Additional information for Lawrence of Arabia, which has a domestic theatrical release set for December 16, 1963. The film is being distributed by Columbia Pictures and has not yet been rated. Lawrence of Arabia has a total running time of 216 minutes.
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Argentina
PG
Australia
TE
Chile
K-16
Finland
U
France
PG
Ireland
16
Norway
PG
Singapore
18
Spain
15
Sweden
A
UK
IIA
Hong Kong
PG
USA
12
Iceland
M/12
Portugal
PG
Canada
12
Netherlands
12
South Korea
14
Brazil
12
West Germany
G
Japan
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Lawrence de Arabia
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Lawrence av Arabien
Finland
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Sweden
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Canada
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France
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Brazil
Lawrence da Arábia
Portugal
Lorens od Arabije
Serbia
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Yugoslavia
Ο Λόρενς της Αραβίας
Greece
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Bulgaria
Arábiai Lawrence
Hungary
Arabia no Rorensu
Japan
Arabian Lawrence
Finland
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Israel
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Denmark
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Romania
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Spain
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Italy
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West Germany
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Czechoslovakia
Lawrence z Arabii
Poland
O Lawrence tis Aravias
Greece
December 10, 1962
UK
December 16, 1962
USA
December 21, 1962
USA
January 30, 1963
Canada
February 04, 1963
Brazil
February 14, 1963
Japan
March 15, 1963
France
March 15, 1963
West Germany
March 22, 1963
Sweden
June 06, 1963
Italy
July 18, 1963
Netherlands
August 22, 1963
Uruguay
September 13, 1963
Finland
October 01, 1963
Spain
October 15, 1963
Denmark
October 31, 1963
Australia
November 01, 1963
Australia
November 28, 1963
Portugal
December 21, 1963
Japan
January 03, 1964
Belgium
September 11, 1970
UK
April 01, 1971
USA
April 27, 1971
Portugal
July 08, 1971
Australia
January 26, 1974
Japan
February 04, 1989
Portugal
February 08, 1989
USA
February 15, 1989
USA
May 10, 1989
France
May 26, 1989
UK
July 13, 1989
Australia
October 04, 1990
Germany
September 05, 1997
USA
March 26, 1998
Australia
October 24, 1998
South Korea
May 04, 1999
Argentina
August 11, 2002
Hong Kong
September 20, 2002
USA
August 28, 2004
Norway
November 17, 2005
Hong Kong
December 20, 2008
Japan
February 12, 2009
Germany
September 16, 2012
Australia
September 30, 2012
USA
November 09, 2012
Taiwan
November 23, 2012
UK
April 24, 2013
France
May 09, 2013
Portugal
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A flamboyant and controversial British military figure and his conflicted loyalties during his World War I service in Arabia.
In 1935, T. E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) is killed in a motorcycle accident. At his memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral, a reporter tries to gain insights into this remarkable, enigmatic man from those who knew him, with little success.During the First World War, Lawrence is a misfit British Army lieutenant stationed in Cairo, notable for his insolence and knowledge. Over the objections of General Murray (Donald Wolfit), he is sent by Mr. Dryden (Claude Rains) of the Arab Bureau to assess the prospects of Prince Faisal (Alec Guinness) in his revolt against the Turks.On the journey, his Bedouin guide is killed by Sherif Ali (Omar Sharif) for drinking from a well without permission. Lawrence later meets Colonel Brighton (Anthony Quayle), who orders him to keep quiet, make his assessment of Faisal's camp, and leave. Lawrence promptly ignores Brighton's commands when he meets Faisal. His knowledge and outspokenness pique the Prince's interest.Brighton advises Faisal to retreat to Yenbo after a major defeat, but Lawrence proposes a daring surprise attack on Aqaba which, if successful, would provide a port from which the British could offload much-needed supplies. While strongly fortified against a naval assault, the town is lightly defended on the landward side. He convinces Faisal to provide fifty men, led by a sceptical Sherif Ali. Two teenage orphans, Daud (John Dimech) and Farraj (Michel Ray), attach themselves to Lawrence as his servants.They cross the Nefud Desert, considered impassable even by the Bedouins, travelling day and night on the last stage to reach water. Gasim (I. S. Johar) succumbs to fatigue and falls off his camel unnoticed during the night. The rest make it to an oasis, but Lawrence turns back for the lost man. Sherif Ali, won over, burns Lawrence's British uniform and gives him Arab robes to wear.Lawrence persuades Auda abu Tayi (Anthony Quinn), the leader of the powerful local Howeitat tribe, to turn against the Turks. Lawrence's plan is almost derailed when one of Ali's men kills one of Auda's because of a blood feud. Since Howeitat retaliation would shatter the fragile alliance, Lawrence declares that he will execute the murderer himself. Stunned to discover that the culprit is Gasim, he shoots him anyway. The next morning, the intact alliance overruns the Turkish garrison.Lawrence heads to Cairo to inform Dryden and the new commander, General Allenby (Jack Hawkins), of his victory. During the crossing of the Sinai Desert, Daud dies when he stumbles into quicksand. Lawrence is promoted to major and given arms and money to support the Arabs. He is deeply disturbed, confessing that he enjoyed executing Gasim, but Allenby brushes aside his qualms. He asks Allenby whether there is any basis for the Arabs' suspicions that the British have designs on Arabia. Pressed, the general states they have no such designs.INTERMISSIONLawrence launches a guerrilla war, blowing up trains and harassing the Turks at every turn. American war correspondent Jackson Bentley (Arthur Kennedy) publicises his exploits, making him world famous. On one raid, Farraj is badly injured. Unwilling to leave him to be tortured, Lawrence is forced to shoot him before fleeing.When Lawrence scouts the enemy-held city of Daraa with Ali, he is taken, along with several Arab residents, to the Turkish Bey (José Ferrer). Lawrence is stripped, ogled and prodded. For striking out at the Bey, he is severely flogged, then thrown out into the street. Lawrence is so traumatised by the experience that he abandons all of his exploits, going from having proclaimed himself a god, to insisting he is merely a man. He attempts to return to the British forces and swear off the desert, but he never fits in there. In Jerusalem, Allenby urges him to support his "big push" on Damascus, but Lawrence is a changed, tormented man, unwilling to return. After Allenby insists that Lawrence has a destiny, he finally relents. Lawrence naively believes that the warriors will come for him rather than for money.He recruits an army, mainly killers, mercenaries, and cutthroats motivated by money, rather than the Arab cause. They sight a column of retreating Turkish soldiers who have just slaughtered the people of the village of Tafas. One of Lawrence's men from the village demands, "No prisoners!" When Lawrence hesitates, the man charges the Turks alone and is killed. Lawrence takes up the dead man's cry, resulting in a massacre in which Lawrence himself participates with relish. Afterward, he realises the horrible consequences of what he has done.His men then take Damascus ahead of Allenby's forces. The Arabs set up a council to administer the city, but they are desert tribesmen, ill-suited for such a task. The various tribes argue among themselves and in spite of Lawrence's insistence, cannot unite against the English, who in the end take the city back under their bureaucracy. Unable to maintain the utilities and bickering constantly with each other, they soon abandon most of the city to the British. Promoted to colonel and immediately ordered home, his usefulness at an end to both Faisal and the British diplomats, a dejected Lawrence is driven away in a staff car.
David Lean
Director(s)
T.E. Lawrence
Robert Bolt
Michael Wilson
Writer(s)
Sam Spiegel
producer
David Lean
producer (uncredited)
Producer(s)
Maurice Jarre
Composer(s)
T.E. Lawrence
Peter O'Toole
Prince Feisal
Alec Guinness
Auda Abu Tayi
Anthony Quinn
General Allenby
Jack Hawkins
Sherif Ali
Omar Sharif
Turkish Bey (as Jose Ferrer)
José Ferrer
Colonel Brighton
Anthony Quayle
Mr. Dryden
Claude Rains
Jackson Bentley
Arthur Kennedy
General Murray
Donald Wolfit
Gasim
I.S. Johar
Majid
Gamil Ratib
Farraj
Michel Ray
Daud
John Dimech
Tafas
Zia Mohyeddin
Medical Officer (as Howard Marion Crawford)
Howard Marion-Crawford
Club Secretary
Jack Gwillim
R.A.M.C. Colonel
Hugh Miller
Majid (voice)
Robert Rietty
MP in Map Room (uncredited)
John Barry
Captain at Officer's Club (uncredited)
Bruce Beeby
Sergeant at Cairo Headquarters (uncredited)
Fred Bennett
(uncredited)
John Bennett
Motor Bike Rider (uncredited)
Steve Birtles
Officer with Pipe Gazing at Lawrence (uncredited)
Robert Bolt
Sheik in Arab Council (uncredited)
Peter Burton
Extra (uncredited)
J.R.M. Chapman
Turkish Pilot (uncredited)
Tim Clutterbuck
Nurse (uncredited)
Barbara Cole
Turkish Pilot (uncredited)
John Crewdson
Cavalry General at Field Briefing (uncredited)
Basil Dignam
Driver in Cairo (uncredited)
Peter Dukelow
Allenby's Aide (uncredited)
Kenneth Fortescue
William Potter (uncredited)
Harry Fowler
Talal (uncredited)
Mohamed Habachi
Reporter at Lawrence's Funeral (uncredited)
Jack Hedley
Turkish Soldier (uncredited)
Rafael Hernández
Driver (uncredited)
Bert Holliday
Vicar at St. Paul's (uncredited)
Noel Howlett
Khitan of Aleppo (uncredited)
Cher Kaoiu
Director(s)
Robert Bolt
Michael Wilson
Writer(s)
producer
David Lean
producer (uncredited)
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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