The English Patient (1996)
Product Information
Product Details: The English Patient (1996)
- Edition:
- DVD Collector's Edition. See other editions
- MPAA Rating:
- R
- Release Date:
- 06/29/2004
- UPC:
- 786936239065
- Directed by:
- Anthony Minghella
- Featuring:
- Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe. See all cast
Synopsis: The English Patient (1996)
Synopis: Set in North Africa and Italy during the late 1930's and early '40's, The English Patient is an epic drama of two haunting love stories that unfolds against a background of international upheaval. Through the prism of war, and of love and friendship, various themes -- of fidelity, adultery, nationality and betrayals -- are dramatized and explored. The story, based on Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel, is told elliptically, through the histories of four characters who find themselves in a ruined monastery in Italy at the end of World War II. Slowly they reveal themselves and, in the process, the true identity of the English patient -- the unknown survivor of a plane shot down over the Sahara who lies dying in the monastery -- is made clear. Passion fires these stories, whether it is the raw passion between lovers, or the compulsive passion which drives men to explore remote and inhospitable regions, or to pursue across time and countries those they think! have wronged them.Features: The English Patient (1996)
Features: DVD Features:Region 1
2-Disc Set
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - English
DTS 5.1 Surround Sound - English
Additional Release Material:
Interviews - 1. "A Conversation with Saul Zaentz, Anthony Minghella, & Michael Ondaatje"
Commentaries - 1. Anthony Minghella - Director
2. Cast and Crew
Featurettes - 1. "Master Class with Anthony Minghella: Discussion on Deleted Scenes"
2. "A Passionate Journey: The Making of THE ENGLISH PATIENT"
3. "Novelist Michael Ondaatje Featurette"
Text/Photo Galleries:
Film Reviews
Awards: The English Patient (1996)
- Academy Awards
- Best Picture
- Best Supporting Actress:
- Juliette Binoche
- Best Director:
- Anthony Minghella
- Best Cinematography:
- John Seale
- Best Original Score:
- Gabriel Yared
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User Reviews: English Patient
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Why don't you just see it?
, June 17, 2001Reviewer: JM - See all JM's reviews1 of 1 Yahoo! Users found this English Patient review helpful If you just sit and watch this film you would probably fall out of the complex of reading film reviews before watching them. -
In a class of very few other great pictures
, October 16, 2005Reviewer: m k - See all m k's reviewsPros: A beautiful story
Cons: None
One of the few epic love stories that take you on a journey through attraction, passion, obsession, confusion, and ultimately complete loss. Anyone who has ever felt profoundly and truly connected to a loved one, and who has also experienced the emptyness and pain after losing such a loved one, will understand and relate to this picture, and those who analyze movies strictly by rational criteria, may not...
The acting is superb, and the settings in the Arab desert and the Italian countryside create a captivating sensuality which is further enhanced by some of the soundtrack.
A true cinematographic work of art! ...
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