Lawrence of Arabia

Resource Information

The work Lawrence of Arabia represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Lawrence of Arabia

Statement of responsibility

Columbia ; the Sam Spiegel-David Lean production ; screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson ; produced by Sam Spiegel ; directed by David Lean

Creator

• Lawrence of Arabia (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978
• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Bolt, Robert
• Ferrer, José, 1912-1992
• Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000
• Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973
• Jarre, Maurice
• Kennedy, Arthur, 1914-1990
• Lean, David, 1908-1991
• O'Toole, Peter, 1932-2013
• Quayle, Anthony, 1913-1989
• Quinn, Anthony, 1915-2001
• Rains, Claude, 1889-1967
• Sharif, Omar, 1932-2015
• Spiegel, Sam

Actor

• Kennedy, Arthur, 1914-1990
• Rains, Claude, 1889-1967
• Sharif, Omar, 1932-2015
• Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973
• Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000
• Ferrer, José, 1912-1992
• O'Toole, Peter, 1932-2013
• Quinn, Anthony, 1915-2001
• Quayle, Anthony, 1913-1989

Film director

• Lean, David, 1908-1991

Film producer

• Spiegel, Sam

Presenter

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Publisher

• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)

Screenwriter

• Bolt, Robert
• Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978

Subject

• Middle East -- History -- 20th century -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• War films
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Arabian Peninsula -- Drama
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Middle East -- Drama
• Action and adventure films
• Biographical films
• Epic films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Historical films
• Lawrence, T. E., (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935 -- Drama

Genre

• Biographical films
• Epic films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Historical films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• War films
• Action and adventure films

Language

• eng
• eng
• fre
• jpn
• ara
• dut
• eng
• fre
• jpn
• eng

Summary

The story of T.E. Lawrence, the heroic and troubled man who organized the Arab nations to fight the Turks in World War I and then, having reached a pinnacle of power in Mideast politics, retired to postwar military obscurity

Awards note

Academy Awards, 1963: Best picture (Sam Spiegel) ; Best director (David Lean) ; Best music, score (Maurice Jarre) ; Best cinematography, color (Freddie Young) ; Best film editing (Anne V. Coates) ; Best sound (John Cox) ; Best art direction-set decoration, color (John Box, John Stoll, Dario Simoni)

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

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Credits note

Director of photography, F.A. Young. ; editor, Anne V. Coates ; music composed by Maurice Jarre ; orchestrations by Gerard Schurmann ; sound editor, Winston Ryder

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG

Language note

English (5.1 DTS-HD MA), dubbed French (5.1 Dolby Digital) or dubbed Japanese (5.1 Dolby Digital) dialogue; English, Arabic, Dutch, French or Japanese subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.L39 2012

PerformerNote

Alec Guiness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Jose Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy, Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole

Runtime

227

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action