In celebration of Columbia Pictures 100th anniversary, Columbia Pictures and Fathom Events bring Lawrence of Arabia, Columbia's most celebrated title, back to theaters nationwide. Winner of 7 Academy Awards® including Best Picture of 1962, Lawrence of Arabia stands as one of the most timeless and essential motion picture masterpieces. The greatest achievement of its legendary, Oscar®-winning director, David Lean (1962, Lawrence of Arabia: 1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai), the film stars Peter O'Toole ? in his career-making performance ? as T.E. Lawrence, the audacious World War I British army officer who heroically united rival Arab desert tribes and led them to war against the mighty Turkish Empire.