How can this movie has gotten so much Oscars???

Rating: 4/10 (12 October 2005)

The only explanation may be that this was 40 years ago...
It certainly has nice acting, camera and music and so, but the story is transformed to some Walt Disney grease-pot: The Arabs are shown as naive guys whom Lawrence has to explain the superior culture of the west. Lawrence himself is behaving like a mental ill especially towards his military leadership. One of his comrades has - other than in reality - to be wounded so we can have Lawrence to tragically has to shot him. Other things like massacre on the turks, he was responsible for are not in the movie.
Long story short, the Book was adapted to some mainstream plot for the whole family. If you want kitsch, see the movie, if you want something authentic you have to read the about 900 pages of 'seven pillars of wisdom'.
4 out of 10, after all.