This picture is from Amazon.fr, where the preorder for Lawrence of Arabia on blu-ray is up.



Apparently, this will be released as a big box of stuff, and a disc-only version. The release date has yet to be announced, but since the movie just had its 4K digital premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, the blu-ray announcement can’t be far behind. Besides, this is the 50th anniversary year, and we all know how anniversaries lead to blu-ray and DVD releases.

I took a day off work in 1989 to see the first showing of the 70mm restoration of Lawrence at the AMC Glen Lakes 8 in Dallas. They had decorated the inside of the theater with sheets to make it look like the inside of a tent, and the workers wore Arabian-style costumes. During the movie, I had a severe flashback to my childhood during the quicksand scene. I realized that I had seen the movie before, in edited form, at the Will Rogers Theater in Tulsa. It was re-released in 1971, which would have made me 6-7 years old at the time.

Anyway, I am looking forward to seeing this again on blu-ray!