Starring David Lean
Print: Color
Runtime: 60 min
Genre: Documentary
In honoring Sir David Lean with its 18th Life Achievement Award, the American Film Institute does more than salute an already much-honored director. For behind the image of the consummate craftsman whose painstaking devotion to technique produced such classics as GREAT EXPECTATIONS, BRIEF ENCOUNTER, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA and DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, stands something greater — a genuine film artist.
Starring David Lean
Print: Color
Runtime: 60 min
Genre: Documentary
In honoring Sir David Lean with its 18th Life Achievement Award, the American Film Institute does more than salute an already much-honored director. For behind the image of the consummate craftsman whose painstaking devotion to technique produced such classics as GREAT EXPECTATIONS, BRIEF ENCOUNTER, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA and DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, stands something greater — a genuine film artist.
