The English Patient (Original title)
Date: 1996 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: Anthony Minghella
Synopsis: In Italy during World War II, Hana, a nurse, is looking after 'the English patient', a badly burned soldier who doesn't have long to live. Gradually, through flashback, the soldier tells his story. He is in fact the Hungarian, Count Laslo de Almásy, who spied for the Germans. In North Africa Almásy has an affair with Katherine, the wife of a British agent, Clifton. When Clifton learns of the affair, he tries to crash his plane, carrying himself and Katherine, on top of Almásy in the desert. Clifton dies and Katherine is badly wounded. The unscathed Almásy tries to get help for Katherine but fails. He carries her body to his biplane, hidden in the desert, and takes off, but he too is shot down and badly burned.
Genres: Romance, War
Subjects: World War II, Infidelity, Nazi Party, Nurses, Euthanasia
Releases
Date: 06 December 1996Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 162 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 14 March 1997Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 161 mins 31 secs - Length: 14537 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Buena Vista International (UK)
Date: 1996 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: Anthony Minghella
Synopsis: In Italy during World War II, Hana, a nurse, is looking after 'the English patient', a badly burned soldier who doesn't have long to live. Gradually, through flashback, the soldier tells his story. He is in fact the Hungarian, Count Laslo de Almásy, who spied for the Germans. In North Africa Almásy has an affair with Katherine, the wife of a British agent, Clifton. When Clifton learns of the affair, he tries to crash his plane, carrying himself and Katherine, on top of Almásy in the desert. Clifton dies and Katherine is badly wounded. The unscathed Almásy tries to get help for Katherine but fails. He carries her body to his biplane, hidden in the desert, and takes off, but he too is shot down and badly burned.
Genres: Romance, War
Subjects: World War II, Infidelity, Nazi Party, Nurses, Euthanasia
Releases
Date: 06 December 1996Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 162 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 14 March 1997Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 161 mins 31 secs - Length: 14537 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Buena Vista International (UK)
Credits
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Production Company: Inc. Tiger Moth Productions, Production Company: Miramax Films, Executive Producer: Bob Weinstein, Executive Producer: Harvey Weinstein, Executive Producer: Scott Greenstein, Producer: Saul Zaentz, Line Producer: Alessandro von Normann, Associate Producer: Paul Zaentz, Associate Producer: Steve Andrews, Unit Production Manager: Franco Ballati, Unit Production Manager: Lynn Kamern, Unit Manager (Tunisian Crew): Hamid Elleuch, Production Co-ordinator: Daniela Vecchi, Production Co-ordinator (Rome/Viareggio): Judith Goodman, Production Co-ordinator (Rome): Francesca Cingolani, Production Co-ordinator (Tunisian Crew): Amel Becharnia, Production Co-ordinator (2nd Unit): Gabriella Di Santo, Location Manager: Giorgio Gallani, Location Manager: Fabiomassimo D'orco, Location Manager: Annette Carducci, Location Manager (Tunisian Crew): Brahim Toumi, Location Manager (Tunisian Crew): Leïla Turki, Location Manager (Tunisian Crew): Abdelijjabar Ayadi, Mokhtar Joulak, Post-production Supervisor: Edie Bleiman, 2nd Unit Director: Peter Markham, Assistant Director (1st): Steve Andrews, Assistant Director (2nd): Emma Schofield, Assistant Director: Luigi Vallini, Assistant Director: Andrea Girolami, Assistant Director (Tunisian Crew): Mouez Kamoun, Assistant Director (Tunisian Crew): Meriem Beshaouch, Moslah Kraiem, Assistant Director (2nd Unit 1st): Gianni Arduini, Assistant Director (2nd Unit 2nd): Andrea Marrari, Script Supervisor: Dianne Dreyer, Script Supervisor (2nd Unit 2nd): Rachel Griffiths, Casting: Michelle Guish, Casting: David Rubin, Casting (Canadian): Deirdre Bowen, Casting (German): Risa Kes, Screenplay: Anthony Minghella, Based on the novel by: Michael Ondaatje, Director of Photography: John Seale, Director of Photography (2nd Unit): Remi Adefarasin, Camera Operator (1st): John Seale, Camera Operator (2nd): Daniele Massaccesi, Steadicam Operator: Daniele Massaccesi, Visual Effects: Digital Film (London), DFL (Supervisor): Dennis Lowe, DFL (Facilities Producer): Matthew Holben, DFL (Digital Line Producer): Arthur Windus, DFL (Designer): Richard Bain, DFL (Designer): Charlie Noble, DFL (Designer): Paul Riddle, DFL (Designer): Mark Stannard, Frazer Churchill, DFL (Computer Generated Designer): Keith Roberts, DFL (Computer Generated Designer): Julian Mann, Andy Hall, Special Effects (Supervisor): Richard Conway, Special Effects (Senior Technician): Tim Willis, David Eltham, Special Effects (Senior Technician Ital): Giancarlo Mancini, Editor: Walter Murch, Editor (Associate): Pat Jackson, Production Designer: Stuart Craig, Art Director/Set Decorator: Aurelio Crugnola, Art Director (Desert Cars): Stuart Rose, Set Decorator: Stephenie McMillan, Fresco Painter: Paola Mugnai, Draftsman: Giulia Chiara Crugnola, Scenic Artist: Brian Bishop, Scenic Artist: Doug Bishop, Storyboard Artist: Tony Wright, Costume Designer: Ann Roth, Co-costume Designer: Gary Jones, Make-up: Fabrizio Sforza, Ms. Binoche & Ms. Scott Thomas Make-up: Louise Constad, Make-up Artist: Alessandra Sampaolo, Make-up Artist: Giuseppe Desiato, Antonio Maltempo, Hair/Make-up (2nd Unit): Maria Rizzo, Prosthetics: Jim Henson's Creature Shop, JHCS (Visual Supervisor): John Stephenson, JHCS (Creative Project Supervisor): Neal Scanlan, JHCS (Production Supervisor): Karen Cassie, JHCS (English Patient prosthetic mkup): Nigel Booth, JHCS (Sculptor): Jeremy Hunt, Graham High, JHCS (Artwork): Marion Appleton, JHCS (Animatronics Design): Vincent Abbott, JHCS (Animatronics Design): Jason Read, Andy Roberts, JHCS (Fabrication): Sam Broadbent, JHCS (Fabrication): Tamzine Hanks, JHCS (Fabrication): Louisa Jordan, Esteban Mendoza, JHCS (Hair Design): Val Jones, JHCS (Mold Design Supervisor): Kenny Wilson, JHCS (Moldmaker): Barry Fowler, JHCS (Moldmaker): Terry Sibley, JHCS (Moldmaker): Mel Coleman, Terry James, Chief Hairstylist: Giusi Bovino, Hairdresser: Elisabetta De Leonardis, Title Design: Deborah Ross Film Design, Main Title Animation: Digital Film (London), End Titles: Pacific Title, Music: Gabriel Yared, Music Recorded by: Academy of St Martin-in-the-fields, Piano Soloist: John Constable, Music Performed by: Shepheard's Hotel Jazz Orchestra, Conductor: Harry Rabinowitz, SHJO Conductor/Arranger: Ronnie Hazlehurst, Music Editor: Robert Randles, Music Pre-mixer: Michael Semanick, Music Sound Designer: Georges Rodi, [Music] Recording Engineer: Keith Grant, SHJO Sound Engineer: John Timperley, Choreography: Carolyn Choa, Sound Recording: Chris Newman, Sound Recording: Ivan Sharrock, Sound Mixer (2nd Unit): Gianni Sardo, Re-recording Mixer: Walter Murch, Re-recording Mixer: Mark Berger, David Parker, Supervising Sound Editor: Pat Jackson, Dialogue Editor: Sara Bolder, Dialogue Editor: John Nutt, Dianna Stirpe, Sound Effects Editor: Kyrsten Mate Comoglio, Sound Effects Editor: Douglas S. Murray, Sound Effects Editor: Jennifer L. Ware, ADR (Supervisor): Mark Levinson, ADR (Editor): Richard Quinn, Foley (Editor): Malcolm Fife, Foley (Mixer): Richard Duarte, Foley (Artist): Margie O'Malley, Foley (Artist): Marnie Moore, Jennifer Myers, Stunt Supervisor: Jim Dowdall, Stunt Co-ordinator: Franco Salomon, Stuntman: Paul Heasman, Stuntman: Lee Sheward, Stuntman: Julian Spencer, Stuntman: Steve Street-griffin, Riccardo Mioni, Demolitions Consultant: Major Arthur Hogben, Armourer (Tuscany): Aldo Gasparri, Armourer (Sahara Desert): Carl Schmidt, Airplane Co-ordinator: Pino Valenti, Pilot (Madox's Tiger Moth): Clive Watson, Pilot (Clifton's Stearman): Franco Actis, Pilot (Helicopter): Giancarlo Giunchi, Marco Besagni, Unit Publicist: Larry Kaplan
Cast
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Ralph Fiennes (Count László Almásy), Juliette Binoche (Hana), Willem Dafoe (Caravaggio), Kristin Scott Thomas (Katharine Clifton), Naveen Andrews (Kip), Colin Firth (Geoffrey Clifton), Julian Wadham (Madox), Jürgen Prochnow (Major Müller, German officer), Kevin Whately (Sergeant Hardy), Clive Merrison (Fenelon-Barnes), Nino Castelnuovo (D'Agostino), Hichem Rostom (Fouad), Peter Rühring (Bermann), Geordie Johnson (Oliver), Torri Higginson (Mary), Lisa Repo-Martell (Jan), Raymond Coulthard (Rupert Douglas), Philip Whitchurch (Corporal Dade), Lee Ross (Spalding), Anthony Smee (beach interrogating officer), Matthew Ferguson (young Canadian soldier), Jason Done (kiss me soldier), Roger Morlidge (sergeant, desert train), Simon Sherlock (private, desert train), Sebastian Schipper, Fritz Eggert (interrogation room soldier), Sonia Mankaï (Arab nurse), Rim Turki (Aicha), Sebastian Rudolph (officer in square), Thoraya Sehill (interpreter in square), Sondess Belhassen (woman with baby in square), Dominic Mafham (officer, El Taj), Gregor Truter (corporal, El Taj), Salah Miled (Bedouin doctor), Abdellatif Hamrouni (ancient Arab), Samy Azaiez (Kamal), Habib Chetoui (Al Auf), Phillipa Day (officer's wife), Amanda Walker (Lady Hampton), Paul Kant (Sir Ronnie Hampton)