Walked alone for 1100 miles on a foreign land - for his college thesis. Dude, my classmates can;t even be bothered constructing a few paragraph as their contribution on our thesis.
Our utmost pleasure working with you Nick! For everyone who is curious about our Middle East coverage: We will really get into the Arab Rebellion and T.E. Lawrence in the first week of May where Mr. Lawrence will get his own episode and where we will also talk about the Sykes-Picot Agreement. Before that the Easter Uprising is keeping us busy. Something Nick might explore when he does a review of Michael Collins. Haha.
+The Great War But you guys forgot to tell us how war is bad! And bad isn't good Cause people die And dying is bad And bad things make us sad Sad isn't good either Did I mention war is bad? And your channel outros actually made me sick and tired of my favorite subject, because you're dull bores?
In Alec Guinness' defense, when they had first got him in costume and makeup, he was so identical to the part, that when the director first saw him, he didn't recognize him and said he wanted Alec to look like that guy over there
It has always made news when someone refuses an honour from the monarch on moral grounds. For instance John Lennon returning MBE. What was remarkable in this instance was that it was a serving officer. A very brave move.
My great uncle was his aide de camp. Lawrence frequently visited my family before he died. None of our family believe for one second it was an accident. People will say this isn’t true but I don’t care.
In T.E. Lawrence's defense, when asked by Faisal if the Arabs could actually trust anything coming from the British, Lawrence suggested only trusting what they actually had in writing. He may have actually tipped the Arab leadership off early on which may have caused a bit of a scandal.
There have been many criticisms regarding T.E. and the accuracy of his book. I watched an interview many years ago of an Arab who was a young man when Lawrence came on the scene. He praised Lawrence for his courage and explained what they achieved. Anybody that infers that Lawrence did not do what he said, is a moron
@@binghamguevara6814Sherif Ali's entrance made me feel a sense of anticipation beyond anything I ever imagined. Ominously approaching from over the horizon, the mirage, the time it takes for him to arrive, the dialogue with English that followed. Class
@@davemccage7918 Someone commented at the time of the film's release that if O'Toole had been any more beautiful than he was, the film might have been called Florence of Arabia.
@@TeganRhodes AS THE DARKNESS FALLS AND ARABIA CALLS, ONE MAN SPREADS HIS WINGS, AS THE BATTLE BEGINS! MAY THE LAND LAY CLAIM ON TO LAWRENCE NAME, SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM LIGHTS THE FLAME!
In the “No Prisoners” Scene, or any other scene, David Lean wasn’t trying to make Lawrence look like he enjoyed violence. Peter O’Toole was just drunk.
I heard a story once of someone who met O'Toole at a bar in London at lunch time and they started drinking. Once they got plastered they decided to take in a matinee of something and wandered down Shaftesbury avenue and into a theatre. About 10 minutes in O'Toole went "You'll like this part, this is the part where I come on. OH FUCK!"
m sc I think the only inaccuracy in this movie was the part where he was raped by the Turkish Bey. Lawrence was most likely gay and had consensual sex with the Bey but covered it up by saying he was raped.
@@bobbobson9952 Well, I mean they mentioned it, but I guess that's what happens when you use up your details budget on Lewis and Clark and Pearl Harbor.
I don't know if you're aware, but in the "Young Indiana Jones" TV show, Indy meets Lawrence. Lawrence gives Indy the profound advice that he should always endeavor to learn the local language, a division Indy takes the lesson to heart.
+PSquared1969 That's what set me off a few weeks ago on this mad fan crush I am having on Lawrence -- the documentary that went along with the Young Indy series on DVD. In so many ways Indy IS Ned Lawrence, but Harrison Ford is just an actor and Lawrence was the real deal.
The reason that Lawrence is smiling at 18:31 probably isn't because O'Toole chose to portray him that way. O'Toole has said that he was totally drunk during the filming of that scene, so that may just be a side effect.
I heard a great interview with Peter O'Toole describing how he and Omar were roped onto their camels in the battle scene because they were totally smashed. What a couple of characters! :)
Minority Slayer European and American involvement is why the Middle East is such a mess. If the Europeans had let them build a state after World War 1, then everything there would be fine.
+Last555555555 I would not say that. The Arabs have been a notoriously quarrelsome group for many centuries. Not even Islam has managed to bring them together. The Shia-Sunni conflict being the example of this. What would have happened only Allah knows, but probably the different states would have fractured due to the differences among the rival tribes.The Arabs are notoriously tribal. To be sure that still would have been better for the Arabs than the West's meddling and imperialism after WWI.
Joshua .Perez When the British and French ended World War 1, they had promised the Middle East to the arab rebels to create a united Arabian nation. When the war ended however, they just divided the territory between the two nations. Then when World War 2 ended, they gave Palestine to the jews, disregarding the arabs that lived there and what they wanted, and seeing how the Israelis are now taking land from palestinians to settle more israelis, it's no wonder why the Palestinians are mad. As for the rest, when Britain and France pulled out, they basically created countries, disregarding ethnic, cultural, religious, or really any kind of boundaries. They just drew random lines in the sand and arbitrarily called a plot of land Iraq, and another Syria, and so forth. Iraq, for example, has a large Sunni population in its borders, but has a Shiite dominated government because of the large density of Shiites in the capital area, which causes conflicts between the two, not to mention the Kurds in the north who want to break away entirely. The Syrians are fighting right now because some wanted more freedoms but their dictator wouldn't allow it and the ensuing power vacuum allowed for terrorist groups to take power on all sides. As for why the terrorists themselves tend to be popular, it falls back to the hatred of Westernization that many have because of the treatment of the arabs, first by the Ottomans who had taken them over, then by the British and French who generally didn't keep their word when they made promises to the arab populations, and then when the US started getting involved in the Middle East, starting with a coup in Iran in 1953 and doing anything and everything in its power to keep control of the oil in the Middle East.
A generational difference: Youth is amazed to learn that Alec Guinness was in a movie or two before Star Wars. Elders are amazed that Sir Alec Guinness would "lower" himself to appear in a space opera. Everybody: Cries when Obi Wan is struck down.
Alec Guinness himself asked Lucas to have him killed off because he found the Star Wars film so unbearably banal, especially the dialogue. Deeply disappointed an American boy who told him proudly that he had watched Star Wars 100 times by telling him he shouldn't do such a thing.
As an Arab myself, watching Alec Guinness and Anthony Quinn playing as Arab people, was a real delight. If I had a saying in the casting of the movie today, i wouldn't change a thing.
Thank you for awknowledge good acting no matter what race the actor is.I particularly loved Antony Quinn as Auda, and visited Wadi Rum twice because of this marvellous movie. The bedu there were nothing bigmouthed like him, but incredibly friendly and very humourous. Many had actually participated in the movie and were proud of it.
My 7th grade history teacher played this for us. Half the class fell asleep and I fell in love. One of my favorite movies. Started my appreciation of historical films.
I had similar 1st viewing exp.: @St.James cinema, Castlereagh St Syd. Aug 1971! My young brother & elderly mother were muttering in anguished boredom about the lengthened of the film & awaiting impatiently for the impending intermission; whereas I too had fallen in love. As an introverted 14yr old, I totally identified with the Lawrence psychological make-up. 54yrs later I still deem it the best movie ever made, David Leans' best. Re the blood-lust evinced by Lawrence though, I believe the show of joy as he leads his Arabs on camel-back is not blood-lust, but a camaraderie that T.E. wrote of in Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Lawrences' hatred of violence is expressed in the post-battle scene when Sherif Ali approaches Lawrence gazing manically at his own bloodied reflection in his dagger. As for O'toole...arguably his finest performance in film. Maurice Jarres' film score makes an enormous contribution to the success of the film. But the greatest honour must be accorded to director David Lean. This film made me fall in love with film-making.
Funny how I am almost 100% certain that if I put this film on, my wife will either protest or pass out! 😆 Women just don’t appreciate a masterpiece like this. Maybe it would be a good strategic “knock outer” for when I want silence... 🤔 Wife pacifier! Lol
@@azazelone905 I do have sympathy for Your wife, since this certainly isn"t a woman"s movie! You hardly see any women at all in it, which of course was intentional.Lean really wanted to underline that the Arabian Peninsula was and still is a Man"s world. Wonderfully filmed and one of the best musical scores ever makes it a masterpiece, though. And O"Toole and Sharif are on fire! They glow. Guiness, Holden,Hawkins,Quinn and a row of others in solid supporting roles . Lean sure knew how to make a movie.
The music is used in a mod for mount and blade the mod is called anglo-zulu war reloaded and every time I hear the music that's used in the mod I get pumped up
My uncle is named Lawrence after TE Lawrence, since my great-grandfather was Syriac/Lebanese and our family used to control a couple of villages in Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria back then. My great-grandfather actually befriended TE Lawrence and my grandfather named his first son (my eldest uncle on my fathers side) after him. I wish I knew more of the story, and more details of my family's history from back then, but my grandfather passed when I was still young, and my uncles don't know all the details of the story either. My great-grandfather was notoriously straightforward and didn't like to talk a lot, and when he did he spoke modestly. I just thought that was an interesting little fact someone would be interested in knowing.
Hi! I know I'm pretty late, but may I ask you if you meant that he was a "Syrian" (by other means today's population of Syria) or "Syriac" (a very old minority in mesopotamia that come from the old assyrians or arameans (depending on who you are asking)). I'm a Syriac (suryoyo) myself and just wanted to point it out since our people (much because of genocides and the arabization) are getting mixed up with other nowadays more well known ethnicities.
@@someguy1098 Take a DNA test, you are probably British.. European colonialism continues.. this time they steal your land with fairy tale history and fake archeology. Pink devil's, the masters of fairy tales.
You're not wrong calling Lawrence the real life Indiana Jones, as when they made the young Indiana Jones adventures, one of the first episodes featured a young Indy meeting Lawrence in Egypt and suggests he was the person who inspired him to become an Archeologist.
"Lawrence of Arabia" is in the top three of my all time favorite movies. It is a must see for anyone of any age. As you stated, it is virtually perfect in so many ways. Yes, creative license often deviates from actual facts, but in this case, so excusable. A wonder to the eyes, ears, and mind, this film is, as it should be, an all time classic.
A good example of Stoicism and its strengths. Lawrence’s emotional control and rationality is his strength. Along with his knowledge and respect for the Middle Eastern peoples.
If anyone's wondering how the tribes in this movie are instantly able to recognize Lawrence as English and not some other European ethnicity, it's because the French were much more involved in North Africa during this period (the British only ruled Egypt) and would have blended in with the locals more effectively. Germans were out of the picture, since they were on the side of the Ottomans.
ub3rsk33t3r also, Lawrence was most certainly speaking Arabic to them but the film changed it to English to avoid subtitles. Thomas had learnt to read and write Arabic a few years prior
Lawrence of Arabia is quite possibly the best film ever made. There is absolutely no doubt that Peter O'Toole's performance in this film, is unequaled in the history of cinema.
@@rosswiseman5991 Nope. Peter O'Toole in his Arab robes, his revolver in his hand and the look of a madman in his eyes, calling out "No Prisoners!!" .... the greatest actor on film. hands down.
Nowadays you'd just need several air conditioner equipped vehicles, a big tanker truck full of water and another with enough fuel to make the crossing. Your GPS will keep you from getting lost and they are so cheap that you could have many spares. Back then with nothing but camels you would indeed have to be mad to try it. Apparently navigating the desert back then was on par with navigating the ocean with very few permanent "landmarks" to rely on.
Tommy O Donovan Anyone that feels the need to explain a joke has just ruined the joke. Was worldwide front page news ffs not some little know factoid. Sheeeeeeeeeesh
As the darkness falls and Arabia calls One man spreads his wings, as the battle begins May the land lay claim on to Lawrence's name Seven pillars of wisdom lights the flame
I watched this movie in 1964 with my parents at the drive-in. The scene where this man was sucked down into the sand shook me for years. I learned that this was a rare thing and such liquid sand generally only reached 3 feet.
It's been many years now, but I've read "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom" a couple of times. Amazing book, and "Lawrence of Arabia" is an amazing film, for all the reasons you mentioned.
@@stevenhenry8374 Its a very different kind though not controlled by him and has some soild artistic vision from Peter Weir. It was also the film that made Gibson a star overnight.
Well done. And yes, this is one of the best films ever made. I was unaware of the historical inaccuracies, but the cinematography is stunning. David Lean is without peer.
This movie is absolute magic. I have seen it many times. The music, the scenery, the topic itself - all so fascinating. Easily David Lean’s best film. But I will confess to one other reason I take pleasure in this film - Peter O’Toole and Omar Sharif at the height of their masculine beauty. I will confess to that level of shallowness, yes. But really, it is the icing on the cake. In this case I am all for gilding the lily. I know there are inaccuracies in the movie, but they are easy to forgive when handed an epic masterpiece. Thanks for reviewing this!
CJ- I don't remember who said it, but he said that if Peter O'Toole had been any prettier, he would have been "Florence of Arabia". As for Omar Sharif, in "Lawrence" and "Zhivago", perhaps the most handsome man in history, and he wasn't a "pretty boy" in the least.
16:45 Perhaps the fact that he enjoyed it was what shook him so much? I think a lot of us would be questioning ourselves for a long time if we found joy in the taking of a human life.
Not only did he have the massacre order of the column, he also shot several Austrian soldiers that were with the column and had been captured, which is quite infamous!
Smokey Joe I’m sure nothing I write will change your mind BUT......if MI5 wanted to assassinate Lawrence running his bike off the with a black car would not be a very good method. Chances are he would have survived as have most of us who have crashed motorcycles on English country roads. I and my friends used to race through the country lanes, no leathers or helmets. An uncle of mine shared quarters with Lawrence at Bovington Camp. Unfortunately apart from saying that T.E. though friendly rarely spoke and was extremely introverted so he told no interesting stories. Nowadays everything historical(and contemporary) is blamed on fiendish conspiracies.
Smokey Joe I was curious and googled “T.E. Lawrence and Winston Churchill” and found they were close friends with Churchill almost hero worshipping Lawrence. Apparently there are many flattering references to Lawrence in Churchill’s writings. Not only that Churchill spoke at his eulogy. Fascinating, I had no idea.
I mean, it was British cinema in the 1960's; the early 60's to boot... Your options are: Try to find a person of Arabic descent who's also an actor in Britain and available for a movie, or Alec f'ing Guinness..... tbqh, I'd have gone with Alec Guinness too...
Well, they did get Omar Sharif, a native of Egypt who was a big star there and had been making Arabic-language movies for some time. Guinness was great in the role. Just sayin'. In those days, they weren't as fanatical about the accuracy of details as now, so Guinness had no coaching in the accent an Arabic speaker would have when speaking English. Instead, Guinness got Sharif to talk to him for a couple of hours, and then mimicked Sharif. O'Toole had nicknamed Sharif "Fred." When the two of them saw Guinness shooting his scenes and heard the accent, O'Toole said, "He's doing you, Fred!"
@@whenthemusicsover6028 Probably just a whim, probably the incongruity of calling an Arab gentleman Fred. A buddy of my father's, also a heavy drinker, declared that his name was Charlie Lutz, when in fact it was Bob Wunder, so he was called Charlie rather than Bob (including by his wife). Hard-drinking intellectuals make jokes like that, I guess.
They didn't film in Britain. They could have put out a notice for arab actors. I'm sure the many countries with arab citizens would offer up fine talent. Omar Sharif is an Egyptian Arab.
At the ranch I work for we have a white Arabian horse with a blonde mane, whom I nicknamed T.E. Lawrence, and we have a chestnut colored horse with a white blaze named Guinness and I nicknamed him Alec before I saw this episode of History Buffs and was reminded that Alec Guinness was brown-faced for the movie.
hands down one of the greatest movies ever made. the epic cinema photography, the utterly amazing score (which by the way I have regularly hummed to myself while crossing various deserts around the world) But for me my favourite moment is the introduction of the Legendary Omar Sharif's character. "He drank from my well" a true great denouement in the history of film.I have lost track of how many times I have watched this classic...
When i first saw the tropical paradise of the islands of the Philippines it was love at first sight and i now live here, Lawrence was like that with the desolate sands of Arabia, it makes me sad he was forced to return to England after everything he had done for the Arabs. In the end of the movie you see him fade out of the screen while sitting in the car, he knows that his grand adventure is over. Easily one of the best movies ever made, but the end gets me everytime.
The English "class system attitude" conveniently forgets, and denies credit, to areas of their island that aren't considered part of the Realm. I'm in the "colonies" and we get that all the time.
His dad was Anglo-Irish which is just an ethnically English person born into the protestant ascendancy. Therefore Lawrence was half English, half Scottish ;)
@@TheKingmanIII well not really, the Anglo-Irish and English were definitely different. The Anglo Irish families had lived in Ireland for centuries. His father was an Irishman just of English descent.
Thanks for another excellent review. In The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Lawrence explains that it was Faisal who suggested that he don Arab dress when working with the bedouin, who mostly associated khaki with the Turks, and would accept Lawrence more willingly if he wore garb consistent with that of Faisal's Meccan family. So Faisal had Lawrence fitted out in "splendid white silk and gold embroidered wedding garments" , a gift to Faisal ("perhaps a hint" says Lawrence) from his great-aunt in Mecca. Thus proving that any eligible bachelor, of any era, of any culture, at any point on the globe, be he ever so humble or even a Prince of Mecca, will always be pestered by his aunts to get married.
I've read parts of his book. My history club thought that was the funniest thing they've ever heard of. To this day, it's still my proudest contribution to that club.
@@michellesheppard9253 Thanks for the note! I'm glad you liked the story. Lawrence was a fascinating person, and it's such a pity someone of his remarkable intellect and experience died so young. We'll never know what might have been. Have you heard of "The Fall of Civilizations" video podcast? It is a series of detailed accounts (15 so far) of the rise and fall of various ancient civilizations, and is viewable on TH-cam and Patreon. Most are a couple of hours in length, and exceptionally well done.
@@ArtofLunatik they don't, he is just a skin for the Martini Henry single bolt action rifle. (vague mentions during the single player campaign, the loading screens are excellent for historical titbits though)
I saw this in a historic theater in DC when the remastered version was released. Seeing O'Toole on the big screen with his blue eyes matching the sky was breathtaking!
Love the Great War Channel. He was a big help with the WW1video game Battlefield 1that came out. He answered a lot of questions on historical accuracy.
Lawrence of Arabia owned a Brough Superior motorcycle too. That alone makes him cool in my book. For those who don't know it's a highly treasured and respected motorcycle all wanted but few could afford back in the 1920's. Today it's a highly sought classic. While the motorcycles were sold with "100mph guaranteed top speed", they later models and lightly modified ones could reach 120mph and some were clocked at racing tracks doing 130mph. Now, that was a serious speed for a motorcycle before WW2 and very few road cars could hit a genuine 120mph in the 1930's.
A great movie. I remember seeing it in a "Panavision" theater in my home town (Austin, Texas) in 1962. WOW!!!. There are some movies best seen in the old WIDESCREENS of those legacy movie houses built in the 1950s and 60s. I fell blessed that I got to see Lawrence of Arabia in a movie theater that does justice to the grandeur of the time and place where the movie was set. The scene where he and his band start to cross that huge desert is lacking even with today's large TV screens. In that old cinema house, I felt like I was standing on top of that hill looking over that desert. And Peter O'Toole was the exact person to play the role. I don't think he ever got to play an equally challenging role and he mastered it to the hilt. He certainly was one of the best actors of my generation.
+jigilo I'd like to see that, although it would be rather short because the film (better yet, the TV miniseries!) and the novel it's based on are _very_ accurate. Why ? Lothar Günther Buchheim, the author, _actually was_ a war reporter on _U96_ (depicted as "Lt. Werner"). He and U-96 commander stayed in touch after the war and were friends until Lehmann-Willenbrock passed in 1986. The few things the perfectionistic Buchheim ranted about the film adaption was 1) the actors playing the non-coms and sailors were too old (in reality those were often 19-20 y/o boys !), 2) that "Josephine Baker- style" dancing scene in the film/series _would've never taken place_ on a German submarine and neither in any branch of the Army. That's why the 3 part miniseries "Das Boot" is pretty much the best WW II picture out there.
+jigilo I would really like to know whether the Gibraltar dash, getting sunk to the bottom but than miraculously repairing the sub and resurfacing really took place or were just creative licenses. I know for a fact that the ending (getting sunk in the harbor with half the crew killed) was (probably added to add symbolism on the whole Nazi Germany in the war. Bit too much anti-Nazism in the movie also I'd say (probably to fulfill political standards requirements for filming). Also as explained in the wiki - a single bolt of the pressure hull under pressure giving way would start the runaway reaction resulting in total collapse of the whole hull in a matter of seconds akin a bubble burst, so that is just Hollywood-like crap. Also the crew shouting when submerged and under attack was nonsense as turning stealthy was by far the best way out of trouble yet the entire crew knew very well that the sound was the main enemy's means to detect the sub.
Veljko Stevanovic If I may jump in here. All major plot scenes are adaptions from Buchheim's novel. Buchheim himself made the U-96 journey up until Vigo/Spain where he left the crew (he was a war reporter after all). So the rest of the plot might be a melange of several reports of other submarine crews. Buchheim had no love for the High Command of the submarine fleet (the "BDU"). Many years later when "Das Boot" became a hit he recorded an interview in which he was appalled about the rate of casualties and conditions inside a Typ VII submarine for the boys that literally were barely 18 at times. So his ending of the novel "Das Boot" (1st of a two novel set, 2nd being "Die Festung") is a vivid depiction of how the submarine fleet was outnumbered and outgunned (by R.A.F.) and how futile and frustrating this fight was -- going through all that struggle just to simply get bombed out on the finishing line. Yea, and they had to put in the "anti-Nazi" criticism but many cynical lines were common in the Wehrmacht, a.k.a. "Landser Jargon". "Shouting crew": yes, that was a point Buchheim criticised on the film adaptation. As well as the often too casual conversations between non-coms and officers and crew. He said to the effect that _even under most extreme depth charge attacks the crew had to keep their shit together and make accurate assessments and decisions, and mostly they did_. So, as you said, the shouting is Hollywood.
A fantastic film that I saw on it’s release in Falmouth as a boy. NOTHING TODAY COULD COME CLOSE TO THE ACTING, REAL EXTRA’s AND THE DIRECTOR’s VISION.
The British changed that height requirement that vexed Lawrence relatively quickly. At the end of WWII I think that they would take you if you were over 5'2''.
At the outbreak of the war minimum height was 5'3", but it was quickly realised that many men below that height would still make excellent soldiers. Thus arose 'The Bantams", down to 5 feet in height, which eventually comprised two infantry divisions. They came from industrial and mining areas so very strong for their size. Eventually heavy losses, transfers and normal sized replacements diminished their peculiarities.
Due to the bad conditions of English working class accommodations, food and working conditions, especially in the mines, there were many children around the turn of the century that were badly malnourished and sickly, which grew up rather short. Around the creation of the Kitchener Army, the British War Department reacted with the creation of "bantam battalions".
I don't get this doubt of his claim to rape. Mostly because the historians don't seem to have any reason for disbelieving it they can state, just saying, "I don't think it happened." Some more details as to why they think it would be nice.
It may have happened. If the details are uncertain, I'll tell someone to 'take it with a grain of salt'. There are many instances in history in which I have to use the expression.
@@michellesheppard9253that’s all fine. But the historian basically made up a scenario and then said well if Lawrence did he probably walked into it and basically said he deserved it or that he was a repressed homosexual like cmon that historian is absolute tool just by that assumption
Almost 50 years ago, studying "Leadership" as a young officer made me visit most of the places where British officer Thomas Edward Lawrence had lived and worked. The film forgot to mention female british archeologist Gertrude-Margaret Bell, who worked with Thomas Edward Lawrence for British Intelligence at the Arab Bureau in Cairo. A glimpse would have been an nice touch as both Bell and Lawrence had attended Oxford University. Her book entitled " The Arab War, Confidential Information for General Headquarters " !
They struck him down and he became more popular and featured than they could possibly imagine. It's said that he heard, in the distance, a million or so voices cry out and be suddenly silenced... but the Ottomans insisted it was nothing
Thank you for this excellent review! This movie came out in 1962 which was around the time I was born, and I grew up with an awareness that it was a highly acclaimed movie. I’ve watched it several times since, and although the film/entertainment experience is wonderful, I always found the plot to be a bit confusing since I wasn’t very familiar with the historical context. The conflicts in Arabia may indeed have been “a sideshow of a sideshow” from a western/European perspective, and thus less familiar to the general audience, but a review such as this helps place the conflict in context and results in greater understanding and appreciation of what was at stake. This is a great channel - keep doing what you do!
Read T.E.Lawrences book The Seven Pilars of Wisdom, it gives an insight into him as a man, gives more detail on many of the large and small events in the movies, and also covers the macro picture.
Peter Diamond did the camel riding parts, and most of the important stunts for O'tool,, he also did most of the fighting stunts in Raders, and Star Wars, Peter's farther was stunt man and sword fighting specialist Max Diamond, the lest man in England to be married as a medieval knite, something of an eccentric.
T.E. Lawrence, eponymously of Arabia, but very much an Englishman, favored pinching a burning match between his fingers to put it out. When asked by his colleague, William Potter, to reveal his trick -- how is it he so effectively extinguished the flame without hurting himself whatsoever -- Lawrence just smiled and said, "The trick, Potter, is not minding it hurts."
+History Buffs Ya''ll really should take a look at King Arthur that was made in 2004. They claim to be historical in the movie. You can find it on Netflix.
@@J_Braz_ It was the very first movie I ever attended by myself - I was too young to really understand it (I saw it strictly as an "adventure" film) but it has a lasting impact. I also recall being thrilled to see the restoration in the late 1980s. These days, I wish someone could invent a small "forget" pill so you could rewatch a classic like LoA and experience it for the "first time". I trust you have a large large screen at home!
@@Vlad65WFPReviews I bet you've also seen the Bridge on the River Kwhai. Another of my favs. It seems all my favorites were made well before I wan conceived.
Bro, me and my homies fucking love Lawrence of Arabia. W movie! They don’t make it like they used to. I don’t think I’ve seen a film that could hold a candle to this movie since the Peter Jackson LOTR trilogy.
Damn, Ben Kenobi went to absurd lengths to hide from the Empire.
XD
WELL, HE RAISED A JEDI ARMY AT LAST SORT OFF.
Maybe Disney'll buy rights to Lawrence of Arabia and call it the missing Obi Wan spinoff.
What he really did in the desert...
He's a self hating Sand person.
Walked alone for 1100 miles on a foreign land - for his college thesis. Dude, my classmates can;t even be bothered constructing a few paragraph as their contribution on our thesis.
I just wish I had the opportunity to do that for my thesis...
You have classmates who know what a thesis is ????????
@@davehallett3128 LOL good one...
I am sure that the majority of students then were similarly inclined. This guy was not a bog standard human being.
🤣 Mate, I shouldn't laugh but...
There is one in every group eh?
Our utmost pleasure working with you Nick!
For everyone who is curious about our Middle East coverage: We will really get into the Arab Rebellion and T.E. Lawrence in the first week of May where Mr. Lawrence will get his own episode and where we will also talk about the Sykes-Picot Agreement. Before that the Easter Uprising is keeping us busy. Something Nick might explore when he does a review of Michael Collins. Haha.
History Buffs and the Great War ?
I came ..
+Salman Alfayez ahhahaha best team ever
+Salman Alfayez Our pleasure.
+The Great War But you guys forgot to tell us how war is bad!
And bad isn't good
Cause people die
And dying is bad
And bad things make us sad
Sad isn't good either
Did I mention war is bad?
And your channel outros actually made me sick and tired of my favorite subject, because you're dull bores?
+I. Tsasecret what are you talking about?
In Alec Guinness' defense, when they had first got him in costume and makeup, he was so identical to the part, that when the director first saw him, he didn't recognize him and said he wanted Alec to look like that guy over there
Alex also wrote in his journals that while filming in Jordan, he met several men who knew the real Faisal in life and said he looked just like him
Not to mention the requirements for the film it would've been hard to find an Arab actor for the role.
What do you mean by that? What requirements?
@@adriannn3720 acting. They already scooped up other great actors for other roles.
Actually that was Anthony Quinn that he didn’t recognize him. Alec Guiness did have however people who knew prince Faisal mistake him for the real guy
He politely refused, this shocked society is the most British thing I’ve ever heard
It has always made news when someone refuses an honour from the monarch on moral grounds. For instance John Lennon returning MBE.
What was remarkable in this instance was that it was a serving officer. A very brave move.
@@ianmarsden1130yeah, John Lennon was so moral. Except in actual real life.
To go through all that and then die in a motorcycle accident.
Well Patton died in a car wreck too. Maybe that's their destiny. When history is done with you it's time to go
If it was an 'accident'.
He probably killed himself, suicide, and the good ol'Boys covered it up for patriotic considerations.
My great uncle was his aide de camp. Lawrence frequently visited my family before he died. None of our family believe for one second it was an accident.
People will say this isn’t true but I don’t care.
@@patwiggins6969 Patton did not die in a car accident, he died twelve days later of an unrelated condition, cardiac arrest.
In T.E. Lawrence's defense, when asked by Faisal if the Arabs could actually trust anything coming from the British, Lawrence suggested only trusting what they actually had in writing. He may have actually tipped the Arab leadership off early on which may have caused a bit of a scandal.
🎸➡️?
Lawrence was a savvy guy, he worked for the British and was well aware they would never keep their word.
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I think people, even knowing that they are dealing with a corrupt system, think to themselves - well, with me it will be different.
There have been many criticisms regarding T.E. and the accuracy of his book. I watched an interview many years ago of an Arab who was a young man when Lawrence came on the scene. He praised Lawrence for his courage and explained what they achieved. Anybody that infers that Lawrence did not do what he said, is a moron
I watched this movie for the first time in 2020 during quarantine and am overwhelmed by its magnificence
What was the singular moment in the film that made you realize this film is amazing? Was there a particular scene that overwhelmed you?
@@binghamguevara6814Sherif Ali's entrance made me feel a sense of anticipation beyond anything I ever imagined. Ominously approaching from over the horizon, the mirage, the time it takes for him to arrive, the dialogue with English that followed. Class
@@yaasiin4347 don't forget to send a big greeting to Palestinian who betrayed the Turks
I saw this as a 70mm print some years ago and I've still got the sun tan.
me too!
excellent old chap! good for you! LOL
What’s with the eye liner though?
@@davemccage7918 Someone commented at the time of the film's release that if O'Toole had been any more beautiful than he was, the film might have been called Florence of Arabia.
@@williamfitch1408 Well now I’m glad to know that my strongly held belief that “guy-liner” is cringe has held throughout the decades! 😆
"I'm Indy Neidell"
"And I'm Joakim from Sabaton"
"And this, is Sabaton History"
or Par
Yes please!
Dude, I was just listening to Ghost in the Trenches and this was next on recommend.
@@TeganRhodes AS THE DARKNESS FALLS AND ARABIA CALLS, ONE MAN SPREADS HIS WINGS, AS THE BATTLE BEGINS! MAY THE LAND LAY CLAIM ON TO LAWRENCE NAME, SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM LIGHTS THE FLAME!
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In the “No Prisoners” Scene, or any other scene, David Lean wasn’t trying to make Lawrence look like he enjoyed violence. Peter O’Toole was just drunk.
I heard a story once of someone who met O'Toole at a bar in London at lunch time and they started drinking. Once they got plastered they decided to take in a matinee of something and wandered down Shaftesbury avenue and into a theatre. About 10 minutes in O'Toole went "You'll like this part, this is the part where I come on. OH FUCK!"
@Random Person
Is that documented or just rumor.
@Random Person Good answer, my friend.
Marc Mans he forgot he had a play 😂😂😂 Man that guy was awesome in so many ways.
m sc I think the only inaccuracy in this movie was the part where he was raped by the Turkish Bey. Lawrence was most likely gay and had consensual sex with the Bey but covered it up by saying he was raped.
I never learned a single thing about this man in public school in Pennsylvania USA... Thank you History Buffs!
What about WWI has ANYBODY learned in the US? Cause my AP class just kinda skipped it mostly.
@@rosswiseman5991 whut? How are you gonna skip ww1?
@@bobbobson9952 Well, I mean they mentioned it, but I guess that's what happens when you use up your details budget on Lewis and Clark and Pearl Harbor.
@@bobbobson9952 We really didn’t much in WW1 besides scaring Germans and making the UK and France’s victories faster and easier
@@rosswiseman5991 I learned the official narrative about the Lucitania and the Zimmerman telegram. Also watched All's Quite on the Western Front.
I don't know if you're aware, but in the "Young Indiana Jones" TV show, Indy meets Lawrence. Lawrence gives Indy the profound advice that he should always endeavor to learn the local language, a division Indy takes the lesson to heart.
+PSquared1969 That's what set me off a few weeks ago on this mad fan crush I am having on Lawrence -- the documentary that went along with the Young Indy series on DVD. In so many ways Indy IS Ned Lawrence, but Harrison Ford is just an actor and Lawrence was the real deal.
He does? He surely didn’t speak Hovitos
European colonialism continues.. this time they steal your land with fairy tale history and fake archeology.
Indy speaks alien? That's so cool, I didn't know!
The reason that Lawrence is smiling at 18:31 probably isn't because O'Toole chose to portray him that way. O'Toole has said that he was totally drunk during the filming of that scene, so that may just be a side effect.
I heard a great interview with Peter O'Toole describing how he and Omar were roped onto their camels in the battle scene because they were totally smashed. What a couple of characters! :)
@@flashgordon6510 actually they got smashed because they were going to be roped on. The alcohol came second.
Ah okay! Either way, it was a delightful interview. :)
It was. O'Toole is always great fun to listen to.
I think I've pretty much wasted this whole day watching History Buff videos. This was an especially good one -- glad LoA was pretty accurate.
Britain: "Hey Arabs, if you rebel against the Ottomans, we'll let you create your own nation... Sykes!"
Minority Slayer European and American involvement is why the Middle East is such a mess. If the Europeans had let them build a state after World War 1, then everything there would be fine.
+Last555555555 I would not say that. The Arabs have been a notoriously quarrelsome group for many centuries. Not even Islam has managed to bring them together. The Shia-Sunni conflict being the example of this.
What would have happened only Allah knows, but probably the different states would have fractured due to the differences among the rival tribes.The Arabs are notoriously tribal.
To be sure that still would have been better for the Arabs than the West's meddling and imperialism after WWI.
Well, one big mistake of the Western world was to create Israel. The Arab world will never be at rest as long as this artificial State exists.
Charlie Pemberton Still not seeing how that makes Arabs kill each other.
Joshua .Perez When the British and French ended World War 1, they had promised the Middle East to the arab rebels to create a united Arabian nation. When the war ended however, they just divided the territory between the two nations. Then when World War 2 ended, they gave Palestine to the jews, disregarding the arabs that lived there and what they wanted, and seeing how the Israelis are now taking land from palestinians to settle more israelis, it's no wonder why the Palestinians are mad. As for the rest, when Britain and France pulled out, they basically created countries, disregarding ethnic, cultural, religious, or really any kind of boundaries. They just drew random lines in the sand and arbitrarily called a plot of land Iraq, and another Syria, and so forth. Iraq, for example, has a large Sunni population in its borders, but has a Shiite dominated government because of the large density of Shiites in the capital area, which causes conflicts between the two, not to mention the Kurds in the north who want to break away entirely. The Syrians are fighting right now because some wanted more freedoms but their dictator wouldn't allow it and the ensuing power vacuum allowed for terrorist groups to take power on all sides. As for why the terrorists themselves tend to be popular, it falls back to the hatred of Westernization that many have because of the treatment of the arabs, first by the Ottomans who had taken them over, then by the British and French who generally didn't keep their word when they made promises to the arab populations, and then when the US started getting involved in the Middle East, starting with a coup in Iran in 1953 and doing anything and everything in its power to keep control of the oil in the Middle East.
A generational difference:
Youth is amazed to learn that Alec Guinness was in a movie or two before Star Wars.
Elders are amazed that Sir Alec Guinness would "lower" himself to appear in a space opera.
Everybody: Cries when Obi Wan is struck down.
@fjf sjdnx it jolly well should be, though!
He'll always be George Smiley to me.
Alec Guinness himself asked Lucas to have him killed off because he found the Star Wars film so unbearably banal, especially the dialogue. Deeply disappointed an American boy who told him proudly that he had watched Star Wars 100 times by telling him he shouldn't do such a thing.
He always makes it work
@@castelodeossos3947can't disagree with the man they're incredibly banal
As an Arab myself, watching Alec Guinness and Anthony Quinn playing as Arab people, was a real delight. If I had a saying in the casting of the movie today, i wouldn't change a thing.
Read that in Archer's voice
Thank you for awknowledge good acting no matter what race the actor is.I particularly loved Antony Quinn as Auda, and visited Wadi Rum twice because of this marvellous movie. The bedu there were nothing bigmouthed like him, but incredibly friendly and very humourous. Many had actually participated in the movie and were proud of it.
He does look a lot like Faisal too.
Thank you for saying so lol it's hard to think that was oba wan kanobe
Stona Raptor He hated being in star wars. And wouldn't have accepted the role if he didn't the money.
My 7th grade history teacher played this for us. Half the class fell asleep and I fell in love. One of my favorite movies. Started my appreciation of historical films.
I had similar 1st viewing exp.: @St.James cinema, Castlereagh St Syd. Aug 1971! My young brother & elderly mother were muttering in anguished boredom about the lengthened of the film & awaiting impatiently for the impending intermission; whereas I too had fallen in love. As an introverted 14yr old, I totally identified with the Lawrence psychological make-up. 54yrs later I still deem it the best movie ever made, David Leans' best. Re the blood-lust evinced by Lawrence though, I believe the show of joy as he leads his Arabs on camel-back is not blood-lust, but a camaraderie that T.E. wrote of in Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Lawrences' hatred of violence is expressed in the post-battle scene when Sherif Ali approaches Lawrence gazing manically at his own bloodied reflection in his dagger. As for O'toole...arguably his finest performance in film. Maurice Jarres' film score makes an enormous contribution to the success of the film. But the greatest honour must be accorded to director David Lean. This film made me fall in love with film-making.
I've lost count of how many times I have watch Lawrence of Arabia. I never get tired of this film. It truly is a masterpiece.
Michael Jandavs SAME HERE
My favorite movie! Have watched it eleven or twelve times!
Funny how I am almost 100% certain that if I put this film on, my wife will either protest or pass out! 😆
Women just don’t appreciate a masterpiece like this. Maybe it would be a good strategic “knock outer” for when I want silence... 🤔
Wife pacifier! Lol
@@azazelone905 I do have sympathy for Your wife, since this certainly isn"t a woman"s movie! You hardly see any women at all in it, which of course was intentional.Lean really wanted to underline that the Arabian Peninsula was and still is a Man"s world. Wonderfully filmed and one of the best musical scores ever makes it a masterpiece, though. And O"Toole and Sharif are on fire! They glow. Guiness, Holden,Hawkins,Quinn and a row of others in solid supporting roles . Lean sure knew how to make a movie.
Matthew, this is one of my favourite films, I first watched it aged 9 and am still in love with it 50 odd years later!! Am FEMALE.
As the darkness falls and Arabia calls,
Seven Pillars of Wisdom light the way.
A REVOLT, TO GAIN INDEPENDENCE
@@blueowlfilms IN THE HEAT OF THE GLISTENING SUN
For freedom and independence
Wow, the music is amazing for this movie.
Earned Maurice Jarre an Oscar!
Although heavily inspired by Rachmaninoff's piano concerto 2
It’s a pretty amazing movie even though it’s decades old looks great in 4k
Haha I mean yeah man it's as iconic as star wars, it's one of the most famous soundtracks in history
The music is used in a mod for mount and blade the mod is called anglo-zulu war reloaded and every time I hear the music that's used in the mod I get pumped up
My uncle is named Lawrence after TE Lawrence, since my great-grandfather was Syriac/Lebanese and our family used to control a couple of villages in Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria back then. My great-grandfather actually befriended TE Lawrence and my grandfather named his first son (my eldest uncle on my fathers side) after him. I wish I knew more of the story, and more details of my family's history from back then, but my grandfather passed when I was still young, and my uncles don't know all the details of the story either. My great-grandfather was notoriously straightforward and didn't like to talk a lot, and when he did he spoke modestly.
I just thought that was an interesting little fact someone would be interested in knowing.
That's cool
I find such details very interesting makes history reachable
Hi! I know I'm pretty late, but may I ask you if you meant that he was a "Syrian" (by other means today's population of Syria) or "Syriac" (a very old minority in mesopotamia that come from the old assyrians or arameans (depending on who you are asking)). I'm a Syriac (suryoyo) myself and just wanted to point it out since our people (much because of genocides and the arabization) are getting mixed up with other nowadays more well known ethnicities.
See what treasures are lost when they re not written down
@@someguy1098 Take a DNA test, you are probably British..
European colonialism continues.. this time they steal your land with fairy tale history and fake archeology.
Pink devil's, the masters of fairy tales.
You're not wrong calling Lawrence the real life Indiana Jones, as when they made the young Indiana Jones adventures, one of the first episodes featured a young Indy meeting Lawrence in Egypt and suggests he was the person who inspired him to become an Archeologist.
I’m watching thru the young Indians show and the whole show is pretty much TE Lawrence military and life story
That was a fun series!
It had a meta element to it as well, as Lawrence of Arabia was also the film that inspired Steven Spielberg to become a director. Great series.
Thanks!
Best use of The Terminator ive seen in many years
Yes, it was a kick.
I like when he knocked up his maid
Got me to up my patreon donation
Indy sent me here! Good video, subscribed!
Thanks!
+General Hux same here
+General Hux ditto...I've binged watched everything in 3 days...
+I Frames France would be a hella better choice.
or Germany.
hell, even Bulgaria would be a better pick than America im WWI
+I Frames nope UK France(DLC) German Empire
"Lawrence of Arabia" is in the top three of my all time favorite movies. It is a must see for anyone of any age. As you stated, it is virtually perfect in so many ways. Yes, creative license often deviates from actual facts, but in this case, so excusable. A wonder to the eyes, ears, and mind, this film is, as it should be, an all time classic.
@@calhancejohns6772 The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Bringing Up Baby
A good example of Stoicism and its strengths. Lawrence’s emotional control and rationality is his strength. Along with his knowledge and respect for the Middle Eastern peoples.
Churchill offed him.
@@fredyalba1057🚗🚫😅
“Well at least that’s what I think I got from my... extensive research”
* cuts to WAW where a soldier is reloading and then hears “BANZAI!” *
Lol
World at War is the best Call of Duty game in my opinion
Oh No! banzai charges flashblacks
@@zachburkey447 Based
@Zach Burkey The best WW2-era one, at least. :)
We need the port to the current generation consoles.
If anyone's wondering how the tribes in this movie are instantly able to recognize Lawrence as English and not some other European ethnicity, it's because the French were much more involved in North Africa during this period (the British only ruled Egypt) and would have blended in with the locals more effectively. Germans were out of the picture, since they were on the side of the Ottomans.
ub3rsk33t3r also, Lawrence was most certainly speaking Arabic to them but the film changed it to English to avoid subtitles. Thomas had learnt to read and write Arabic a few years prior
Well if England sent another man to assist with a bunch of English advisors, he's most definitely going to be English.
2manynegativewaves OP didn’t say otherwise?
Came here from the great war. Great video! Also amazing movie, i love it too :-)
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It's xisumavoid!
Ohai, X!
Wow
Hi
The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it’s inaccurate.
Lawrence of Arabia is quite possibly the best film ever made. There is absolutely no doubt that Peter O'Toole's performance in this film, is unequaled in the history of cinema.
It was great and the only part I consider bad, the “No Prisoners” part, it wasn’t intentional, Peter O Toole was just drunk
Dude.
Citizen Kane.
@@rosswiseman5991 Nope. Peter O'Toole in his Arab robes, his revolver in his hand and the look of a madman in his eyes, calling out
"No Prisoners!!" .... the greatest actor on film. hands down.
@@timhallas4275 To each their own
@@carteriffic1681 if it was cut out of the film then it wasn't intentional. It was not cut out therefore it was intentional.
One of the absolute best films of all time. I loved it as a child and still to this day enjoy watching it over and over again.
I'm entirely with you.
When Arnold suddenly came in with his: because you told me too
I nearly choked on my drink 🤣🤣🤣
11:45 They crossed the Nefud Desert IN JULY?
Ali was right. Lawrence really was mad.
mad at you yes
@@lawrenceofarabia7474 Hey, if it worked, it worked... 🤷♂️
Petition for a mad lads video on Lawrence
@@lawrenceofarabia7474 No prisoners, eh Lawrence?
Nowadays you'd just need several air conditioner equipped vehicles, a big tanker truck full of water and another with enough fuel to make the crossing. Your GPS will keep you from getting lost and they are so cheap that you could have many spares.
Back then with nothing but camels you would indeed have to be mad to try it. Apparently navigating the desert back then was on par with navigating the ocean with very few permanent "landmarks" to rely on.
The music is Brilliant: sweeping and dynamic depicting one of the greatest Unorthodox risk takers of all time.
You would need to be a member of the Actors union to be cast in the movie. So finding an Arab to play a role would have been very difficult.
There’s just a lot of things that are hard to understand unless you lived back in that time
PM Justin Trudeau would have paid to play an Arab....Re: Brownfaced.
Tommy O Donovan Anyone that feels the need to explain a joke has just ruined the joke. Was worldwide front page news ffs not some little know factoid. Sheeeeeeeeeesh
@@MCR-M8, are you hard of humor?
Tommy O Donovan Clearly fucking not.
As the darkness falls and Arabia calls
One man spreads his wings, as the battle begins
May the land lay claim on to Lawrence's name
Seven pillars of wisdom lights the flame
I see what u did there.
A perfect song for a perfect film.
Sabaton fans find their way into everything. Love it
I see a fellow Sabaton fan.
I watched this movie in 1964 with my parents at the drive-in. The scene where this man was sucked down into the sand shook me for years. I learned that this was a rare thing and such liquid sand generally only reached 3 feet.
Whatever. Comments. Made. Were. all nice David. Lean. Was Great. Director Genius. Versatile 🎉👏👌
LOVED the collaboration with Great War Channel. I am becoming a huge fan of both channels.
"History Buffs uploaded a new video" *drops everything and watches video*
Says a nuclear power plant worker
+BluePlankton I'm not, but I see how that could be a problem
That Great War cameo surprised me greatly. XD I'm a fan of both accounts and its cool to see them briefly collab!
It's been many years now, but I've read "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom" a couple of times. Amazing book, and "Lawrence of Arabia" is an amazing film, for all the reasons you mentioned.
Talking about WWI what about a review of Gallipoli, 1981?
wonder if that when mel first started researching....
Jean-Michel Jarre intensifies
Mel Gibson move...dont think he likes them...lol
@@stevenhenry8374 Its a very different kind though not controlled by him and has some soild artistic vision from Peter Weir. It was also the film that made Gibson a star overnight.
@@adamfrisk956 Oxygene
Well done. And yes, this is one of the best films ever made. I was unaware of the historical inaccuracies, but the cinematography is stunning. David Lean is without peer.
This movie is absolute magic. I have seen it many times. The music, the scenery, the topic itself - all so fascinating. Easily David Lean’s best film. But I will confess to one other reason I take pleasure in this film - Peter O’Toole and Omar Sharif at the height of their masculine beauty. I will confess to that level of shallowness, yes. But really, it is the icing on the cake. In this case I am all for gilding the lily.
I know there are inaccuracies in the movie, but they are easy to forgive when handed an epic masterpiece. Thanks for reviewing this!
CJ- I don't remember who said it, but he said that if Peter O'Toole had been any prettier, he would have been "Florence of Arabia". As for Omar Sharif, in "Lawrence" and "Zhivago", perhaps the most handsome man in history, and he wasn't a "pretty boy" in the least.
@@CopiousJohn Noel Coward, after the movie premier.
I absolutely need you to know that this video helped me write an 8 page paper. So from the bottom of my heart, thank you.
16:45 Perhaps the fact that he enjoyed it was what shook him so much? I think a lot of us would be questioning ourselves for a long time if we found joy in the taking of a human life.
Not only did he have the massacre order of the column, he also shot several Austrian soldiers that were with the column and had been captured, which is quite infamous!
Lawrence of Arabia's death: the reason why safety equipment for motorcycles were invented. :V
Smokey Joe So what have you been smoking,Smokey?
Smokey Joe I’m sure nothing I write will change your mind BUT......if MI5 wanted to assassinate Lawrence running his bike off the with a black car would not be a very good method. Chances are he would have survived as have most of us who have crashed motorcycles on English country roads. I and my friends used to race through the country lanes, no leathers or helmets.
An uncle of mine shared quarters with Lawrence at Bovington Camp. Unfortunately apart from saying that T.E. though friendly rarely spoke and was extremely introverted so he told no interesting stories. Nowadays everything historical(and contemporary) is blamed on fiendish conspiracies.
Smokey Joe I was curious and googled “T.E. Lawrence and Winston Churchill” and found they were close friends with Churchill almost hero worshipping Lawrence. Apparently there are many flattering references to Lawrence in Churchill’s writings. Not only that Churchill spoke at his eulogy. Fascinating, I had no idea.
"The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts".
My fave line from any movie. Long before Prometheus stole it.
Oh but it was a tribute, not theft
@@waverider8549 Indeed. I stand corrected.
William Potter goes on to become Harry Potter the de ne ne ne ne ne wizard
I mean, it was British cinema in the 1960's; the early 60's to boot... Your options are: Try to find a person of Arabic descent who's also an actor in Britain and available for a movie, or Alec f'ing Guinness.....
tbqh, I'd have gone with Alec Guinness too...
Well, they did get Omar Sharif, a native of Egypt who was a big star there and had been making Arabic-language movies for some time. Guinness was great in the role. Just sayin'.
In those days, they weren't as fanatical about the accuracy of details as now, so Guinness had no coaching in the accent an Arabic speaker would have when speaking English. Instead, Guinness got Sharif to talk to him for a couple of hours, and then mimicked Sharif. O'Toole had nicknamed Sharif "Fred." When the two of them saw Guinness shooting his scenes and heard the accent, O'Toole said, "He's doing you, Fred!"
For me the question is the choice between acting ability and skin pigmentation.
@Ernie Lederman Why' Fred', though? Just curious.
@@whenthemusicsover6028 Probably just a whim, probably the incongruity of calling an Arab gentleman Fred. A buddy of my father's, also a heavy drinker, declared that his name was Charlie Lutz, when in fact it was Bob Wunder, so he was called Charlie rather than Bob (including by his wife). Hard-drinking intellectuals make jokes like that, I guess.
They didn't film in Britain. They could have put out a notice for arab actors. I'm sure the many countries with arab citizens would offer up fine talent. Omar Sharif is an Egyptian Arab.
At the ranch I work for we have a white Arabian horse with a blonde mane, whom I nicknamed T.E. Lawrence, and we have a chestnut colored horse with a white blaze named Guinness and I nicknamed him Alec before I saw this episode of History Buffs and was reminded that Alec Guinness was brown-faced for the movie.
KTChamberlain hey that's uh... mildly satisfactory
20:45 I just can't disassociate Alec Guinness's voice from that of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
hands down one of the greatest movies ever made. the epic cinema photography, the utterly amazing score (which by the way I have regularly hummed to myself while crossing various deserts around the world) But for me my favourite moment is the introduction of the Legendary Omar Sharif's character. "He drank from my well" a true great denouement in the history of film.I have lost track of how many times I have watched this classic...
When i first saw the tropical paradise of the islands of the Philippines it was love at first sight and i now live here, Lawrence was like that with the desolate sands of Arabia, it makes me sad he was forced to return to England after everything he had done for the Arabs.
In the end of the movie you see him fade out of the screen while sitting in the car, he knows that his grand adventure is over. Easily one of the best movies ever made, but the end gets me everytime.
3:13 Fun fact : History's most amazing Englishman was born in Wales to a Scottish mother and an Irish father ;)
The English "class system attitude" conveniently forgets, and denies credit, to areas of their island that aren't considered part of the Realm. I'm in the "colonies" and we get that all the time.
I can beat that. Where were basil rathbone and nigel bruce the famous brits really born
His dad was Anglo-Irish which is just an ethnically English person born into the protestant ascendancy. Therefore Lawrence was half English, half Scottish ;)
@@TheKingmanIII and half Welsh
@@TheKingmanIII well not really, the Anglo-Irish and English were definitely different. The Anglo Irish families had lived in Ireland for centuries. His father was an Irishman just of English descent.
Thanks for another excellent review. In The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Lawrence explains that it was Faisal who suggested that he don Arab dress when working with the bedouin, who mostly associated khaki with the Turks, and would accept Lawrence more willingly if he wore garb consistent with that of Faisal's Meccan family. So Faisal had Lawrence fitted out in "splendid white silk and gold embroidered wedding garments" , a gift to Faisal ("perhaps a hint" says Lawrence) from his great-aunt in Mecca. Thus proving that any eligible bachelor, of any era, of any culture, at any point on the globe, be he ever so humble or even a Prince of Mecca, will always be pestered by his aunts to get married.
Speaking of experience? Your last sentence made me laugh
I've read parts of his book. My history club thought that was the funniest thing they've ever heard of. To this day, it's still my proudest contribution to that club.
@@michellesheppard9253 Thanks for the note! I'm glad you liked the story. Lawrence was a fascinating person, and it's such a pity someone of his remarkable intellect and experience died so young. We'll never know what might have been.
Have you heard of "The Fall of Civilizations" video podcast? It is a series of detailed accounts (15 so far) of the rise and fall of various ancient civilizations, and is viewable on TH-cam and Patreon. Most are a couple of hours in length, and exceptionally well done.
@@SMF314 I might have heard of it, but I'll look it up.
Khaki?
Everything about this film was fantastic. O'Toole, David Lean, the cinematography, the fabulous score, everything!
That was the most awkward cross-channel promo I have ever seen
Boils33 , oh snap
aren't they all?
@Eren Jaegar Indy is a presenter, not a Historian.
@@agusti92 He made a self presenting video for his Great War channel and said he is an actor and has a degree in medieval history.
I kinda liked it for that.
playing that mission in battlefield one and seeing him in action then watching this film makes you realise this was a great man.
haven't played battlefield but after reading your comment im sure they did him justice.
@@ArtofLunatik they don't, he is just a skin for the Martini Henry single bolt action rifle. (vague mentions during the single player campaign, the loading screens are excellent for historical titbits though)
DanceySteve
He’s also in the campaign...
I saw this in a historic theater in DC when the remastered version was released. Seeing O'Toole on the big screen with his blue eyes matching the sky was breathtaking!
Yes
The Great War channel + History Buffs = "It's going to be fun."
Love the Great War Channel. He was a big help with the WW1video game Battlefield 1that came out. He answered a lot of questions on historical accuracy.
Holy shit, 2 more of my favorite channels team up! (history buffs + The Great War)
Love this one, thank you History Buffs
Kudos from a T E Lawrence buff! The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is my favorite book! A masterpiece!
History Buff and The Great War best team up ever!
"Woah, man, where did you learn about Archaeology?"
"I studied at JESUS college, boi, I learned about JESUS."
Totally edgy. You won the interwebs bro. 😑
@Nunovia Gottdamnedbizzness You are an Alumni, you used to be a member of their Glee Club.
The rest of the 12 year olds on this thread are laughing at your cleverness...
Was the non-edited version of this comment edgier? I don't see anything that would normally spur on these kinds of comments.
Edit: typo.
Guy Incognito, that’s what I was wondering.
excellent work Nick! Well researched and worth the wait.
This and Ben hur 59 are my favorite pictures. I watched Lawrence at thirty or so years of age and never got over it. Magnificent.
Lawrence of Arabia owned a Brough Superior motorcycle too. That alone makes him cool in my book. For those who don't know it's a highly treasured and respected motorcycle all wanted but few could afford back in the 1920's. Today it's a highly sought classic. While the motorcycles were sold with "100mph guaranteed top speed", they later models and lightly modified ones could reach 120mph and some were clocked at racing tracks doing 130mph. Now, that was a serious speed for a motorcycle before WW2 and very few road cars could hit a genuine 120mph in the 1930's.
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Lawrence in fact owned 4 Brough Superiors.. He was quite a collector of the marque.
And look where that got him...dead. :-0! (but at least he died trying to avoid killing somebody else)
Right as you said inaccuracies and I saw that m1919, I knew exactly what you were talking about
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A great movie. I remember seeing it in a "Panavision" theater in my home town (Austin, Texas) in 1962. WOW!!!. There are some movies best seen in the old WIDESCREENS of those legacy movie houses built in the 1950s and 60s. I fell blessed that I got to see Lawrence of Arabia in a movie theater that does justice to the grandeur of the time and place where the movie was set. The scene where he and his band start to cross that huge desert is lacking even with today's large TV screens. In that old cinema house, I felt like I was standing on top of that hill looking over that desert. And Peter O'Toole was the exact person to play the role. I don't think he ever got to play an equally challenging role and he mastered it to the hilt. He certainly was one of the best actors of my generation.
Do das boot
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100% yes
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*Title Credits*
Nick: It's pretty damn accurate.
*Closing Credits*
+jigilo I'd like to see that, although it would be rather short because the film (better yet, the TV miniseries!) and the novel it's based on are _very_ accurate. Why ? Lothar Günther Buchheim, the author, _actually was_ a war reporter on _U96_ (depicted as "Lt. Werner"). He and U-96 commander stayed in touch after the war and were friends until Lehmann-Willenbrock passed in 1986. The few things the perfectionistic Buchheim ranted about the film adaption was 1) the actors playing the non-coms and sailors were too old (in reality those were often 19-20 y/o boys !), 2) that "Josephine Baker- style" dancing scene in the film/series _would've never taken place_ on a German submarine and neither in any branch of the Army.
That's why the 3 part miniseries "Das Boot" is pretty much the best WW II picture out there.
+jigilo I would really like to know whether the Gibraltar dash, getting sunk to the bottom but than miraculously repairing the sub and resurfacing really took place or were just creative licenses. I know for a fact that the ending (getting sunk in the harbor with half the crew killed) was (probably added to add symbolism on the whole Nazi Germany in the war. Bit too much anti-Nazism in the movie also I'd say (probably to fulfill political standards requirements for filming). Also as explained in the wiki - a single bolt of the pressure hull under pressure giving way would start the runaway reaction resulting in total collapse of the whole hull in a matter of seconds akin a bubble burst, so that is just Hollywood-like crap. Also the crew shouting when submerged and under attack was nonsense as turning stealthy was by far the best way out of trouble yet the entire crew knew very well that the sound was the main enemy's means to detect the sub.
Veljko Stevanovic If I may jump in here. All major plot scenes are adaptions from Buchheim's novel. Buchheim himself made the U-96 journey up until Vigo/Spain where he left the crew (he was a war reporter after all).
So the rest of the plot might be a melange of several reports of other submarine crews.
Buchheim had no love for the High Command of the submarine fleet (the "BDU"). Many years later when "Das Boot" became a hit he recorded an interview in which he was appalled about the rate of casualties and conditions inside a Typ VII submarine for the boys that literally were barely 18 at times.
So his ending of the novel "Das Boot" (1st of a two novel set, 2nd being "Die Festung") is a vivid depiction of how the submarine fleet was outnumbered and outgunned (by R.A.F.) and how futile and frustrating this fight was -- going through all that struggle just to simply get bombed out on the finishing line.
Yea, and they had to put in the "anti-Nazi" criticism but many cynical lines were common in the Wehrmacht, a.k.a. "Landser Jargon".
"Shouting crew": yes, that was a point Buchheim criticised on the film adaptation. As well as the often too casual conversations between non-coms and officers and crew.
He said to the effect that _even under most extreme depth charge attacks the crew had to keep their shit together and make accurate assessments and decisions, and mostly they did_. So, as you said, the shouting is Hollywood.
The great war is awesome yt channel. It’s very detailed and informative
This is what you called a incredible masterpiece and that music is beautiful.
There's no inaccuracies that could stop this film being the best film ever made. IMO
Okay. Accept it as largely fictitious and it is palatable.
A fantastic film that I saw on it’s release in Falmouth as a boy. NOTHING TODAY COULD COME CLOSE TO THE ACTING, REAL EXTRA’s AND THE DIRECTOR’s VISION.
The British changed that height requirement that vexed Lawrence relatively quickly. At the end of WWII I think that they would take you if you were over 5'2''.
At the outbreak of the war minimum height was 5'3", but it was quickly realised that many men below that height would still make excellent soldiers. Thus arose 'The Bantams", down to 5 feet in height, which eventually comprised two infantry divisions. They came from industrial and mining areas so very strong for their size. Eventually heavy losses, transfers and normal sized replacements diminished their peculiarities.
Due to the bad conditions of English working class accommodations, food and working conditions, especially in the mines, there were many children around the turn of the century that were badly malnourished and sickly, which grew up rather short. Around the creation of the Kitchener Army, the British War Department reacted with the creation of "bantam battalions".
I don't get this doubt of his claim to rape. Mostly because the historians don't seem to have any reason for disbelieving it they can state, just saying, "I don't think it happened." Some more details as to why they think it would be nice.
It may have happened. If the details are uncertain, I'll tell someone to 'take it with a grain of salt'. There are many instances in history in which I have to use the expression.
@@michellesheppard9253that’s all fine. But the historian basically made up a scenario and then said well if Lawrence did he probably walked into it and basically said he deserved it or that he was a repressed homosexual like cmon that historian is absolute tool just by that assumption
“I don’t think it happened.” Sources: “ Trust me bro”
Almost 50 years ago, studying "Leadership" as a young officer made me visit most of the places where British officer Thomas Edward Lawrence had lived and worked.
The film forgot to mention female british archeologist Gertrude-Margaret Bell, who worked with Thomas Edward Lawrence for British Intelligence at the Arab Bureau in Cairo.
A glimpse would have been an nice touch as both Bell and Lawrence had attended Oxford University. Her book entitled " The Arab War, Confidential Information for General Headquarters " !
Obi-wan was in everything back then
The force flows through everything.
They struck him down and he became more popular and featured than they could possibly imagine.
It's said that he heard, in the distance, a million or so voices cry out and be suddenly silenced... but the Ottomans insisted it was nothing
"Hello there."
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Thanks James!! Celebrating right now :)
+History Buffs Well deserved.
Thank you for this excellent review! This movie came out in 1962 which was around the time I was born, and I grew up with an awareness that it was a highly acclaimed movie. I’ve watched it several times since, and although the film/entertainment experience is wonderful, I always found the plot to be a bit confusing since I wasn’t very familiar with the historical context. The conflicts in Arabia may indeed have been “a sideshow of a sideshow” from a western/European perspective, and thus less familiar to the general audience, but a review such as this helps place the conflict in context and results in greater understanding and appreciation of what was at stake. This is a great channel - keep doing what you do!
Read T.E.Lawrences book The Seven Pilars of Wisdom, it gives an insight into him as a man, gives more detail on many of the large and small events in the movies, and also covers the macro picture.
Peter Diamond did the camel riding parts, and most of the important stunts for O'tool,, he also did most of the fighting stunts in Raders, and Star Wars, Peter's farther was stunt man and sword fighting specialist Max Diamond, the lest man in England to be married as a medieval knite, something of an eccentric.
Sounds like a hard man.
My favorite movie. How could Peter O'Toole not win an Oscar for his portrayal of T.E. Lawrence ?
Anna Dayton The movie caracters almost never are close to the real people they play.
@Anna Dayton he was an actor, not an historian. He deserved an Oscar for his performance.
@cowgirl boots for you... apparently this is one of the most beautiful movies of the history of cinema, so...
@Anna Dayton What a moronic reason to say an actor shouldn't win an Oscar.
Omar Sharif should have won too.
Respect to the Australian cavalry
for fucking up the middle east. yes yes. much respect.
@@moonstryder1740 they were great men who where ordered to do something you will never have the balls to do
@@moonstryder1740 and also the Australian and the Turkish soldiers say they both thought highly of each other
They got fucked over
They were not cavalry they were light horse I know but
T.E. Lawrence, eponymously of Arabia, but very much an Englishman, favored pinching a burning match between his fingers to put it out. When asked by his colleague, William Potter, to reveal his trick -- how is it he so effectively extinguished the flame without hurting himself whatsoever -- Lawrence just smiled and said, "The trick, Potter, is not minding it hurts."
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Thanks very much for checking it out mate! Very cool of you :)
+History Buffs Ya''ll really should take a look at King Arthur that was made in 2004. They claim to be historical in the movie. You can find it on Netflix.
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+History Buffs review breach next based on the most infamous spy in u.s history robert Hanson
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After all these years, I really think this movie was the best ever made.
It certainly has the best and most intelligent screenplay of any epic - nobody writes like Robert Bolt.
I've watched it 4 times just this year. It's one of my go to flicks.
@@J_Braz_ It was the very first movie I ever attended by myself - I was too young to really understand it (I saw it strictly as an "adventure" film) but it has a lasting impact. I also recall being thrilled to see the restoration in the late 1980s.
These days, I wish someone could invent a small "forget" pill so you could rewatch a classic like LoA and experience it for the "first time".
I trust you have a large large screen at home!
@@Vlad65WFPReviews I bet you've also seen the Bridge on the River Kwhai. Another of my favs. It seems all my favorites were made well before I wan conceived.
Yes, that does look like an M1919 @15:51. The precursor M1917 was used in WWI, but not by the Ottomans and it had a water jacket around the barrel.
Thanks for putting me on to the The Great War channel
15:59 That footage was in fact, captured from Nick's Go-pro
Bro, me and my homies fucking love Lawrence of Arabia. W movie! They don’t make it like they used to.
I don’t think I’ve seen a film that could hold a candle to this movie since the Peter Jackson LOTR trilogy.
Far from home, a man with a mission
In the heat of the glistening sun
In the heart of ancient tradition
This man’s journey has only begun
Lead the charge
A raider has entered the battlefield
Sabotage
The game is about to unfold
A desert nomad dressed in rags
Prefers good deeds to Gucci bags.
For when a heart is truly pure
There is no need for such couture.
Thank you for showing up on The Great War to let is know! Love your channel!