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Posted: 1/1/2024 5:06:40 PM EDT
[#1]
I agree, an amazing story and the movie does it justice.
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Posted: 1/1/2024 5:31:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I watched it a couple years ago to see what the fuss was about. it was pretty dry. historically accurate things usually don't make for great Hollywood blockbusters. I can see why. It was a huge blockbuster and won a fuck-ton of awards. And 60 years later, it still puts other "blockbusters" to shame. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 5:32:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It was a huge blockbuster and won a fuck-ton of awards. And 60 years later, it still puts other "blockbusters" to shame. This. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 5:35:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lawrence was a motorcyclist, and it ultimately cost him his life. It's pronounced bruff. https://www.webbikeworld.com/lawrence-of-arabia-and-his-brough-superior-ss100/ Yes, Brough pronounced like rough. I have to admit the riding footage at the beginning, and the sound of that great v-twin motor, is a thrill for me. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 5:35:53 PM EDT
[#5]
One of the best movies of all time.
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Posted: 1/1/2024 5:46:48 PM EDT
[#6]
I just searched it on YouTube.
A comment from a month ago. 2-1/2 stars. "I'm wondering how this movie won an Oscar. Too long and boring. Overrated." Gonna watch it tonight. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 5:56:27 PM EDT
[#7]
George Lucas borrowed some of the Scenes for Star Wars.
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Posted: 1/1/2024 5:56:31 PM EDT
[#8]
A tortured soul for sure.
He did what needed to be done and it hurt him very badly. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 6:14:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: LOA still holds the record for most dialogue by one character I find that very hard to believe. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 6:27:56 PM EDT
[#10]
There was an interesting article not too long ago where an archaeologist found .45 acp shells at the site of one of Laurence’s train ambushes - maybe the very one recreated in the film.
They made a case that the 1911 and its ammunition were so rare in that area at the time that these rounds must have been fired by Laurence himself from his personal pistol. Pretty cool. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 6:37:32 PM EDT
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I equate it to something like The Mona Lisa or David as it's a timeless piece of genre-defining art. Just the filmography would best most fine art in the way scenes are captured, let alone the fantastic acting.
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Posted: 1/1/2024 6:45:16 PM EDT
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If you want to be truly amazed, watch it in 70mm.
There was a movie theater here that had the 70mm equipment. Once a week, they showed a classic movie on 70mm. Dr. Zhivago was another one. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 6:48:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The cinematography of Lawrence of Arabia is some of the best ever put on film. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 6:49:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia. He was an English Guy. He came to fight the Turkish. Meep meep |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 6:50:49 PM EDT
[#15]
"He likes your lemonade."
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Posted: 1/1/2024 6:58:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' was directed by the same director, David Lean. This will be the next movie I watch. And Dr. Zhivago. Not the best story IMO, but the cinematography is still amazing. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 7:30:12 PM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia. He was an English Guy. He came to fight the Turkish. Nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk!!!! |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 7:59:27 PM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Is is an amazing movie but the book is better! Amazing book, read it when I was eight. My parents debated on whether I was old enough due to the Turkish prison torture content, but decided I could handle it. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 8:03:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Easily. Watched it about a week ago. I still remember watching it during its 1962 release, at the Ute Theater on Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs. They didn't have air conditioning at the Ute. Made the desert scenes hotter. Damn Gramps, thanks for making me feel young 
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Posted: 1/1/2024 8:08:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Is is an amazing movie but the book is better! I read the book, and you have more patience than me. That was a tough slog to get through. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 8:08:37 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Great movie. TE Lawrence's book is a must read also. TE Lawrence carried a 1911, an Enfield taken back from the Turks and a Lewis Gun in real life during WW1. A few years ago they found a battle sight from TE Lawrence and recovered .45 ACP bullets. He was the only one with a 45 so the bullets could only have been fired by him. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 8:11:28 PM EDT
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The cinematography of Lawrence of Arabia is some of the best ever put on film. Watch it on the biggest screen you can find. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 8:15:52 PM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If you want to be truly amazed, watch it in 70mm. There was a movie theater here that had the 70mm equipment. Once a week, they showed a classic movie on 70mm. Dr. Zhivago was another one. I saw Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago, and The Great Escape at the Paramount theater in Austin in the '90s. I don't know if any were on 70mm but all were awesome on a big screen. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 8:21:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A few years ago they found a battle sight from TE Lawrence and recovered .45 ACP bullets. He was the only one with a 45 so the bullets could only have been fired by him. Wonder if they could tell the difference between .455 webley mkVI ammo and .45ACP? |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 8:23:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: George Lucas borrowed some of the Scenes for Star Wars. Spaceballs too. Fantastic movie. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 8:25:47 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Wonder if they could tell the difference between .455 webley mkVI ammo and .45ACP? Wouldn’t be difficult. Agreed, awesome film. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 8:28:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Watch it on the biggest screen you can find. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The cinematography of Lawrence of Arabia is some of the best ever put on film. Watch it on the biggest screen you can find. I would love to see it on a large screen but the only 70mm theater left in E.TN is the Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville and they haven't shown it in years. The next time they do show it, I'll be there. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 8:37:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There's nothing strange about wanting to live a subtle real life free from constant recognition. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: TE Lawrence was one strange dude. He later enlisted into the RAF under a fake name to work as a low rank mechanic and made very legitimate design contributions to aircrew rescue boats. He’d be at Schneider Trophy runs chatting with generals as equals and everyone had to pretend he wasn’t Lawrence of Arabia. There's nothing strange about wanting to live a subtle real life free from constant recognition. I hear that. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 8:38:13 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Doctor Zhivago is another one. Was going to suggest the same! My 15 nephew whose is a music nerd was lost when it came up in conversation on Christmas day. For someone so smart, he sure is dumb sometimes ??! |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 8:44:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: George Lucas borrowed some of the Scenes for Star Wars. Interesting that Obi-Wan was in both.. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 8:58:54 PM EDT
[#31]
I admit, embarrassingly, I feel like I have heard of this movie my whole life, but I had never seen it. My mom talked about it, so it immediately went into the category of long boring mom movies (how I regret that now). I also know of Peter O'Toole and his work. Really, It was not until the science fiction movie Promithius came out that I started getting more interested. In the movie there was the scene of David the Android watching Lawrence doing the match trick. He was in WW1 clothing. One thing led to another over the years.
So I watched it maybe a couple of years back when I was layed up from a MTB injury and was really blown away it. So obviously it was filmed on location, hundreds of extras, like the whole deal. Really cool, you can just feel how different it is compared to today cgi. Anyway. Just a cool perspective on it. That was some real art and magic back then. I had honestly not even really understood to whole story about it either. So it was a good primer for me to start digging into research about Egypt and its state in the 21st century. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 9:36:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: And they did that with wind driving sand into every crack and crevise in their equipment. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 9:38:05 PM EDT
[#33]
Watching it now.
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Posted: 1/1/2024 10:12:35 PM EDT
[#34]
Want to watch, but 3 hours 38 minutes?
I don't have enough ADD meds for that
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Posted: 1/1/2024 10:13:16 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Want to watch, but 3 hours 38 minutes? I don't have enough ADD meds for that The first 30 minutes are a tad slow but I am an hour in and it’s getting good. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 10:39:38 PM EDT
[#36]
Perhaps you should take a picture?
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Posted: 1/1/2024 10:51:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Perhaps you should take a picture? |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 10:55:43 PM EDT
[#38]
I got the 4K Steelbook edition last year, looks amazing on my home theater.
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Posted: 1/1/2024 11:12:03 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The first 30 minutes are a tad slow but I am an hour in and it's getting good. 
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Posted: 1/1/2024 11:27:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Easily in the top 10 best movies ever IMHO |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 11:37:26 PM EDT
[#41]
great movie. i suspect you couldnt make a move like that today due to the costs (it would be done in cgi i suspect). supposedly when anthony quinn came out as an arab the egyptians on set thought he was an important sheik. when lean made doctor zhivago, he wanted peter otoole to play the part that that omar sharif played. all of leans movies with great. bridge on the river kwai is a great movie too.
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Posted: 1/1/2024 11:40:09 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: That scene gets me every time. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 11:52:34 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: While I like Ben Hur more, I don't think any top 20 list of best movies ever is complete without Lawrence of Arabia. Great movie, need to watch it again. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 12:07:19 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I saw Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago, and The Great Escape at the Paramount theater in Austin in the '90s. I don't know if any were on 70mm but all were awesome on a big screen. Yes they toured all the 70mm reprints, also 2001 was there. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 12:15:08 PM EDT
[#45]
What was with the queer scene when he is being whipped?
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Posted: 1/2/2024 12:24:32 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What was with the queer scene when he is being whipped? He got captured by the Turks. The Turkish Bey was a perv. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 12:57:31 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: And Dr. Zhivago. Not the best story IMO, but the cinematography is still amazing. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' was directed by the same director, David Lean. This will be the next movie I watch. And Dr. Zhivago. Not the best story IMO, but the cinematography is still amazing. Another with some great visuals on an HD tv is The Sand Pebbles.  The Sand Pebbles Trailer 1966.flv |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 1:13:24 PM EDT
[#48]
I recall first seeing it at the Uptown Theater in DC when it first came out. Large old school movie theater.
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Posted: 1/2/2024 1:16:25 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I own that one too. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Doctor Zhivago is another one. I own that one too. Dad as an FE with Delta with a family, too broke to even see Dr Zhivago at the theater. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 1:19:46 PM EDT
[#50]
Great movie. Thanks for recommending it.
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