Other Titles • The English Patient • Der Englische Patient (1997)
Trivia from The English Patient (1996)
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At the 1997 Academy Awards, THE ENGLISH PATIENT received 12 Academy Award Nominations, including Best Actor--Ralph Fiennes, Best Actress--Kristen Scott Thomas, and Best Screenplay (Adaptation)--Anthony Minghella. It won 9 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director--Anthony Minghella, and Best Supporting Actress--Juliette Binoche.
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Michael Ondaatje's novel of the same name won Britain's prestigious Booker prize.
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Released theatrically in the U.S. on November 15, 1996.
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Filmed on location in Europe.
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20th Century Fox withdrew their funding for the film when Minghella refused to replace Kristin Scott Thomas. The film was then picked up by Miramax.
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Count Laszlo Almasy was a real person. He was, however, very different from the character in Ondaatje’s novel and Minghella’s film. The real Almasy was a German Air Force pilot and, based on his personal letters, was most likely homosexual.
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Because there were no roads into the Sahara Desert, Minghella’s team built one. The day it was finished, it washed away in a rainstorm.
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Kristin Scott Thomas’s first film was Prince’s UNDER THE CHERRY MOON.
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It took 5½ hours to apply Ralph Fiennes’s makeup.
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"A woman should never learn to sew, and if she can, she shouldn’t admit to it."--Katharine (Kristin Scott Thomas)
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"You can’t kill me. I died years ago."--Almasy (Ralph Fiennes]
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"Katharine, I just want you to know I’m not missing you yet."--Almasy
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"You will. You will."--Katharine
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