The English Patient

IN MEMORY, LOVE LIVES FOREVER

Academy Awards, USA 1997
Won
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Juliette Binoche
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Stuart Craig, Stephanie McMillan
Best Picture
Saul Zaentz
Best Director
Anthony Minghella
Best Sound
Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker, Christopher Newman
Best Film Editing
Walter Murch
Best Costume Design
Ann Roth
Best Cinematography
John Seale
Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
Gabriel Yared
American Cinema Editors, USA 1997
Won, Eddie
Best Edited Feature Film
Walter Murch
American Society of Cinematographers, USA 1997
Won, ASC Award
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
John Seale
Art Directors Guild 1997
Won, Excellence in Production Design Award
Feature Film
Stuart Craig (production designer), Aurelio Crugnola (art director)
BAFTA Awards 1997
Won
Best Editing
Walter Murch
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Juliette Binoche
Best Screenplay - Adapted
Anthony Minghella
Best Cinematography
John Seale
Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
Gabriel Yared
Best Film
Saul Zaentz, Anthony Minghella
Berlin International Film Festival 1997
Won, Silver Berlin Bear
Best Actress
Juliette Binoche
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1996
Won, BSFC Award
Best Cinematography
John Seale
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 1997
Won
Best Director
Anthony Minghella
Best Screenplay
Anthony Minghella
Cabourg Romantic Film Festival 1997
Won, Best Actress
Juliette Binoche
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1997
Won, CFCA Award
Best Cinematography
John Seale
Cinema Audio Society, USA 1997
Won, CAS Award
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film
Walter Murch (re-recording mixer), Mark Berger (re-recording mixer), David Parker (re-recording mixer), Christopher Newman (production mixer)
Directors Guild of America, USA 1997
Won, DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Anthony Minghella, Franco Ballati (unit production manager) (plaque), Lynn Kamera (unit production manager) (plaque), Steve E. Andrews (first assistant director) (plaque), Emma Schofield (second assistant director) (plaque)
Empire Awards, UK 1998
Won, Empire Award
Best British Director
Anthony Minghella
European Film Awards 1997

Won, European Film Award
Best Actress
Juliette Binoche
Won, European Film Award
Best Cinematographer
John Seale
Golden Globes, USA 1997
Won
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Gabriel Yared
Golden Satellite Awards 1997
Won
Best Motion Picture Screenplay - Adaptation
Anthony Minghella
Outstanding Cinematography
John Seale
Outstanding Original Score
Gabriel Yared
Golden Screen, Germany 1997
Won, Golden Screen
Grammy Awards 1998
Won
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
Gabriel Yared
Guild of German Art House Cinemas 1997
Won, Guild Film Award - Gold
Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film)
Anthony Minghella
London Critics Circle Film Awards 1998
Won, ALFS Award
British Director of the Year
Anthony Minghella
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1996
Won, LAFCA Award
Best Cinematography
John Seale
Tied with Chris Menges for Michael Collins.
Mainichi Film Concours 1997
Won, Mainichi Film Concours
Best Foreign Language Film
Anthony Minghella
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA 1997
Won, Golden Reel Award
Best Sound Editing - Music (Foreign & Domestic)
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National Board of Review, USA 1996
Won, NBR Award
Best Supporting Actress
Kristin Scott Thomas
Tied with Juliette Binoche for The English Patient.
PGA Golden Laurel Awards 1997
Won

Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award
Saul Zaentz
Won

Vision Award -Theatrical Motion Pictures
Saul Zaentz
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 1997
Won, SEFCA Award
Best Screenplay
Anthony Minghella
USC Scripter Award 1997
Won, USC Scripter Award
Michael Ondaatje (author/screenwriter), Anthony Minghella (screenwriter)

BASED ON: 'The English Patient' by Michael Ondaatje

RELEASE INFO:

USA - 6 November 1996 (Los Angeles, California) (premiere)
USA - 15 November 1996
Canada - 22 November 1996
Denmark - 17 February 1997
Spain - 19 February 1997
Finland - 21 February 1997
Switzerland - 21 February 1997 (German speaking region)
Germany - 27 February 1997
Singapore - 27 February 1997
Brazil - 28 February 1997
Italy - 28 February 1997
Australia - 6 March 1997
Sweden - 7 March 1997
France - 12 March 1997
Argentina - 13 March 1997
New Zealand - 13 March 1997
Hong Kong - 14 March 1997
UK - 14 March 1997
South Korea - 15 March 1997
Portugal - 24 March 1997 (premiere)
Portugal - 27 March 1997
Poland - 4 April 1997
Japan - 26 April 1997
Hungary - 15 May 1997
Estonia - 16 May 1997
France –-16 October 1997 (Cherbourg-Octeville Festival of Irish and British Film)

RUN TIME: 162 Minutes	AKA: Der Englische Patient – Austria / Germany El Paciente ingles – Argentina / Spain Le Patient anglais – Canada (French title) / France O Paciente Ingles – Brazil / Portugal Angielski pacjent – Poland Angleski pacient – Slovenia Az Angol beteg – Hungary Den Engelske patienten – Sweden El Pacient angles – Spain (Catalan title) Englantilainen potilas – Finland Il Paziente inglese – Italy

FILMING LOCATIONS: Cinecitta, Rome, Lazio, Italy (Italy) (studio) Italy Onk Jemal, Nefta, Tunisia Mahdia, Tunisia Grand Hotel des Bains, Venezia, Italy Church of San Francesco, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy Pienza, Siena, Tuscany, Italy Sant'Anna in Camprena, Pienza, Siena, Tuscany, Italy Tozeur, Tunisia Trieste, Friuli - Venezia Giulia, Italy Tunis, Tunisia Venice, Veneto, Italy Filming began - 4 September 1995

DIRECTOR: Anthony Minghella	WRITER: Anthony Minghella
PRODUCER: Steve E Andrews, Scott Greenstein, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Paul Zaentz, Saul Zaentz, Alessandro von Norman	CINEMATOGRAPHER: John Seale

Cast - in credits order Ralph Fiennes ... Count Laszlo de Almasy Juliette Binoche ... Hana Willem Dafoe ... David Caravaggio Kristin Scott Thomas ... Katharine Clifton Naveen Andrews ... Lt. Kip Singh Colin Firth ... Geoffrey Clifton Julian Wadham ... Madox Jürgen Prochnow ... Major Muller Kevin Whately ... Sgt. Hardy Clive Merrison ... Fenelon-Barnes Nino Castelnuovo ... D'Agostino Hichem Rostom ... Fouad Peter Rühring ... Bermann Geordie Johnson ... Oliver Torri Higginson ... Mary Liisa Repo-Martell ... Jan Raymond Coulthard ... Rupert Douglas Philip Whitchurch ... Corporal Dade Lee Ross ... Spalding Anthony Smee ... Beach Interrogation Officer Matthew Ferguson ... Young Canadian Soldier Jason Done ... Kiss Me Soldier Roger Morlidge ... Sergeant, Desert Train Simon Sherlock ... Private, Desert Train Sebastian Schipper ... Interrogation Room Soldier Fritz Eggert ... Interrogation Room Soldier Sonia Mankai ... Arab Nurse Rim Turkhi ... Aicha Sebastian Rudolph ... Officer In Square Thoraya Sehill ... Interpreter In Square Sondos Belhassen ... Woman with Baby In Square Dominic Mafham ... Officer, El Taj Gregor Truter ... Corporal, El Taj Salah Miled ... Bedouin Doctor Abdellatif Hamrouni ... Ancient Arab Samy Azaiez ... Kamal Habib Chetoui ... Al Auf Phillipa Day ... Officer's Wife Amanda Walker ... Lady Hampton Paul Kant ... Sir Ronnie Hampton	Production Companies J&M Entertainment Miramax Films Tiger Moth Productions Distributors Alliance Atlantis Communications Alliance Video Buena Vista International (Argentina) Egmont Film (Sweden) Europa Filmes (Brazil) (DVD) Filmes Castello Lopes (Portugal) Gativideo (Argentina) (video) Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) Gaumont (France) Laurenfilm S.A. (Spain) Lumiere (Brazil) (VHS) Miramax Films RCV Film Distribution (Belgium) RCV Film Distribution (Luxembourg) RCV Film Distribution (Netherlands) Spentzos Films (Greece) (VHS) Special Effects The Computer Film Company (title sequence) The Moving Picture Company (MPC) Other Companies Jim Henson's Creature Shop ... prosthetics Saul Zaentz Film Center ... re-recording facilities Technical Specifications Color info: Color Sound mix: Dolby Digital Laboratory: DeLuxe Film length: 4520 m Negative format: 35 mm (Kodak 5298) Process: Spherical Printed format: 35 mm Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1

MUSIC: The English Patient A Retreat Rupert Bear What Else Do You Love Why Picton? Cheek To Cheek - Fred Astaire Kip's Lights Hana's Curse I'll Always Go Back To That Church Black Nights Swoon, I'll Catch You Am I K. In Your Book? Let Me Come In Wang Wang Blues - Benny Goodman Convento Di Santa Anna Herodotus Szerelem, Szerelem - Muzsikas Ask Your Saint Who He's Killed One O'Clock Jump - Benny Goodman I'll Be Back Let Me Tell You About The Winds Read Me To Sleep The Cave Of Swimmers Where or When - Shepheard's Hotel Jazz Orchestra Aria from the Goldberg Variations - Julie Steinberg Cheek To Cheek - Ella Fitzgerald En Csak AZT Csodalam (Lullaby for Katherine)