Synopsis
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.
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Cast
- Peter O'TooleT.E. Lawrence
- Alec GuinnessPrince Feisal
- Anthony QuinnAuda abu Tayi
- Jack HawkinsGeneral Allenby
- Omar SharifSherif Ali
- José FerrerTurkish Bey
- Anthony QuayleColonel Harry Brighton
- Claude RainsMr. Dryden
- Arthur KennedyJackson Bentley
- Donald WolfitGeneral Murray
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Christian Science Monitor
In short, they don't make 'em like this one anymore. Viewing it is like taking a time machine to a movie age that was more naive than our own in some ways, more sophisticated and ambitious in others. - 100
Chicago Sun-Times
What a bold, mad act of genius it was, to make Lawrence of Arabia, or even think that it could be made. - 100
Chicago Tribune
It's perhaps only because it can't be seen in its full glory on television that "Lawrence" isn't ranked more highly on some recent all-time "best film" lists. But it belongs near the very top. It's an astonishing, unrepeatable epic. - 100
ReelViews
Riveting from beginning to end, featuring stellar performances, amazing cinematography, and a story without a trace of fat, the film does everything an epic is supposed to do - and more. - 100
TV Guide Magazine
David Lean's splendid biography of the enigmatic T.E. Lawrence paints a complex portrait of the desert-loving Englishman who united Arab tribes in battle against the Ottoman Turks during WWI. - 100
New Times (L.A.)
Released in 1962, it was pretty clearly the most intelligent spectacular within living memory. On its 40th anniversary, it's even better. - 100
Boston Globe
Lawrence is back on the big screen, and it simply demands to be seen. Yes, again. - 100
LarsenOnFilm
The movie manages both senses of scale—the intimate and the expansive—with equal majesty, merging them into something moving, mesmerizing, and poetic, in a way only Lean movies could really manage.