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Peter O’Toole in David Lean’s Iconic Classic LAWRENCE OF ARABIA Available on 4K ULTRA HD Steelbook June 7th

“No Arab loves the desert. We love water and green trees. There is nothing in the desert and no man needs nothing.”

Peter O’Toole in David Lean’s Iconic Classic LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) will be available on 4K ULTRA HD Steelbook June 7th

Celebrating its 60th anniversary. Winner of 7 Academy Awards® including Best Picture of 1962, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA stands as one of the most timeless and essential motion picture masterpieces. The greatest achievement of its legendary, Oscar®-winning director, David Lean (1962, Lawrence of Arabia; 1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai), the film stars Peter O’Toole — in his career-making performance — as T.E. Lawrence, the audacious World War I British army officer who heroically united rival Arab desert tribes and led them to war against the mighty Turkish Empire. Nominated for 10 Academy Awards in 1962, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA won seven, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography [Color], Best Art Direction-Set Decoration [Color], Best Film Editing, Best Music [Score] and Best Sound.

BONUS MATERIALS

  • Feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, fully restored from the original camera negative
    • Feature split across two 4K Ultra HD discs
  • Dolby Atmos + 5.1 audio

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA BLU-RAY FEATURE DISC

  • Feature presented in high definition, sourced from the 4K master
  • 5.1 audio
  • Special Feature:
    • Secrets of Arabia: Feature-Length Picture-in-Graphics Track

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURE DISC

  • Peter O’Toole Revisits Lawrence of Arabia
  • Making of Lawrence of Arabia Documentary
  • Deleted Balcony Scene with Introduction by Anne V. Coates
  • The Lure of the Desert: Martin Scorsese on Lawrence of Arabia
  • A Conversation with Steven Spielberg
  • Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic (1963 & 1970 Versions)
  • Maan, Jordan: The Camels Are Cast
  • In Search of Lawrence
  • Romance of Arabia
  • King Hussein Visits Lawrence of Arabia Set
  • In Love with the Desert Documentary
  • Lawrence at 50: A Classic Restored
  • Archival Interviews
    • Steven Spielberg on Lawrence of Arabia
    • William Friedkin on Lawrence of Arabia
    • Sydney Pollack on Lawrence of Arabia
  • New York Premiere Footage
  • Advertising Campaigns
  • Vintage Trailers & TV Spots

Directed By: David Lean
Produced by: Sam Spiegel
Screenplay by: Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson
Cast: Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Jose Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy, Omar Sharif, Peter O’Toole

Widescreen Marvel LAWRENCE OF ARABIA Returns to Movie Theaters

One of cinema’s most magnificent and visually stunning achievements, Lawrence of Arabia will return to movie theaters nationwide for two days only – a film made to be seen on the big screen will be presented by Fathom Events as part of the TCM Big Screen Classics series. Lawrence of Arabia will be presented digitally in 4K from a meticulous restoration that utilized 8K scans of the original 65mm negative; the picture was painstakingly restored to remove the damage, deterioration and fading the negative had experienced over 50 years.

Movie lovers can experience Lawrence of Arabia in its original 2.20:1 aspect ratio and in remastered 5.1 audio, along with the film’s sweeping original overture and intermission music by Maurice Jarre.

At once sophisticated and adventurous, literary and epic – and always strikingly visual – Lawrence of Arabia stars Peter O’Toole as T.E. Lawrence, the British soldier who unites the Arabic Empire to fight against the Turks. Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn and Omar Sharif co-star in the film directed by David Lean from a screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson and produced by Sam Spiegel. Lawrence of Arabia received seven Academy Awards®, including Best Picture and Best Director. Adding to the thrill of this big-screen spectacle, TCM Primetime Host Ben Mankiewicz will provide commentary before and after the feature.

Presented by Fathom Events, Turner Classic Movies and Sony Pictures

Sunday, September 1, 2019 – 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. (local time)

Tickets for Lawrence of Arabia can be purchased at www.FathomEvents.com or participating theater box offices. Fans throughout the U.S. will be able to enjoy the event in more than 600 movie theaters through Fathom’s Digital Broadcast Network (DBN). For a complete list of theater locations visit the Fathom Events website (participating theaters are subject to change).  

Alec Guinness in THE PRISONER Available on Blu-ray From Arrow Academy March 12th


Great new for the many fans of Alec Guinness. THE PRISONER (1955) will be available on Blu-ray From Arrow Academy March 12th!


Banned from the Cannes and Venice Films Festivals for being anti-Communist and excoriated elsewhere as pro-Soviet propaganda, Peter Glenville s The Prisoner stoked controversy at the time of its original release and remains a complex, challenging and multifaceted exploration of faith and power.


In an unnamed Eastern European capital, an iron-willed Cardinal (Academy Award-winner Alec Guinness, The Ladykillers) is arrested by state police on charges of treason. Tasked with securing a confession from him by any means necessary is a former comrade-in-arms from the anti-Nazi resistance (Jack Hawkins, The Bridge on the River Kwai). Knowing the Cardinal will never fold under physical torture, the Interrogator instead sets out to destroy him mentally, breaking his spirit rather than his body.


Adapted by acclaimed playwright Bridget Boland (Gaslight) from her own stage-play and showcasing powerhouse performances by two actors at the height of their game, The Prisoner is a tense, thought-provoking and disturbing drama about the endurance of the human spirit.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

  • High Definition Blu-rayTM (1080p) presentation
  • Original lossless mono audio
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Interrogating Guinness, a new video appreciation of the film by author and academic Neil Sinyard
  • Select scene commentary by author and critic Philip Kemp
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain
  • FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Mark Cunliffe

 

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA Screens September 21st at The Tivoli – ‘Classics in the Loop’

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“No Arab loves the desert. We love water and green trees. There is nothing in the desert and no man needs nothing.”

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LAWRENCE OF ARABIA screens Wednesday September 21st at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar in ‘The Loop’) as part of their new ‘Classics in the Loop’ film series. The movie starts at 7pm and admission is $7. It will be on The Tivoli’s big screen.

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“Greatest biopic ever”…”Genius in 70mm”…”A Miracle of a Movie”…

All these statements were said somewhere about director David Lean’s LAWRENCE OF ARABIA and it’s understandable. It was some kind of madness to make a movie like this in 1962. Working in the middle of desert for such a long time, those extraordinary ways of cinematographer Freddie Young, and working with that huge number of actors (and camels).

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But it all worked. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA is more than a glorious, expensive, old biopic movie. It’s just the ultimate movie about desert. I can feel the rays of the burning sun of Arabia desert every time i watch the movie, even if I’m watching it on a small screen. Okay, the script by Robert Bolt works because it doesn’t try to solve the mystery about Lawrence. At the end of the movie we still don’t know much about this guy. Compare it with another biopics that try to tell everything about the character they are depicting. Lawrence keeps the mystery and looks fresh every time you see it, just like CITIZEN KANE.
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LAWRENCE OF ARABIA is one of those movies that define what great acting is. Some legendary actors play some legendary characters. Peter O’Toole shines all through the movie and shines eternally for the rest of cinema. If this was his one and only movie he still would be one of the greatest screen actors ever. Still, Alec Guinness may be the best of the best here. The way he shows the founder of Saudi kingdom is just unforgettable, funny and awesome all at the same time. Omar Sharif is excellent too as the macho Arabian who falls for Lawrence and Anthony Quinn arguably plays the ultimate wild, uncivilized man.
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LAWRENCE OF ARABIA is the perfect big-screen movie experience. It’s overlong there are almost no women in the movie and it leaves many questions unanswered. It’s one of those very special works of art in the history of cinema that will always be praised and you’ll have the chance to experience it in all its big-screen glory when it screens Wednesday night at the Tivoli.

Here’s the rest of the line-up for the ‘CLASSICS IN THE LOOP’ film series:

Sept. 28                LA DOLCE VITA

Oct. 5                    THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956)

Oct. 12                  GONE WITH THE WIND

Oct. 19                  SEVEN SAMURAI

Oct. 26                  DOCTOR ZHIVAGO

 

TCM Celebrates Royal Wedding Friday, April 29, With Five Royal Romances

TCM cordially invites film lovers and royal watchers to celebrate next Friday the nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton with an evening of romance fit for a king and queen.

Friday, April 29

8 p.m. – Royal Wedding (1951)
Fred Astaire and Jane Powell find love in London
just as Queen Elizabeth II prepares to walk down the aisle.

10 p.m. – Roman Holiday (1953)
Audrey Hepburn won an Oscar® for her performance
as a spritely princess opposite Gregory Peck.

12:15 a.m. – The Glass Slipper (1955)
Leslie Caron stars in this lush adaptation of the Cinderella story
co-starring Michael Wilding and featuring the music of Bronislau Kaper.

2 a.m. – The Swan (1956)
Grace Kelly became a real princess the same year she starred
in this comedy with Louis Jourdan and Alec Guinness.

4 a.m. – The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)
Ramon Navarro stars in the title role in this silent
Ernst Lubitsch classic co-starring Norma Shearer.

(All times Eastern.)

For fans attending the 2011 TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, Jane Powell will make a live appearance at a special 60th anniversary screening of Royal Wedding (1951) at The Egyptian Theatre Friday, April 29, at 1 p.m. (PT).

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