| Description |
1 videodisc (162 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray disc, region A, widescreen (16x9, 1.85:1) presentation; 5.1 DTS-HD master audio; 1080p High Definition; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Naveen Andrews, Colin Firth, Julian Wadham, Jürgen Prochnow. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, John Seale ; editor, Walter Murch ; music, Gabriel Yared ; costume designer, Ann Roth ; production designer, Stuart Craig. |
| Note |
Release date: Jan. 31, 2012. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1996. |
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Based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; sexuality, some violence and language. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Special features: Audio commentaries with screenwriter/director Anthony Minghella, producer Saul Zaentz, and author Michael Ondaatje; About Michael Ondaatje; From novel to screenplay: Interviews with cast and crew; The formidable Saul Zaentz; A historical look at the real Count Almasy; Filmmaker conversations with Anthony Minghella, Saul Zaentz, Michael Ondaatje, and film editor Walter Murch; The work of Stuart Craig, production designer; The eyes of Phil Bray, still photographer; Master class with Anthony Minghella: Deleted scenes; CBS documentary: The making of The English patient. |
| Awards |
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). |
| Language |
English dialogue; Spanish or English subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Ordnance disposal units -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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Geographers -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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Thieves -- Drama.
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Spies -- Drama.
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Nurses -- Drama.
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Love -- Drama.
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Jilf al Kabir Plateau (Egypt) -- Drama.
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Florence (Italy) -- History -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Zaentz, Saul. Producer.
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Minghella, Anthony. Director. Screenwriter.
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Fiennes, Ralph. Actor.
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Binoche, Juliette, 1964- Actor.
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Dafoe, Willem. Actor.
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Scott-Thomas, Kristin, 1960- Actor.
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Andrews, Naveen, 1969- Actor.
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Firth, Colin, 1960- Actor.
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Wadham, Julian, 1958- Actor.
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Prochnow, Jürgen. Actor.
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Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-
English patient.
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Miramax Films.
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Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
031398147626 |
| Music No. |
31804 Lions Gate |
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