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Jun 10, 2009 | City Pages

Film Highlight: Lawrence of Arabia

Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif star in Lawrence of Arabia Details: LAWRENCE OF ARABIA Heights Theatre, Thursday at 7 p.m. In the early 1960s, Norman Mailer 's essay "The White Negro" hit an American cultural phenomenon square on the nose: the alienated white hipster's feeling of envy for dispossessed black people.

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Related Topix: Peter O'Toole, Movies, Entertainment

Mon Jun 08, 2009

This is London

Your chance to dress like Dracula and James Bond

You've seen it in the cinema and bought the DVD - now's your chance to dress the part.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Short, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Drama Movies, Christopher Lee, Doctor Who, Science Fiction TV, Entertainment, Television, Jon Pertwee, Pierce Brosnan

Fri Jun 05, 2009

The Wire

living large

Remember Omar Sharif's marathon entrance in "Lawrence of Arabia"? First appearing as a tiny black speck on the distant desert horizon, he slowly, relentlessly grows in the frame to come barreling gloriously up on horseback, practically crashing through the camera lens.

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Related Topix: Movies, Entertainment

Wed Jun 03, 2009

Prensa Latina

Omar Sharif Honored in Film Festival

Madrid, Jun 2 Egyptian actor Omar Sharif will receive the Alhambra Honor Award from the Cines del Sur Festival, which will be held from June 13 to 20 in the Andalusian city of Granada, Spain, organizers reported here Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Spain, World News,

Sun May 17, 2009

The Times of India

CRIME & PUNISHMENT | Quest for Justice

Year 1966 saw release of a film, The Night of the Generals. The story begins in 1942 in Warsaw, capital of conquered Poland.

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Fri Apr 24, 2009

Haaretz

Actor Omar Sharif: I brought Sadat and Begin together

Celebrated silver-screen star Omar Sharif has claimed that he was responsible for bringing then-Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin together ahead of Sadat's historic 1977 visit to Israel.

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Related Topix: Doctor Zhivago, Drama Movies

Thu Apr 23, 2009

Israellycool

The Day In Israel: Thurs Apr 23rd, 2009

Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman have made nice , putting behind them Lieberman's "Mubarak can go to hell" comment and Egypt's "Lieberman's not welcome in Egypt" comment.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Doctor Zhivago, Drama Movies,

Wed Apr 08, 2009

Tuscon Citizen

Dine & Dash: Eastern Mediterranean fare

April 08, 2009, 5:29 p.m. Tucson Citizen tasteplus@tucsoncitizen.com Friday is the birthday of Omar Sharif, born Michel Demitri Shalhoub on April 10, 1932.

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Related Topix: Tucson, AZ, World News, Egypt

Fri Apr 03, 2009

DVD Times

Arrow Films in April/May

Arrow Films have announced the UK DVD release of four titles over April and May 2009.

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Related Topix: Peter O'Toole, John Mills, Bob Hoskins, Burt Lancaster, Michael Caine

Tue Mar 31, 2009

Los Angeles Times

Composer Maurice Jarre spun screen magic

From the mystical overtones of "Ghost" to the primitive sounds of "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome," to the Russian balalaikas in "Doctor Zhivago," composer Maurice Jarre always seemed to find the right signature for every film he scored.

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Related Topix: Maurice Jarre, Doctor Zhivago, Drama, Theater, Arts, Entertainment

Fri Mar 06, 2009

The Victoria Star

Charlie Chaplin's actor-son Sydney Chaplin dies at age of 82

This Jan. 31, 1998, photo provided by the United States Postal Service shows Sydney Chaplin, second son of Charlie Chaplin standing next to an enlarged stamp, featuring his father as the "Little Tramp," at the ...

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Related Topix: Limelight, Comedy Movies, Drama, Musical Movies, A Countess from Hong Kong, Sydney Chaplin, Theater, Arts

Thu Feb 26, 2009

Connecticut Post

'Meyers on Movies' for Feb. 27

Connecticut Post staff writer Joe Meyers picks two of today's best movies on TV: 1:30 p.m. "Doctor Zhivago" Some critics complained that Boris Pasternak's best-selling novel was not well-served by director ...

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Related Topix: Doctor Zhivago, Drama, Darling, Julie Christie, The Manchurian Candidate, Thriller, Mystery Movies, War Movies, Science Fiction Movies

Sun Jan 25, 2009

Television Without Pity

Sunday, January 25, 2009: The Last Templar

Since miniseries are technically TV too, I think it's OK to discuss The Last Templar , a two-night, four-hour EVENT! which premieres tonight at 9. Obviously, it doesn't look like the greatest thing ever or ...

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Mon Jan 19, 2009

The Victoria Star

Sorvino stars in adaptation of novel

Considering the success of many books and movies on the topic of the Knights Templar, it's no surprise that someone has decided to take a stab at a production for the smaller screen.

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Related Topix: Arts, Popular Fiction, Comedy Movies, Mighty Aphrodite, Crime Movies, Drama, Human Trafficking, Mira Sorvino, Entertainment, Television

Sat Jan 17, 2009

Bostonist

Saturday Happenings

Bostonist thought that local rockers Logan 5 and the Runners showed a lot of promise with their new CD Featurette , and now you can hear for yourself.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA, Wedding, Cambridge, MA

Fri Jan 16, 2009

The Boston Globe

Lean on screen

There are many big names associated with the 1962 classic "Lawrence of Arabia" - Peter O'Toole , Alec Guinness, and Anthony Quinn are just a few.

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Related Topix: Peter O'Toole, Doctor Zhivago, Drama, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Movies, Entertainment

Mon Jan 05, 2009

Egypt Today

Omar Sharif

Th e word 'legend' does not begin to describe Omar Sharif. We grew up watching him share the screen with such stars as Jean-Paul Belmondo, Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren and Julie Christie.

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Related Topix: Doctor Zhivago, Drama, Julie Christie, Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Cairo, Musical Movies, Africa, Egypt, World News, Peter O'Toole

Sat Jan 03, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Film review: Che - Part 1

This month is the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista and his replacement by Fidel Castro, who, sadly enough, was also to become a dictator.

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Related Topix: Che, Fidel Castro

Thu Jan 01, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Duncan Campbell: Along with Steven Soderbergh's biopic come all the...

The Cuban representative at the general assembly of the United Nations in New York delivered a lengthy, wide-ranging speech that touched on many of the key issues of the day, from the worrying situation in the ...

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Related Topix: Che, World News, Puerto Rico, Central America, Fidel Castro

Mon Dec 29, 2008

IcWales

New sat-nav provides locations where movies were shot in Wales

FOR scenes from David Lean's epic Lawrence of Arabia - turn right. And indicate left at the next roundabout for where Sean Connery once swashbuckled in an Arthurian romance.

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Related Topix: Peter O'Toole, World News, United Kingdom, Twin Town, Drama, Comedy Movies

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