Editing Lawrence of Arabia (film) (section)

=== Home media ===
The initial home video release of the film was in [[pan and scan]] and lacked the full vertical height. After the film was restored in 1989, [[The Criterion Collection]] issued two Laserdisc editions, one in CAV and one in CLV. RCA/Columbia Pictures also issued a movie-only widescreen release of this restoration on Laserdisc.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pratt |first=Douglas |title=The Laser Video Disc Companion Expanded Edition}}</ref>

''Lawrence of Arabia'' has been released in five different DVD editions, including an initial release as a two-disc set (2001),<ref>{{cite web |first=Bruce |last=Apar |url=http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/Product_article.cfm?article_id=1021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010418032017/http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/Product_article.cfm?article_id=1021 |title=Lawrence' Star O'Toole Marvels at DVD |website=hive4media.com |archive-date=18 April 2001 |date=5 April 2001 |access-date=8 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> followed by a shorter single disc edition (2002),<ref>{{cite web |first=Enrique |last=Rivero |url=http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/Product_article.cfm?article_id=3325 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020702164646/http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/Product_article.cfm?article_id=3325 |title=Columbia Trims Its DVDs |website=hive4media.com |archive-date=2 July 2002 |date=20 June 2002 |access-date=12 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> a high resolution version of the director's cut with restored scenes (2003) issued as part of the [[Superbit]] series, as part of the Columbia Best Pictures collection (2008), and in a fully restored special edition of the director's cut (2008).<ref name="Turn Classic Movies">{{cite web |url=http://shop.tcm.com/lawrence-of-arabia-collectors-edition-dvd/detail.php?p=351469 |title=Lawrence of Arabia (Collector's Edition) DVD |access-date=4 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012110908/http://shop.tcm.com/lawrence-of-arabia-collectors-edition-dvd/detail.php?p=351469 |archive-date=12 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Martin Scorsese]] and [[Steven Spielberg]] helped restore a version of the film for a DVD release in 2000.<ref>{{cite book |last=Wasser |first=Frederick |year=2010 |title=Steven Spielberg's America |series=Polity America Through the Lens |publisher=Polity |page=222 |isbn=978-0-7456-4082-2}}</ref>