Name: Lawrence of Arabia
Genre: Adventure, History, War
Released: 1962-12-16
Duration: 228 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif

Lawrence of Arabia

The Quest for Freedom in War

Bentley What, in your opinion, do these people hope to gain from this war?

Lawrence They hope to gain their freedom. Freedom.

Bentley They hope to gain their freedom. There's one born every minute.

Lawrence They're going to get it, Mr. Bentley. I'm going to give it to them.

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Enduring Pain with a Different Perspective

Potter Oooh! It damn well hurts.

[trying to copy Lawrence's snuffing a match with his fingers]

Lawrence Certainly it hurts.

Potter Well, what's the ], then?

[[trick]

Lawrence The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.

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Desert Fun: Perspectives from Lawrence and Dryden

Dryden Lawrence, only two kinds of creatures get fun in the desert: Bedouins and ], and you're neither. Take it from me, for ordinary men, it's a burning, fiery furnace.

[[gods]

Lawrence No, Dryden, it's going to be ].

[[fun]

Dryden It is recognized that you have a funny sense of fun.

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Understanding Mannerisms and Authority Dynamics

Murray If you're insubordinate with me, Lawrence, I shall have you put under arrest.

Lawrence It's my manner, sir.

Murray Your what?

Lawrence My manner, sir; it looks insubordinate but it isn't, really.

Murray You know, I can't make out whether you're bloody bad-mannered or just half-witted.

Lawrence I have the same problem, sir.

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The Capture of Aqaba Explained

Lawrence We've taken Aqaba.

Brighton Taken Aqaba? Who has?

Lawrence We have. Our side in this war has. The wogs have. We have...

Brighton You mean the Turks have gone?

Lawrence No, they're still there but they've no boots. Prisoners, sir. We took them prisoners, the entire garrison. No that's not true. We killed some, too many really. I'll manage it better next time. There's been a lot of killing, one way or another. Cross my heart and hope to die, it's all perfectly true.

Brighton It isn't possible.

Lawrence Yes it is. I did it.

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The Cost of War: Casualty Perspectives

Feisal Since starting this campaign four months ago, we have lost 37 wounded, 156 dead. Do you remark at this proportion between our dead and wounded?

Bentley Yeah. Four times as many.

Feisal That's because those too badly wounded to bring away we ourselves kill. We leave no wounded for the Turks.

Bentley You mean...

Feisal I mean we leave no wounded for the Turks. In their eyes, we are not soldiers, but rebels. And rebels, wounded or whole, are not protected by the Geneva Code and are treated harshly.

Bentley How harshly?

Feisal More harshly than I hope you can imagine.

Feisal And you are looking for a figure who will draw your country towards war.Bentley: All right. Yes.Feisal: Lawrence is your man.

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Perceptions of Prophecy in Leadership

Brighton They think he's a kind of prophet.

[speaking about Lawrence and the Arabs]

Allenby They do or he does?

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Chaos in Arabia: A Strategic Vision

Lawrence A thousand Arabs means a thousand knives, delivered anywhere, day or night. It means a thousand camels. That means a thousand packs of high explosives and a thousand crack rifles. We can cross the whole of Arabia while Johnny Turk is still turning round. I'll smash his railways. And while he's mending them I'll smash them somewhere else. In thirteen weeks I can have Arabia in chaos.

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Value of Victory in Battle

Feisal In this country, Mr. Bentley, the man who gives victory in battle is prized beyond every other man...

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Auda and Ali's Tense Exchange

Auda abu Tayi It is Auda of the Howitat who speaks.

Sherif Ali It is Ali of the Harith who answers.

Auda abu Tayi Harith! Ali... does your father still steal?

Sherif Ali No. Does Auda take me for one of his own bastards?

Auda abu Tayi No, there is no resemblance. Alas, you resemble your father.

Sherif Ali Auda flatters me.

Auda abu Tayi You're easily flattered. I knew your father well.

Sherif Ali (pause) (To Auda) Did you know your own?

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A Dispute Over a Well

Sherif Ali He is dead.

[Ali shoots Tafas dead while riding his camel. He stops his camel and jumps down to examine Tafas' body]

T.E. Lawrence Yes... why?

Sherif Ali This is my well.

[mentioning the well Lawrence and Tafas are resting at]

T.E. Lawrence I have drunk from it.

Sherif Ali You are welcome.

T.E. Lawrence He was my friend.

Sherif Ali That?

[mentioning Tafas]

T.E. Lawrence Yes, that.

Sherif Ali Yours?

[Ali walks towards Lawrence and grabs Tafas' revolver lying on the sand]

T.E. Lawrence No, his.

Sherif Ali His?

[Ali tucks the revolver into his waist and walks towards the well; mentioning the tin cup near the well]

T.E. Lawrence Mine.

Sherif Ali Then I will use it.

[pulls some water out of well]

Sherif Ali ... your friend... was a Hazimi of the Beni Salem.

T.E. Lawrence I know.

Sherif Ali I am Ali ibn el Kharish.

[Ali salutes Lawrence and drinks his water]

T.E. Lawrence I have heard of you.

Sherif Ali So... What was a Hazimi doing here?

T.E. Lawrence He was taking me to help Prince Feisal.

Sherif Ali You've been sent from Cairo?

T.E. Lawrence Yes.

Sherif Ali I have been in Cairo for my schooling. I can both read and write... my Lord Feisal already has an Englishman.

T.E. Lawrence Yes.

Sherif Ali What is your name?

T.E. Lawrence My name is for my friend. None of my friends is a murderer.

[Ali walks away]

Sherif Ali You are angry, English. He was nothing. The well is everything... The Hazimi may not drink at our wells. He knew that... Salaam.

[Ali climbs his camel]

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The Burden of Guilt in War

Lawrence I killed two people, I mean two Arabs. One was a boy. That was yesterday. I led him into a quicksand. The other was a man. That was before Aqaba anyway. I had to execute him with my pistol. There was something about it I didn't like.

Allenby Well, naturally.

Lawrence No, something else.

Allenby I see. Well that's all right. Let it be a warning.

Lawrence No, something else.

Allenby What then?

Lawrence I enjoyed it.

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The Origin of Greatness

Dryden Big things have small beginnings.

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The Dilemma of Inaction

Brighton Look, sir, we can't just do nothing.

[as Damascus falls and burns]

Allenby Why not? It's usually best.

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Mercy and Manners in Leadership

Bentley I heard in Cairo that Major Lawrence has a horror of bloodshed.

Feisal That is exactly so. With Major Lawrence, mercy is a passion. With me, it is merely good manners. You may judge which motive is the more reliable.

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The Cycle of Youth and Age in War

Feisal Young men make wars, and the virtues of war are the virtues of young men – courage and hope for the future. Then old men make the peace, and the vices of peace are the vices of old men – mistrust and caution. It must be so.

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Auda's Reluctance to Join the Cause

T.E. Lawrence My friends, we have been foolish. Auda will not come to Aqaba. Not for money...

Auda abu Tayi No.

T.E. Lawrence ...for Feisal...

Auda abu Tayi No!

T.E. Lawrence ...nor to drive away the Turks. He will come... because it is his pleasure.

Auda abu Tayi Thy mother mated with a scorpion.

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Desert Affection and Arab Identity

Feisal I think you are another of these desert-loving English: ], ], ]. No Arab loves the desert. We love water and green trees, there is nothing in the desert. No man needs nothing.

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Invitation to Dine in Wadi Rum

Auda Abu Tayi (To Lawrence) Dine with Auda, English. Dine with him. (To Harith Envoy) It is my pleasure, that you should dine with me... in WADI RUM!

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Caution and Sympathy in Political Conversations

Bentley Watch out for Allenby. He's a slim customer.

Feisal Excuse me?

Bentley A clever man.

Feisal Slim customer. It's very good. I will certainly watch out for him. You are being very sympathetic, Mr. Bentley.

Bentley Your Highness. We Americans were once a colonial people, and we naturally feel sympathetic to any people anywhere who are struggling for their freedom.

Feisal Very gratifying.

Bentley Also, my interests are the same as yours. You want your story told. I badly want a story to tell.

Lawrence of Arabia

The Allure of the Desert's Cleanliness

Bentley What is it, Major Lawrence, that attracts you personally to the desert?

Lawrence It's clean.

Bentley Well, now, that's a very illuminating answer.

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Identity and Unity Among Arab Tribes

T.E. Lawrence We do not work this thing for Feisal.

Auda abu Tayi No? For the English, then?

T.E. Lawrence For the Arabs.

Auda abu Tayi The Arabs? The Howitat, Ajili, Rala, Beni Saha; these I know, I have even heard of the Harith, but the Arabs? What tribe is that?

Lawrence of Arabia

A Call to Rediscover Greatness

Feisal In the Arab city of Cordova, there were two miles of public lighting in the streets when London was a village...

Lawrence Yes, you were great.

Feisal ...nine centuries ago...

Lawrence Time to be great again, my Lord.

Feisal ...which is why my father made this war upon the Turks. My father, Mr. Lawrence, not the English. Now my father is old. And I, I long for the vanished gardens of Cordova. However, before the gardens must come fighting.

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Auda Abu Tayi's Declaration of Identity

Auda Abu Tayi I am Auda Abu Tayi! Does Auda serve? (Tribesmen in tent shout no, turns to ask those gathered outside) DOES AUDA SERVE?!? (Crowd yells angrily no)... I carry twenty-three great wounds, all got in battle. Seventy-five men have I killed with my own hands in battle. I scatter, I burn my enemies tents. I take away their flocks and herds. The Turks pay me a golden treasure, yet I am poor! Because *I* am a river to my people! (Audas tribesmen cheer)

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Regret for Leaving Tunbridge Wells

Dryden On the whole, I wish I’d stayed in Tunbridge Wells.

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Crossing Sinai: A Conversation on Leadership

Auda In ten days. You will cross Sinai?

Lawrence Why not? ] did.

[[Moses]

Auda And you will take the children?

Lawrence Moses did.

Auda Moses was a ] and beloved of ].

[[prophet; [God]

Lawrence We've taken Aqaba.Brighton: Taken Aqaba? Who has?Lawrence: We have. Our side in this war has. The wogs have. We have…

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Seeking a Hero for War Support

Bentley It's very simple, sir. I'm looking for a hero...certain influential men back home believe that the time has come for America to lend her weight to the patriotic struggle against Germany, uh, and Turkey. Now I've been sent to find material which will show our people that this war is, uh...

Feisal Enjoyable?

Bentley Oh, hardly that, sir. But to show them its more adventurous aspects.

Feisal And you are looking for a figure who will draw your country towards war.

Bentley All right. Yes.

Feisal Lawrence is your man.

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Perceptions of Culture and Military Accomplishments

Lawrence Look Ali, if any of your Bedouin arrived in Cairo and said, We've taken Aqaba, the generals would laugh.

Ali I see. In Cairo, you will put off these funny clothes. You will wear trousers and tell stories of our quaintness and barbarity. And then they will believe you.

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The Consequences of Tribal Conflict

Lawrence Sherif Ali, so long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people, greedy, barbarous, and cruel, as you are.

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The Complexity of Truth in Deception

Dryden When we told lies you told half-lies. And a man who tells lies, like me, merely hides the truth. But a man who tells half-lies has forgotten where he put it.

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