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,...
| Uniform Title: | English patient (Motion picture) |
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| Other Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English with optional subtitles in English. |
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Burbank, CA :
Miramax Films,
[2004]
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus) |
| 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: | 1 online resource (1 videofile (162 min.)) : sound, color |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: rated R, for sexuality, some violence and language. |
| 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. |