Film legend and Lawrence of Arabia star Peter O'Toole dies at the age of 81

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Peter O' Toole, one of the greatest actors, and drinkers, of his generation has died.

Lawrence of Arabia is one of my most favourite films, I have seen it many times and never tire of it. It is full of inaccuracies but then the Seven Pillars of Wisdom is not always truthful. Lawrence wrote the first manuscript and apparently left it in the tearoom at Reading Station, it was never seen again. He then rewrote it in three months largely from memory apart from some notes that he had retained. He then burned that one and rewrote it yet again.

http://lostmanuscripts.com/2010/07/11/the-seven-pillars-of-reading-station/
 
He was amazing, The Lion in Winter is so good as well and I loved him in My Favorite Year. I was actually hoping they were going to go to him to play Dumbledore after Richard Harris died. I think the change would have been less drastic than Michael Gambon.
 
Socrtease said:
He was amazing, The Lion in Winter is so good as well and I loved him in My Favorite Year. I was actually hoping they were going to go to him to play Dumbledore after Richard Harris died. I think the change would have been less drastic than Michael Gambon.
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I watched the Lion in Winter on TV a little while back, bloody marvellous.
 
Actor Peter O'Toole as Lawrence of Arabia, favored the real Lawrence of Arabia too?

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Lawrence in British Army uniform, 1918
 
Aoxomoxoa said:
Peter O' Toole, one of the greatest actors, and drinkers, of his generation has died.

Lawrence of Arabia is one of my most favourite films, I have seen it many times and never tire of it. It is full of inaccuracies but then the Seven Pillars of Wisdom is not always truthful. Lawrence wrote the first manuscript and apparently left it in the tearoom at Reading Station, it was never seen again. He then rewrote it in three months largely from memory apart from some notes that he had retained. He then burned that one and rewrote it yet again.

http://lostmanuscripts.com/2010/07/11/the-seven-pillars-of-reading-station/
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My fave is The Night of the Generals.
 
Aoxomoxoa said:
Peter O' Toole, one of the greatest actors, and drinkers, of his generation has died.

Lawrence of Arabia is one of my most favourite films, I have seen it many times and never tire of it. It is full of inaccuracies but then the Seven Pillars of Wisdom is not always truthful. Lawrence wrote the first manuscript and apparently left it in the tearoom at Reading Station, it was never seen again. He then rewrote it in three months largely from memory apart from some notes that he had retained. He then burned that one and rewrote it yet again.

http://lostmanuscripts.com/2010/07/11/the-seven-pillars-of-reading-station/
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Greatest movie of our time and an incredible actor who apparently was not Hollywood connected enough to win the Oscar.

He will be missed as will other greats of his generation.
 
christiefan915 said:
The book was really good also.
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I just read a story about when he was filming the Lion in Winter. He had a boating mishap and cut off the tip of a finger, so drunkenly he put it back and wrapped it in bandages. A few days later when he inspected the bloody mess the finger had been put on the wrong way round!!
 
I think he was in Bristol, but could be wrong. There were very good drunken actors there when we were attending
 
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