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This journey drama image has been hailed as “the best UK film of all time” – and it will get an ideal rating on IMDB. Lawrence of Arabia was launched in 1962 and it was based mostly on the lifetime of T.E. Lawrence and his ebook Seven Pillars of Wisdom, revealed in 1926.

The biographical movie tells the story of of T.E. Lawrence, an English officer that went on to unite and leas the varied and warring Arab tribes through the First World War. The movie’s synopsis reads: “Due to his knowledge of the native Bedouin tribes, British Lieutenant T.E.Lawrence is sent to Arabia to find Prince Faisal and serve as a liaison between the Arabs and the British in their fight against the Turks. With the aid of native Sherif Ali, Lawrence rebels against the orders of his superior officer and strikes out on a daring camel journey across the harsh desert to attack a well-guarded Turkish port.”

Lawrence of Arabia was directed by David Lean and starred Peter O’Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, José Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy and Omar Sharif.

The 1962 epic received 7 Academy Awards together with Best Art Direction – Color, Set Decoration, Best Cinematography – Color, Best Film Editing, Best Music Score – Substantially Original, Best Sound, Best Director and Best Picture.

The movie has topped IMDB’s The 50 Best British Movies of All Time rating and it has achieved a 100% Meta rating.

Many have described the image as one of the best movie ever made, with one IMDB consumer describing it as a “magestic masterpiece beyond all other”.

Rotten Tomatoes critics fee the movie at 93% and state: “The epic of all epics, Lawrence of Arabia cements director David Lean’s status in the filmmaking pantheon with nearly four hours of grand scope, brilliant performances, and beautiful cinematography.”

Upon its launch, Bosley Crowther of The New York Times described the movie as “vast, awe-inspiring, beautiful with ever-changing hues, exhausting and barren of humanity”.