The English Patient

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The English Patient is a 1996 romantic war drama film, based on Michael Ondaatje’s novel, that follows the tragic, interwoven stories of several characters during World War II and won multiple Academy Awards.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
romantic war drama film
adaptationOf The English Patient (novel)
authorOfSourceWork Michael Ondaatje
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Art Direction
Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Academy Award for Best Director
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Academy Award for Best Original Score
Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Sound
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
BAFTA Award for Best Film
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
basedOn The English Patient (novel)
boxOfficeWorldwideUSD 231000000
castMember Clive Merrison
Colin Firth
Julian Wadham
Juliette Binoche
Jürgen Prochnow
Kevin Whately
Kristin Scott Thomas
Naveen Andrews
Ralph Fiennes
Torri Higginson
Willem Dafoe
cinematographer John Seale
composer Gabriel Yared
countryOfOrigin Italy
United Kingdom
United States
countryOfSetting Egypt
Italy
director Anthony Minghella
distributor Miramax Films
editor Walter Murch
filmingLocation Italy
Tunisia
genre romantic drama film
war film
mainCharacter Count László de Almásy
David Caravaggio
Hana
Katherine Clifton
Kip
nominations Academy Award for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Actress
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
notableFor winning multiple Academy Awards
originalLanguage English
portrays Colin Firth as Geoffrey Clifton
Juliette Binoche as Hana
Kristin Scott Thomas as Katherine Clifton
Naveen Andrews as Kip
Ralph Fiennes as Count László de Almásy
Willem Dafoe as David Caravaggio
producer Saul Zaentz
productionCompany Miramax Films
Tiger Moth Productions
releaseDate 1996-11-15
releaseYear 1996
runningTimeMinutes 162
screenplayAdaptationFrom Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient
screenwriter Anthony Minghella
setInPeriod World War II

Referenced by (49)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Anthony Minghella
Clive Merrison
Colin Firth
Duncan Kenworthy
Gabriel Yared
Harvey Weinstein
Juliette Binoche
Kristin Scott Thomas
Kristin Scott Thomas ("The English Patient (film)")
Michael Ondaatje
Naveen Andrews
Ralph Fiennes
Saul Zaentz ("The English Patient (film)")
Saul Zaentz ("The English Patient (1996 film)")
Tiger Moth Productions
Walter Murch
Willem Dafoe
notableWork
David Caravaggio
Hana
Kip
appearsIn
Count László de Almásy ("The English Patient (novel)")
Count László de Almásy ("The English Patient (film)")
Kristin Scott Thomas as Katherine Clifton ("The English Patient (film)")
appearsInWork
David Caravaggio
Hana ("The English Patient (1992 novel)")
firstAppearance
Juliette Binoche
Naveen Andrews
knownFor
The English Patient ("The English Patient (novel)")
adaptationOf
Anthony Minghella ("The English Patient (novel by Michael Ondaatje)")
adaptedFrom
Michael Ondaatje
adaptedToFilm
Kip ("the English patient")
associatedWithCharacter
The English Patient ("The English Patient (novel)")
basedOn
Kristin Scott Thomas as Katherine Clifton ("The English Patient (novel)")
basedOnCharacterFrom
Count László de Almásy
centralCharacterOf
Naveen Andrews
characterIn
Tiger Moth Productions
collaboratedOn
David Caravaggio ("the English patient")
connectedTo
Anthony Minghella
directed
Miramax Films
distributedFilm
Walter Murch
edited
Kip ("The English Patient universe")
fictionalUniverse
David Caravaggio ("The English Patient universe")
literaryUniverse
Hana ("the English patient")
patientRelationship
Count László de Almásy ("The English Patient (1996 film)")
portrayedIn
Duncan Kenworthy
produced
The English Patient ("Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient")
screenplayAdaptationFrom
Anthony Minghella
screenwriterOf
Hana
workOfFiction
Michael Ondaatje
wrote

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