Excellent Movie

Rating: Null/10 (15 August 2001)

The movie does not make clear that before Lawrence was in Cairo with the British Army, he had spent at least some months in the Middle East traveling for a college thesis on castles.
So, he didn't just head into the desert bringing only what he had from England or the Army.
The movie is: A 19th Century romantic hits the real world, tries to make a mark, and, with lots of struggles, does. He achieves less than he intends but still achieves a lot.
Also, he is an everyman at the bottom of a big powerful rigid bureaucracy and very poorly regarded. So, he needs to make a radical end run of some kind and does.
And, he provides some good examples of leadership techniques.
The dialog has some marvelous examples of persuasion.