Rent The English Patient (1996)
3.7 of 5 from 209 ratings
2h 35min
- General info
- Available formats
- 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.
- Actors:
- Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Naveen Andrews, Colin Firth, Julian Wadham, Jürgen Prochnow, Kevin Whately, Clive Merrison, Nino Castelnuovo, Hichem Rostom, Peter Rühring, Geordie Johnson, Torri Higginson, Liisa Repo-Martell, Raymond Coulthard, Philip Whitchurch, Lee Ross, Anthony Smee
- Directors:
- Anthony Minghella
- 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
- Awards:
1997 BAFTA Best Supporting Actress
1997 BAFTA Best Adapted Screen Play
1997 BAFTA Best Cinematography
1997 Berlinale Silver Bear for Best Actress
1997 Oscar Best Supporting Actress
1997 Oscar Best Cinematography
1997 Oscar Best Costume Design
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 01/01/2003
- Run Time:
- 155 minutes
- Languages:
- English
- 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
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
