Picturehouse Cinemas

Lawrence of Arabia

Showcasing the breadth of cinema, SCOPE brings the biggest and best films to make eyes pop and jaws drop. Once a month we showcase an epic, anything from the shores of Arabia to a distant galaxy, shot in a wide format, so every inch of our biggest screen is filled with filmy goodness. Be overwhelmed by the true power of cinema. One of the screen's grandest epics, this monumental story recounts the true life experiences of T.E. Lawrence, better known to the world as Lawrence of Arabia. A young, idealistic British officer in WWI, Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) is assigned to the camp of Prince Feisal (Alec Guinness), an Arab tribal chieftain and leader in a revolt against the Turks. In a series of brilliant tactical maneuvers, Lawrence leads fifty of Feisal's men in a tortured three week crossing of the Nefud Desert to attack the strategic Turkish held port of Aqaba. And following his successful raids against Turkish troops and trains, Lawrence's triumphant leadership and unyielding courage gain him nearly god-like status among his Arab brothers. With Oscar winning cinematography, magnificent locations, Maurice Jarre's famed score and a screenplay based on Lawrence's own writings, David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia is a masterpiece. Over the years the film was heavily cut, but in 1988 a reconstruction of the film was undertaken. David Lean and original editor Anne V. Coates then worked on the film to create Lean's Director's Cut. It is this version that has now been lovingly digitally restored by Sony Pictures Entertainment, ensuring that the film will be seen as it was meant to be, for the first time since its initial release. The film will also be screened in its original roadshow format, with an overture, intermission, entr'acte and exit music.

Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Quayle, Arthur Kennedy, Claude Rains, Jack Hawkins, Jose Ferrer, Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole
David Lean
226 Minutes
Adventure
Saturday, 18 May 2024