Fathom Events and Columbia Pictures celebrate the studio’s 100th anniversary with select screenings nationwide of the groundbreaking adventure epic Lawrence Of Arabia, on Sunday, Aug 11 and Monday, Aug. 12. 

The screenings will include the exclusive “Columbia 100 Celebration” featurette, putting the spotlight on a century of world-class cinema spanning across the industry powerhouse’s illustrious past to its promising present.

Heralded as Columbia Pictures’ most-celebrated film, Lawrence Of Arabia is the winner of seven Academy Awards®—including Best Picture of 1962—and remains one of the most timeless and essential motion picture masterpieces. Considered the greatest achievement of its Oscar®-winning auteur director, David Lean (The Bridge on the River Kwai), the film introduced 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.

The film also took home Oscars® for Best Cinematography and Best Score, among others, and boasts the talented ensemble of Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Jose Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy with Omar Sharif as “Ali”. Produced by the legendary Sam Spiegel, the film’s screenplay is by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson.

Each Fathom screening of the film will be presented in the acclaimed 2012 version, brilliantly restored in 4K to its complete 224-minute version.

Exclusive to the Fathom screenings will be the special feature “Peter O’Toole Revisits Lawrence Of Arabia,” an intimate retrospective that finds the esteemed leading man reflecting not only on the role that would leave an indelible mark on his life and career, but on the history of film, itself.

Locally the film will be screened at AMC Loews Stony Brook 17, Island 16 Cinema de Lux in Holtsville and Showcase Cinema de Lux in Farmingdale. To view times and to purchase tickets in advance, visit www.fathomevents.com.