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- Director's commentary by Anthony Minghella
- Master class with Anthony Minghella (including deleted scenes)
- Filmmaker conversations
- CBC Documentary (making of the film)
- About Michael Ondaatje
- The formidable Saul Zaentz
- Interviews with the cast and crew
- Historical look at the real Count Almasy
- The work of Stuart Craig (production Designer)
- The Eyes of Phil Bray (Still Photographer)
Winner of an outstanding nine Academy Awards, The English Patient is the sweeping World War II romantic epic that's being compared to such legendary films as Casablanca and Doctor Zhivago. 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. Set against breath taking backdrops in North Africa and Italy, this film is a riveting cinematic masterpiece that stirs the heart and touches the soul like no other film in years!
Average rating (2 reviews)
The English Patient
Morrisseyfan | 31/03/2008 | See all Morrisseyfan's reviews (51) »
One of my all time favourites. Absolutly brillant.
Very emotional jorney. Great acters and actressess. A must buy and DVD to add to collection. From the great director Anthony Minghella who sadly died last month. WHAT A SHAME he will be sadly missed. He was a very unqiue director with great talent.
Breathtaking and beautiful romantic epic.
peyroux | 16/05/2007 | See all peyroux's reviews (22) »
After seeing this film at the cinema, I realised I had seen something special and I immediately rushed to buy the soundtrack. What struck me about this film was that it had the feel of Dr Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia about it in its delivery.
Anthony Minghella, the director, does an absolutely beautiful job of handling what was widely regarded as unfilmable. Taking the main points from the novel, Minghella as screenwriter, transfers the elements to the screen lovingly and brilliantly.
The production design is just breathtaking and a joy to behold and the same could be said for the cinematography and the first rate soundtrack which gives the film that extra dramatic charge. A David Lean inspired beauty that is up there with one of the finest made.
Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jurgen Prochnow, Kevin Whately, Naveen Andrews, Colin Firth, Clive Merrison & Julian Wadham | |
15 years and over | |
English | |
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players. |
