Lawrence d'Arabia

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Production was halted to move production to Spain, but filming did not resume for three months becau [...]	D
The very last words of the film are: "Goodbye Dolly I must leave you, though it breaks my heart to g [...]	D
This movie's American premiere was presented during a newspaper strike in New York City. The few cri [...]	D
The Arabs frequently refer to T.E. Lawrence as "Awrence" and later "El Awrence." In Arabic, "El" or [...]	D
When George Stevens fell behind schedule during the filming of The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), [...]	D
On his first location scouting trip in Jordan, director Sir David Lean discovered the remains of the [...]	D
For T.E. Lawrence's death scene, Peter O'Toole sat on a bike that was strapped to a trailer and pull [...]	D
As the departure for location shooting neared, director Sir David Lean still didn't have a final scr [...]	D
Costume designer Phyllis Dalton devised a subtle way to indicate T.E. Lawrence's failing grip. As th [...]	D
Peter O'Toole and Anthony Quayle would go on to star together in Masada (1981).	D
The one humped Dromedary camel is seen early on. This camel was used throughout the Middle Eastern r [...]	D
Wadi Rum, the valley in Jordan where some of the filming took place, is so bleak and barren that it [...]	D
Sir Anthony Quayle thought the character of Colonel Brighton was an idiot, but Sir David Lean told h [...]	D
Producer Sam Spiegel and director Sir David Lean wanted Marlon Brando for the title role, Brando who [...]	D
Cary Grant was producer Sam Spiegel's first choice for General Allenby. But director Sir David Lean [...]	D
The 35mm master interpositive produced by Technicolor in 1966 had reel 2A flipped. So left and right [...]	D
When Henry Oscar, who was not a native Arabic speaker, was reciting from the Koran, an Imam was on h [...]	D
The production schedule was so long that producer Sam Spiegel insisted on a two-month break. This af [...]	D
To film Omar Sharif's entrance through a mirage, Freddie Young used a special 482mm lens from Panavi [...]	D
This movie premiered in London at the Royal Command Performance for 1962 on Monday, December 10. Tic [...]	D
In an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992), Peter O'Toole confessed quite proudly tha [...]	D
Soldiers from the Moroccan Army were employed as extras without pay, which they understandably resen [...]	D
Competing with this movie for production rights and funding was a stage play by Terence Rattigan cal [...]	D
Sir David Lean happened to catch a B-movie called The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960), wh [...]	D
The first time Peter O'Toole tried riding a camel, blood oozed from his jeans. "This is a very delic [...]	D
Anthony Quayle and Alec Guinness would go on to star together in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) [...]	D
When he first heard that the movie was going to be produced, Lowell Thomas (on whom the Jackson Bent [...]	D
In 1991, this movie was added to the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress [...]	D
Although 3 hours and 36 minutes long, this movie has no women in speaking roles. It is reportedly th [...]	D
Sir Alec Guinness had a life-long interest in T.E. Lawrence, and had played him on stage in a produc [...]	D
When Omar Sharif signed on with producer Sam Spiegel to do this movie, it was a seven-picture deal a [...]	D
Because filming was not possible in the complete darkness of night, the night scenes were filmed dur [...]	D
At that year's Academy Awards, Omar Sharif was the only "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" Oscar nomi [...]	D
Anthony Nutting convinced King Hussein of Jordan that this movie would boost tourism, thus bringing [...]	D
To capture Jordan's grandeur, Sir David Lean decided to shoot the movie in Super Panavision 70mm. He [...]	D
To accommodate the cast and crew while they were filming in the desert, the production company set u [...]	D
General Murray's (Donald Wolfit's) line about the Arab revolt being "a sideshow of a sideshow" was a [...]	D
The character of Tafas--the Arab guide shot by Ali (Omar Sharif) for drinking water from the wrong w [...]	D
During the desert location shoot, after each rehearsal and take, 300 Bedouins wearing sandals muffle [...]	D
Behind the counter of the officers' club in Cairo (at around 2h 07 mins) there are two reproductions [...]	D
While the team behind the restoration of this movie in 1989 found all of the surviving footage cut a [...]	D
Arthur Kennedy replaced Edmond O'Brien in the role of Jackson Bentley--the photo-journalist characte [...]	D
The real Laurence was a foot shorter than O'Toole and looked like Stan Laurel,	D
Omar Sharif was originally cast to play T.E. Lawrence's guide Tafas.	D
The first Spanish location was in Seville, where the company got to stay in hotels. The production t [...]	D
This movie was banned in many Arab countries as they felt Arab historical figures and the Arab peopl [...]	D
Costume designer Phyllis Dalton deliberately made Peter O'Toole's Army outfit too small and ill-fitt [...]	D
Anthony Nutting had to negotiate hiring the Bedouin tribesmen, who wanted Â£1 million. When Nuttin [...]	D
After signing for the movie, Peter O'Toole was flown to New York City to meet the Columbia Pictures [...]	D
Anthony Quinn applied his own make-up and would often arrive in real Arab clothes. At one point, Sir [...]	D
Two actors named Jack Hawkins are in this movie: Jack Hawkins, the veteran character actor who playe [...]	D
This is Steven Spielberg's all-time favorite movie.	D
In 1995, the Writers Guild decided that Michael Wilson had written enough material for this movie to [...]	D
After the tremendous success of The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), producer Sam Spiegel and direct [...]	D
Albert Finney's screentests in Arab costume as T.E. Lawrence are the most requested viewing item in [...]	D
T.E. Lawrence and his Arabs are shown capturing Damascus, but the city had been captured by Australi [...]	D
Sir David Lean never saw any dailies while filming. He only missed one day of work, though the produ [...]	D
Initially the production used white plastic cups for its drinking water, but the wind would frequent [...]	D
While working on the 1989 restoration of the film, those involved had a hard time locating actor Art [...]	D
Jack Hawkins was originally set to take on the part of Colonel Harry Brighton. When he was shifted o [...]	D
Producer Sam Spiegel offered William Holden the role of Jackson Bentley.	D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.	D
After three months of shooting in the Seville area, the company moved again--350 miles (564 kilomete [...]	D
David Niven turned down the role of Colonel Harry Brighton.	D
Various members of the film's crew portrayed minor characters. First assistant director Roy Stevens [...]	D
The Allenby family lodged a formal complaint against Columbia Pictures about the portrayal of their [...]	D
Peter O'Toole lost 28 pounds making this movie.	D
One of the major scenes shot in southern Spain was the attack on the Turkish railroad. The crew laid [...]	D
Throughout shooting, producer Sam Spiegel continued to feign heart attacks whenever he wasn't happy [...]	D
After deciding to cast an unknown actor in the role of T.E. Lawrence, Sir David Lean arranged a scre [...]	D
The cast includes four Oscar winners (Anthony Quinn, JosÃ© Ferrer, Sir David Lean, and Sir Alec Gu [...]	D
This movie had been slated to go into production in 1953 with John Wayne in the lead. It collapsed d [...]	D
Property manager Eddie Fowlie coordinated the move to Spain on a large tramp steamer. The strangest [...]	D
(June 2008) Ranked #1 on the American Film Institute's list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "E [...]	D
The only studio set built for this movie was the set for the crypt in St. Paul's Cathedral, London-- [...]	D
Peter O'Toole and Jack Hawkins became close friends on-set, much to Sir David Lean's consternation. [...]	D
T.E. Lawrence was riding from the Bovington Army Camp to his cottage in Cloud Hill when his fatal ac [...]	D
Director Sir David Lean wanted Malcolm Arnold to score the movie, while producer Sam Spiegel wanted [...]	D
Lawrence Kasdan, Steven Spielberg, and Joel Silver all designated this movie as their favorite movie [...]	D
Montgomery Clift coveted the role of T.E. Lawrence and actively lobbied for the part with director S [...]	D
Mr. Dryden was based loosely on numerous figures, including Sir Ronald Storrs, who was head of the A [...]	D
T.E. Lawrence's brother, A.W. Lawrence, who was also executor of his will, wasn't keen on the movie' [...]	D
Peter O'Toole spent three months learning how to live as an Arab before a frame of film was shot. He [...]	D
This movie's military advisor, an Army officer, went mad with sunstroke, wandering out of his tent i [...]	D
While assisting screenwriter Robert Bolt with research, Anthony Nutting was working on his own biogr [...]	D
When film conservationists Robert A. Harris and Jim Painten got permission from Columbia Pictures to [...]	D
This movie is included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list.	D
This movie features Omar Sharif's only Oscar nominated performance.	D
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) is one of the favourite movies of many directors, such as Steven Spielberg [...]	D
While filming in Morocco, the crew took up residence at an old Foreign Legion encampment in Ouarzaza [...]	D
When this movie first came out, rumors spread that some theater managers turned down the air conditi [...]	D
In 1999, it was ranked #3 on "The British Film Institute's 100 Greatest British Films of the 20th Ce [...]	D
Peter O'Toole had rhinoplasty before filming began.	D
Indian actor Dilip Kumar, known as the "Tragedy King", was offered the role of Sherif Ali, but he de [...]	D
Scenes of Edmund Allenby's Jerusalem headquarters were filmed at the Moorish mansion, Casa de Pilato [...]	D
While shooting Peter O'Toole and I.S. Johar riding together on a single camel, Sir David Lean saw th [...]	D
Sir David Lean argued with his second unit directors on how to film the battle scenes, firing one (A [...]	D
This movie credits list Sir Adrian Boult as the conductor. According to the liner notes on the Vares [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of the Top 100 Most Heart-Pounding American M [...]	D
Colonel Brighton is in essence a composite of all of the British officers who served in the Middle E [...]	D
After producer Sam Spiegel choosing him for the part of T.E. Lawrence, Peter O'Toole signed a contra [...]	D
According to Sir Alec Guinness, Sir David Lean exploded at Jack Hawkins for lightening the mood on-s [...]	D
It took impeccable planning to prepare the railroad attack. The filmmakers could only film the seque [...]	D
Sir Alec Guinness was made up to resemble the real Faisal as closely as possible. When they were sho [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the "Top 100 Greatest American Movies."	D
This film was voted the 18th greatest film of all time by "Entertainment Weekly."	D
Gamil Ratib was dubbed by Robert Rietty.	D
Peter O'Toole's performance as T.E. Lawrence is the #1 ranked performance of all time in "Premiere M [...]	D
Sir David Lean watched John Ford's The Searchers (1956) time after time for inspiration.	D
Sir Alec Guinness said in interviews that he developed his Arab accent from a conversation he had wi [...]	D
Jackson Bentley was based on famed American journalist Lowell Thomas. Thomas helped make T.E. Lawren [...]	D
The crew had great difficulty getting camels in Spain and Morocco.	D
This movie was largely based on T.E. Lawrence's autobiography "Seven Pillars of Wisdom", which a 195 [...]	D
In a dried riverbed in Spain, designers recreated the entire town of Aqaba, Jordan, circa 1916. Cont [...]	D
This movie depicts the seizing of the port of Aqaba by the Arabs as a stirring sneak-attack that cau [...]	D
When Lawrence and Farraj arrive in Cairo (from the Suez Canal), at the end of the scene (at around 3 [...]	D
This movie took longer to make than it did for the real T.E. Lawrence to go from Lieutenant to Colon [...]	D
Sir David Lean and Omar Sharif's first movie together.	D
Two miles of railroad track were laid for the train scenes.	D
Sir Laurence Olivier was offered the roles of Prince Feisal, Edmund Allenby, and Auda Abu Tayi. He d [...]	D
The Sherif Ali character is a combination of numerous Arab leaders--particularly Sharif Nassir, Fais [...]	D
T.E. Lawrence declined invitations to film his writings as early as 1926, when Rex Ingram suggested [...]	D
Peter O'Toole dubbed Spain, "Pontefract with scorpions".	D
AndrÃ© De Toth suggested a shot wherein bags of blood would be machine-gunned, spraying the screen [...]	D
Peter O'Toole claimed that he never viewed the completed movie until nearly two decades after its or [...]	D
Throughout his career, Peter O'Toole was notorious for fluffing his lines by breaking into fits of l [...]	D
Peter O'Toole had only one son , and he christened him "Lorcan". "Lorcan" is the Gaelic, or Irish, f [...]	D
Some of the desert scenes for this movie were shot at Merthyr Mawr Sand Dunes, near Bridgend, South [...]	D
When first telecast by ABC, this movie was shown in two parts on two successive nights because of it [...]	D
Despite this movie's success, many people disliked it due to its fictional elements (fictional chara [...]	D
Peter O'Toole claimed that he learned more about acting from his few days of filming with JosÃ© Fe [...]	D
When the company moved from Jordan to Spain aboard ship, the camels travelled reclined with their le [...]	D
Director Sir David Lean didn't see his first royalty check for this movie until 1978.	D
When sandstorms periodically hit the set, Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif found that the safest place [...]	D
Screenwriter Robert Bolt's original writing contract with producer Sam Spiegel was for three months, [...]	D
Anthony Quinn and Sir Anthony Quayle previously starred together in The Guns of Navarone (1961).	D
In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #7 Greatest Movie of All Time.	D
When filming in Jordan, every drop of water for the production was brought in by truck from the near [...]	D
The moment when T.E. Lawrence, freshly adorned in his new flowing white robes, raises his dagger to [...]	D
The Turkish Bey who captured T.E. Lawrence in Deraa--according to Lawrence, General Hajim Bey (in Tu [...]	D
JosÃ© Ferrer was initially very unsatisfied about the small part he was offered. He only accepted [...]	D
Sir David Lean personally supervised the first cuts that brought the movie down to three hours, as h [...]	D
During the initial release, the joke spread that one patron had gone to the ticket window and reques [...]	D
Almost all movement in the movie goes from left to right. Director Sir David Lean said he did this t [...]	D
Jack Hawkins portrays Edmund Allenby. His cousin, Anthony Hawkins played the same character in The L [...]	D
Producer Sam Spiegel wanted director Sir David Lean to consider the cost-saving benefits of shooting [...]	D
Steven Spielberg estimated that to make this movie today would cost in the region of $285 million. I [...]	D
Once filming commenced, French film actor Maurice Ronet was replaced by Omar Sharif in the role of A [...]	D
Included among the 25 films on the American Film Institute's 2005 list of AFI's 100 Years of Film Sc [...]	D
Producer Sam Spiegel was initially opposed to the casting of Peter O'Toole. He had already worked wi [...]	D
The role of Sherif Ali was originally intended for Horst Buchholz, but he was forced to turn it down [...]	D
Sir David Lean hoped to film in the real Aqaba and the archaeological site at Petra. Much to his reg [...]	D
Sir David Lean originally wanted Albert Finney for the title role. Katharine Hepburn urged producer [...]	D
In July 1961, the company moved to their first location, Jebel Tubeiq near the Saudi Arabian border. [...]	D
The scene where T.E. Lawrence is given his first Arab clothes wasn't working as written, so Sir Davi [...]	D
In almost 4 hours of film there is no speaking part for a woman,	D
Casting was completed before the script was finished.	D
Contrary to some sources, Richard Burton was never offered the lead role due to the financial failur [...]	D
In the early days of the production, when the Bentley character had a more prominent role in the mov [...]	D
After six months filming in the desert, Peter O'Toole was allowed to return to Britain for a week's [...]	D
Peter O'Toole attended press interviews drunk.	D
After five months shooting in Jordan, producer Sam Spiegel ran short on cash and moved the entire pr [...]	D
A few years after this movie was made, Turkish cinema made Ã‡Ã¶l Kartali (1972) a high-budget m [...]	D
Many who had known T.E. Lawrence and other real figures featured in the movie were horrified by the [...]	D
Maurice Jarre was hired to write the dramatic musical score; Aram Khachaturyan was to handle the eas [...]	D
During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) in the 1970s, Peter O'Toole w [...]	D
The character of Jackson Bentley is based on the real-life journalist and travel expert Lowell Thoma [...]	D
Peter O'Toole sometimes played practical jokes on-set that were not always appreciated by everyone. [...]	D
Peter O'Toole feared he was having a nervous breakdown due to the harsh terrain and the pressure enf [...]	D
Omar Sharif was already a big star in his native Egypt when he got the call to meet producer Sam Spi [...]	D
Anthony Perkins was considered for the lead role. But when he scored a hit with Sir Alfred Hitchcock [...]	D
Jack Hawkins and Sir Alec Guinness shaved their heads for their roles.	D
When he re-dubbed his dialogue for the restored version, Peter O'Toole made fun of his inexperience [...]	D
King Hussein of Jordan lent an entire brigade of his Arab Legion as extras for the movie, so most of [...]	D
The man on motorbike yelling "Who are you?" at Lawrence and Farraj from the other side after they re [...]	D
Despite the fictional elements, many people who watched this movie acknowledged the fact that the mo [...]	D
Peter O'Toole's screen test was more modest than Albert Finney's, taking only a day to shoot. He dye [...]	D
This movie missed out on an eleventh Oscar nomination, for Best Costume Design, because someone forg [...]	D
Producer Sam Spiegel was once known as "S.P. Eagle." He had an amazing talent for finding unusual ma [...]	D
In the opening scene, following the fatal motorcycle crash, the registration of the fallen motorcycl [...]	D
Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif would often go drinking and gambling together in Beirut on their days [...]	D
In his autobiography and in a letter to George Bernard Shaw's wife, there are indications that T.E. [...]	D
This movie spent two years in pre-production before fourteen months of shooting in locations like Jo [...]	D
Producer Sam Spiegel and director Sir David Lean's already testy relationship soon reached the break [...]	D
Although women have no lines in the movie, they occasionally can be seen in the background of some s [...]	D
Elaborate screen tests with Albert Finney as T.E. Lawrence were shot at a cost of Â£100,000. Finne [...]	D
Peter O'Toole was often injured during filming. He received third-degree burns, sprained both ankles [...]	D
Referring to the secret Sykes-Picot Treaty, Faisal speaks of "the need to keep (the Arabs) in the Br [...]	D
Michael Wilson worked on the screenplay for over a year, but he was summarily dismissed by Sir David [...]	D
The first scene of the film, after the main titles, where Lawrence starts his motorcycle and leaves [...]	D
While filming, Peter O'Toole bonded with co-star Omar Sharif. Recalls Sharif, "Peter and I were like [...]	D
(At around 40 minutes) When T.E. Lawrence and Colonel Brighton first sit with King Faisal in Faisal' [...]	D
The night before the Los Angeles premiere, Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif attended a performance by c [...]	D
The motorcycle T.E. Lawrence was riding when he died was a Brough Superior. He owned seven of them.	D
When Omar Sharif screentested to play Sherif Ali, Sir David Lean wanted to give the character facial [...]	D
In the actual Battle of Aqaba, T.E. Lawrence was nearly killed when his camel threw him after he acc [...]	D
Sir David Lean had less than two months to prepare the movie for its premiere after completing secon [...]	D
Riding into battle in one scene, T.E. Lawrence shouts, "No prisoners, no prisoners!". This command w [...]	D
Notice the attention to detail when T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) is writing out the promissory note [...]	D
Charles Gray re-voiced some of the vocal performance of Jack Hawkins for the 1989 restored edition.	D
For the 1989 reconstruction and restoration, many scenes of dialogue were missing. As a result, Pete [...]	D
The final shoot location for the movie was in Morocco, where the production had moved to shoot the m [...]	D
Sir David Lean thought that one of T.E. Lawrence's key conflicts throughout the movie would be his i [...]	D
Sir Alec Guinness admired Peter O'Toole's talent and charm but, as he watched him drink to excess on [...]	D
The charge on Aqaba employed 450 horses and 150 camels.	D
Peter O'Toole and Anthony Quinn's second movie together.	D
When the movie was finally put together and shown to T.E. Lawrence's brother, Professor A.W. Lawrenc [...]	D
JosÃ© Ferrer had to be talked into taking the role of the sadistic Bey, dubious about it being suc [...]	D
At one point, when filming was progressing far too slowly for his liking, producer Sam Spiegel invit [...]	D
The score was used in a scene in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). Incidentally, this movie was Sir Roger [...]	D
Peter O'Toole won his career-making (and legendary) part as T.E. Lawrence after it was turned down b [...]	D
During filming, Peter O'Toole visited Bethlehem. He was unmoved by the experience, calling it "Chris [...]	D
Peter O'Toole was considerably taller and better-looking than the real T.E. Lawrence (6'2" to Lawren [...]	D
The famous cut from T.E. Lawrence blowing out a match to the desert sunrise was originally just goin [...]	D
Because Jordan had had no snow the year before, the scenes of T.E. Lawrence's trek through the mount [...]	D
According to Peter O'Toole, he was taught to to ride a camel by the grandson of Audi Abu Tayh, the c [...]	D
Albert Finney did a screen test for the role of Lawrence but turned the part down,	D
The town of Aqaba was re-created in a dried river bed in southern Spain and consisted of over three [...]	D
As production wound down in Jordan, Omar Sharif and Peter O'Toole wanted to prepare themselves for t [...]	D
Restorer Robert A. Harris and editor Anne V. Coates went through 450 rusted old film cans for the 19 [...]	D
This film is in the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd.	D
T.E. Lawrence's brother, Cambridge archaeologist A.W. Lawrence, saw the movie and said he didn't rec [...]	D
T.E. Lawrence's rescue of the lost Gasim actually happened, as recounted in his book "Seven Pillars [...]	D
The train wreck sequence was filmed in Spain.	D
Omar Sharif, who is Middle Eastern (Egyptian), played a Middle-Eastern character. Other Middle-Easte [...]	D
Upon being cast, Peter O'Toole immediately set out to research T.E. Lawrence, almost memorizing "Sev [...]	D

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