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Posted: 1/1/2024 2:12:29 PM EDT
I'm not a fan of British film but all things considered; Cast, musical score, filming locations, acting (some mighty damn fine acting) ect. this movie is a masterpiece. If you've never seen it you owe it to yourself to watch it, on BluRay. It also adheres closely to actual historical events.
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Posted: 1/1/2024 2:16:57 PM EDT
[#1]
Excellent movie. Excellent story. Tragic ending to such an incredible soldier.
 History Buffs: Lawrence of Arabia |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 2:20:43 PM EDT
[#2]
Easily in the top 10 best movies ever IMHO
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Posted: 1/1/2024 2:21:46 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/1/2024 2:25:38 PM EDT
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Concur with OP.
That and Ben Hur with Moses playing the role of Ben Hur. There's a scene where a Roman guard sees Ben Hur drinking and then saw the face Jesus. Great silent acting.  Most Powerful Cinematic Movie Scene of all Time! |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 2:31:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Easily in the top 10 best movies ever IMHO 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. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 2:35:20 PM EDT
[#6]
I concur and own a copy.
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Posted: 1/1/2024 2:35:43 PM EDT
[#7]
Yes...
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Posted: 1/1/2024 2:36:48 PM EDT
[#8]
Great movie really explains the middle east.
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Posted: 1/1/2024 2:36:56 PM EDT
[#9]
There's nothing in the desert, and nobody needs nothing.
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Posted: 1/1/2024 2:43:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Concur with OP. That and Ben Hur with Moses playing the role of Ben Hur. There's a scene where a Roman guard sees Ben Hur drinking and then saw the face Jesus. Great silent acting.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVlf7OiiTJEThat scene gets me every time. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 2:44:33 PM EDT
[#11]
Excellent Movie on a True Story.
Epic Film Cinematography. True Classic in every sense of the word. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 2:46:37 PM EDT
[#12]
 Lawrence of Arabia Trick is not minding that it hurts |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 2:48:18 PM EDT
[#13]
I am a RIVER to my people!
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Posted: 1/1/2024 2:54:26 PM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Great movie really explains the middle east. Also Exodus and the formation of Israel. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 2:57:10 PM EDT
[#15]
Peter O'Toole's first main role - nominated for an Academy Award.
That's was a pretty small crowd (in his day). |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 2:59:14 PM EDT
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'The Bridge on the River Kwai' was directed by the same director, David Lean. This will be the next movie I watch.
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:00:05 PM EDT
[#17]
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.
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:00:21 PM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I am a RIVER to my people! A trifle, that they take from a big box Jay |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:01:31 PM EDT
[#19]
Is is an amazing movie but the book is better!
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:02:28 PM EDT
[#20]
Ah, how I miss good movie making. Great music, terrific scripts, quality acting and great stories. In 50 years, will they be cherishing their memories of Batman or Hangover 3?
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:03:05 PM EDT
[#21]
I was hoping a new lower receiver was being released
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:05:13 PM EDT
[#22]
"No prisoners!"
 Lawrence of Arabia (8/8) Movie CLIP - No Prisoners (1962) HD |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:08:46 PM EDT
[#23]
The cinematography of Lawrence of Arabia is some of the best ever put on film.
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:12:55 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. I watched that one decades ago and remember it being excellent. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:13:22 PM EDT
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Fantastic movie. I saw the restored 288 minute version of Lawrence of Arabia in one of only three U.S. curved screen "Super-Cinerama" format theaters with seven-track directional surround-sound, not long before they tore it down. The three curved screens were about 100 feet wide by 35 feet tall. The panoramic shots were incredible. There was a 10 minute intermission as well.
Note to self, watch it again. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:23:13 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Is is an amazing movie but the book is better!  Rage Of Thrones | Music Videos | The Axis Of Awesome |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:31:12 PM EDT
[#27]
Fantastic movie; one of the GOATs. The cinematography and soundtrack are amazing and make it worth the watch even without the excellent acting and story. That trek through the seemingly impassable desert was awesome.
Was talking the other day with my Dad’s neighbor who hasn’t seen this. We're planning on watching my copy within the next two weeks. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:32:14 PM EDT
[#28]
Fantastic movie!
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:34:09 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 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. Airman Shaw |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:37:18 PM EDT
[#30]
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. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:39:30 PM EDT
[#31]
IMHO it's unquestionably the best Cinematography on film. Ever.
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:39:53 PM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Is is an amazing movie but the book is better! "Hero" by Michael Korda does a great job with further digging into Lawrence's exploits. Recently came across a book by a former SF officer that analyzes Lawrence's tactics. My dad picked it up, looks pretty I interesting. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:40:34 PM EDT
[#33]
Have you ever been to a Turkish prison?
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:41:40 PM EDT
[#34]
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.
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:41:49 PM EDT
[#35]
We want two large glasses of lemonade!
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:47:04 PM EDT
[#36]
Completely agree. Outstanding movie, a masterpiece. However, some people would never be able to sit through it. Not enough Vin Diesel flying out of exploding cars while jive talking robots are turning into monster trucks for the Tide Pod eating crowed.
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:51:20 PM EDT
[#37]
Great movie.
Lawrence was a decent archaeologist also. Published some good studies. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:53:00 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This ^^ "Hero" by Michael Korda does a great job with further digging into Lawrence's exploits. Recently came across a book by a former SF officer that analyzes Lawrence's tactics. My dad picked it up, looks pretty I interesting. Sounds interesting - what's the title? |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:54:36 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: IMHO it's unquestionably the best Cinematography on film. Ever. Toss up for me between that and 2001. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 3:59:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @helmet91 Sounds interesting - what's the title? The guy has another book that looks pretty cool, it's about the "stay behind" A-Teams in Cold War Berlin I guess. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 4:02:15 PM EDT
[#41]
Doctor Zhivago is another one.
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Posted: 1/1/2024 4:02:26 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I concur and own a copy. ETA: Camera Mitchell BFC 65mm camera, Super Panavision 70 LensesMitchell FC 65 Model, Super Panavision 70 Lenses Would easily upscale to 8K, or so I've read somewhere. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 4:06:38 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/1/2024 4:17:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Masters of Mayhem - James Stejskal The guy has another book that looks pretty cool, it's about the "stay behind" A-Teams in Cold War Berlin I guess. I see he also describes himself as a Conflict Archaeologist, I'll have to see if there are any papers out there that he's done. Should be some interesting reading. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 4:27:44 PM EDT
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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/ |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 4:28:53 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 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. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 4:40:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Doctor Zhivago is another one. I own that one too. |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 4:51:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Doctor Zhivago is another one. Both films are F. A. Young Oscars for Cinematography (add Ryan's Daughter). You Only Live Twice the only 007 film photographed by his class of DoP Spiegel produced 3 Best Pictures, Lean directed 2 of them, back when that meant something. LOA wisely uses the great Claude Rains (Casablanca) at pivotal dialogue moments. Jose Ferrer was asked what his best work was, he said he'd take his seven minutes in LOA. Read a long time ago, perhaps apocryphal: David Lean was on the sand filming for a couple years. Sam Spiegel (The African Queen, On The Waterfront, Bridge On The River Kwai) faked a heart attack, was in a hospital room in Cairo to get Lean out of the desert. Rushing to his friends side, Spiegel told Lean "David, David, the filming can't go on forever." "Why?" LOA still holds the record for most dialogue by one character Ben Kenobi returned to include his voice on a couple critical lost scenes in the slightly longer directors cut: "Orence is your man" (cut to train destruction) The subject's life was more interesting than any film, but few films approach this one. We never quite know T.E. very well: Lean shows his reflection on Hawkins desk, in shadow in the tent, behind a dirty windshield at the end and other obscuring moments.  |
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Posted: 1/1/2024 4:54:47 PM EDT
[#49]
Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia. He was an English Guy. He came to fight the Turkish.
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Posted: 1/1/2024 5:00:32 PM EDT
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Was there Turkish buttsecks?
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