Lawrence of Arabia

Peter O'Toole Director: David Lean 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 also pretty good, in English Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby Digital stereo with subtitles in English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese and Thai. There aren't a lot of extras on this one because it's such a long film, but it is available in a 2-disc set if you're looking for more.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/27/2002
UPC:	0043396094314
Original Release:	1962
Rating:	PG
Source:	Sony Pictures
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Time:	3:38:00
Sales rank:	458

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
Anthony Quinn	Auda abu Tayi
Jack Hawkins	Gen. Allenby
Omar Sharif	Sherif Ali ibn el Kharish
Claude Rains	Mr. Dryden
José Ferrer	Turkish Bey
Anthony Quayle	Col. Harry Brighton
Arthur Kennedy	Jackson Bentley
Donald Wolfit	Gen. Murray
I.S. Johar	Gasim
Michael Ray	Farraj
Gamil Ratib	Majid
John Dimech	Daud
Hugh Miller	RAMC Colonel
Harry Fowler	Cpl. Potter
Jack Hedley	Reporter
Kenneth Fortescue	Allenby's Aide
Howard Marion-Crawford	Medical Officer
Zia Mohyeddin	Tafas
Henry Oscar	Reciter
Norman Rossington	Corporal Jenkins
John Ruddock	Elder Harith
Fernando Sancho	Turkish Sergeant
Stuart Saunders	Regimental Sergeant Major
Jack Gwyllim	Club Secretary

Technical Credits

Robert Bolt

Michael Wilson

David Lean	Director,Producer
Robert Bolt	Screenwriter
John Box	Production Designer
Anne V. Coates	Editor
John Cox	Sound/Sound Designer
Phyllis Dalton	Costumes/Costume Designer
Ernest Day	Camera Operator
Maurice Jarre	Score Composer
Tony Masters	Production Designer
John Palmer	Production Manager
Charles Parker	Makeup
Cliff John Richardson	Special Effects
Tony Rimmington	Asst. Director
Dario Simoni	Set Decoration/Design
Maude Spector	Casting
Sam Spiegel	Producer
Roy Stevens	Asst. Director
John Stoll	Art Director
Morris W. Stoloff	Musical Direction/Supervision
Michael Wilson	Screenwriter
Freddie Young	Cinematographer

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 --
   Play Movie
   Subtitles
      English
      French - Français
      Spanish - Español
      Portuguese - Portugués
      Chinese
      Korean
      Thai
      Subtitles Off
   Scene Selections

Editorial Reviews

Decades after its initial theatrical release, Lawrence of Arabia remains the quintessential movie epic: lavish, sweeping, and literate, played against a grand historical backdrop and peopled with sharply drawn characters. The Academy Award winner for Best Picture in 1962, it also earned an Oscar for director David Lean (The Bridge on the River Kwai), whose command of filmmaking technique was never more aptly demonstrated. Peter O’Toole achieved international stardom following his portrayal of T. E. Lawrence, the enigmatic British intelligence officer who participated in a 1916 Arab revolt against Turkish oppressors and became a legendary figure throughout the Middle East. The arduous desert campaign is detailed with scope and style, and though Lean and screenwriter Robert Bolt never quite get a handle on their charismatic but cryptic protagonist, they limn memorable secondary characters like Omar Sharif’s fiery rebel chieftain, Alec Guinness’s crafty Arab prince, and Jack Hawkins’s stolid British general. A meticulously crafted film, truly a feast for the eyes and ears, Lawrence of Arabia is also a rousing adventure guaranteed to stir the emotions. The long-awaited DVD version is newly remastered from fully restored film elements and includes four Lawrence featurettes in addition to original newsreel footage of Lawrence himself, as well as a conversation with director and Lawrence fan Steven Spielberg.

Barnes & Noble - Ed Hulse

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.

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