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The Cine-Files

85 Lawrence of Arabia Part 1

The Cine-Files

Steve Morris & John Rocha

Tv & Film

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2018

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

This week on The Cine-Files we begin our epic journey into one of the greatest films ever made. David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia, pracitically defines the term, "epic". With breathtaking cinematography, a goregeous score, brilliant script and incredible performances, Lawrence of Arabia is simply unlike any other film ever made. We are joined on this discussion by editor, Schmowdown competitor and deep thinker Rachel Cushing who love this film as much as we do. Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecine-files/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecine-files/support Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Hi this is Steve. This Sunday the world will turn its attention as it does every year around this time to Hollywood

0:07.6

where actors, filmmakers, writers, and technicians will gather for the grand daddyaddy of all award shows.

0:13.0

In other words, it's Oscar time, and in honor of the Academy Awards,

0:17.0

John and I thought we would review one of the greatest Oscar winners of all time.

0:22.0

Winner of seven Academy Awards awards including Best Picture, Director, Cinematographer, and Editor,

0:27.0

Lawrence of Arabia isn't just one of the greatest Oscar winners of all time.

0:31.0

It's one of the greatest movies of all time. Directed by David

0:34.8

Lean and starring Peter O'Toole Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness, and the unstoppable

0:39.4

Anthony Quinn, Lawrence of Arabia is a masterpiece that manages to tell a story that is at once epic and deeply personal.

0:47.0

Joining us in our journey into the life of T.E. Lawrence is editor and Schmoddown competitor Rachel Cushing who brings incredible

0:54.9

knowledge and passion to our discussion of this film. As always you can buy

0:59.4

Lawrence of Arabia along with every other movie we've ever reviewed, on our website cinnophiles.

1:05.7

And one more thing.

1:07.2

This is a big movie.

1:09.0

In fact, it's the longest film we've ever tackled on the cinnophiles, so there was no way we could fit everything

1:14.5

we had to say in one episode.

1:16.5

In fact, we couldn't fit everything we wanted to say about Act 1 in one episode.

1:21.7

So this Friday, we will release the first of our multi-part exploration

1:26.3

of Lawrence of Arabia on the Cinephiles.

1:29.0

Oh, thanks, Tewind, this is going to be fun.

1:32.0

L'Ollens? Only two kinds of creature get fun in the desert,

1:36.4

Bedouins and gods, and you're neither. Take it from me. For ordinary men, it's a burning fiery

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