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Lawrence of Arabia www.movieclips.com (search title) OR on YouTube

FILM DESCRIPTION: This sweeping, highly literate historical epic covers the Allies' mideastern campaign during as seen through the eyes of the enigmatic T. E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole, in the role that made him a star). After a prologue showing us Lawrence's ultimate fate, we flash back to in 1917. A bored general staffer, Lawrence talks his way into a transfer to Arabia. Once in the desert, he befriends Sherif Ali Ben El Kharish (, making one of the most spectacular entrances in movie history) and draws up plans to aid the Arabs in their rebellion against the Turks. No one is ever able to discern Lawrence's motives in this matter: Prince Feisal () dismisses him as yet another "desert-loving Englishman," and his British superiors assume that he's either arrogant or mad. Using a combination of diplomacy and bribery, Lawrence unites the rival Arab factions of Feisal and Auda Abu Tayi (). After successfully completing his mission, Lawrence becomes an unwitting pawn of the Allies, as represented by Gen. Allenby () and Dryden (), who decide to keep using Lawrence to secure Arab cooperation against the Imperial Powers. While on a spying mission to Deraa, Lawrence is captured and tortured by a sadistic Turkish Bey (Jose Ferrer). In the heat of the next battle, a wild-eyed Lawrence screams "No prisoners!" and fights more ruthlessly than ever. Screenwriters Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson used T. E. Lawrence's own self- published memoir The Seven Pillars of Wisdom as their principal source, although some of the characters are composites, and many of the "historical" incidents are of unconfirmed origin. Two years in the making (you can see O'Toole's weight fluctuate from scene to scene), the movie, lensed in and Jordan, ended up costing a then- staggering $13 million and won seven , including Best Picture and Best Director. The 1962 Royal Premiere in was virtually the last time that 's director's cut was seen: 20 minutes were edited from the film's general release, and 15 more from the 1971 reissue. This abbreviated version was all that was available for public exhibition until a massive 1989 restoration, at 216 minutes that returned several of Lean's favorite scenes while removing others with which he had never been satisfied. 1. A Funny Sense of Fun – (2:42) a. CLIP DESCRIPTION: Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) tells Mr. Dryden (Claude Rains) that the expedition with the Bedouin tribe is going to be fun. After blowing out a match, Lawrence begins his journey in the desert. 2. Ali’s Well – (2:42) a. CLIP DESCRIPTION: Lawrence's (Peter O'Toole) guide Tafas is killed by Sherif Ali (Omar Sharif) for drinking from a well. 3. The Nefud Desert – (2:37) a. CLIP DESCRIPTION: To illustrate the value that nothing is written," Lawrence ("Peter O'Toole) risks his own life to go back to save a fallen Gasim. Daud waits for Lawrence to return out of the Nefud desert. 4. Lawrence of Arabia – (2:42) a. CLIP DESCRIPTION: Under the banner of celebration, Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) safely returns to the tribe's desert oasis having saved Gasim. He remarks to Sherif Ali (Omar Sharif) that "nothing is written." 5. Attack on Aqaba – (2:42) a. CLIP DESCRIPTION: The tribal alliance led by Auda abu Tayi (Anthony Quinn) overruns the port city of Aqaba with the Turkish guns only pointed to the sea. 6. Come on Men! – (2:39) a. CLIP DESCRIPTION: Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) commands a guerilla ambush on a Turkish railway in the middle of the desert. 7. A Prophet’s Shadow – (2:42) a. CLIP DESCRIPTION: Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) survives a sniper's bullet and then poses atop a train to the cheers of the tribesmen. 8. No Prisoners – (2:39) a. CLIP DESCRIPTION: Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) shows no mercy when ordering an attack on a column of retreating Turkish soldiers. Spartacus www.movieclips.com (search title) OR on YouTube

FILM DESCRIPTION: Spartacus () is a rebellious slave purchased by Lentulus Batiatus (), owner of a school for gladiators. For the entertainment of corrupt Roman senator Marcus Licinius Crassus (), Batiatus' gladiators are to stage a fight to the death. On the night before the event, the enslaved trainees are "rewarded" with female companionship. Spartacus' companion for the evening is Varinia (), a slave from Brittania. When Spartacus later learns that Varinia has been sold to Crassus, he leads 78 fellow gladiators in revolt. Word of the rebellion spreads like wildfire, and soon Spartacus' army numbers in the hundreds. Escaping to join his cause is Varinia, who has fallen in love with Spartacus, and another of Crassus' house slaves, the sensitive Antoninus (Tony Curtis). The revolt becomes the principal cog in the wheel of a political struggle between Crassus and a more temperate senator named Gracchus (). was the original director of Spartacus, eventually replaced by , who'd previously guided Douglas through Paths of Glory. The film received 4 Academy Awards, including Best Supporting for Ustinov. A crucial scene between Olivier and Curtis, removed from the 1967 reissue because of its subtle homosexual implications, was restored in 1991, with a newly recorded soundtrack featuring Curtis as his younger self and standing in for the deceased Olivier.

1. Spartacus is Sold – (3:29) a. CLIP DESCRIPTION: Lentulus (Peter Ustinov) goes shopping for slaves, and when he finds Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) he finds out that his bite is worse than his bark. 2. I’m Not an Animal – (2:41) a. CLIP DESCRIPTION: When they put a girl in the cell with Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) to watch him ravage her, he stands defiant and won't do it. 3. Gladiator Training – (3:14) a. CLIP DESCRIPTION: It's the first day of Gladiator Training School, and Spartacus shows real potential. 4. Fight to the Death – (2:40) a. CLIP DESCRIPTION: Draba (Woody Strode) is locked in combat with Spartacus (Kirk Douglas). But when Draba gets the upper hand, he refuses to finish him off. 5. I Want to Know – (3:27) a. CLIP DESCRIPTION: Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) shares his most intimate dream with Varinia (Jean Simmons). 6. Death is the Only Freedom – (3:29) a. CLIP DESCRIPTION: Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) tells Tigranes (Herbert Lom) that the slaves don't fear death and that gives them the advantage. 7. Breaking Glabrus’ Power – (3:12) a. CLIP DESCRIPTION: Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) gives Marcus Publius Glabrus (John Dall) an ultimatum to take back to Rome, then rallies his troops for the battle to come. 8. Spartacus – (2:15) a. CLIP DESCRIPTION: The Romans try to get Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) to reveal himself in the crowd, but then every slave stands up to protect him. 9. Crassus Identifies Spartacus – (2:07) a. CLIP DESCRIPTION: Crassus (Laurence Olivier) finally identifies the rebel Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) and commands him to fight his friend Antoninus (Tony Curtis) to the death. 10. Goodbye My Life – (2:41) a. CLIP DESCRIPTION: Varinia (Jean Simmons) reveals to Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) that she has bared his child, then she says her final goodbyes. Cleopatra: http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/1288770/Ben-Mankiewicz-Intro-Cleopatra.html

(2:04) Ben Mankiewicz Intro — Cleopatra (1963) Ben Mankiewicz introduces Cleopatra, 1963.

(3:39) Cleopatra (1963) — (Movie Clip) Odd Way To Carry A Rug Wrapping up a war council as he occupies , Caesar () learns from mute Flavius () that he’s been sent a gift, brought by Apollodorus (), containing the title character (), the deposed queen out to win his support, in Cleopatra, 1963.

(2:30) Cleopatra (1963) -- (Movie Clip) How Will I Live? Politics doesn't stand a chance as ( Burton) and Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor) discuss their affairs as they part in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Cleopatra, 1963.

(2:21) Cleopatra (1963) — (Movie Clip) There Is No Throne In Rome Talk of Caesar outside the senate, the first scene in Rome proper, Cassius (John Hoyt) and Brutus () tangle, Casca (Carroll O’Connor) and Cicero () joining, taunting Antony (), who queries Octavian (Roddy McDowall), in Cleopatra, 1963.

(4:02) Cleopatra (1963) — (Movie Clip) Caesar! Caesar! Strangely, Elizabeth Taylor (title character) here gazes into the priestess’s fire and sees, presumably in advance, what actually transpires, as Caesar (Rex Harrison) is murdered, and Antony (Richard Burton) isn’t even heard before the pyre, in Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s Cleopatra, 1963.

(4:42) Cleopatra (1963) — (Movie Clip) The Queen Has Conquered The People After much buildup the first shot of Elizabeth Taylor (title character) arriving in Rome, her son in tow, presenting him to his father Caesar (Rex Harrison), commenting to his aide Antony (Richard Burton), in a true “ money scene,” from Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s Cleopatra, 1963.

(2:58) Cleopatra (1963) — (Movie Clip) These Walls Must Not Believe Their Ears Nearly a soliloquy for Roddy McDowall as Octavian, the ambitious adopted son of the late Caesar, exhorting the senate in Rome to turn against Mark Antony (Richard Burton) for his alliance with the title character (Elizabeth Taylor), in Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s expansive Cleopatra, 1963.