The English Patient
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,...
| Corporate Author: | Miramax Films., Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm) |
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| Other Authors: | Zaentz, Saul., Minghella, Anthony., Fiennes, Ralph., Binoche, Juliette, 1964-, Dafoe, Willem., Scott-Thomas, Kristin, 1960-, Andrews, Naveen, 1971-, Firth, Colin, 1960-, Wadham, Julian, 1958-, Prochnow, Jürgen., Whately, Kevin., Ondaatje, Michael, 1943- |
| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | English Spanish French |
| Published: |
Burbank, CA :
Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
[2004?], c1996.
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| Series: |
Miramax collector's series
Miramax collector's series. |
| Subjects: |
| 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. |
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| Item Description: |
Based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1996. |
| Physical Description: |
2 videodiscs (162 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: |
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; DTS 5.1 Digital surround sound, Dolby Digital surround sound; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.85:1. |
| Audience: |
MPAA rating: rated R. |
| 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). |
| Production Credits: |
Director of photography, John Seale ; film editor, Walter Murch ; original music composed by Gabriel Yared ; costume designer, Ann Roth ; production designer, Stuart Craig. |
| ISBN: |
0788853392 9780788853395 |