Lawrence of Arabia [videorecording] / [presented by] Columbia Pictures ; screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson ; produced by Sam Spiegel ; directed by David Lean. - Burbank, CA : Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment, [2001], c1962. - 2 videocassettes (238 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

Originally released as motion picture in 1962. This restored Director's Cut includes the original theatrical trailer and overture as well as film shorts featuring interviews with the cast and crew.

Editor, Anne V. Coates; music, Maurice Jarre. Editor, Anne V. Coates; music, Maurice Jarre.

Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains.

The story of T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole), 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.

Rated PG.


VHS; restored fullscreen; hi-fi stereo, Dolby surround.


Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Winner of seven Academy Awards, including Best picture.

0767870492 (pt. 1) : $19.96* 0800116917 (pt. 2) : $19.96*

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Lawrence, T. E. 1888-1935 --Drama.


World War, 1914-1918--Arabian Peninsula--Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.