Lawrence of Arabia

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epic historical drama film film

"Lawrence of Arabia" is a 1962 epic historical drama film directed by David Lean that chronicles the World War I exploits of British officer T. E. Lawrence in the Arabian Peninsula.

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instanceOf epic historical drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
basedOn Seven Pillars of Wisdom ⓘ
basedOnAuthor T. E. Lawrence ⓘ
character Auda abu Tayi ⓘ
General Allenby ⓘ
Mr. Dryden ⓘ
Prince Faisal ⓘ
Sherif Ali ⓘ
T. E. Lawrence ⓘ
cinematographer Freddie Young ⓘ
composer Maurice Jarre ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director David Lean ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editor Anne V. Coates ⓘ
filmingLocation England ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
genre epic film ⓘ
historical drama film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
includedIn AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies ⓘ
Sight & Sound critics' poll ⓘ
surface form: Sight & Sound critics' poll of greatest films
language English ⓘ
mainSubject T. E. Lawrence ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
notableFor depiction of Arab Revolt ⓘ
large-scale desert cinematography ⓘ
producer Sam Spiegel ⓘ
productionCompany Horizon Pictures ⓘ
releaseYear 1962 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 222 ⓘ
screenwriter Michael Wilson ⓘ
Robert Bolt ⓘ
setDuring World War I ⓘ
settingLocation Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
starring Alec Guinness ⓘ
Anthony Quayle ⓘ
Anthony Quinn ⓘ
Arthur Kennedy ⓘ
Claude Rains ⓘ
Donald Wolfit ⓘ
I. S. Johar ⓘ
Jack Hawkins ⓘ
José Ferrer ⓘ
Omar Sharif ⓘ
Peter O'Toole ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Lawrence of Arabia (film universe)
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Columbia Pictures → notableFilm → Lawrence of Arabia ⓘ
subject surface form: Claude Rains
Michel Dimitri Chalhoub → notableWork → Lawrence of Arabia ⓘ
Michel → notableWork → Lawrence of Arabia ⓘ
subject surface form: Michel Dimitri Chalhoub
Omar Sharif → notableWork → Lawrence of Arabia ⓘ
Wadi Rum → usedAsFilmLocationFor → Lawrence of Arabia ⓘ