" In the kitchen, Lester apologized to Jane: "I""m sorry I haven""t been more available..." He sincerely wondered: "What happened? You and I used to be pals."The view changed to a grainy, washed-out image without sound - seen from an outdoor vantage perspective shot hrough the kitchen""s bay window.It was re-released in a slightly shorter version (141 minutes) in 1972.A sequel was made years later: director Peter Hyams""2010 (1984)(from a 1982 published adaptation titled2010: odyssey woby Clarke).The film focuses on four major events in Lawrence""s life - told in flashback:the glorious conquest of the key port of AqabaLawrence""s capture, torture, and rape in Deraathe vicious "no prisoners" massacre at Tafasthe anti-climactic fall of Damascus, with an end o dreams of unityIn 1962 when the film first opened, it was 222 minutes long, but it was subsequently cut down by 35 minutes to 187 minutes, and not restored to 217 minutes until 1989.Two years earlier, another Western filmDances With Wolves (1990)took the top honor.The first Western to win he Best Picture Oscar wasCimarron (1930/1931).Plot SynopsisA frontier home, lone tree, golden sunset, and a man digging a grave site are silhouetted on the horizon in the opening, long-shot image.