The original movie had a "pee break"pause in the middle for audiences to get up and stretch their legs and whatnot. It's still part of the VHS copy of the movie but I'm not sure about the DVD or Blueray.
Just to amplify what was mentioned below: at the beginning, the dark screen with music is an overture -- meant to play as patrons were being seated. Back in the day, movie theaters had actual curtains that wouldn't be opened until the visual part of the film began. So the music would play, people would be seated during the overture, and the lights would dim and the curtains would open when the film actually began. The intermission would work the same way, with music playing while patrons did whatever they would do for the interim before the second half =)
Lawrence was an actual person and the movie has a lot of history in it. The black screen with just music at the beginning is something that a lot of longer, epic movies had at the time. It was the Overture that showcased the musical themes that would be in the movie to come.
The story is from Lawrence's book 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' . Lawrence's introduction predicts what is happening in the Middle East now. Lawrence was/is a legend. The letters written by Lawrence prove him a legend, he predicted the future. A truly great film for a great man. It is on my list as one of the greatest films of all time. The screenplay is subtle, watch the match trick scenes again, - 'The trick is not minding that it hurts'. then they zoom and fade to the desert sun rising. Genius.
Fun fact: When working on shaping his Prince Faisal character, Sir Alec Guinness invited Omar Sharif to the place he was staying at for dinner and conversation. But he let Sharif dominate the conversation. Sharif thought nothing further on it; but when they did their first scene together, and Sharif heard Guinness speak as Prince Faisal, he suddenly realized that Guinness essentially copied his own accent. Yet another reason why Sir Alec Guinness is one of the best actors in flim history.
Fair play to Sir Alec. Letting other people dominate the conversation until he'd made up his mind what to say and how to say it was very much in character as Faisal.
The Turkish officer was Jose Ferrer, a fine actor. In 1950 he starred in 'Cyrano de Bergerac', a classic foundational story written in 1897. Cyrano is a 17th century bad ass, you would enjoy that movie a lot.
As I’m sure someone has mentioned, this film is based on Lawrence.‘s own memoir, “The Seven Pillars of Wisdom.“ Many of the events here are true (Lawrence really did execute Ghazim after rescuing him), but others are exaggerated or altered. For example, the incident in the Turkish camp was actually in attempted rape by the Turkish colonel. The teenagers Daoud and Farash were probably lovers, and Lawrence says that when one was killed, the other died of a broken heart. I highly recommend memoir, especially as it highlights the extent to which Lawrence felt he was betraying his Arab friends. Faisal and Lawrence were actually the same age. There’s another film in which Ralph Fiennes plays Lawrence and Alexander Siddig plays Faisal, displaying the international negotiations that ultimately led to the creation of the country of Iraq. I assumed that, as an Egyptian woman, you were already familiar with the work of Omar Sharif? If not, he has done several other magnificent films which are well worth watching.
I saw this when it was new at the Loews Paradise theater in the Bronx--a movie theater which looked like an opera house. It had a huge screen which made all the scenic shots go on forever. It was absolutely stunning.
When I was a little boy, about 30 years ago ,I met the actor who plays Lawrence, ( Peter O'Toole), and spent some time with him. My family knew people in that industry, and he was such a gentle man, quiet, but humorous , with that fantastic accent. I'll never forget it, and the movie was already a classic back then, though I hadn't seen it at that time,. It was screened in a cinema near me about 10 years ago, and I was blown away, and if you get a chance to see it on the big screen, I think you'll feel it's power, as the director meant it to be seen.
The story is basically true but some license was taken. Lawrence was very qualified for the mission to go into Arabia. Before going into the Army Lawrence was a scholar and an expert on Arabia and was on several exhibitions to Arabia (despite what is depicted in the movie, Lawrence had ridden on camels before), Lawrence knew about the Sykes-Picot treaty before being sent to find Prince Feasal, and few believe his story about being tortured and raped in Dara. By that time Lawrence was undoubtedly suffering from PTSD ("Shell shock") and some think he made up the story so he could leave Arabia without losing face.
This is, hands down, my favorite film of all time. I love all of the movies by the great David Lean. He actually achieved a milestone in this film, by capturing for the first time on film, a desert mirage. He used a prototype lens on loan from Panavision to film sheriff Ali's approach to the well and his first meeting with Lawrence. It's an iconic scene seeing him emerge from the mirage into view. Thanks for braving the nearly 4 hour length of this, In my opinion, it's worth it.
One of the first places I went on my first Day in London was St. Paul's Cathedral to touch his Memorial and Wellington's and Nelson's! It was 1977, I was stationed in England in the USAF!
Omar Sharif, (the Egyptian actor dressed in black) starred in another epic David Lean movie, Dr. Zhivago. A beautiful, tragic, story set in a difficult time of revolution and war.
If you were still interested, reading TE’s “Seven Pillars of Wisdom” is your first stop. It’s a bit daunting at roughly 700 pages but after the first 50, you’ll see why it has to be that way. It’s a staggering piece of English literature. You will be careful to note that TE had a sense of the flamboyant and he’s a tad loose with the uh… truth… in places… but the end result is a true literary gem. A cast of hundreds. Remarkable history telling, WW1 and otherwise, while insanely prescient about the next 100 years of Middle Eastern history vis a vis the West as it unfolded.
Liala, I suggest that you watch Doctor Zhivago (1965) and The Sand Pebbles (1966), two great epic films. Also, try The Lion In Winter (1968), if you are reviewing Christmas films this month.
Same age as you. 2001 is my favorite movie, with Lawrence way up there on my list. (They're both shot with Super Panavision 65 cameras for 70 mm single-strip Cinerama presentation, the IMAX of the time.)
The key moment in the movie is after he see's the ship on the canal then the motorcyclist who stops and shouts 'Who are you?....and thats it, who was Lawrence? Its yin and yang then, he has an opposed version of himself, the dark, unidentifiable rider (on a bike which is what Lawrence died on) and Lawrence looking at the shadow side of himself and he looking white like a ghost...
Back in 1980 I was on holiday in the UK walking down a country road when I spotted a small plaque by the side of the road marking the spot where Lawrence crashed his motorbike and died.
Maurice Jarre's OST is simply timeless and captivating. Other great works by this composer were Doctor Zhivago and A Passage to India (also by David Lean).
So here’s a funny nugget: when Lawrence was asked (by Feisel) to wear Arab clothing while in camp, it was to lessen the heightened interest of passers-by about a uniformed Englishman entering Feisel’s tent (it produced some rumor and hubbub). Feisel gave him a set of robes he had received from his aunties. They were wedding garb. It was apparently a subtle hint from his aunts that he should get serious about getting hitched and making some babies. Lawrence ended up with them. It was the first time he had worn Arab garb. 😂
Peter O'Toole is my favorite actor. The Academy Awards passing him over 8 times for an acting Oscar is to their eternal shame. Treat yourself to My Favorite Year or The Stuntman to see how versatile this actor is.
Hi Liala , It's always great to see my favorite person and you always do your hair amazing❤ I enjoyed your reaction to this movie and yeah this is way back before my time and I to watch some movies before my timespecially all the way to the 50s or 60s. My favorite is watching Adam West Batman 1966🦇💙
This movie made me want to go there, so I finally went to Jordan 3 years ago. Wadi Rum was amazing. They have used it in many movies, especially the recent Dune movies and "The Martian". Blazing sun and heat during the day, and chill and gently breeze at the stunning sunset at night, sat around a open camp fire with underground pit cooked feast. Great times.
O'Toole said that both he and Omar Sharif were terrified of falling off the camels during the charge at Aqaba. Consequently, they both got drunk and Sharif had himself tied to his camel. Apparently, some of the early movie reviews talked about the messianic look on O'Toole's face during the charge, which he found to be hilarious.
Though a supporting character one of my favorite actors of all time, Claude Raines. You need to see him in Casablanca and The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn. If you want a unique great classic react to Captain's Courageous.
Love this film. I was very lucky to have had the opportunity to watch a 50th anniversary screening on the full size screen. The cinematography is so stunning.
Saw at the theater as a kid! Back when they had intermissions in alot of movies, I remember my mom saying wait till the intermission, it was normal for many movies, thanks for reacting to this classic!
One of the great epics of all time. Peter O'Toole is just brilliant. And the cinematography is out of this world. The music at the beginning is called the Overture. Just a musical cue to let people know to take their seats and prepare for the showing. Times have changed.
Peter O'Toole changed Arabia a bit when making this movie. Riding a camel isn't comfortable, and he got a piece of foam rubber to place under the riding mat. Next thing you know, all camel riders began doing that, and it remains true today.
You picked a fantastic movie from my youth. This movie got me interested in WW1. Peter O'Toole along with Omar Sharif were some of my favorite actors. Great response ya great movie.😊❤
One of the greatest films ever made. A couple of notes. The real Lawrence was 5'4". Peter O'Toole was 6'2" (ah well...Hollywood). Filming was still underway and the critical role of Auda Abu Tayi had not yet been cast. When Anthony Quinn was picked, he arrived on location wearing the putty nose required to make the character look the part. As soon as they saw him, the Arab extras began chanting "Auda Abu Tayi, Auda Abu Tayi!". That cemented his casting.
Such a Old Hollywood feel, with the over-indulgent overture and the Intermission defining the transition. I, too, have always loved this film, and seing it in theater (1990 re-release) was an experience.
A couple fun facts: The movie took longer to make than the actual events depicted; to get the super wide shots of the desert, Panavision had to create a special, one-of-a-kind lens, which they still have and is called the David Lean lens.
Great choice, Liala. Epic movie, one the world's greatest of all-time. Omar Sharif and Peter O'Toole were two of the 1960's greatest actors. You can see O'Toole in "Troy" from 2004 where O'Toole played King Priam of Troy. Sharif starred in "Doctor Zhivago." Great reaction too. So good, I subscribed. Well done. Looking forward to more.
When it was screened in theaters, the movie had an intermission, as was customary for epic films such as this one. A fantastic movie, based on true events, and a great classic. Steven Spielberg's favorite film
Sad to me that this movie is as old as I am but it's only in the last year I finally sat down and watched it A Good movie for Christmas is "We're no Angels"(1955) a deliciously dark comedy
11:49 - I don't necessarily agree that Sherif Ali killed the other guy "without reasoning", after all, the guy did raise his pistol to shoot Ali. Had he not done that, maybe Ali wouldn't have fired his rifle at him. 😉
If you aren't sure if you've seen Peter O'Toole in anything else, besides having been in "Troy", his voice may sound familiar; later in his life, he was the voice of the restaurant critic Anton Ego in " Ratatouille ".
Although there was nothing he could have done to save Lawrence, the doctor who treated Lawrence when he had the motorcycle accident was so distraught he ended up designing one of the earliest motorcycle helmets.
Of course it's a true story, not some celebrity game show - although Lawrence was a celebrity in his day, even changing his name to hide from it. Great film.
Hey Liala, I was born in 1958, so 1962 is NOT a Loooong time ago. At least for me. The beginning part of the music is known as an Overture. Many older movie had this feature, not my favorite thing ever. Later they had an Intermission, 'Entr Acte and Exit Music as the audience leaves. This "tradition" eventually went away, thankfully. In this movie Director David Lean made the dessert an actual character, in addition to all the people.
David Leans next movie. Another marathon film. Dr. Zhivago. From a novel that had to have been snuck out of the Soviet Union bit by bit. Excellent film.
Considering the atrocities currently going on in the region and the fall of Syria into the hands of the "rebels" a few days ago, I have to admit this is a very appropriate pick to react to. If we do not care to learn the lessons history teaches us, it tends to develop this pesky little habit of repeating itself.
Yes, it's a 'true' story (as much as any Hollywood film usually is). It's assumed he was raped after he was captured-- people around him say he 'changed' after that....though he never denied or confirmed the rape in his 'memoirs' after he returned to England. The British and French had already planned to lie to/and cheat King Faisel by the time Lawrence met the King in the desert...Lawrence suspected that there was a double-cross and he felt extremely guilty during his time fighting that he couldn't do anything to help the King. The motorcycle he died on still exists and is in a London museum. He was also a small man...not like the 6ft actor Peter O'Toole. Look up his story and pictures on-line and read his book....it's fascinating.
Prince Faisal was a composite of several Hashemite princes, but otherwise the story was very true to history. The incident of Lawrence's capture and what actually happened during his captivity by the Turks is unclear; Lawrence didn't elaborate in own postwar writings. The French were awarded Damascus and Syria, with effects reverberating in recent weeks; the Hashemites got two kingdoms: Iraq and Transjordan. The Hashemites still rule the Kingdom of Jordan and have a latent claim to Mecca and Sa'udi Arabia. In the course of a First World War that was mass bloodbath, small, individual tales of heroism enjoyed public acclaim -- combat pilots dueling in the air (most famously "The Red Baron" Manfred von Richthofen, WWI's ace of aces), and "Lawrence of Arabia" who emerged as a hero, and as a reproach against European imperialism, backroom dealings, and reneging on promises.
Are you Egyptian? You should know that Omar Sharif (Michel Yusef Dimitri Chalhoub), Egypt's most internationally famous actor, plays the part of Sherif Ali ibn el Kharish (in black).
You've just watched the greatest cinematic production ever for the first time on a computer screen ..... I think you've short changed yourself on this one.
I don't believe you are really going to tackle this! Not many chicks are watching this *extremely* important classic that inspired George Lucas and Steven Spielberg! After you watch it, you undertstand. The black screen, "the Overture", at the beginning was a call to the audience to come back into the theater from the lobby because the movie was about to start. In 1962. Maurice Jarre was the John Williams of that era.
I heard you mention you are Egyptian. You don't seem to recognize Omar Sharif, one of your country's greatest actors in the West. You have a lot more movies to watch😊
The iconic score was by Maurice Jarre. He also did the music for "Doctor Zhivago," "Is Paris Burning?," "Ryan's Daughter," "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean," "The Tin Drum," "The Year of Living Dangerously," "A Passage to India," "Witness," "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome," "Fatal Attraction," Dead Poet's Society," "Ghost," and many other films.
The film has an intermission that they usually don't include in streaming or DVD versions. It happens at two hours and nineteen minutes into the film, after Lawrence's meeting with Allenby where he confesses that he enjoyed executing Gasim. The intermission comes at a critical point in Lawrence's character development. The first half of the film builds him up as a hero. The second half reveals his flaws, particularly his ego as he comes to believe he can accomplish anything.
Wow she skipped one of my most fav scenes in all movies. When he puts out the match with his fingers in another scene, another tries it and says P: OW that hurts! T: Of course it hurts. P: Welll what's the trick then? T: The trick, Mister Potter, is not minding that it hurts.
No one was expecting this drop but I’m here for it 🫶🏼
1962 classic indeed!
The original movie had a "pee break"pause in the middle for audiences to get up and stretch their legs and whatnot. It's still part of the VHS copy of the movie but I'm not sure about the DVD or Blueray.
@@tim2024-df5fu The intermission has it's own specially composed soundtrack, and is on the DVD, surely the Blue Ray as well
When Steven Spielberg saw the movie as a student, he knew he wanted to be a director!
Just to amplify what was mentioned below: at the beginning, the dark screen with music is an overture -- meant to play as patrons were being seated. Back in the day, movie theaters had actual curtains that wouldn't be opened until the visual part of the film began. So the music would play, people would be seated during the overture, and the lights would dim and the curtains would open when the film actually began. The intermission would work the same way, with music playing while patrons did whatever they would do for the interim before the second half =)
One of the greatest movies ever made, the cinematography alone is stunning and holds up even 61 years later!
Lawrence was an actual person and the movie has a lot of history in it. The black screen with just music at the beginning is something that a lot of longer, epic movies had at the time. It was the Overture that showcased the musical themes that would be in the movie to come.
The story is from Lawrence's book 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' . Lawrence's introduction predicts what is happening in the Middle East now. Lawrence was/is a legend. The letters written by Lawrence prove him a legend, he predicted the future. A truly great film for a great man. It is on my list as one of the greatest films of all time. The screenplay is subtle, watch the match trick scenes again, - 'The trick is not minding that it hurts'. then they zoom and fade to the desert sun rising. Genius.
Movies like DUNE and STAR WARS owe a huge deal of debt to this film. They wouldn’t exist in the form they do without this.
And Prince Faisal was played by Alec Guiness who was Obi Wan Kenobi, too.
And the Turkish officer was played by Jose Ferrer, who would play the Emperor in Lynch's Dune.
Fun fact: When working on shaping his Prince Faisal character, Sir Alec Guinness invited Omar Sharif to the place he was staying at for dinner and conversation. But he let Sharif dominate the conversation. Sharif thought nothing further on it; but when they did their first scene together, and Sharif heard Guinness speak as Prince Faisal, he suddenly realized that Guinness essentially copied his own accent. Yet another reason why Sir Alec Guinness is one of the best actors in flim history.
Fair play to Sir Alec. Letting other people dominate the conversation until he'd made up his mind what to say and how to say it was very much in character as Faisal.
Maurice Jarre's soaring score for this film is excellent. Simply memorable.
HIs adopted son, Kevin, was the screenwriter for Glory and Tombstone.
In case you didn't recognize him, King Faizel was played by Sir Alec Guinness, aka the original Obi-Wan Kenobi.
The Turkish officer was Jose Ferrer, a fine actor. In 1950 he starred in 'Cyrano de Bergerac', a classic foundational story written in 1897. Cyrano is a 17th century bad ass, you would enjoy that movie a lot.
And also the father of the late great Miguel Ferrer (from Robocop) and the uncle of George Clooney.
He was great in The Caine Mutiny also , classic voice
Absolutely,Jose Ferrer was a hollywood legend.Superb actor.
Extremely underrated movie these days. Great to see a reaction to it. What a treat! Thank you. 😊
As I’m sure someone has mentioned, this film is based on Lawrence.‘s own memoir, “The Seven Pillars of Wisdom.“ Many of the events here are true (Lawrence really did execute Ghazim after rescuing him), but others are exaggerated or altered. For example, the incident in the Turkish camp was actually in attempted rape by the Turkish colonel. The teenagers Daoud and Farash were probably lovers, and Lawrence says that when one was killed, the other died of a broken heart. I highly recommend memoir, especially as it highlights the extent to which Lawrence felt he was betraying his Arab friends.
Faisal and Lawrence were actually the same age. There’s another film in which Ralph Fiennes plays Lawrence and Alexander Siddig plays Faisal, displaying the international negotiations that ultimately led to the creation of the country of Iraq.
I assumed that, as an Egyptian woman, you were already familiar with the work of Omar Sharif? If not, he has done several other magnificent films which are well worth watching.
@@kschneyer I own a First Public Printing of "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom"! .... $200 anyone Interested, I'm 73 and downsizing.
I saw this when it was new at the Loews Paradise theater in the Bronx--a movie theater which looked like an opera house. It had a huge screen which made all the scenic shots go on forever. It was absolutely stunning.
When I was a little boy, about 30 years ago ,I met the actor who plays Lawrence, ( Peter O'Toole), and spent some time with him. My family knew people in that industry, and he was such a gentle man, quiet, but humorous , with that fantastic accent. I'll never forget it, and the movie was already a classic back then, though I hadn't seen it at that time,.
It was screened in a cinema near me about 10 years ago, and I was blown away, and if you get a chance to see it on the big screen, I think you'll feel it's power, as the director meant it to be seen.
The story is basically true but some license was taken. Lawrence was very qualified for the mission to go into Arabia. Before going into the Army Lawrence was a scholar and an expert on Arabia and was on several exhibitions to Arabia (despite what is depicted in the movie, Lawrence had ridden on camels before), Lawrence knew about the Sykes-Picot treaty before being sent to find Prince Feasal, and few believe his story about being tortured and raped in Dara. By that time Lawrence was undoubtedly suffering from PTSD ("Shell shock") and some think he made up the story so he could leave Arabia without losing face.
When looking at all those panoramic shots in this movie, keep in mind that all that is real; no CGI back in 1962.
This is, hands down, my favorite film of all time.
I love all of the movies by the great David Lean.
He actually achieved a milestone in this film, by capturing for the first time on film, a desert mirage.
He used a prototype lens on loan from Panavision to film sheriff Ali's approach to the well and his first meeting with Lawrence.
It's an iconic scene seeing him emerge from the mirage into view.
Thanks for braving the nearly 4 hour length of this, In my opinion, it's worth it.
True story. Wrote a famous book. Most famous English soldier of WWI. His tolerance for pain was legendary.
One of the first places I went on my first Day in London was St. Paul's Cathedral to touch his Memorial and Wellington's and Nelson's! It was 1977, I was stationed in England in the USAF!
Omar Sharif, (the Egyptian actor dressed in black) starred in another epic David Lean movie, Dr. Zhivago.
A beautiful, tragic, story set in a difficult time of revolution and war.
Omar Sharif also played a German Major in " Night of the Generals".
@@wallylkonstanty7734 and a Persian prince in ' Fall of the Roman Empire'.
Great reaction to a great film (Spielberg's all time fav)....and yes, it's a true story (except a few small details)..
If you were still interested, reading TE’s “Seven Pillars of Wisdom” is your first stop. It’s a bit daunting at roughly 700 pages but after the first 50, you’ll see why it has to be that way. It’s a staggering piece of English literature. You will be careful to note that TE had a sense of the flamboyant and he’s a tad loose with the uh… truth… in places… but the end result is a true literary gem. A cast of hundreds. Remarkable history telling, WW1 and otherwise, while insanely prescient about the next 100 years of Middle Eastern history vis a vis the West as it unfolded.
Liala, I suggest that you watch Doctor Zhivago (1965) and The Sand Pebbles (1966), two great epic films. Also, try The Lion In Winter (1968), if you are reviewing Christmas films this month.
I'm 55 and this is arguably my favorite movie.
You would love Ben Kingsley in 1982's Gandhi. It's superb. It also won Best Picture.
Seconded. It would be great if she did Gandhi on her channel.
Same age as you. 2001 is my favorite movie, with Lawrence way up there on my list. (They're both shot with Super Panavision 65 cameras for 70 mm single-strip Cinerama presentation, the IMAX of the time.)
The key moment in the movie is after he see's the ship on the canal then the motorcyclist who stops and shouts 'Who are you?....and thats it, who was Lawrence? Its yin and yang then, he has an opposed version of himself, the dark, unidentifiable rider (on a bike which is what Lawrence died on) and Lawrence looking at the shadow side of himself and he looking white like a ghost...
Back in 1980 I was on holiday in the UK walking down a country road when I spotted a small plaque by the side of the road marking the spot where Lawrence crashed his motorbike and died.
Maurice Jarre's OST is simply timeless and captivating. Other great works by this composer were Doctor Zhivago and A Passage to India (also by David Lean).
So here’s a funny nugget: when Lawrence was asked (by Feisel) to wear Arab clothing while in camp, it was to lessen the heightened interest of passers-by about a uniformed Englishman entering Feisel’s tent (it produced some rumor and hubbub). Feisel gave him a set of robes he had received from his aunties. They were wedding garb. It was apparently a subtle hint from his aunts that he should get serious about getting hitched and making some babies. Lawrence ended up with them. It was the first time he had worn Arab garb. 😂
I was lucky enough to meet Peter O'Toole at a dinner in London. Charming man. A truly great movie.
"Cinematic Masterpiece." from Director Sir David Lean who also directed “The Bridge on the River Kwai”
Good for you, not too many reactors tackle the classics and this is one of the best.
Peter O'Toole is my favorite actor. The Academy Awards passing him over 8 times for an acting Oscar is to their eternal shame. Treat yourself to My Favorite Year or The Stuntman to see how versatile this actor is.
The greatest movie ever made. Thanks for digging far enough back to find it. Very few people seem willing these days.
Hi Liala , It's always great to see my favorite person and you always do your hair amazing❤ I enjoyed your reaction to this movie and yeah this is way back before my time and I to watch some movies before my timespecially all the way to the 50s or 60s. My favorite is watching Adam West Batman 1966🦇💙
This movie made me want to go there, so I finally went to Jordan 3 years ago. Wadi Rum was amazing. They have used it in many movies, especially the recent Dune movies and "The Martian". Blazing sun and heat during the day, and chill and gently breeze at the stunning sunset at night, sat around a open camp fire with underground pit cooked feast. Great times.
O'Toole said that both he and Omar Sharif were terrified of falling off the camels during the charge at Aqaba. Consequently, they both got drunk and Sharif had himself tied to his camel. Apparently, some of the early movie reviews talked about the messianic look on O'Toole's face during the charge, which he found to be hilarious.
Though a supporting character one of my favorite actors of all time, Claude Raines. You need to see him in Casablanca and The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn.
If you want a unique great classic react to Captain's Courageous.
Love this film. I was very lucky to have had the opportunity to watch a 50th anniversary screening on the full size screen. The cinematography is so stunning.
"He Likes Your Lemonade!" ....
Saw at the theater as a kid! Back when they had intermissions in alot of movies, I remember my mom saying wait till the intermission, it was normal for many movies, thanks for reacting to this classic!
Shot on 70mm celluloid film. Which means there is enough information captured in the film that it is 8k ready when true 8k platform becomes available
One of the great epics of all time. Peter O'Toole is just brilliant. And the cinematography is out of this world. The music at the beginning is called the Overture. Just a musical cue to let people know to take their seats and prepare for the showing. Times have changed.
The amazing cinematography of this film has seldom, if ever, been replicated.
Peter O'Toole changed Arabia a bit when making this movie. Riding a camel isn't comfortable, and he got a piece of foam rubber to place under the riding mat. Next thing you know, all camel riders began doing that, and it remains true today.
They nicknamed him "Father of the Sponge".
You picked a fantastic movie from my youth. This movie got me interested in WW1. Peter O'Toole along with Omar Sharif were some of my favorite actors. Great response ya great movie.😊❤
Some other great classics - Dr Zhivago, Papillon, Dog Day Afternoon.
One of the greatest films ever made. A couple of notes. The real Lawrence was 5'4". Peter O'Toole was 6'2" (ah well...Hollywood). Filming was still underway and the critical role of Auda Abu Tayi had not yet been cast. When Anthony Quinn was picked, he arrived on location wearing the putty nose required to make the character look the part. As soon as they saw him, the Arab extras began chanting "Auda Abu Tayi, Auda Abu Tayi!". That cemented his casting.
Such a Old Hollywood feel, with the over-indulgent overture and the Intermission defining the transition. I, too, have always loved this film, and seing it in theater (1990 re-release) was an experience.
A couple fun facts: The movie took longer to make than the actual events depicted; to get the super wide shots of the desert, Panavision had to create a special, one-of-a-kind lens, which they still have and is called the David Lean lens.
A guinea was worth £1.1 That unit was dropped in the 1970s. A gold guinea today would be worth much more since the price of the metal has soared.
Great choice, Liala. Epic movie, one the world's greatest of all-time. Omar Sharif and Peter O'Toole were two of the 1960's greatest actors. You can see O'Toole in "Troy" from 2004 where O'Toole played King Priam of Troy. Sharif starred in "Doctor Zhivago." Great reaction too. So good, I subscribed. Well done. Looking forward to more.
When it was screened in theaters, the movie had an intermission, as was customary for epic films such as this one. A fantastic movie, based on true events, and a great classic. Steven Spielberg's favorite film
I saw "Lawrence of Arabia" just randomly on some channel in the late 80's. Killer flick, man.
Was fortunate enough to be at the premiere of the restored film in Los Angeles, many years ago. So...pristine print.
Sad to me that this movie is as old as I am but it's only in the last year I finally sat down and watched it A Good movie for Christmas is "We're no Angels"(1955) a deliciously dark comedy
11:49 - I don't necessarily agree that Sherif Ali killed the other guy "without reasoning", after all, the guy did raise his pistol to shoot Ali. Had he not done that, maybe Ali wouldn't have fired his rifle at him. 😉
If you aren't sure if you've seen Peter O'Toole in anything else, besides having been in "Troy", his voice may sound familiar; later in his life, he was the voice of the restaurant critic Anton Ego in " Ratatouille ".
David Lean's cinematography is unparalleled.
So far no one seems to have noted that Sir Alec Guinness, who plays Prince Faisal, went on to play Obi Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy.
Merry christmas from CA Liala🎄🎁🧸❄☃️ I hope you react to Christmas movies this month but have a good holidays🎅🏼🍪🥛
One of the all time greats.
You do realize your are watching one of the most respected movies of all time. One of the best movies every made. I hope you know this.
Seeing this - especially with the Damascus references - makes this film disturbingly timely.
In the cinema showing there is an intermission. The movie plays in two halves. Don't feel bad about getting up and going for a wander.
It took David Lean and crew close to a year to film "Lawrence Of Arabia".
Although there was nothing he could have done to save Lawrence, the doctor who treated Lawrence when he had the motorcycle accident was so distraught he ended up designing one of the earliest motorcycle helmets.
Check out the Antiques Roadshow clip about his watch. He was a real, extraordinary man. I don't know fact from fiction, though.
Lawrence tried to get back into the war by enlisting in the Air Corps under an assumed name but the press found out and he had to go back home.
Of course it's a true story, not some celebrity game show - although Lawrence was a celebrity in his day, even changing his name to hide from it.
Great film.
Ooo movie even older than me
Hey Liala, I was born in 1958, so 1962 is NOT a Loooong time ago. At least for me. The beginning part of the music is known as an Overture. Many older movie had this feature, not my favorite thing ever. Later they had an Intermission, 'Entr Acte and Exit Music as the audience leaves. This "tradition" eventually went away, thankfully. In this movie Director David Lean made the dessert an actual character, in addition to all the people.
Fits perfectly to what happens in syria now
Very much the precursor to the current problems.
You are Egyptian? Blessings be upon your ancestors ;-) A Turkish woman was among the first fighter pilots.
David Leans next movie. Another marathon film. Dr. Zhivago. From a novel that had to have been snuck out of the Soviet Union bit by bit. Excellent film.
you should watch interview (youtube) with peter o'toole about how he and Omar Shariff filmed the last camel charge completely drunk
On cinema release the film had an intermission.
Ships of the desert? I think so.😮
It starts with the end and the arabic man in the beginning is from a Bedu (Bedouin) tribe, it's not his name
Considering the atrocities currently going on in the region and the fall of Syria into the hands of the "rebels" a few days ago, I have to admit this is a very appropriate pick to react to. If we do not care to learn the lessons history teaches us, it tends to develop this pesky little habit of repeating itself.
'NO PRISONERS!'
and just today - Damascus fell yet again
Yes, it's a 'true' story (as much as any Hollywood film usually is).
It's assumed he was raped after he was captured-- people around him say he 'changed' after that....though he never denied or confirmed the rape in his 'memoirs' after he returned to England.
The British and French had already planned to lie to/and cheat King Faisel by the time Lawrence met the King in the desert...Lawrence suspected that there was a double-cross and he felt extremely guilty during his time fighting that he couldn't do anything to help the King.
The motorcycle he died on still exists and is in a London museum.
He was also a small man...not like the 6ft actor Peter O'Toole.
Look up his story and pictures on-line and read his book....it's fascinating.
Prince Faisal was a composite of several Hashemite princes, but otherwise the story was very true to history. The incident of Lawrence's capture and what actually happened during his captivity by the Turks is unclear; Lawrence didn't elaborate in own postwar writings. The French were awarded Damascus and Syria, with effects reverberating in recent weeks; the Hashemites got two kingdoms: Iraq and Transjordan. The Hashemites still rule the Kingdom of Jordan and have a latent claim to Mecca and Sa'udi Arabia.
In the course of a First World War that was mass bloodbath, small, individual tales of heroism enjoyed public acclaim -- combat pilots dueling in the air (most famously "The Red Baron" Manfred von Richthofen, WWI's ace of aces), and "Lawrence of Arabia" who emerged as a hero, and as a reproach against European imperialism, backroom dealings, and reneging on promises.
Are you Egyptian? You should know that Omar Sharif (Michel Yusef Dimitri Chalhoub), Egypt's most internationally famous actor, plays the part of Sherif Ali ibn el Kharish (in black).
Excellent reaction English 😜
If you liked that you should watch Gordon of Khartoum another good film
You've just watched the greatest cinematic production ever for the first time on a computer screen ..... I think you've short changed yourself on this one.
I don't believe you are really going to tackle this! Not many chicks are watching this *extremely* important classic that inspired George Lucas and Steven Spielberg! After you watch it, you undertstand. The black screen, "the Overture", at the beginning was a call to the audience to come back into the theater from the lobby because the movie was about to start. In 1962. Maurice Jarre was the John Williams of that era.
I heard you mention you are Egyptian. You don't seem to recognize Omar Sharif, one of your country's greatest actors in the West. You have a lot more movies to watch😊
I tried to add a comment, but UA-cam kept deleting it. I'm going to try adding it in pieces, to see what part the algorithm objects to.
The iconic score was by Maurice Jarre. He also did the music for "Doctor Zhivago," "Is Paris Burning?," "Ryan's Daughter," "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean," "The Tin Drum," "The Year of Living Dangerously," "A Passage to India," "Witness," "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome," "Fatal Attraction," Dead Poet's Society," "Ghost," and many other films.
The film has an intermission that they usually don't include in streaming or DVD versions. It happens at two hours and nineteen minutes into the film, after Lawrence's meeting with Allenby where he confesses that he enjoyed executing Gasim. The intermission comes at a critical point in Lawrence's character development. The first half of the film builds him up as a hero. The second half reveals his flaws, particularly his ego as he comes to believe he can accomplish anything.
Omar Sharif, who played Sherif Ali, was Egyptian, and made many movies in Egyptian cinema before becoming a star in American and European film.
David Lean directed a few other epic films. May I suggest reacting to "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957) and "Doctor Zhivago" (1965)?
"Lawrence of Arabia" uses space and time in a way you don't usually see.
Bedu refers to Bedouin, his tribe, not his name.
Hahahaha ovo je smješno...
The older movies tended to be original, not a concocted copy of an original.
Wow she skipped one of my most fav scenes in all movies.
When he puts out the match with his fingers in another scene, another tries it and says
P: OW that hurts!
T: Of course it hurts.
P: Welll what's the trick then?
T: The trick, Mister Potter, is not minding that it hurts.
Best Choice! Better than Marvel Movies
The major reason nobody likes to react to it, is because it is a long movie, based on a real life story.
As a youth we copied the trick with the match.
Murajaeat jamila 😉
I have not seen it but I have been told it is good
Continued in "Lawrence: After Arabia" in 2021
Simply do not make them as good as this anymore.