Lawrence of Arabia

Resource Information

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

Label

Lawrence of Arabia

Statement of responsibility

Columbia ; screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson ; produced by Sam Spiegel ; directed by David Lean ; produced by Horizon Pictures (G.B.) Ltd

Contributor

• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• Horizon Pictures (G.B.)
• Bolt, Robert
• Ferrer, José, 1912-1992
• Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000
• Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973
• Jarre, Maurice
• Johar, I. S
• 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
• Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978
• Wolfit, Donald, 1902-1968

Subject

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

Genre

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

Language

• eng
• mul
• eng

Summary

T.E. Lawrence, a young British officer, helps lead the revolt of Arab tribes against the Turks during World War I

Awards note

Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director (Lean), Best Cinematography (Young), Best Film Editing (Coates), Best Music, Score (Jarre), Best Art Direction/Set Decoration (Box, Stoll, Simoni), Best Sound (Cox) in 1963

Cataloging source

IlCrlFMD

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, F.A. Young ; editor, Anne V. Coates ; production design, Jon Box ; art director, John Stoll ; set dresser, Dario Simoni ; sound dubbing, John Cox ; music, Maurice Jarre

Dewey number

• [Fic]
• 813/.54

Intended audience

• MPAA rating: PG
• Canadian Home Video rating: PG

Language note

• Soundtrack in English; subtitles in Chinese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish or Thai
• Closed captioned

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.L39 2002

PerformerNote

Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Jose Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy, I.S. Johar, Donald Wolfit, Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole

Runtime

227

Target audience

general

Technique

live action