Lawrence Of Arabia

[Bazile]

Are there two versions of this film - one where Lawrence is not killed ?

[follyfancier]

Lawrence was not killed ,he died in Dorset after a motorbike crash

[jno]

I think he is killed at the start of the film (in Dorset, as already mentioned) and the rest of the film is a flashback.

There was a stage play calaled Ross, which was filmed for TV and doesn't include his death

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_%28play%29

[roguemodel]

In the film by David Lean, the opening sequence shows T.E. Lawrence riding his motorcycle when he encounters two children on bikes (off Camera), he swerves to avoid them and is thrown from his motorcycle. This event occurred in 1936. The movie then recalls his life as the British military adviser in the Middle East to Emir Feisal and the Bedouin. A 1960 the stage play "Ross" was filmed at the Royal Theatre, Haymarket in London for television viewing, however, this subversion does not portray his death and has rarely if ever been shown on Television.