I was so moved by that scene, and I tried to really kind of do similar."Īkkad embarked on an ambitious quest to create a truly Arab screen epic. "To me," Akkad later recalled, "the scene that I admired most in my life is David Lean's scene when Omar Sharif was introduced. Akkad was riveted as he watched a scene in which actor Omar Sharif emerges from the sands like a wraith on horseback - an Arab screen hero.
In 1962, a Syrian-born Hollywood filmmaker named Moustapha Akkad watched the epic film Lawrence of Arabia, directed by David Lean. It is currently being restored by Moustapha Akkad's son Malek for a high definition rerelease.
The film was difficult to make and faced a backlash in part of the Muslim world. The Message, directed by Moustapha Akkad, was released in 1976 in both English and Arabic versions.
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