Release Date: Jun 29, 2004 Region: 1 Runtime: 162 mins Studio: Disney / Buena Vista Audio:
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC] ENGLISH: DTS 5.1 [CC]
Video:
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color
Subtitles: Spanish, French Packaging: Keep Case Rating: R Features:
Master Class With Anthony Minghella (Discussion On Deleted Scenes) A Passionate Journey: The Making Of The English Patient A Historical Look At The Real Count Almasy A Conversation With Saul Zaentz, Anthony Minghella & Michael Ondaatje Novelist Michael Ondaatje Featurette Feature Commentaries With Anthony Minghella and Others Film Reviews
Winner of nine Academy Awards and almost every critic's heart, The English Patient (based on Michael Ondaatje's prizewinning novel of love and loss during World War II) is one of the most acclaimed films of modern times. Hana, a nurse (Juliette Binoche), tends to an archaeologist (Ralph Fiennes) who has been burnt to a crisp in a plane crash. As their relationship intensifies, he flashes back to his overwhelming passion for a married woman (Kristin Scott Thomas). Meanwhile, Hana begins a new romance with a man who defuses bombs (Naveen Andrews) and Willem Dafoe almost steals the show as the thumbless thief Caravaggio. The intricately layered flashback narrative, sounding the depths of the lovers' hearts, improves with repeated viewings. --Geoff Riley
Movie Database
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