Very long, but far from boring
Yeah. Real movies, real backgrounds, real actors...in case you're wondering what any of those three are like, check out this movie. It's incredible. Don't be intimidated by it's length, there is an intermission, a great place to take a berak, and since the movie takes place over a few different time periods, it's pretty easy to take breaks between certain chapters. Not only is it an aweseom look at Lawrence, but it is also a fine look into WWI era history to see what was going on back then.

outstanding film
Found this film to be well written and executed. Classic Film that should be in everyone's film libtary

A sideshow of a sideshow
This 2008 2 disc set is a disaster. The only thing new it accomplishes is to prove, once and for all, that Columbia studios is run by men (and women) with curdled brains. Releasing something like this set of such poor quality is at odds with some of their other dvd releases. Close Encounters is an outstanding set, and David Lean's A Passage to India is as perfect as one could ever ask for.

So why, when they are this close to releasing Lawrence on BluRay, would they simply re-re-re-release the same lousy HD transfer over again? Oh, that's right, no imagination, and slavering, grasping execs who still stink at the end of the day like everyone else.

The set contains the corrected film from the Superbit release with all the special features of the original cloth-bound Limited Edition release, but the tards at Columbia Home Video have opted to keep the Superbit break in the film, which means disc one is all over with at "Due west!" a full twenty minutes before the intermission. This means cramming the remaining two hours of Lawrence PLUS the nearly two hours of special features onto disc two.

And to add insult to injury, THE MOVIE IMAGE ITSELF STILL SUFFERS FROM UNWATCHABLE SHIMMERING AND EDGE FRACTURING. It is impossible to absorb oneself into the film when highlights - tent poles, belt buckles, edges of rocks - jiggle and flicker maddeningly.

Bottom line: splitting the film in half before the intended intermission is unacceptable. Distracting edge shimmer in the 21st century is also unacceptable. Releasing a world renowned classic like this four times and still getting it wrong is utterly criminal. It seems the studios are firing all the wrong people. I know, I work at one.

So, one feels, after this excretory fourth release, like Lawrence after Deraa, sodomized and left in the mud. Good thing I got this junk for free, from a buy-two-get-one-free deal at Barnes and Noble. Otherwise I'd be asking for my money back. Actually, I would be demanding it.

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA!
This is one of the most powerful films ever made. Put this with "Gone With the wind" This movie has it all, and I think because of its success it was all men characters, there was no blonds drowning out an epic movie.

This verison as the "INTRO", "INTERMISSION" and "OUTRO" you should watch it in full. but you can skip the intro and intermission and outro.

This version is also cheaper then the one thta came out recently with a 2 disc box set. Go for this one, it's cheep and its the same movie.

it has a couple of features but that about it.

enjoy.

Boring, long, nice scenery, decent acting...
Its suprising that this movie is from 1962. It feels like a movie made in the 40's or 50's. It has that overblown theatrical feel. Kind of like Wizard of Oz. There are some redeeming qualities of this film. The filming and camera angles are excellent. Some of the acting is good, but not great. Its almost like a Monty Python movie except it isn't funny and it's too "old-style". Other than that, Lawrence of Arabia would have made a great parody Monty Python movie if they would have went for that. They should have because there is no historical accuracy, no middle eastern actors, nothing real whatsoever. But thats would people liked back then, fake b.s.
This movie is similar to the movie "Giant". Its way too long and it has good actors but the performances are weak. "Giant" was absolutely horrible though, and this movie is not horrible, just boring, dumb, thoughtless, it also reminds me of Hogan's Heroes, where all the army people talk like they got a gerbal in their throat, or maybe in their pants I don't know. There is one scene where a British officer touches Peter O'Tooles nipple and starts fondling his breast. Peter O'toole hits the officer and then gets whipped while the perverted officer watches and starts coughing, is that like a hernia test innuendo or something? Whats up with the coughing?
There is another scene where Peter O'Toole gets shot with a gun and the gunshot has enough force to knock him off the top of a train car, but then gets up with only a little bloodspot on his shoulder. Is this "Night of the Zombies", or is this supposed to be somewhat historical? They can't make their minds up whether this movie was supposed to be a big joke, or whether they wanted to go somewhere with this. Regardless, there is some beautiful scenery of a bunch of white american actors trying to look Arabic riding camels through the desert. They either talk British or American of course. This would have made a great black comedy if they would have had to eat Peter O'Toole at the end because they got hungry. Oh well, waste 4 hours and watch this junk.