Release Date: 6/29/2004 Original Release: 1996 Format: DVD Length: 162 minutes Rating:R (MPAA) Rating Reason: For sexuality, some violence and language. UPC: 786936239065 Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Dramas, Adventure, Romance, Suspense, Thriller, War, World War II, Betrayal, Love Story, Epic, Tragedy, Recommended, Doomed Lovers, Infidelity, Desert, Nazis, Africa, Blockbuster, Theatrical Release, Essential Cinema
Description
THE ENGLISH PATIENT is an epic, sweeping adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's richly layered, WWII-era novel chronicling two periods in the life of European explorer Count Laszlo Almasy (Ralph Fiennes), whose torrid affair with a colleague's wife (Kristin Scott Thomas) is countered by the beginning of the war, allegations of Nazi sympathies, and disfiguring injuries. The patient's stay at the ruins of an Italian monastery under the care of an emotionally injured French-Canadian nurse (Juliette Binoche, who won an Oscar for the role) serves as a framing device for his intriguing story. Academy Award winner Anthony Minghella directs this film that is at once incredibly modern and a well-crafted throwback to classic Hollywood epics of yesteryear.
DVD Features
2-Disc Set Region 1 Collectors Edition Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - English DTS 5.1 Surround Sound - English Additional Release Material: Interviews: "A Conversation with Saul Zaentz, Anthony Minghella, & Michael Ondaatje" Featurette: 1. "Master Class with Anthony Minghella: Discussion on Deleted Scenes" 2. "A Passionate Journey: The Making of THE ENGLISH PATIENT" 3. "Novelist Michael Ondaatje Featurette" Audio Commentary: 1. Anthony Minghella - Director 2. Cast and Crew Text/Photo Galleries: Film Reviews
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