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Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767898805
Format: Anamorphic, Subtitled, Color, Dolby
ISBN: 076789880X
Label: Columbia Pictures
Manufacturer: Columbia Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Columbia Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: August 27, 2002
Running Time: 218 minutes
Sales Rank: 1135
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1962
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Amazon.com:
There's no getting around a simple, basic truth: watching Lawrence of Arabia in any home-video format represents a compromise. There's no better way to appreciate this epic biographical adventure than to see it projected in 70 millimeter onto a huge theater screen. That caveat aside, David Lean's masterful 'desert classic' is still enjoyable on the small screen, especially if viewed in widescreen format. (If your only option is to view a 'pan & scan' version, it's best not to bother; this is a film for which the widescreen format is utterly mandatory.) Peter O'Toole gives a star-making performance as T.E. Lawrence, the eccentric British officer who united the desert tribes of Arabia against the Turks during World War I. Lean orchestrates sweeping battle sequences and breathtaking action, but the film is really about the adventures and trials that transform Lawrence into a legendary man of the desert. Lean traces this transformation on a vast canvas of awesome physicality; no other movie has captured the expanse of the desert with such scope and grandeur. Equally important is the psychology of Lawrence, who remains an enigma even as we grasp his identification with the desert. Perhaps the greatest triumph of this landmark film is that Lean has conveyed the romance, danger, and allure of the desert with such physical and emotional power. It's a film about a man who leads one life but is irresistibly drawn to another, where his greatness and mystery are allowed to flourish in equal measure. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - outstanding film
Found this film to be well written and executed. Classic Film that should be in everyone's film libtary
Rating:  - A sideshow of a sideshow
This 2008 2 disc set is a disaster. The only thing new it accomplishes is to prove, once and for all, that Columbia studios is run by men (and women) with curdled brains. Releasing something like this set of such poor quality is at odds with some of their other dvd releases. Close Encounters is an outstanding set, and David Lean's A Passage to India is as perfect as one could ever ask for.
So why, when they are this close to releasing Lawrence on BluRay, would they simply re-re-re-release the same lousy HD transfer over again? Oh, that's right, no imagination, and slavering, grasping execs who still stink at the end of the day like everyone else.
The set contains the corrected film from the Superbit release with all the special features of the original cloth-bound Limited Edition release, but the tards at Columbia Home Video have opted to keep the Superbit break in the film, which means disc one is all over with at "Due west!" a full twenty minutes before the intermission. This means cramming the remaining two hours of Lawrence PLUS the nearly two hours of special features onto disc two.
And to add insult to injury, THE MOVIE IMAGE ITSELF STILL SUFFERS FROM UNWATCHABLE SHIMMERING AND EDGE FRACTURING. It is impossible to absorb oneself into the film when highlights - tent poles, belt buckles, edges of rocks - jiggle and flicker maddeningly.
Bottom line: splitting the film in half before the intended intermission is unacceptable. Distracting edge ... Read More
Rating: - LAWRENCE OF ARABIA!
This is one of the most powerful films ever made. Put this with "Gone With the wind" This movie has it all, and I think because of its success it was all men characters, there was no blonds drowning out an epic movie.
This verison as the "INTRO", "INTERMISSION" and "OUTRO" you should watch it in full. but you can skip the intro and intermission and outro.
This version is also cheaper then the one thta came out recently with a 2 disc box set. Go for this one, it's cheep and its the same movie.
it has a couple of features but that about it.
enjoy.
Rating:  - Boring, long, nice scenery, decent acting...
Its suprising that this movie is from 1962. It feels like a movie made in the 40's or 50's. It has that overblown theatrical feel. Kind of like Wizard of Oz. There are some redeeming qualities of this film. The filming and camera angles are excellent. Some of the acting is good, but not great. Its almost like a Monty Python movie except it isn't funny and it's too "old-style". Other than that, Lawrence of Arabia would have made a great parody Monty Python movie if they would have went for that. They should have because there is no historical accuracy, no middle eastern actors, nothing real whatsoever. But thats would people liked back then, fake b.s.
This movie is similar to the movie "Giant". Its way too long and it has good actors but the performances are weak. "Giant" was absolutely horrible though, and this movie is not horrible, just boring, dumb, thoughtless, it also reminds me of Hogan's Heroes, where all the army people talk like they got a gerbal in their throat, or maybe in their pants I don't know. There is one scene where a British officer touches Peter O'Tooles nipple and starts fondling his breast. Peter O'toole hits the officer and then gets whipped while the perverted officer watches and starts coughing, is that like a hernia test innuendo or something? Whats up with the coughing?
There is another scene where Peter O'Toole gets shot with a gun and the gunshot has enough force to knock him off the top of a train car, but then gets up with only a little bloodspot on his ... Read More
Rating: - Among the Top-3 Films I've Ever Seen!
This film defies description as it needs to be seen to be believed! Everything about it is magical and if you thought director David Lean's work on "Bridge Over the River Kwai" was good "Lawrence of Arabia" even surpasses that great work handily and is his crowning achievement in an excellent career of films. The cast is brilliant, the screenplay excellent, the camerawork inspired making this a film fully deserving of its 7 Oscars and like a true classic never shows its age making for a thoroughly enjoyable viewing experience and greatly rewards repeated viewing.
This Collector's 2-disc version is also a treat as it comes with good making-of documentaries and the picture quality is excellent. The sound quality in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround is also first class. I really like the sand-coloured cloth covering of the dvd case as well as the full-colour 12-page booklet.
No movie-lover can go without having this film in their library and this is a must see for all film buffs. Great film, great dvd version makes this highly recommended. I can only imagine how much better the Blu-ray version will be and I wait with bated breath!
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