Lawrence Of Arabia-After taking Aqaba

[@TTony-tu6dm]

O’Toole was a master. Back in the 80’s I was in Manhattan waiting to cross the street. I looked at the person next to me and was shocked to see it was Peter O’Toole. Stupidly I said “You’re Peter O”Toole!” He looked at me, smiled, and said “Why yes my good man. Yes I am”. The light changed and he went on his way.

[@jasonnicholasschwarz7788]

I would have fainted on the spot...

[@donarthiazi2443]

I was also in New York. I play shortstop for the Mets. You need tickets for our home opener?

[@alyu1129]

@@donarthiazi2443 As Peter O'toole would say, "Envy is most unbecoming of you my dear chap."

[@petedavidson3359]

Thank Goodness you didn't ask for an Autograph......I can't stand that or in today's world a Selfie....yuck

[@smartguy9765]

"This is a bar for British officers!" "That's alright, we are not particular" Genius

[@dafyddil]

@Peter T Hi Peter. So the first line is spoken as a way to communicate that they are not welcome, that the bar is exclusively for British officers. His response is quite clever in that he intentionally misinterprets the remark that was made to exclude them, for humorous effect. His response is that even though it is a bar for British officers, they're not picky enough to go elsewhere, and it will suit them alright. Hope that helps!

[@handsomeman-pm9vy]

@Peter T In other words: "We don't mind that the bar is for British officers, we will allow them to stay while we drink." lol

[@paulstone3590]

That line is so funny.

[@12classics39]

@Peter T also, the line is Lawrence’s subtle way of insulting British bigotry. It’s clear that Lawrence and Farraj are exhausted and in desperate need of a drink just to stay on their feet, but the officers are so prejudiced against Arabs that they don’t care. So Lawrence insults their bigotry by saying “WE are not particular,” aka bigoted, subtly implying “you’re the prejudiced ones, you’re the ones who are in the wrong here, not us.”

[@rickrose5377]

Screenplay by Robert Bolt, who also wrote 'A Man for All Seasons'.

[@robjones2408]

It beggars the belief that Peter never won an Oscar for this iconic part. At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter because this film is cast in stone for all eternity. It speaks volumes that nobody has dared to remake this wonderful film.

[@donaldstinnett5630]

Were you on a first-name basis?

[@mikeat2637]

Don't say that too loud, Disney might be listening and would want to remake it.

[@cherrytate7149]

Oh YES..TOTALLY AGREED .👍👍👍🇬🇧 With you...ROB JONES ..👌

[@jimdandy8119]

​@@mikeat2637 Beat me to it. Good lord don't give them any ideas.

[@Rensune]

Dune is as close as we'll get to a "remake"

[@63bplumb]

While these "soldiers" were posing and preening Lawrence was out doing it!

[@loreedavis5988]

Just watched this clip and I want to say that since I was a teenager up to now, at 72 years of age, this is still my all-time number one favorite movie EVER and I have never changed from that ❤

[@jjhpor]

This and Dr. Zhivago are two of the best and most beautiful movies ever made and both in the same year. Omar Shariff in both of them.

[@djowen5192]

Same here. My dad took me to watch it originally and I've watched it now hundreds of times. Still one of the best films ever made.

[@pratapbalakrishna3036]

And the dialogues, brilliant.

[@MickeyMacks1]

This and The Ten Commandments are my favorites

[@mcpheonixx]

I still watch this film from time to time! The score is amazing as well as the cinematography . The cast is just legendary!!

[@thomaschacko6320]

“He likes your lemonade.” Perfectly delivered, as with all of O’Toole’s lines!

[@12classics39]

This scene is chock-full of fantastic lines from Lawrence. You really cheer for him here.

[@ianmangham4570]

Great lemonade 😊

[@robertthompson9574]

Ha ha!​@@ianmangham4570

[@santamarian3578]

Regardless of the accuracy of the film, one can't but be mesmerized by the acting skill of a 29 year old Irishman who was unheralded until then ... truly one of those performances where you can not see anyone else doing it...like Bogart in Casablanca, Brando in the Godfather, Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird...talent up the old wazoo...Happy St. Patrick's day Mr. O'Toole

[@bighands69]

Back then actors trained in theatre and then had years of experience in theatre before they made their film career.

[@doriangray2020]

The fact he was Irish has nothing to do with you nationalistic moron.

[@santamarian3578]

@@doriangray2020 My point was there were many British and American actors that the studios could have gone for....only O'Toole I think had the gravitas to carry it off effectively ...getting into name calling must show that you are both an American and probably a Trump supporter...I'm Canadian and can understand the overbearing influence America has on us just like Britain has on Ireland....

[@christoph404]

Oddly enough Brando was offered the part but declined, Montgomery Clift was considered but there was one other actor who very narrowly lost out to Peter O'Toole, an actor from Glasgow actually, his name was John Fraser, you may remember him as Prince Alfonso in "EL CID" opposite Charlton Heston, or as Bosey in "The Trials Of Oscar Wilde " opposite Peter Finch, he had that slightly effete and anguished quality that O'Toole also brings to the role, and he was very good looking in a " pretty" sort of way, John Fraser is an actor I could see in the role, I think he would have been equally good as O'Toole......but O'Toole made it his own and gave a superb performance, the script and dialogue was was off the scale in terms of quality, always helps when an actor has exceptional material to work with.

[@GH-jb6bq]

@@santamarian3578 Name calling is the pervue of progressives, not people that want lower taxes, fair trade and defensible borders. Now run along and play nice with your progressive buddies and help Joe and Heels-up not trip.

[@TheAjbarron]

This epic was a perfect combination of superb acting, cinematography, script and music. I remember watching it for the first time when it was released, multiple times after, and the extended/directors cut it the early 80's. O'Tooles performance was mesmerizing his pacing, voice tone and piercing blue eyes.

[@mikeat2637]

This movie is the finest example of cinematography in films, nothing even comes close.

[@johnbowen2956]

"Bridge on the River Kwai" comes close. But I prefer "Lawrence of Arabia."

[@scanamana]

and here we are watching it in 240p :D

[@robertgift]

Bartender: "This is a pub for British officers". Lawrence: *_"That's alright. We're not particular."_*

[@pretzelberger2125]

For all its problematic issues on the PC front by today's standards, the film did at least challenge the empire-glorifying narrative still present in the 1960s - summed up in this rather brilliant line.

[@gursherish]

It says "bar"

[@scottmatheson3346]

@@pretzelberger2125 sort of. The point is to bring up the anti-colonialist argument, to consider it in order to reject it, because the best arguments take their opposition seriously. So the film's takeaway is that if colonialism is corrupt or abusive it's still necessary because subject peoples are incapable of self-governance. Indeed the film posits a contrast between experience, sophistication, competence and moral compromise on one hand, and youthful idealism and fecklessness on the other. You see this within each culture as well as in the contrast between them. Cynical military/political establishment vs youthful, idealistic lawrence who gains competence as he becomes morally compromised; on the other side old, corrupt faisal in contrast to the purist, hothead arabs whose interests he is shepherding. Once you've accepted this correlation then any argument from morality is negated - if a people deserve to be freed then it must be true that they lack the competence for self-governance and therefore should not be freed. It is true, though, that as with all good argument, all good literature, this contains within itself a compelling version of the position it ultimately rejects.

[@Isewein]

That's a brilliant analysis of why the screenplay of this film transcends simple messaging and instead grasps some part of the essence of History.

[@dandyrevisionist7879]

@@scottmatheson3346 for the virtue signalists that scream "colonialism-bad" take a look at the Hong Kong protesters who hanged the Hong Kong colonial flag in their parliament, most likely got arrested or are missing by this moment in time, Hong Kong surely miss the days they were part of England.

[@alanfoster6589]

As a writer, I can say that this is one of the best screenplays ever scribed.

[@aqinthe]

This is my fav scene of this movie. "It is impossible". "Yes and I did it". Great part.

[@Ch9-7708]

The expression on his face when they want to kick out Farrash is brilliant

[@Dee010s]

They have no boots.

[@12classics39]

@@Ch9-7708 The Protective Dad Death Glare.

[@321bytor]

'It isn't possible' not 'it's impossible'

[@raindrops21_9]

My God! Peter O'Toole in this scene...he's perfect. You can almost feel the adrenalin mixed with nervous exhaustion coming off him in waves. The breathiness, his hands shaking and all the while, his soft moderated voice - indicating his *incredible* self-control. Contrast this with his performance in the 'no prisoners' scene. He speaks barely a word - it is all written on his face, in his eyes: excitment, fear, doubt, fury, and finally exultation as the beast within him finally tears loose. He is no longer the master of himself and he gives reign to the base aspects of his nature. I don't know if this is what TE Lawrence was actually like, and I don't care. O'Toole made the man real *and* other-worldly in the same breath. Just astonishing.

[@sclogse1]

DEFINITELY pick up a copy of T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. after the later updated 27 page introduction, I guarantee you have never read an opening chapter like this in your life. EBay...

[@MarkHarrison733]

O'Toole was dreadfully miscast as Colonel Lawrence.

[@joemuir2575]

We let down the Arab people, Lawrence did not, Peter Otoole was magnificent in this part, Lawrence would have been proud and happy

[@jamesmason2228]

@@MarkHarrison733 Shouldn't a claim like that be made in the context of actual alternatives you specify? That would be an invitation to a discussion. But I see you're incapable.

[@MarkHarrison733]

@@jamesmason2228 O'Toole looked nothing like Colonel Lawrence.

[@beowulf1312]

One of the best films of the last sixty years.

[@lonestar6709]

_"First I want a room. With beds. And Sheets.... It's for him!"_ Brilliant. They don't make 'em like this anymore.

[@12classics39]

Lawrence may be flawed, but it’s this scene - the way he prioritizes poor sweet Farraj’s well-being above anything else - that proves he really has a good heart deep down.

[@SN00PICUS]

A Man must always care for those under his protection first before accepting for himself. Perfect portrayal it is a damned shame he didn't win an Oscar for this.

[@jkelsey555]

It was a bad break, Gregory Peck was also brilliant in To Kill a Mockingbird

[@markthompson4905]

Interestingly I would suspect that this movie with O'Toole's acting was the catalyst for launching many a Hollywood actors career who do have oscars .

[@rifelaw]

Watching this movie on a huge screen in 70mm was when of the cinematic high points of my life.

[@VallaMusic]

of course Peter O' Toole is superb thoughout this great film...but always admired the raw emotional power exhibited during this bar scene in particular

[@rwinrock]

Yes, almost in tears with emotion - "It's for him!"

[@12classics39]

Absolutely. He really looks like a man with PTSD; his acting is so convincing.

[@quilp6666]

One of the greatest scenes in movie history is where in the desert, a shimmering blob on the horizon materialises into Omar Sharif on a camel approaching the well.

[@pinburg]

The best film that was ever filmed on film in a camera.......You could even taste that lemonade....

[@chrisholland7367]

It's almost on the same scale as John Mills during the ending of the film Ice Cold in Alex .

[@alexbowman7582]

@@chrisholland7367 that depends if your an alcoholic.

[@chrisholland7367]

@@alexbowman7582 what a stupid thing to say.

[@sclogse1]

Yes, film stock, designed for flesh tones by masters of chemistry can be a glorious thing. The crowd scenes in the film about the Beatles at Candlestick Park has the most luminous faces I've ever scene. Film.

[@jamesalexander5623]

Every time I have Lemonade I think of this scene!

[@danieldravot341]

“He likes your lemonade”. The best line in the entire film.

[@alanfoster6589]

Auda: "When Lawrence finds what he's looking for, he will go home. When you find what you are looking for, you will go home." Sums up war pretty well.

[@kurumais]

my favorite is also from auda. when he first meets lawrence alone in the desert, lawrence asks him 'are you alone?" auda responds "almost" which goes right over lawrence's head.

[@GenericUserNameHere]

I like Auda’s, “Thy mother mated with a scorpion”

[@12classics39]

It really is. It sounds like an absurdly obvious statement but under the surface he’s really saying, “See? He’s a human being. Treat him like one.” O’Toole conveys it in a perfect delivery.

[@danieldravot341]

I think it’s one of the best lines in the history of cinema . . .

[@Chevalier_knight]

"He likes your lemonade" god i love that line

[@12classics39]

Hilarious and poignant at the same time. Reveals so much of the character and the film’s overall themes. Perfectly delivered by the great Peter O’Toole.

[@judyl5260]

One of my top ten movies of all time…just the best

[@fernandkessler2855]

Le meilleur

[@SoleilPhoenix]

One of the best movies and actors ever. Peter O' Toole was a great actor, his impersonation of Tiberius Caligula was highly remarkable as well

[@davidcribbs2]

Becket?

[@MickeyMacks1]

Have you seen him in Masada?

[@Mark-jp9dz]

A fantastic movie, great acting, sublime directing , marvellous script, wonderful music, epic cinematography. Too bad Hollywood has forgotten how to do this.

[@cheikhna1947]

Exactly !

[@fansofst.maximustheconfess8226]

"Hollywood" didn't make this one. It is a Sir-David-Lean-picture. Quite a different thing.

[@mikeyriart816]

"Horizon Pictures" made the film, and was DISTRIBUTED by Columbia Pictures.

[@waynearrington6727]

An extreme dearth of creativity in the movie industry. All they make now are comic books. Nothing worth watching. Certainly nothing like this film.

[@cinemaipswich4636]

If you see "Lawrence of Ariabia" at the Cinema, then you will truly know what Panavision and Cinemascope truly is. Watching it on a monitor or TV is not good enough.

[@raythomas8259]

so true I have vivid memories as a 10 year old watching this movie in 1963 on a Panoramic Cinemascope large screen, it felt like you were actually right there........

[@flamencoprof]

Best movie with no women in it I have ever seen. Also best movie I have ever seen. I bought the DVD around 2007, and was astounded to find I was quoting along with dialogue I hadn't heard for 45 years!

[@Ciara1594]

Glad they didn't put in a love interest. 😏

[@flamencoprof]

@@Ciara1594 Maybe there was one in this scene.

[@jantzfitzgerald6115]

Shawshank didn't exactly overdo female screen time either.

[@chairmanalf7856]

This scene was filmed in the Plaza de España, Seville. I was actually there last September and thought at the time that I was walking in Peter O’Toole’s footsteps.

[@jasonnicholasschwarz7788]

could you resist the temptation to re-enact the scene?

[@caseclosed9342]

If I recall the Star Wars prequels were filmed there, too. There’s even scene in Star Wars that’s an homage to this movie.

[@LanceII]

"That's all right, we're not particular."

[@juschu67]

me too # i do not obey to bullshit

[@12classics39]

That’s how you throw bigotry right back into a bigot’s face. Bravo, Lawrence.

[@Vlad65WFPReviews]

The man deserving a ton of credit here is masterful screenwriter Robert Bolt - he failed to win the Oscar which went to "To Kill a Mockingbird" which seemed a bit unfair as Bolt had to create this amazing dialogue while the other writer could lift it from the novel. Best screenplay for an epic.

[@alanfoster6589]

No question. Bolt got shafted.

[@kentvesser9484]

@@alanfoster6589 I take it this was before Oscar was split with original screenplay and adapted screenplay awards. That said, while I would be disappointed to lose to another person, you can take some solace in the film in question not being something that was pretty much forgotten just a few years later.

[@miguelservetus9534]

Awards don’t matter. They are as ephemeral as air.

[@thebookwasbetter3650]

There's a theater near me that shows this about once a year. They also have an old fashioned organ that comes up through the floor of the stage and a guy plays the theme before the movie starts and at the intermission. It's quite an experience. The Heights Theater in Minneapolis if you ever get that way.

[@kentvesser9484]

Has Dr Phibes ever played as the guest organist? :)

[@sugarkane4830]

Does it have a trigger warning now. Or have they removed the offending remarks?

[@thebookwasbetter3650]

@@sugarkane4830 they showed Breakfast at Tiffany's a few weeks ago so i dont think they do trigger warnings.

[@donaldstinnett5630]

@@sugarkane4830 I don't think there are any offending remarks in this movie.

[@ekspatriat]

@@donaldstinnett5630 wog might be but it's not really used anymore.

[@uafchris]

One of the most satisfying scenes in film history

[@prosenjitchakraborty4953]

" He likes your lemonade " true British saying 😂

[@steverichards575]

This movie should be rereleased .Inthe cinema with widescreen and popcorn with no breaks .

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

Without popcorn. This movie should not be mixed with the smell of oil and popped seeds.

[@billt8504]

Whoever wrote the script was a genius. Script has touches of Dalton Trumble in it. The casting director got lucky catching O'Toole so early in his career. He was made to play Lawrence.

[@PhilMoskowitz]

Robert Bolt.

[@markthompson4905]

Seems to me the script was taken from T Es book The Seven Pillars of wisdom. And The Kingmakers. Mostly

[@DrCruel]

How did he not win an Oscar for this performance.

[@davidparks6089]

Gregory Peck a Hollywood favorite won the votes for To Kill A Mockingbird.

[@davidparks6089]

@dean Wayne They voted for the homie. Great Brittan would have done the same. Both were Great movies.

[@davidparks6089]

Harper Lee who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird gave Gregory Peck her fathers pocket watch before the movie was shot. Harper Lee's father was an attorney who defended black defendants and would fiddle with his watch in court. Peck used the watch in the scene and nailed it.

[@mobius77777]

He deserves an Oscar for this

[@westlands703]

@@davidparks6089 That was political.

[@pauldarling330]

I have had some of this experience. In Afghanistan we would come in from a mission and all the pogues and fobbits would be pissed off as we walked in filthy and exhausted. We just ignored them and treated them like shit and they had to take it. Its awesome.

[@csjrogerson2377]

Been to Aqaba. Sod all there except for an old garrison fort and an awful lot of sand. Went to the camp where LoA began the final advance. Beautiful desert scenery, but mind boggingly inhospitable.

[@michaelwhittaker5432]

what is often missed here's is as Lawrence grabs the officers arm to prevent him removing the arab boy from the officers mess after the initial shock of been assaulted by a junior rank he then looks down Because Lawrence has reach for his dagger ( 2 minutes point ) they both look at each other and there is a pause of a second that hold there but fortunately the entry of Anthony Quale stops Lawrence from drawing his dagger its there I swear spent 20 years studying David Leans films and they are full of hidden gems that are mealy hinted at ? Bridge on the river Kaiw is full of them

[@hollywood5274]

Both great movies. You have a keen eye and a conscious mind!

[@sclogse1]

The slowly moving camera toward Alex Guiness on the bridge. It moves, then halts, then moves again. Wonderful.

[@modelcitizen72]

Awesome

[@12classics39]

The fact that he’s willing to pull a dagger on a senior officer in defense of a young boy shows how much he cares for Farraj, like the son he never had.

[@Bruce-1956]

One of the greatest films ever made.

[@Dee010s]

I put it on the pedestal and every other movie made since falls horribly short and almost unwatchable. I have to try to forget it exists. Someone says..what did you think of that movie.. and a lot of the time I'll say it's no Lawrence of Arabia.

[@noeljokait]

I have seen this masterpiece of a movie over 15 times and I still stop what I am doing when I get the urge again! Never gets old. A perfect masterpiece!

[@thedavecorp]

"Yes." So simple, gentle, final, and matter of fact.

[@SeattlePioneer]

Suppose for a moment that this scene actually reflected what happened..... Imagine being one of those officers who saw Lawrence at the bar and could talk about that moment for decades to come. Probably one of the memories of a lifetime. And then imagine seeing the movie 45 years later and explaining to your grandchildren----- I was there!

[@sandydancer187]

All ww1 veteran's have passed away unfortunately.

[@busterdog321]

@@sandydancer187 as a person who comments on youtube, i was there.

[@63bplumb]

They would still have looked upon him with British distain!

[@SeattlePioneer]

@@63bplumb Would they, though? Lawrence became a symbol of the glory and accomplishments of the British Empire, didn't he? British disdain is amply illustrated in Lawrence's first entry to the officer club, but that changed when his accomplishments became known, and when the General and Lawrence visited the officer's club together. The Brits were capable of recognizing a Good Thing when it fell into their lap, I suggest. And Lawrence was a Good Thing. Plenty of time to go back and renege on the implicit promises of Lawrence by establishing Iraq and Syria under British and French colonialism. You had to win them from the Turks first. I have no idea whether this scene in the movie had any basis in reality. I'm simply commenting as if it did. Legend is more important than reality, sometimes. It's also worth remembering that Allenby's conquest of Jerusalem was the first time a Christian power took control of the Holy Land since the First Crusade in 1096 AD, Christian occupation of Jerusalem lasted about a hundred years before being occupied again by Muslim power. British occupation of the Holy Land only lasted about thirty years, until the establishment of Israel in 1948. Israel marked the reestablishment of Jewish control over the Holy Land for the first time since Rome annexed Palestine in 63 BCE.

[@63bplumb]

@@SeattlePioneer I think is dangerous to consider this scene and accompanying scenes as accurate. Often movie scripts have to consolidate several pieces of information for the sake of the story into one presentation. My comment could have been referenced better by saying that the Sandhurst officer class would still NOT though of Lawrance as one of them no matter what he did. He may have been lauded in the press for the public but militarily left out in the cold. BTW Seattle Pioneer? What is your history with that?

[@annaritaranalli2902]

Late peter o'toole was a very good actor...he had one of most particular and espressive faces i've seen,gorgeous speaking voice,fab sky's eyes....and he had just an actor's face

[@markfriesen1435]

And this was his FIRST roll, amazing

[@annaritaranalli2902]

Mark friesen ...first role as protagonist,i guess

[@clare5one]

Thank you Maestro O'Toole for a brilliant scene!

[@spanishpeaches2930]

One of of the greatest performances ever in movies...he really was robbed of the Oscar. That is not taking anything away from Peck who won, but this is a tour de force.

[@pincermovement72]

Peck was pushing the progressive message , Lawrence had no chance.

[@spanishpeaches2930]

@@pincermovement72 ..and the fact that the book is a national treasure in the US certainly helped. Had LoA been about an American...it would surely have won.

[@leftcoaster67]

Should have been the first co-winners, both actors deserved it.

[@sheelakarsten4679]

What every actor, what every director strives for. Perfection !!!

[@marvinc999]

THIS is fine example of a PERFECT film scene: the pace, the rhythm, the timing, the suspense, the understated humour, the dialogue, the acting - all simply EXQUISITE. 'Younger' actors - and would-be actors (and directors) - could learn much from this clip ALONE. But probably won't.........................(especially if they're action-obsessed Americans)

[@VincentMMoore0]

This crowd on earth they soon forget the heroes of the past. They cheer like mad until you fall, and that’s how long you last.

[@jslasher1]

My all-time favourite film. Michel Rey who played the servant [this was his last film] later on became an investment banker. He is one of the richest men in the United Kingdom.

[@sclogse1]

!!!!!

[@12classics39]

Indeed. And he said nobody remembers his role anymore. Whenever he mentions he was in the film, people assume he was the other boy who got sucked into the quicksand.

[@zerolatitude2923]

Read the book Lawrence wrote, huge respect, he would not allow it to be published until after his death. " Seven Pillars of Wisdom", read it while living in Cairo. Heck of a man.

[@luvlgs1]

he truly was a great man--a scholar and a warrior

[@cassconner6023]

Was he homosexual?

[@kevinduffy80]

Heck of a book...

[@TomorrowWeLive]

@@cassconner6023 most likely

[@laughingman8578]

The original draft of the book was lost in a taxi and never recovered. Lawrence managed to rewrite it all in a few months from memory alone.

[@jrcrawford4]

"He likes your lemonade." One of the best lines ever.

[@John-ob7dh]

That went on long after that .Roger Moore the actor came from a ordinary English family, but somehow developed that upper class speaking voice .When he was called up as a ordinary squaddie ,the officers were so impressed with that they made him a instant officer.He says he was only in charge of stores ,but still a officer.

[@chrisholland7367]

T.E.Lawrence David Stirling Orde Wingate All these men had something in common. They were all maverick officers and experts in gurilla warfare .

[@tamferguson3891]

A lesson in humility!! .... what a movie!! ❤ Upper classes and pomposity of those who think they know better without seeing or experiancing!!! ... Aaaarrrggghhh!! ... Hear Me Roar!!!

[@stephenle-surf9893]

That look on his face when he tries to manhandle the kid. Pure ready to kill.

[@cattuslavandula]

This is such a great film. All the cast is amazing, and young Omar Sharif is to die for!

[@Mediumal]

Top ten best ever movies ever made. Simply brilliant.

[@Teeveepicksures]

welp...guess i know what I'm watching tonight.

[@chrisjzh]

Watching him smash that lemonade is genuinely my favourite bit

[@stevetarrant3898]

Peter O'toole was truly one of the greatest actors of all time.

[@Wolfen443]

Actually Aqaba was Lawrence's way of forcing the drive of the Arab Army toward Syria and Damascus ahead of the British offensive to deny the French enforcing the use of the Sykes-Picot Agreement. The actual attack was actually partially Ok by the British Command, but accelerated by Lawrence anyhow according to the book Lawrence In Arabia by Scott Anderson.

[@jimmycakes7158]

Lawrence of poopia

[@John-ob7dh]

My grandson has been on hols to Aqaba a few times .He loves it there .

[@sobrevalorado]

Shot at Plaza de España, Reales Alcázares and the Hotel Alfonso XIII in Seville.

[@ironseabeelost1140]

I've been to Seville more that a few times, I would have liked to have known that back then. Thanks!

[@edmundkockenlocker4672]

Peter O'Toole was a brilliant actor. I don't think anyone else could have done this role justice. War does horrible things to people, on all sides. 🤔😒😬

[@marksisto900]

Saw this movie when I was 8 , at the Fox Theater in Detroit, it was my first lesson on what an Arab is and what a desert is.... Epic

[@georgewhitehead8185]

Great! Just Great! ...but they've no boots...what a great line!

[@James-nl6fu]

He deserves an Oscar. But his performance has the last word. Golden moments ✨️. Peck took his Oscar. Stolen from Peck because American Heroes can't cry (12 O'CLOCK High.) Last word is on screen 👌 🙌. Love ❤️ it.

[@michaelbayer5094]

He lost to Gregory Peck in "To Kill a Mockingbird". In other words, "Mockingbird" HAD to win, Peck 'HAD" to win. Because they must be times when film must be more than just art (and O'Toole's artistry is unquestioned). "Mockingbird", Atticus, and Peck revealed the horrible injustice in this country, an injustice that too many thought should continue and never correct. "To Kill a Mockingbird", with Peck, and because of Peck, is the most important film in American history.

[@rolfagten857]

Lawrence participate also in "The Young Indiana Jones : and the curse of the Jackal" from 1992 called "NED"

[@michaelmixon2479]

One of my top five movies of all time!

[@modelcitizen72]

"Cross my heart and hope to die, it's true"

[@Dee010s]

Do you enjoy Jaws?

[@cesaravegah3787]

Many people complains about Hollywood "wokeness" and are probably right about it, this time hower the writers called out racism and bigotry on a masteful, justified way, one of the best movies ever made.

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

Absolutely ! The way he used racist language to drive the point that the people these "gentlemen" despised had won an impossible victory shows how stupid wokeism is. You couldn't use that language in a film today so the scene wouldn't have the same impact.

[@freedomloverusa3030]

Wokeism is an even worse form of racism.

[@cesaravegah3787]

@@freedomloverusa3030 Indeed, wokeness is racism mixed with elitism

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

@@cesaravegah3787 Indeed. To quote George Carlin; "Political correctness is fascism posing as good manners".

[@ariaflame-au]

What the right wing pretends is wokeness.

[@TheKingofRockMusic]

And very dramatic! Certainly one of the best films of all time!

[@maryfitzpatrick2738]

I wish I could have met this wonderful Peter O’Toole 🥰 amazing yet I have no idea why he didn’t win the Oscar for this either. That must have been a terrible blow

[@joergmaass]

This is an outstanding movie with an outstanding main actor and one of my all time favourites.

[@JohnDoe-tw8es]

In my view the best movie ever made. Also a great story of an English hero

[@12classics39]

“That’s all right. We’re not particular.” He burned bigotry itself to the ground with those words.

[@snarflatful]

"He likes your lemonade." So understated, almost missed it.

[@goteamdefense]

Of all the lines in this film, that’s the one remember the most.

[@randallwood6814]

I always find that line and the delivery so funny. I find myself anticipating it every time I watch this scene.

[@infonomics]

A better dialogue: Lawrence: "It's cold." Bartender: "Must be the ice."

[@phmwu7368]

Astronomical Eclips in Warfare: July 05, 1917 Thomas Edward Lawrence aka "Lawrence of Arabia" used his knowledge of astronomical phenomena to carry out a daring night raid under the darkness of a total eclipse of the Moon. While the defenders were preoccupied by the Lunar eclipse, T.E. Lawrence and his troop of fifty Bedouin successfully pressed home their attack on the city of Aqaba - Jordan. No wonder why he became such an icon of leadership.

[@robalston590]

the sunrise scene and music is truly magnificent.

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

Lawrence became a Colonel soon after taking Aqaba - senior to most men in that room.

[@geniehossain3738]

“No that’s not true, we killed some. Too many really, I’ll manage it better next time!”

[@gunnyakdo1653]

the way how he is saying it is very touchable. and im turkish from germany

[@CentralVallejo]

And you can hear the ice rattling in the glass from his shaking hands.

[@domainofthesun4400]

As his voice shakes

[@otumoetaipat]

@@gunnyakdo1653 The British felt nothing. The ANZAC massacre was happening at Galipoli at the same time.

[@otumoetaipat]

great film though. and a great man. politics spoiled his legacy. his book is an insight (i only read half of it...)

[@intensivecareunitpee5838]

Watched this for the first time a few hours ago---this is my favorite scene I think

[@NR-rv8rz]

Master full writing, directing and acting.

[@Mr2at]

It’s time I watched this movie again.

[@georgebuller1914]

Sadly, I've never seen it....

[@skuuvatakis]

So many great moments in this movie.

[@vincentbaca790]

Just a great portrayal by Mr. O'Toole...

[@arslongavitabrevis5136]

What a fantastic scene! 10 out of 10!

[@frankhoffman3566]

Three movies - Lincoln, Gandhi and Lawrence of Arabia - now when I reflect on those times, I see the faces and scenes from those powerful movies. I do not do that with any other movie based upon history

[@bineetpradhan788]

Bridge on River Kwai, Dr. Zhivago....

[@DrCrabfingers]

David Lean. A great actor doesn't 'make' a great film...a great director does. David Lean. David Lean forged some of the finest films of the 20th Century...the man was a genius.

[@julianmarsh8384]

No actor makes a great film...no director makes a great film....it is all a collaborative effort and it all starts with a great script. Without that....the rest is wasted effort.

[@tennysonfordblackbird2087]

We've been to his grave and quite a simple headstone.

[@pirobot668beta]

What I LOVE about this scene is what Lawrence doesn't say. "You'd better get into some trousers." Silence.

[@12classics39]

Silence, but a glare that says more than spoken words ever could.

[@romeo9017]

My Grandfather was the man who shook his hand!

[@Kalki276]

“We are not particular”

[@jeffreyedwards609]

Best film of all time.

[@JH-ck1nr]

A fantastic film and a superb actor.

[@ricardojordanjordan2216]

One of the best films ever what a classic

[@fernandoramirez3432]

Who told you to take Aqaba? Nobody. …Sir. Sir. Then why did you? Aqaba's important. Why is it important? It's the Turkish route to the canal. Not any more. They're coming through Beersheba. I know. But we've gone forward to Gaza. So? So that left Aqaba behind your right. True. And it will be further behind your right when you go for Jerusalem. Am I going for Jerusalem? Yes.

[@adamfrisk956]

Anything else?

[@Olly07]

Part 2 please hehe

[@jamesbradford8574]

Excellent 10p video. Thanks!

[@John-ob7dh]

His last undelivered Brough Superior motorcycle in i a giant glass display case in the British War museum london .I beleive it was his 5th Brough superior .was waiting delivery when he died on the one he was riding .

[@RonRicho]

This is not my favorite scene from this film but that's only because every scene is my favorite scene. Every frame in fact.

[@caras2004]

In his mind leaving the place "Flipping the bird "

[@duncancurtis1758]

That lot were just smug they weren't in the muddy hell of Flanders.