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It\u2019s Alicia's 3rd pick: \u2018Lawrence of Arabia,\u2019 the 1962 film directed by David Lean.\nThe film is adapted from the autobiographical account of T. E. Lawrence, \u2018Seven Pillars of Wisdom,\u2019 which was first published in 1926 and told the story of his involvement with the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks, from 1916-1918.\nOver the decades, many filmmakers \u2013 chief among them legendary silent and early sound era producer/director Alexander Korda \u2013 courted Lawrence, his estate, and biographers who owned rights to their own versions of the story. But it was ultimately producer Sam Spiegel who secured the rights, looking to follow up on his successful production of \u2018The Bridge on the River Kwai\u2019 with director David Lean.\nBy most accounts the extremely long shoot \u2013 which took place in Jordan, Morocco, and Spain \u2013 was hellish, but the resulting Super Panavision 70mm CinemaScope film, which premiered in December of 1962, went on to great success largely with both audiences and critics.\nIn addition to its 7 Oscar wins for Best Picture, Director, Art Direction, Cinematography, Film Editing, Score, and Sound, it was also nominated for Best Actor (Peter O\u2019Toole), Best Supporting Actor (Omar Sharif), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson). Notably, Gregory Peck won Best Actor that year for To Kill A Mockingbird.\nAs for our purposes, \u2018Lawrence of Arabia\u2019 has actually never appeared in the Top 10 or as a runner up on Sight & Sound magazine\u2019s critics poll of the greatest films of all time, but it did rank at #4 on their poll of directors in 2002.\nProduced by Stereoactive Media