Ambushing The Turkish Military Train - Peter O'Toole | Lawrence Of Arabia | Silver Scenes

In a bold move, Lawrence initiates a surprise attack on the Ottoman railway between Damascus and Medina, causing significant damage and disrupting Turkish operations. He continues to launch guerrilla strikes and ambushes, keeping the enemy off balance. Meanwhile, American journalist Jackson Bentley brings Lawrence's daring deeds to the world, making him a household name and a symbol of resistance against the Ottoman Empire.
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David Lean's splendid biography of the enigmatic T. E. Lawrence paints a complex portrait of the desert-loving Englishman who united Arab tribes in a battle against the Ottoman Turks during World War I.
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[@sblack48]

I saw it in the theatre in the 80s after it had been recolorized. There was even an intermission! First I’ve ever seen that! Between the cinematography, the acting, the story, the score and those piercing blue eyes it was completely overwhelming. I saw a picture on line not long ago of one of those wrecked trains lying in the desert. It’s still there.

[@TheDemonicPenguin]

Recolorized? You mean restored? It was always in color.

[@paulpaul246]

Wow

[@sblack48]

@@TheDemonicPenguin I don’t know exactly what they did. I know Spielberg was involved. You’re right it was already color. Enhanced or restored it I guess. It was really great to see it in the theatre with great sound for that score. Absolutely a crime that he didn’t win the Oscar that year.

[@randallkomisarek2875]

I saw this in Chicago as a young teen when it was in limited original release. There was a playbill, an overture before the screening, and a real intermission. I was overwhelmed by the experience, and it's remained my favorite picture ever since. Even got the chance to discuss its merits with Roger Ebert once, who was a real fan.

[@NJTDover]

Unforgettable masterpiece with Peter O'Toole as the main character.

[@jamesfrost7465]

The actual train wreck is still in the desert to this day.

[@ds1868]

Yep not that far from Tabuk if you're working or visiting KSA.

[@joehamlet7576]

@@ds1868 I worked in Tabuk for three years from 1994-97. Went to see the train lying on its side in the desert. It had 'Krupp, 1918' stamped on the underside. May not have been the same train as depicted here in the movie, but it was one of the trains still out there. Very cool.

[@michaelbowes9894]

Noel Coward said said O Toole was so pretty they should have called the movie Florence of Arabia.

[@MHB48615]

I guess I should have scrolled down and checked the comments prior to making mine, lol. He was indeed a very attractive man.

[@GalootWrangler]

The MAD magazine parody was called “Flawrence of Arabia.” In one panel, he dances while singing “I feel pretty.”

[@petekdemircioglu]

Ahahahah

[@petekdemircioglu]

The photo guy though: and the way he jumps to take photographs

[@beowulf1312]

Noel could spot a fellow traveller.

[@michaelreidperry3256]

Such a good looking film! Even set on mute, it is aesthetically pleasing.

[@geraldojorgedalmaschio9648]

A great, great, great film.

[@12classics39]

That shot at 4:55 is magical. His white robes flowing around him like wings and the sun behind him make him look like an angel. Lawrence has been an outcast and a mockery all his life (an illegitimate child, misfit in British society, possibly gay in a then-homophobic culture, etc.) He must be feeling so much freedom and joy at finally being noticed and appreciated; the Arabs genuinely value him, whereas the British just use him to benefit themselves.

[@alkhazarmegie2270]

Calling people a homosexual without any proof against their will is not nice.

[@12classics39]

@@alkhazarmegie2270 we don’t know for absolute certain if he was gay or not, but the film’s director has gone on record saying they intentionally portrayed him as gay in the film, so I’m referring to the film’s depiction of him.

[@kramerbc8482]

@@alkhazarmegie2270 I remember reading his book and the way he describes various men vs. women surely made him appear that way.

[@althesmith]

Throughout history, gay men who could handle themselves in a fight were usually given a pass. Look at the Chevalier D'Eon, or Louis XIV's brother (ok, bi actually), Phillipe, who was a good military officer.

[@Ciara1594]

I think that he was probably asexual. 🤔

[@florenciagondra-iz8ol]

"Lawrence de Arabia"maravillosa película con Peter O"Toole,Omar Sharif,Anthony Quinn,Alec Guinness y otros más ,magnífica música!!👍📽️🎵💖

[@johnlann248]

No actor’s hair has ever looked better than O’Toole’s here.

[@12classics39]

No actor has ever looked better in a film than O’Toole does here.

[@petekdemircioglu]

Long live Princess O’Toole!

[@petekdemircioglu]

Wouldnt have done O’Toole. Too shiny of a guy. Barbie Styler.

[@esmeephillips5888]

At the premiere Noel Coward said to Lean: 'Very good, David, but if Peter O'Toole had been any prettier, you would have had to call it Florence of Arabia.'

[@davidowens4145]

Warrior poets are quite rare.

[@DieFlabbergast]

Recently, Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, and more Ancient Greek, Roman, and Japanese samurai warriors/poets than you could shake a stick at. No more rare than "merchant poets" or "farmer poets," I would say.

[@jezebeljones659]

Nobody has ever done a more graceful catwalk.

[@michaelmixon2479]

My number one movie of all time!

[@rodneybarton-hall3867]

Mine too, ever since I first saw it in 1962.

[@geridayao8924]

That red patch on his right arm might as well be a medal.

[@fatihsusuz5756]

Ben Osmanlı torunuyum ve Türk’ üm, 100 yıl önce yapılan bu zulmü unutmadım, unutmayacağız ve unutturmayacağız. 🇹🇷

[@shauny2285]

Componded by EU unwillingness to allow 🇹🇷 as a member?

[@fatihsusuz5756]

Biz tarihi unutmadık, unutmayacağız.

[@boris325]

Grow up and move on Australia has forgiven Japan, as a good example. Consciousness over ego..

[@fatihsusuz5756]

@@boris325 World number one TÜRKİYE, OSMANLI İMPARATORLUĞU 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇳🇸🇦🇸🇾🇵🇰🇲🇷🇲🇻🇱🇾🇩🇿🇦🇿🇧🇦🇵🇸🇰🇿🇶🇦🇮🇪🇰🇬🇲🇰🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@fatihsusuz5756]

🇹🇷 NE MUTLU TÜRK’ ÜM DİYENE 🇹🇷

[@elchoya8432]

everytime i see this scene peter o'toole reminds me of errol flynn inTHE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE 1936 or THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON 1941

[@mikearmstrong8483]

For a military train, it was carrying a lot of unnecessary junk to loot.

[@Moviesrockmusicandmore]

It was the early 1900s. Different time

[@RK-um9tu]

Military has always stolen from occupied terrorities.

[@georgecoventry8441]

It probably served multiple purposes, including passengers, mail, and military stuff.

[@GunHillTrain]

Some of the people on the train, including the survivors standing around, are obviously civilians. Germans, Turks, others?

[@АндрейШмырев-ж3з]

Этот паровоз до сих пор лежит в той пустыне...

[@Snaproll47518]

The only similarity with true events was the sand. Nevertheless, it was an entertaining film.

[@nevermorefrompast-qx5wb]

the fact the train is stil in teh spot they left it ( for real now) is amazxing you can go see the rain :D

[@plahota]

Where?

[@mustafaozturk957]

Brits don't forget the canakkale🤣🤣✌

[@sourweed9818]

2:30 the only real hero in all that movie.

[@gwarlow]

Shooting someone in the back? That is your idea of a hero? Interesting. ;-)

[@sourweed9818]

@@gwarlow all movie is about shooting someone in the back. you got it.

[@CollectorChronicles]

The Turkish officer should have put the shoulder stock on his Mauser “Broomhandle”. He’s got ten chances to hit something.

[@robstevenson675]

It’s always bothered me that the photographer is stabbing at the shutter release, thereby shaking the camera badly when he takes each picture, making the shots utterly unusable. No newsy worth his pay would ever do such a thing. (And I speak from considerable experience in using such cameras myself.)

[@johnorlitta]

"Lawrence......Lawrence of Arabia.......He was an English guy.........He came to fight the Turkish......"

[@petekdemircioglu]

Ottoman. Many Turkish fought them too!

[@petekdemircioglu]

Tyrants will always end.

[@RK-um9tu]

What is your point? That you left out the location of the movie?

[@johnorlitta]

​@RK-um9tu if you haven't seen the movie "The Hollywood Knights", then you wouldn't understand.

[@MHB48615]

Someone once said that if Peter O’Toole had been any better looking they would have called the movie ‘Florence of Arabia’.

[@davidowens4145]

Good looking lad. Tall as well. The real Lawrence was about 5 foot 3.I would definitely recommend the 7 Pillars of Wisdom.

[@shanemcpherson1015]

Think that was Noel Coward.

[@eugenemurray2940]

The Sun behind him... As a halo Just like Rah The Sun God!

[@tamtom763]

one of my lovely film

[@pato2200]

"Is it okay of I take your picture?" "That's what I came here for."

[@12classics39]

Not really. If you read the subtext Lawrence doesn’t seem to like the guy very much, so he hams it up so that Bentley will get the photos he wants so badly and then get lost. He knows Bentley is looking for a sensationalist story and acts accordingly.

[@pato2200]

@@12classics39 Lawrence had greatness thrust upon him. He therefore had to play the role.

[@bobromphf9644]

Very few imposing figures like Lawrence.

[@geoffreypryce145]

My grandfather served under Kitchener in North Africa in the First World War, and yes Laurence was a pretty boy.

[@mole389]

M1919 .30 Browning a bit ahead of its time (o.14secs )

[@silverkitty2503]

hmm so its not terrorism when the british do it

[@NasserAlhameli]

In fact its the Hajj train, sevilians

[@miguelcastaneda7257]

They cut the scene where he's walking around saying why ...why as he looks back at them ...was raped... if you find directors cut its still in movie

[@if6was985]

Nothing like BF1...

[@larry1824]

No prisoners!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@hayrettinerdogan3344]

What a bad motto. It's very a primitive motto.

[@Влад09-ш9т]

Да, все так и было. Лоуренс Аравиийский взрывал поезда исключительно в белоснежных халатах, идеально выбритый , в тональном креме, со стильной стрижкой, немного загеленный сделав предварительно маникюр. Там в пустыне для этого были все условия

[@ankurshah23]

Lawrence's journey in the Arab world was one of the biggest badest backpacking trips ever.

[@markmcallan973]

Damn straight bro! Inshallah 🙏

[@peterschorn1]

"Thomas the Tank Engine and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day."

[@esmeephillips5888]

The ultimate 'white savior' movie?

[@EzraCannon-xp9is]

There's no "savior" in this movie...... you really ought to can it with that rhetoric, though. You're white.

[@kevinbautsch]

AAAHHHLLLAAAAA AKBAR!!!!!!!!

[@patriciaboisleve1594]

Cour methane du film Dan's dessert❤

[@David-g4d]

How every homosexual wishes he was regarded as

[@Redneckkratos]

0:19 give that man an Oscar

[@mustafaozturk957]

The big lie was the opposite

[@p-r-e-d-a-t-o-r]

I recommend Mehmetçik Kut-ül Amare.🇹🇷👍🖐️

[@audreymeschkuleit3466]

O'toole was generally impaired in most of his movie scenes.