LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

We've heard you! You said David Lean's epic-still the standard by which others are measured-on the big screen in the historic AFI Silver was the perfect cinematic treat last summer, so here it is again. British Colonel T.E. Lawrence leads the Arab revolt in World War I's Middle East-but sheik Anthony Quinn still grouses, "He is not perfect." Spectacular action and, in then-nearly-unknown Peter O'Toole's title performance (the first of his seven non-winning Best Actor Oscar nominations- the record), one of the most complex and enigmatic character studies in the cinema, summed up in the haunting, final shot. With stunning cinematography only experienced fully on the big screen. "One of the peaks of narrative cinema-traditional movie storytelling raised to its highest form"-Stephen Farber, film critic. Seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, Photography (the first of three Freddie Young Oscar-winning collaborations with Lean), and Score (Maurice Jarre's first-offour collaborations with Lean). Plus Robert Bolt's first-of-three screenplays for Lean and Omar Sharif's English language debut-coming out of a mirage.

Directed by David Lean; written by Robert Bolt; produced by Sam Spiegel. UK, 1962, color, 70mm, 226 min.