After extensive location work in the Middle East, North Africa, Spain, and elsewhere, Lean's Lawrence of Arabia was released in 1962. This was the first project of Lean's with a screenplay by playwright Robert Bolt, rewriting an original script by Michael Wilson (one of the two blacklisted writers of Bridge on the River Kwai). It recounts the life of T. E. Lawrence, the British officer who is depicted in the film as uniting the squabbling Bedouin peoples of the Arab peninsula to fight in World War I and then push on for independence.
After extensive location work in the Middle East North Africa Spain and elsewhere Lean's Lawrence of Arabia was released in 1962 This was the first project of Lean's with a screenplay by playwright Robert Bolt rewriting an original script by Michael Wilson (one of the two blacklisted writers of Bridge on the River Kwai) It recounts the life of T E Lawrence the British officer who is depicted in the film as uniting the squabbling Bedouin peoples of the Arab peninsula to fight in World War I and then push on for independence