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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Actors: José Ferrer (actor), Clive Morton (actor), I.S. Johar (actor), Howard Marion-Crawford (actor), Rafael Hernández (actor), Arthur Kennedy (actor), Noel Howlett (actor), John Bennett (actor), David Lean (actor), Basil Dignam (actor), Jack Hawkins (actor), Alec Guinness (actor), Harry Fowler (actor), Henry Oscar (actor), Peter O'Toole (actor),

Plot: An inordinately complex man who has been labeled everything from hero, to charlatan, to sadist, Thomas Edward Lawrence blazed his way to glory in the Arabian desert, then sought anonymity as a common soldier under an assumed name. The story opens with the death of Lawrence in a motorcycle accident in Dorset at the age of 46, then flashbacks to recount his adventures: as a young intelligence officer in Cairo in 1916, he is given leave to investigate the progress of the Arab revolt against the Turks in World War I. In the desert, he organizes a guerrilla army and--for two years--leads the Arabs in harassing the Turks with desert raids, train-wrecking and camel attacks. Eventually, he leads his army northward and helps a British General destroy the power of the Ottoman Empire.

Keywords: 1910s, 1930s, 70mm-film, abandoned-building, aerial-bombing, air-raid, all-male-cast, anarchy, applause, aqaba-jordan
Genres: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War,
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Quotes:

Prince Feisal: You, I suspect, are chief architect of this compromise. What do you think?::Mr. Dryden: Me, your Highness? On the whole, I wish I'd stayed in Tunbridge Wells.

T.E. Lawrence: The best of them won't come for money; they'll come for me.

T.E. Lawrence: I'm to "assess the situation".::Colonel Brighton: Hmph! Well that won't be too difficult. The situation's bloody awful.

T.E. Lawrence: Do you think I'm just anybody, Ali? Do you?

Sherif Ali: There is the railway. And that is the desert. From here until we reach the other side, no water but what we carry with us. For the camels, no water at all. If the camels die, we die. And in twenty days they will start to die.::T.E. Lawrence: There's no time to waste, then, is there?

Auda abu Tayi: I am Auda abu Tayi! Does Auda serve?::Howeitat tribesmen: NO!::Auda abu Tayi: Does Auda abu Tayi serve?::Howeitat tribesmen: NO!::Auda abu Tayi: [to Lawrence] I carry twenty-three great wounds, all got in battle. Seventy-five men have I killed with my own hands in battle. I scatter, I burn my enemies' tents. I take away their flocks and herds. The Turks pay me a golden treasure, yet I am poor! Because *I* am a river to my people!

T.E. Lawrence: My friends, we have been foolish. Auda will not come to Aqaba. Not for money...::Auda abu Tayi: No.::T.E. Lawrence: ...for Feisal...::Auda abu Tayi: No!::T.E. Lawrence: ...nor to drive away the Turks. He will come... because it is his pleasure.::[pause]::Auda abu Tayi: Thy mother mated with a scorpion.

Club Secretary: I say, Lawrence. You are a clown!::T.E. Lawrence: Ah, well, we can't all be lion tamers.

General Allenby: I thought I was a hard man, sir.::Prince Feisal: You are merely a general. I must be a king.

T.E. Lawrence: I pray that I may never see the desert again. Hear me, God.