The English patient

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The English patient

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Miramax Films presents a Saul Zaentz production, an Anthony Minghella film ; screenplay by Anthony Minghella ; produced by Saul Zaentz ; directed by Anthony Minghella

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Summary

At the end of World War II, a mysterious, horribly burned man who claims not to remember his name, known only as the "English patient," lies near death in an Italian villa. He is cared for by a quietly desperate young nurse, Hana, herself a victim of the war. With her at the villa are Kip, a young Sikh bomb-disposal expert, and a shadowy thief with bandaged hands named Caravaggio. The key to the burned man's past may lie in his commonplace book, a volume of Herodotus, and its intimations of the sacred whirlwind of a great, mysterious, passionate, and tragically doomed love, which trapped two unsuspecting people, forever

Awards note

Winner, 1997 Academy Awards for Best Picture (Saul Zaentz); Best Director (Anthony Minghella); Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Juliette Binoche); Best Cinematography (John Seale); Best Film Editing (Walter Murch); Best Music, Original Dramatic Score (Gabriel Yared); Best Sound (Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker, Christopher Newman); Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Stuart Craig, Stephanie McMillan); Best Costume Design (Ann Roth).

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, John Seale ; editor, Walter Murch ; music, Gabriel Yared ; costume designer, Ann Roth ; production designer, Stuart Craig

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; sexuality, some violence and language

Language note

English dialogue; Spanish or English subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.E6431 2012

PerformerNote

Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Naveen Andrews, Colin Firth, Julian Wadham, Jürgen Prochnow

Runtime

162

Technique

live action

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