Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Movie Poster -
27" x
40" Movie Poster Print - Style A (1988)
Year: 1962
Condition: New
Dimension: 27" x 40"
Movie Poster Print Style A
High quality 27" x 40" reproduction, printed on satin finish paper.
Reproductions are almost identical in quality to original 1 sheet posters, and
are ideal for framing and display in your home theater.
Studios often issued many different styles of one sheets for the
same movie. They still do. To differentiate them they were often marked as
"Style A" or "Style B" etc.
Synopsis:
This sweeping, highly literate historical epic covers the Allies' mideastern
campaign during World War I as seen through the eyes of the enigmatic T. E.
Lawrence (Peter O'Toole, in the role that made him a star). After a prologue
showing us Lawrence's ultimate fate, we flash back to Cairo in 1917. A bored
general staffer, Lawrence talks his way into a transfer to Arabia. Once in the
desert, he befriends Sherif Ali Ben El Kharish (Omar Sharif, making one of the
most spectacular entrances in movie history) and draws up plans to aid the Arabs
in their rebellion against the Turks. No one is ever able to discern Lawrence's
motives in this matter: Sherif dismisses him as yet another "desert-loving
Englishman," and his British superiors assume that he's either arrogant or mad.
Using a combination of diplomacy and bribery, Lawrence unites the rival Arab
factions of Prince Feisal (Alec Guinness) and Auda Abu Tayi (Anthony Quinn).
After successfully completing his mission, Lawrence becomes an unwitting pawn of
the Allies, as represented by Gen. Allenby (Jack Hawkins) and Dryden (Claude
Rains), who decide to keep using Lawrence to secure Arab cooperation against the
Imperial Powers. While on a spying mission to Deraa, Lawrence is captured and
tortured by a sadistic Turkish Bey (Jose Ferrer). In the heat of the next
battle, a wild-eyed Lawrence screams "No prisoners!" and fights more ruthlessly
than ever. Screenwriter Robert Bolt used T. E. Lawrence's own self-published
memoir -The Seven Pillars of Wisdom as his principal source, although some of
the characters are composites, and many of the "historical" incidents are of
unconfirmed origin. Two years in the making (you can see O'Toole's weight
fluctuate from scene to scene), the movie, lensed in Spain and Jordan, ended up
costing a then-staggering 13 million and won seven Academy Awards, including
Best Picture and Best Director. The 1962 Royal Premiere in London was virtually
the last time that David Lean's director's cut was seen: 20 minutes was edited
from the film's general release, and 15 more from the 1971 reissue. This
abbreviated version was all that was available for public exhibition until a
massive 1989 restoration, at 216 minutes that returned several of Lean's
favorite scenes while removing others with which he had never been satisfied.
Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Cast: Peter
O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Claude Rains,
Anthony Quayle, Arthur Kennedy, Jose Ferrer, Michel Ray, Norman Rossington, John
Ruddock, Donald Wolfit; Directed by: David
Lean
