Nominated for 10 Academy Awards and considered one of the greatest films ever made, the Bosque Film Society presents 1962 epic biographical adventure drama “LAWRENCE OF ARABIA” on the silver screen at the historic Cliftex Theatre in Clifton

By E. BRETT VOSS

Bosque Film Society Founding Board President

“With Major Lawrence, mercy is a passion. With me, it is merely good manners. You may judge which motive is the more reliable.”— Prince Feisal

The Bosque Film Society cordially invites all members to attend its monthly members-only FILM APPRECIATION NIGHT featuring the 1962 epic biographical adventure drama “LAWRENCE OF ARABIA” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 26 at The Cliftex Theatre in Clifton with an introductory presentation by Bosque Film Society founding board member Simone Voss.

Directed by the legendary David Lean and produced by Sam Spiegel, the film stars Peter O’Toole as Lawrence and Alec Guinness as Prince Faisal with a supporting cast featuring Jack Hawkins, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains and Arthur Kennedy.

“LAWRENCE OF ARABIA” depicts Lawrence’s experiences in the Ottoman provinces of Hejaz and Greater Syria during the World War I, in particular his attacks on Aqaba and Damascus and his involvement in the Arab National Council. The film also explores Lawrence’s emotional struggles with the violence inherent in war, his identity and his divided allegiance between his native Britain with its army, and his new-found comrades within the Arabian desert tribes.

Nominated for 10 Oscars at the 35th Academy Awards in 1963, “LAWRENCE OF ARABIA” won seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, the film was deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 1991. In 1998, the American Film Institute placed it fifth on their 100 Years…100 Movies list of the greatest American films. In 1999, the British Film Institute named the film the third-greatest British film.

Every month, the Bosque Film Society hosts its members-only FILM APPRECIATION NIGHT featuring classic films chosen by its members every December. In 2023, upcoming featured showings will be Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Oct. 24; Stagecoach (1939) Nov. 28; 4th Annual Christmas Party with Meet Me In St. Louis (1944) Dec.19.

Since this will be a private showing, BYOB will be allowed, and the theatre concession stand will be open for purchases. Although the event will be closed to the public, those wishing to become Bosque Film Society members Tuesday night will be admitted.

“All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.” – T.E. Lawrence