Rent The English Patient (1996)

3.7 of 5 from 258 ratings
2h 35min
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Synopsis:
After a badly burned pilot (Ralph Fiennes) is pulled from the wreckage of his plane in the Sahara Desert, he's placed in the care of an army nurse (Juliette Binoche) and identified only as "the English patient". As his memory slowly returns, a passionate and consuming love affair with a married woman (Kristin Scott Thomas) is unveiled, and lives from both the past and the present become inextricably altered.
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Directors:
Writers:
Michael Ondaatje, Anthony Minghella
Others:
Pat Jackson, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Walter Murch, David Parker, Gabriel Yared, Chris Newman, Saul Zaentz, Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan, Ivan Sharrock, John Seale, Ann Roth, Fabrizio Sforza, Nigel Booth, Mark Berger
Studio:
Miramax
Genres:
Drama
Collections:
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Awards:

1997 BAFTA Best Film

1997 BAFTA Best Supporting Actress

1997 BAFTA Best Adapted Screen Play

1997 BAFTA Best Music

1997 BAFTA Best Cinematography

1997 BAFTA Best Editing

1997 Berlinale Silver Bear for Best Actress

1997 Oscar Best Supporting Actress

1997 Oscar Best Cinematography

1997 Oscar Best Costume Design

1997 Oscar Best Director

1997 Oscar Best Editing

1997 Oscar Best Art Direction

1997 Oscar Best Sound

1997 Oscar Best Original Dramatic Score

1997 Oscar Best Picture

BBFC:
Release Date:
Unknown
Run Time:
155 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
English, English Hard of Hearing
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.85:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Feature Commentary with Anthony Minghella
  • 2nd Feature Commentary with Anthony and others
  • Master Class With Anthony Minghella – Deleted Scenes
  • CBC Documentary – The Making of the "English Patient"
  • About Michael Ondaatje
  • From Novel to Screenplay – Interviews With the Cast and Crew
  • The Formidable Saul Zaentz
  • A Historical Look At The Real Count Almasy
  • Filmmaker Conversations
  • The Work Of Stuart Craig – Production Designer
  • The Eyes Of Phil Bray – Still Photographer
Disc 1:
This disc includes the following:
- Main Feature
- Feature Commentary with Anthony Minghella
- 2nd Feature Commentary with Anthony and others
Disc 2:
This disc includes Bonus:
- Master Class With Anthony Minghella – Deleted Scenes
- CBC Documentary – The Making of the "English Patient"
- About Michael Ondaatje
- From Novel to Screenplay – Interviews With the Cast and Crew
- The Formidable Saul Zaentz
- A Historical Look At The Real Count Almasy
- Filmmaker Conversations
- The Work Of Stuart Craig – Production Designer
- The Eyes Of Phil Bray – Still Photographer
BBFC:
Release Date:
19/09/2011
Run Time:
155 minutes
Languages:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.85:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B

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Reviews (2) of The English Patient

English Patient ~ The Desert Beckons - The English Patient review by CP Customer

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20/02/2007

This film is one of the most amazing films ever created. Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas are superb in the roles they play as Lazlo Almasy and Katherine Clifton so sensitively and with almost a poignancy that cannot fail to move.

Based on a true character this film explores some of the more beautiful elements that is human nature and the issues that are love and jealousy and such evocative emotions where it can only lead to a path that is destructive!!

This is a must see film and will no doubt always be a classic must see!

1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.

Beautiful, Mesmerising Romantic Epic - The English Patient review by GI

Spoiler Alert
08/08/2022

A beautiful romantic epic, one of those films that reveals and reminds what the magic of cinema can bring. It's a glorious film, tragic, sad and yet strangely uplifting as it studies the power of true love and how it can transcend all obstacles. Set in the late 1930s and into the 40s it tells the story of a badly burned and dying man (Ralph Fiennes), known only as the English patient, who has partial amnesia (or does he??), and is being nursed by Hana, a French/Canadian military nurse (Juliette Binoche). This part of the film begins in Italy in 1944 as the allies push the Germans steadily into retreat. Housed in an old church Hana begins to hear the patient's story as he slowly reveals it and which is told in flashback. His story begins in Africa before the war where as a map maker he falls desperately in love with Katharine (Kristin Scott Thomas), the wife of a colleague. A relationship of extreme passion that proves fateful. Into both these two storylines are weaved tales of love, jealousy, danger and suspicion. It is a remarkable film with multi award winning performances, wonderfully directed and edited into a narrative that links the passions of the two timelines. The theme around maps and cartography is clever but the majesty of the African desert is what makes this a memorable film, the romanticism it evokes not only in the characters but in the viewer reveals a film of emotional power. The cast are impeccable and include Willem Dafoe as an intelligence agent who is tortured by the Germans, Naveen Andrews as a British army bomb defusing expert and Colin Firth as the cuckolded husband. A modern masterpiece, a film to revel in so make sure you see this at all costs.

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