The GWTW of sand!

Rating: 10/10 (25 March 2001)

This is without a doubt, one of filmdom's best. David Lean took his film crew to the desert, where he made not only an Oscar-winning film, but a timeless epic. Thankfully, producer Sam Spiegel didn't get Marlon Brando for the title role of T.E. Lawrence as he'd intended. The results would have been horrendous, especially the way Brando was behaving on film sets in the early 1960s.
The scenery (Yes, the desert can be beautiful!), performances, & script, not to mention Maurice Jarre's magnificent, timeless score, all tie together to make a film that requires countless viewings. However, the real star of the film is not Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, or any of the famed international cast . . . but Lawrence himself. His story & the way it's handled by Lean make this film a must.