R.I.P. Peter O’Toole

One of the greats is gone. Peter O’Toole, the eight-time Oscar nominee who starred in Lawrence of Arabia, The Lion in Winter, Goodbye Mr. Chips, and a host of other fine films, has passed away. According to his agent, Steve Kenis, he succumbed in a London hospital on Saturday, following a battle with a long […]

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Play It Again – Lawrence of Arabia

By Simon Miraudo March 27, 2013 Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or if it has aged terribly. And yes, it takes its name from a famously misquoted Casablanca line (hey, whatever; […]

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Robert Pattinson to play Lawrence of Arabia for Werner Herzog

Robert Pattinson will play T.E. Lawrence in Werner Herzog‘s upcoming indie flick Queen of the Desert. According to Variety, Pattinson joins Naomi Watts, who will play English writer Gertrude Bell. T.E. Lawrence was, of course, the subject of David Lean‘s iconic 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia, where he was portrayed by Peter O’Toole. Lawrence befriended Bell in the […]

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Peter O’Toole retires from acting

Acting icon Peter O’Toole has taken his final bow. The 79-year-old star of Lawrence of Arabia and countless other classics offered the following words as his farewell: Dear All It is time for me to chuck in the sponge. To retire from films and stage. The heart for it has gone out of me: it […]

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