The Ultimate Adventure Story

Rating: Null/10 (4 August 2003)

Sum it up this way :
Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinnes, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Claude Rains all caught up in the whirl wind of clashing cultures, clashing time vast vistas, a cast of hundreds, and among the best performances of their respective careers.
Best of all, it has just the right measures of action, emotion and language to make it perfect family entertainment.
It's not just a movie, it's art, cinema art in its finest form.
Plan for this one though, as it's a long story, but does contain an intermission.
N.B. : During the Summer months of 2005, I was lucky enough to come across a paperback copy of T.E. Lawrence's "Seven Pillars of Wisdom". The movie was truly exciting but paled in comparison to Lawrence's real story in his own words. In the book, you will read of the real Fiasel, Adua Abu Tayi, Daud and Farraj, Sheik Tallal (who charged the Turks alone after he found his village sacked), Allenby, and others who were not just bigger than life, but made their Hollywood counterparts tame in comparison.
By all means see the movie, but if you like adventure, read the book!