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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).  

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

 

‘CLASSICS IN THE LOOP’ – New Film Series at The Tivoli Begins With BEN-HUR (1959) Sept. 7th

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There’s nothing more fun than getting to watch classic movies the way they were intended–on the big screen!

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Now, I understand plenty of people don’t want to go to a theater, spend a fortune on tickets, popcorn, and a drink just to see the glow of cell phones and hear people rudely talking while someone kicks your seat from behind, but that’s not the experience you’ll get at Landmark theaters newly-announced (and affordable) film series. St. Louis movie buffs are in for a treat as Landmark’s The Tivoli Theater will run it’s ‘Classics on the Loop’ every Wednesday beginning September 7th at 7pm. The Tivoli will screen, on their big screen (which seats 320 btw), the type of epic, widescreen masterpiece that needs to be seen in a theater with an audience. Admission is only $7.

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One benefits of the big screen is that you aren’t in your living room. The core function of movies like the ones they are showing at ‘Classics on the Loop’  is to take the viewer to the world of the movie and leave their own behind. That is so much easier to accomplish when one is not in the epicenter of the world they are trying to leave but in a spacious movie palace like the Tivoli. Seeing LAWRENCE OF ARABIA there will be like being in the desert with the protagonists (minus the heat).

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The Tivoli’s located at 6350 Delmar Blvd., University City, MO. Admission is a mere $7!

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

Sept. 7                  BEN-HUR (1959)

Sept. 14                THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Sept. 21                LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

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

Support this film series!!!! Hopefully, with good attendance, this will announce some more titles for Noevmber and beyond! Look for continued coverage of the ‘CLASSICS IN THE LOOP’ film series here at We Are movie Geeks.

Actor Omar Sharif Dead at 83 – Starred for David Lean

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Omar Sharif, the handsome, Egyptian-born actor best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Sherif Ali in David Lean’s LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) and the title role in Lean’s follow-up DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965) has died. Sharif appeared in other notable films including the title role in CHE! (1969), JUGGERNAUT (1974), and FUNNY LADY (1975). He had made a comeback of sorts in 2004 with MONSIEUR IBRAHIM, which had won him the coveted César Award. Sharif was quite the renaissance man, speaking four languages, and was considered one of the world’s foremost experts on the card game Bridge, having written several books on the subject and he licensed his name to a Bridge computer game. Sharif remained close friends with his LAWRENCE OF ARABIA costar Peter O’Toole until O’Toole’s death in 2013. Omar Sharif was diagnosed with Alzheimers in 2012 and died today of a heart attack at a hospital in Cairo.

From the BBC:

“Egypt-born Sharif won two Golden Globe awards and an Oscar nomination for his role as Sherif Ali in David Lean’s 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia. He won a further Golden Globe three years later for Doctor Zhivago. Earlier this year, his agent confirmed that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. His agent Steve Kenis said: “He suffered a heart attack this afternoon in a hospital in Cairo.”……..”

Read he rest of the article HERE

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33483877