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)

 

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