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The English Patient[Widescreen Dubbed AC3 Dts] - Blu-ray Disc

SKU: 18047221 | Release Date: 5/5/2009

Rating: R for Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Sexual Situations, Brief Nudity

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Rating: R for Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Sexual Situations, Brief Nudity
Format: Blu-ray Disc
Theatrical Release: 1996
Genre: Action & Adventure
Studio: UNKNOWN
Other Formats: VHS - $9.99
DVD (Collector's) - $14.99

Synopsis

Anthony Minghella wrote and directed this award-winning adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's novel about a doomed and tragic romance set against the backdrop of World War II. In a field hospital in Italy, Hana (Juliette Binoche), a nurse from Canada, is caring for a pilot who was horribly burned in a plane wreck; he has no identification and cannot remember his name, so he's known simply as "the English Patient," thanks to his accent. When the hospital is forced to evacuate, Hana determines en route that the patient shouldn't be moved far due to his fragile condition, so the two are left in a monastery to be picked up later. In time, Hana begins to piece together the patient's story from the shards of his memories; he's actually Count Laszlo Almasy (Ralph Fiennes), of Hungarian nobility and an explorer working with a group mapping uncharted territory in North Africa. An Englishman, Geoffrey Clifton (Colin Firth), soon joins Almasy's team; travelling with him is his lovely and spirited wife, Katherine (Kristin Scott Thomas). Katherine and Laszlo soon fall in love, which leads Laszlo to betray his friend, his country and all that is dear to him. Meanwhile, Hana and the Patient are joined by Kip (Naveen Andrews), a Sikh with a gift for defusing mines, and Caravaggio (Willem Dafoe), an intelligence agent who knows some of Laszlo's most shameful secrets. The English Patient won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actress (Juliette Binoche). ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

Naveen Andrews - Kip
Juliette Binoche - Hana
Lothaire Bluteau
Clive Merrison - Fenelon-Barnes
Julian Wadham - Madox
Peter Ruhring - Bermann
J�rgen Prochnow - German Officer
Liisa Repo-Martell - Jan
Kristin Scott Thomas - Katharine Clifton
Nino Castelnuovo - D'Agostino
Willem Dafoe - Caravaggio
Kevin Whately - Sgt. Hardy
Hichem Rostom - Fouad
Colin Firth - Geoffrey Clifton
Ralph Fiennes - Count Laszlo Almasy
Clive Morrison - Fenelon-Barnes
Simo Sherlock - private, desert train
Thoraya Sehill - interpreter in square
Sondess Belhassen - woman with baby in square
Salah Miled - Bedouin doctor
Abdellatif Hamrouni - ancient arab
Samy Azaiez - Kamal
Habib Chetoui - Al Auf
Phillipa Bay - officer's wife
Paul Kant - Sir Ronnie Hampton
Fritz Eggert - interrogation room soldier
Philip Whitchurch - Corporal Dade
Roger Morlidge - sergeant, desert train
Anthony Smee - Beach Interrogating Officer
Sebastian Rudolph - officer in square
Sebastian Schipper - interrogation room soldier
Rim Turki - Aicha
Sonia Mankai - Arab nurse
Jason Done - kiss me soldier
Dominic Mafham - officer, El Taj
J�rgen Prochnow - Maj. Muller, german officer
Amanda Walker - Lady Hampton
Torri Higginson - Mary
Geordie Johnson - Oliver
Raymond Coulthard - Douglas, Rupert
Lee Ross - Spalding
Simon Sherlock - private, desert train
Matthew Ferguson - young Canadian soldier

Crew

Director: Anthony Minghella
Screenwriter: Anthony Minghella
Set Designer: Stephenie McMillan
Editor: Walter Murch
Second Unit Director: Peter Markham
Executive Producer: Scott Greenstein
Line Producer: Alessandro von Normann
Costume Designer: Ann Roth
Makeup: Fabrizio Sforza
Cinematographer: John Seale
Executive Producer: Bob Weinstein ,Harvey Weinstein
Associate Producer: Paul Zaentz
Producer: Saul Zaentz
Composer (Music Score): Gabriel Yared
Casting: Michelle Guish
Sound/Sound Designer: Chris Newman ,Ivan Sharrock
Re-Recording Mixer: David Parker
Art Director: Aurelio Crugnola
Set Designer: Aurelio Crugnola
Production Designer: Stuart Craig
Associate Producer: Steve Andrews
First Assistant Director: Steve Andrews
Animatronic Effects: Vincent Abbott
Location Manager: Abdelijjabar Ayadi
Visual Effects: Richard Bain
Unit Production Manager: Franco Ballati
Production Coordinator: Amel Becharnia
First Assistant Director: Meriem Beshaouch
Scenic Artist: Doug Bishop
Location Manager: Annette Carducci
Production Coordinator: Francesca Cingolani
Musical Performer: John Constable
Location Manager: Fabiomassimo D'Orco
Hair Styles: Elisabetta De Leonardis
Production Coordinator: Gabriella DiSanto
Unit Production Manager: Hamid Elleuch
Location Manager: Giorgio Gallani
First Assistant Director: Andrea Girolami
Production Coordinator: Judith Goodman
Location Manager: Mokhtar Joulak
Unit Production Manager: Lynn Kamern
First Assistant Director: Moslah Kraiem
Visual Effects: Charlie Noble
Animatronic Effects: Jason Read ,Andy Roberts
Visual Effects Producer: Mark Stannard
Location Manager: Brahim Toumi ,Leila Turki
First Assistant Director: Luigi Vallini
Production Coordinator: Daniela Vecchi
Musical Performer: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Musical Arrangement: Ronnie Hazelhurst
Conductor: Ronnie Hazelhurst
Stunts Coordinator: Franco Salomon
Musical Performer: Shepheard's Hotel Jazz
Special Effects Supervisor: Richard Conway
Second Unit Director Of Photography: Remi Adefarasin
Musical Direction/Supervision: Georges Rodi
Visual Effects Supervisor: Dennis Lowe
Sound Recordist: Ivan Sharrock
Songwriter: Gabriel Yared
Conductor: Harry Rabinowitz
Music Editor: Robert Randles
Visual Effects: Frazer Churchill
Sound Effects Editor: Douglas Murray
Recording: Keith Grant
Foley Artist: Jennifer Myers
Script Supervisor: Rachel Griffiths
Visual Effects: Paul Riddle
Draftsman: Giulia Chiara Crugnola
Post Production Supervisor: Edie Bleiman
Associate Editor: Pat Jackson
Supervising Sound Editor: Pat Jackson
Visual Effects: Digital Film
First Assistant Director: Emma Schofield
Visual Effects Producer: Arthur Windus
ADR Editor: Richard Quinn
Makeup: Giuseppe Desiato
Scenic Artist: Brian Bishop
Dialogue Editor: Sara Bolder
First Assistant Director: Andrea Marrari
Foley Artist: Marnie Moore
Storyboard Artist: Tony Wright
Foley Editor: Malcolm Fife
Makeup: Antonio Maltempo
Camera Operator: Daniele Massaccesi
Stunts Coordinator: Daniele Massaccesi
Makeup: Alessandra Sampaolo
Prosthetic Makeup Effects: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Art Director: Stuart Rose
Set Decorator: Stephenie McMillan
Costume Designer: Gary Jones
Re-Recording Mixer: Mark Berger
Pilot: Marco Besagni
Foley Mixer: Richard Duarte
Pilot: Giancarlo Giunchi
ADR Supervisor: Mark Levinson
Prosthetic Makeup Effects: Nigel Booth
Re-Recording Mixer: Walter Murch
First Assistant Director: Gianni Arduini
Choreography: Carolyn Choa
Script Supervisor: Dianne Dreyer
Book Author: Michael Ondaatje
Title Design: Pacific Title
Sound Recordist: Chris Newman
Sound Effects Editor: Jennifer Ware
First Assistant Director: Moez Kamoun
Sound Effects Editor: Kyrsten Mate Comoglio
Foley Artist: Margie O'Malley
Title Design: Deborah Ross Film Design
Armorer: Aldo Gasparri ,Carlo Schmidt
Sound/Sound Designer: Christopher Newman
Sound Recordist: Christopher Newman
Dialogue Editor: John Nutt ,Dianna Stirpe
Second Unit Director Of Photography: Remi Aderfarasin
Conductor: Ronnie Hazlehurst
Title Design: Pacific Title & Art Studio

The English Patient: AMG Review
Richard Gilliam , AMG

The English Patient is admired for the lush, romantic texture of its story and for its visual richness. It is a complex and rewarding film, meticulously produced and featuring superb performances from an ensemble cast, particularly Juliette Binoche, whose upset Oscar win as Best Supporting Actress (over sentimental favorite Lauren Bacall) is one aspect of the film that has never been significantly under question. It is also fair to say that few films have had so quick a downward re-evaluation. The winner of nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, the film was released to a smartly designed marketing campaign of snob appeal that overwhelmed the Oscar voting season. There arose an immediate and continuing consensus that nine Oscars may have been too many for this romantic war epic and that Fargo was the greater and more lasting work of 1996. Producer Saul Zaentz was the primary creative force behind the film, obtaining the financing and bringing together an unusually talented team of top-notch actors and tech personnel. The film was marketed as a triumph of "independent" filmmaking, even though it was essentially financed and distributed by its corporate parent, studio giant Disney. ~ Richard Gilliam, All Movie Guide

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