The English patient
By: produced by Saul Zaentz ; written and directed by Anthony Minghella
Contributors: Fiennes, Ralph; Binoche, Juliette, 1964-; Dafoe, Willem; Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-
Edition: Widescreen.
Series: Miramax award-winning collection; Miramax award-winning collection
Publisher: Lionsgate
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Drama; Man-woman relationships; Film adaptations; World War, 1939-1945
Description: At the end of World War II, four survivors live in an abandoned villa in Italy: a nurse, her English patient, a thief whose skills were put to heroic use during the war, and an Indian sapper hunting out unexploded bombs.
Notes: Based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1996.

Features: About Michael Ondaatje; From novel to screenplay : interviews with cast and crew; The formidable Saul Zaentz; A historical look at the real Count Almásy; filmmaker conversations with Anthony Minghella, Saul Zaentz, Michael Ondaatje, and film editor Walter Murch; The work of Stuart Craig, production designer; The eyes of Phil Bray, still photographer; deleted scenes; CBC documentary : Making of the English patient.

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

MPAA rating: R.

DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 surround.

For private home use only.

In English with optional English or Spanish subtitles.

Closed-captioned.