The english patient
(Video) 

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1996.

Based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje.

Special features: master class with screenwriter and director; the making of; a historical look at the real count Almasy; two feature commentary tracks with the filmmakers; from novel to screenplay; the formidable Saul Zaentz; about the author Michael Ondaatje; filmmaker conversations with Anthony Minghella, Saul Zaentz, Michael Ondaatje and editor Walter Murch.

Director, Anthony Minghella.

Ralph Fiennes, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Juliette Binoche, Naveen Andrews.

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.

"The year's best film."--Time Magazine

"An exuberant exercise in style in which Parker and his actors have fun taking it to the limit."--Chicago Sun-Times

"Out of each of these uprooted characters are spun stories of love, loyalty and betrayal."--Newsweek

MPAA rating: R.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; DTS 5.1 Digital surround sound, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.

English dialogue, with optional Spanish or French subtitles; closed-captioned.

Closed-captioned.

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).