Sweeping Desert Drama.

Rating: 8/10 (9 November 2013)

David Lean directed this sweeping,(and Academy Award winning best picture and director) historical account of the life of T.E. Lawrence(played unforgettably by Peter O'Toole) who is a young intelligence officer in Cairo during WWI sent to investigate the Arab revolt against the Turks. Amazingly, he does more than that, as he somehow manages to lead them himself in their guerrilla attacks against the Turks! For two years he succeeds, but then is called upon to lead this army against the Ottoman Empire. Alec Guiness, Omar Sharif, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Quinn, & Anthony Quayle costar. Superbly directed and acted film is certainly long, and Lawrence does remain an enigma throughout, but the skill of the exquisite visuals and sumptuous score make up for it.