Evil""s plan was to blackmail the royal family of Britain ("the wealthiest landowners in the world") by fabricating a story that Prince Charles had an affair outside his marriage and was forced to divorce (an event that had already occurred, making it unfeasable).Politely, he picks up her string-tied parcels, his second-in-command sidekick Dutch Engstrom (Ernest Borgnine) offers to carry them, and then Pike takes her arm o assist her across the street.I did it once, and all the headlines came off on my white pants.On the level! It actually happened.Nobody bought a paper that day.They just followed me around over town and read the news on he seat of my pants.While he is engaged in an altercation with the driver, Ellie quickly takes the seat that he has cleared off.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.With epic qualities, it had more than 50 speaking roles and 2,400 extras.The film currently remains the box-office (domestic) champ with a gross revenue of $1.89billion(adjusted for inflation).Various elements in the original novel had to be eliminated, and some characters, scenes, and events were either truncated, dropped, or modified:Scarlett""s first two children (Wade Hampton and Ella Lorena) were eliminatedIn the novel, Charles Hamilton was in love with Honey Wilkes prior to falling in love with Scarlett; in the film, he was in love with India WilkesRhett""s scenes (and confessions) about being a blockade runner were minimized or cut outthe novel""s love scenes (in particular, the "Paddock Scene") were more low-keythe character of the Atlanta prostitute Belle Watling was sanitized (and Rhett""s finding of solace with Belle - after Scarlett vowed not to have any more children following Bonnie""s birth), was also down-playedany episodes or mention of the Ku Klux Klan were droppedRhett""s contempt for Ashley was softenedRhett""s last words in the novel: "My dear, I don""t give a damn.