Lawrence of Arabia

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On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch

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Widescreen format.
Based on T.E. Lawrence's Seven pillars of wisdom.
Originally produced as motion picture in 1962.
Features include: disc one: archives of Arabia ; historic photographs ; take you behind-the-scenes (Part 1) ; Journey with Lawrence ; interactive map of the Middle East -- disc two: exclusive documentary, The making of Lawrence of Arabia ; a conversation with Steven Spielberg ; four original featurettes: Maan, Jordan: The Camels are cast, In search of Lawrence, Romance of Arabia, Wind, sand and star: The making of a classic ; original newsteel footage of the New York premiere.
DVD-ROM features: archives of Arabia: historic photographs take you behind-the-scenes (part 2) ; advertising campaigns ; theatrical trailers ; talent files.
Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Jose Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy.
The story of T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole), the heroic and troubled man who organized the Arab nations to fight the Turks in World War I and then, having reached a pinnacle of power in Mideast politics, retired to postwar military obscurity.
DVD ; Widescreen.
Contents: Seven pillars of wisdom.

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watch this submitted by Johnny Mac on July 17, 2011, 1:24pm the legend lives on !

loa submitted by a2sue on July 25, 2013, 10:01pm lawrence of arabia is an absolute classic

An Adventure of a Film submitted by Luisa Scavo on July 24, 2014, 9:16am Long, almost arduously so, and worth every minute.

Diverse cast submitted by willow on August 31, 2015, 1:08pm English actor Alec Guinness wore significant makeup to play Prince Feisal, and Mexican-born Anthony Quinn (also well made up) plays Auda abu Tayi. Puerto Rican José Ferrer plays the Turkish Bey, and Omar Sharif (Lebanese-Egyptian) plays Sherif Ali.

Classic submitted by kelleyc on June 22, 2016, 1:36pm A must-see classic for everyone.

An improbable piece of history submitted by ccrose on August 31, 2019, 6:52pm This movie was grueling to film. It took much longer than projected because of the heat that was worse than ever expected. The story is true. A renagade Englishman takes on the leadership of floundering Arabs.
Peter O’toole was magnificent as were each of the other main roles. It’s worth watching because of the reality of the conflict, how unlikely anyone could survive crossing the desert.i would like to watch it again, just to remember the scope of the story.

So great submitted by SaraP on July 25, 2022, 2:32pm I saw it for the first time at The Michigan Theater in 1999. It was hot and packed and I loved every minute of it. I return to this one ever year or so. Everything works perfectly.

Good, but long! submitted by dtarrago on August 6, 2023, 1:08am Interesting story, beautifully shot, but certainly long!