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Old 12-16-2013, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by george minze View Post
Are we talking about T E Lawrence or Peter O'Toole. Remember O'Toole was playing a part. The Turks had some strange habits, especially their upper class......I think both O'Toole and Ferrer played those parts well...History states that Lawrence was a changed person after his capture by the Turks....However he was released by the Turks. I might add they paid a pretty heavy price for that mistake....If you can believe written history......
Apologies, the first line refers to O'Toole, the second naturally to Lawrence. I always thought that Lawrence was raped by the Turk officer, hence his change in personality.
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