What is Lawrence of Arabia?
{{Infobox movie | name = Lawrence of Arabia | image = | caption = Original poster | director = [[David Lean]] | producer = [[Sam Spiegel]] | writer = [[T. E. Lawrence]] (writings)<br>[[Robert Bolt]]<br>[[Michael Wilson]] ([[Hollywood blacklist|blacklisted]]) | music = [[Maurice Jarre]] | cinematography = [[Freddie Young]] | editing = [[Anne V. Coates]] | starring = [[Peter O'Toole]]<br>[[Omar Sharif]]<br>[[Alec Guinness]]<br>[[Anthony Quinn]] | production_companies = Horizon Pictures | distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]] | released = December 10, 1962 ([[United Kingdom|UK]])<br>December 16, 1962 ([[United States|USA]]) | runtime = 216 | country = [[United Kingdom]] | language = [[English language|English]] / [[Arabic language|Arabic]] / [[Turkish language|Turkish]] | budget = [[United States dollar|$]]15 million (estimated) }} '''''Lawrence of Arabia''''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[epic]] [[movie]] from 1962, based on the life of [[T. E. Lawrence]]. It stars [[Peter O'Toole]] as the title character, along with [[Omar Sharif]] and [[Alec Guinness]]. The opening scene of the movie shows Lawrence dying in a [[motorcycle]] accident. The movie then goes into a series of [[flashback]]s (past events) from his life. The 1982 movie ''[[Gandhi (movie)|Gandhi]]'' follows the story pattern of ''Lawrence of Arabia's'': after the main character dies at the start, it moves into a series of flashbacks from Gandhi's life. ''Lawrence of Arabia'' won seven [[Academy Award]]s, one of them for Best Picture. Considered one of the greatest movies ever made, it has appeared on [[American Film Institute|AFI]]'s [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies|100 Years... 100 Movies]] list (as the number five selecion). A [[director's cut]] of the movie, running at 216 minutes, has no women talking in it. == Other websites == * {{imdb title|id=0056172|title=Lawrence of Arabia}} * [http://www.filmsite.org/lawr.html Greatest Films]