English Patient

UPC: 065935826224

Studio: Alliance Canada

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Violence, Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Sexual Situations]

Summary: Anthony Minghella wrote and directed this award-winning adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's novel about a doomed and tragic romance set against the backdrop of World War II. In a field hospital in Italy, Hana (Juliette Binoche), a nurse from Canada, is caring for a pilot who was horribly burned in a plane wreck; he has no identification and cannot remember his name, so he's known simply as "the English Patient," thanks to his accent. When the hospital is forced to evacuate, Hana determines en route that the patient shouldn't be moved far due to his fragile condition, so the two are left in a monastery to be picked up later. In time, Hana begins to piece together the patient's story from the shards of his memories; he's actually Count Laszlo Almasy (Ralph Fiennes), of Hungarian nobility and an explorer working with a group mapping uncharted territory in North Africa. An Englishman, Geoffrey Clifton (Colin Firth), soon joins Almasy's team; travelling with him is his lovely and spirited wife, Katherine (Kristin Scott Thomas). Katherine and Laszlo soon fall in love, which leads Laszlo to betray his friend, his country and all that is dear to him. Meanwhile, Hana and the Patient are joined by Kip (Naveen Andrews), a Sikh with a gift for defusing mines, and Caravaggio (Willem Dafoe), an intelligence agent who knows some of Laszlo's most shameful secrets. The English Patient won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actress (Juliette Binoche). ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best Picture - Drama – null Best Score – null Best Actress – European Film Academy Best Foreign Film – French Academy of Cinema Best Cinematographer – European Film Academy Best Cinematography – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Director – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Screenplay – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Director – Directors Guild of America Best Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Adapted Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction-Set Decoration – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction-Set Decoration – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Cinematography – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Costume Design – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Director – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Supporting Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Dramatic Score – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Silver Bear for Best Actress – Berlin International Film Festival Best Supporting Actress – National Board of Review Best Supporting Actress – National Board of Review Best Picture – National Board of Review Best Cinematography – Chicago Film Critics Association Best Actor – Screen Actors Guild Best Actress – Screen Actors Guild Best Supporting Actress – Screen Actors Guild Best Ensemble Acting – Screen Actors Guild Best Cinematography – American Society of Cinematographers Best Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Score – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

English Patient

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 05/05/2009

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DHMA null, DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 120 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Richard Gilliam

The English Patient is admired for the lush, romantic texture of its story and for its visual richness. It is a complex and rewarding film, meticulously produced and featuring superb performances from an ensemble cast, particularly Juliette Binoche, whose upset Oscar win as Best Supporting Actress (over sentimental favorite Lauren Bacall) is one aspect of the film that has never been significantly under question. It is also fair to say that few films have had so quick a downward re-evaluation. The winner of nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, the film was released to a smartly designed marketing campaign of snob appeal that overwhelmed the Oscar voting season. There arose an immediate and continuing consensus that nine Oscars may have been too many for this romantic war epic and that Fargo was the greater and more lasting work of 1996. Producer Saul Zaentz was the primary creative force behind the film, obtaining the financing and bringing together an unusually talented team of top-notch actors and tech personnel. The film was marketed as a triumph of "independent" filmmaking, even though it was essentially financed and distributed by its corporate parent, studio giant Disney. ~ Richard Gilliam, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Fritz Eggert  Actor 
Kevin Whately  Actor 
Torri Higginson  Actor 
Roger Morlidge  Actor 
Habib Chetoui  Actor 
Jason Done  Actor 
Simon Sherlock  Actor 
Paul Kant  Actor 
Lothaire Bluteau  Actor 
Jürgen Prochnow  Actor 
Matthew Ferguson  Actor 
Rim Turki  Actor 
Sondess Belhassen  Actor 
Raymond Coulthard  Actor 
Lee Ross  Actor 
Sebastian Schipper  Actor 
Abdellatif Hamrouni  Actor 
Clive Merrison  Actor 
Philip Whitchurch  Actor 
Anthony Smee  Actor 
Samy Azaiez  Actor 
Nino Castelnuovo  Actor 
Liisa Repo-Martell  Actor 
Hichem Rostom  Actor 
Clive Morrison  Actor 
Phillipa Bay  Actor 
Amanda Walker  Actor 
Peter Ruhring  Actor 
Sonia Mankai  Actor 
Thoraya Sehill  Actor 
Geordie Johnson  Actor 
Dominic Mafham  Actor 
Sebastian Rudolph  Actor 
Salah Miled  Actor 
Anthony Minghella  Director 
Anthony Minghella  Screenwriter 
Bob Weinstein  Executive Producer 
Harvey Weinstein  Executive Producer 
Gabriel Yared  Composer (Music Score) 
Saul Zaentz  Producer 
Scott Greenstein  Executive Producer 
Ralph Fiennes  Actor 
Juliette Binoche  Actor 
Willem Dafoe  Actor 
Kristin Scott Thomas  Actor 
Naveen Andrews  Actor 
Colin Firth  Actor 
Julian Wadham  Actor 

Country: UK,USA