
Lawrence Of Arabia
- PG
- Year:
- 1962
- 216 min
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He was the most extraordinary
man I ever knew.
Did you know him well?
I knew him.
Well, nil nisi bonum.
But did he really deserve
a place in here?
Lord Allenby, could you give me
a few words about Colonel Lawrence?
What, more words?
The revolt in the desert
played a decisive part
in the Middle Eastern campaign.
Yes, sir, but about
Colonel Lawrence himself.
No, no. I didn't know
him well, you know.
Now, Mr. Bentley, you must know as much
about Colonel Lawrence as anybody does.
Yes, it was my privilege
to know him.
And to make him
known to the world.
He was a poet, a scholar
and a mighty warrior.
Thank you.
He was also the most shameless
exhibitionist since Barnum and Bailey.
You, sir. Who are you?
My name is
Jackson Bentley.
Well, whoever you are, I overheard
your last remark, and I take the
gravest possible exception.
-He was a very great man.
-Did you know him?
No, I can't claim
to have known him.
I once had the honour
to shake his hand in Damascus.
Knew him?
No, I never knew him.
He had some minor function
on my staff in Cairo.
Michael George Hartley,
this is a nasty,
dark, little room.
That's right.
We are not happy in it.
I am. It's better than
a nasty, dark, little trench.
-Then you're a big noble fellow.
-That's right.
Ah, here is William Potter
with my newspaper.
-Here you are, tosh.
-Thanks.
Would you care for one of
Corporal Hartley's cigarettes?
Ta.
-Is it there?
-Of course.
Headlines.
But I'll bet it isn't
mentioned in the Times.
"Bedouin tribes attack
Turkish stronghold."
And I bet that no one in this whole
headquarters even knows it happened.
Or would care if it did.
Allow me to ignite your cigarette.
-Mr. Lawrence?
-Yes.
-Flimsy, sir.
-Thank you.
You'll do that once too often.
It's only flesh and blood.
Michael George Hartley,
you're a philosopher.
And you're balmy!
Oh!
-It damn well hurts!
-Certainly, it hurts.
Well, what's the trick, then?
The trick, William Potter,
is not minding that it hurts.
Oh, by the way, if Captain Gibbon
should enquire for me,
tell him I've gone for
a chat with the general.
-He's balmy.
-He's all right.
Lawrence.
Yes?
You're supposed to be...
Do you usually wear
your cap in the mess?
Always.
You're supposed to be on duty,
aren't you? Where are you going?
Mustn't talk shop, Freddie,
not in the mess.
Matter of fact, I'm going for
a powwow with the general.
I'm not asking as your superior, Lawrence,
I'm asking as the secretary of this mess.
We don't want chaps in here
who should be on duty.
Where are you going,
please?
I must say, Lawrence!
-Sorry.
-You're a clown, Lawrence.
Ah, well, we can't
all be lion tamers.
Sorry.
It's an intrigue, Dryden.
And I do not propose to let an
overweening, finicky, crass lieutenant
thumb his nose at his general officer
commanding and get away with it.
It doesn't sound as though
he'd be any great loss, sir.
Now don't try that, Dryden.
There's a principle involved.
There is, indeed.
He's of no use here in Cairo.
He might be in Arabia.
He knows his stuff, sir.
Knows the books, you mean.
I've already sent out
Colonel Brighton, who's a soldier.
And if Brighton thinks we should send
them some small arms, then we will.
Well, what more do you want?
That there would be no question
of Lieutenant Lawrence
giving military advice.
By God, I should hope not.
It's just that the Arab Bureau would
like its own man on the spot, sir, to...
To what?
To make our own appraisal
of the situation.
I may as well tell you, it's my
considered opinion and that of my staff
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