	Sheik in Arab Council
I. Johar	Gasim
Harry Fowler	Cpl. Potter

Technical Credits

Robert Bolt

Michael Wilson

T.E. Lawrence

Robert Bolt	Screenwriter
Michael Wilson	Screenwriter
David Lean	Producer
Sam Spiegel	Producer
T.E. Lawrence	Screenwriter
Winston Ryder	Sound Effects
Malcolm Cooke	Sound Effects
Cliff Richardson	Special Effects
Ken Buckle	Stunts
Maude Spector	Casting
Cliff John Richardson	Special Effects
John Cox	Sound/Sound Designer
Robert A. Harris	Producer

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Overture [6:10]
2. Death of a Legend [3:19]
3. On Staff, in Cairo [2:55]
4. Dryden & Murray [1:51]
5. A Chat With the General [2:07]
6. "Find Prince Feisal" [1:17]
7. The Desert Journey Begins [4:31]
8. Friendship [4:28]
9. Ali at the Well [10:01]
10. Colonel Brighton [2:04]
11. What Modern Weapons Do [5:00]
12. In Feisal's Tent [5:38]
13. "Time To Be Great Again" [2:53]
14. "We Need a Miracle" [2:43]
15. "The Nefud Cannot Be Crossed!" [1:19]
16. "In Whose Name Do You Ride?" [2:38]
17. At the Oasis [:26]
18. "That Is the Railway" [1:50]
19. "You Were Drifting" [1:42]
20. Lost in the Desert [9:59]
21. Rescue of Gasim [3:49]
22. "Nothing is Written" [2:08]
23. El Aurens [3:46]
24. Robes of a Sharif [2:02]
25. Auda aby Tayi & Son [2:39]
26. Ali Vs. Auda [2:07]
27. "Dine With Me at Wadi Rum!" [5:34]
28. Execution of Gasim [7:55]
29. Attack on Akaba [3:38]
30. "The Miracle Is Accomplished" [2:25]
31. No Gold in Akaba [3:13]
32. Quicksand [4:23]
33. Suez Canal [:40]
34. The Officers' Bar [3:13]
35. General Allenby [3:01]
36. Planning the Campaign [4:10]
37. Entr'acte [6:37]
38. Jackson Bently, Journalist [4:47]
39. Destroying the Turkish Railway [4:19]
40. "It's Clean" [6:24]
41. Something Honorable [7:28]
42. Detonator [1:52]
43. Capture in Deraa [4:09]
44. "Beat Him" [6:32]
45. "Sleep... Eat" [1:02]
46. "Any Man Is What I Am" [4:43]
47. Entering Jerusalem [3:02]
48. A Clash of Temperment [:58]
49. Bodyguard [2:23]
50. British Staff Meeting [3:05]
51. Roads to Damascus [5:28]
52. "No Prisoners!" [3:22]
53. Chaos in Damascus [:59]
54. Turkish Hospital [2:52]
55. Going Home [9:26]
56. End Credits & Exit Music [8:27]

Menu

Side #1 --
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Subtitles
English
French - Français
Spanish - Español
Portuguese - Portugués
Chinese
Korean
Thai
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Scene Selections

Editorial Reviews

More of a sensory explosion than a simple movie, Lawrence of Arabia is epic in every sense of the word. Its images--of the desert, of the blinding sun, of Peter O'Toole's golden hair and staggeringly blue eyes--are some of the most memorable ever committed to celluloid, and its musical score remains almost unparalleled in its ability to evoke so many associations with a few simple notes. A richly detailed character portrait rather than a biography or an adventure film, Lawrence is the tale of a man at the mercy of both the desert and his own grand ambitions. As played by O'Toole in a star-making performance, Lawrence was a man whose character was defined as much by sexual ambivalence and thorny enigma as by his considerable vision and will -- in other words, a conflicted, fascinating figure whose personality tended both to inspire and to eclipse his cause. It is fitting that a man larger than life should have his story presented as an epic, and equally fitting that this epic is set in the desert, the only stage magnificent and unforgiving enough to showcase Lawrence's persona. Lawrence of Arabia is almost as remarkable for the story behind it as for the story visible on the screen. Director David Lean's handling of his material is legendary, from days spent on location waiting for the "right" sunrise to his staging of several key scenes, most notably that of the desert mirage that slowly evolves from speck to man. That shot alone could have made the film a legend, conveying the mystery, brutality, and scope of the desert just by remaining still and silent. Lean's respect for the desert is evident in every scene: rather than attempting to manipulate it, he lets it speak for itself. The result is one of the cinema's most iconic visual feasts, perhaps even more so because it was one of the last films to be shot in 70mm (as opposed to being blown up to 70mm from 35mm). Restored and re-released in 1989, 27 years after its initial release, Lawrence was still as beautiful and turbulent as its title character, stunning new and old viewers alike.