When I think of British director David Lean, I recall the epics he made during my impressionable years at the cinema.  It was the 60’s and 70’s when his greatest and most lavish productions “Lawrence of Arabia”, “Doctor Zhivago”, “The Bridge on the River Kwai”, and even the less successful “Ryan’s Daughter” stunned and astounded audiences around the world.  To me, I always looked upon a new Lean film as an event – and one that I would look forward to.