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Dec 6, 1996 · The English Patient: Directed by Anthony Minghella. With Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas. At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
- Anthony Minghella
- 2 min
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Kristin Scott Thomas, actor I’d read the novel and fallen totally in love with it. The poetry of the writing just swept me away. So when I heard there was going to be a film, I thought: “God, I have to get on it.” I went to see Anthony Minghella, whom I’d never met before, and we had a disastrous lunch. I was so nervous, so touched by the story, so...
Gabriel Yared, composer I met Anthony Minghella at a big publicity meeting in London in 1994. He had invited me along as he wanted us to work together on an advert for one of the first mobile phones. We had an immediate connection: we used to say we were engaged on an ad first, before getting married on a film! Not only was Anthony a great writer a...
Walter Murch, editor Once a film has been put together for the first time, the quickest way to answer the music question is this: just try something! Take a likely piece of pre-recorded music, sync it with the film at a possible start point, and press play. The amazing thing about this process is that it works as well as it does – sometimes brillia...
The English Patient is a 1996 epic romantic war drama directed by Anthony Minghella from his own script based on the 1992 novel of the same name by Michael Ondaatje, and produced by Saul Zaentz. The film starred Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas alongside Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe and Colin Firth in supporting roles.
AwardCategoryNominee (s)ResultWonWonNominatedNominated- $27–31 million
- Gabriel Yared
- November 15, 1996
- Saul Zaentz
Film critics awarded it five stars, enraptured by the story of the badly scarred hero (Ralph Fiennes) recalling his passionate affair with Katharine (Kristin Scott Thomas) while being tended...
She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in The English Patient (1996). Scott Thomas made her film debut in Under the Cherry Moon (1986), [3] and won the Evening Standard Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer for A Handful of Dust (1988).
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Apr 24, 2016 · Kristin Scott Thomas Talks ‘The English Patient’ 20 Years Later. By Jennifer McShane. 24th Apr 2016. It’s hard to believe that the sweeping drama that is The English Patient is 20 years old. Watching it for the first time in too long, it seems the film hasn’t aged a day since its 1996 release.
Jan 31, 2014 · Kristin Scott Thomas in The Horse Whisperer, with Ralph Fiennes in The English Patient and with Hugh Grant in Four Weddings And A Funeral.
