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Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe
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, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
11/15/96
MPAA Rating
Rated R
Running Time
162 mins. (V)
Locations
- Cinecitta Studios, Rome, Italy
- Tunisia
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$78,651,430
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 1996 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1996 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 1996 American Society of Cinematographers [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Editing award at the 1996 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Foreign Film award at the 1997 French Academy of Cinema [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Ensemble Acting award at the 1996 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 1996 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Score award at the 1996 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1996 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 1996 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 1996 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematographer award at the 1997 European Film Academy [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 1996 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture - Drama award at the 1996 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actress award at the 1996 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Actress award at the 1997 Berlin International Film Festival [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 1996 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1996 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Costume Design award at the 1996 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actress award at the 1997 European Film Academy [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Sound award at the 1996 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 1996 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Art Direction-Set Decoration award at the 1996 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1996 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 1996 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 1996 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Dramatic Score award at the 1996 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 1996 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1996 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actress award at the 1996 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
Distributor
- Miramax Films
- Miramax Home Entertainment
- Tiger Moth Productions, Inc.
