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| - The English Patient is a 1996 film adaptation of the novel by Michael Ondaatje. The film, directed by Anthony Minghella, won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Ondaatje worked closely with the filmmakers to preserve his artistic vision, and has stated that he is happy with the film as an adaptation. In the film, the character of Count de Almásy, played by Ralph Fiennes, is heavily fictionalised. An overview is provided in the 2003 Saul Kelly book, The Hunt for Zerzura: The Lost Oases and the Desert War.
- The English Patient is an Academy Award-winning film adaptation of the novel by Michael Ondaatje, written and directed by Henson veteran Anthony Minghella. The story focuses on a burn victim (Ralph Fiennes), identified only as the "English patient," who is treated by nurse Hana (Juliette Binoche) in a villa near the end of World War II. His past, as archeologist Count Laszlo de Almásy, is revealed in flashbacks, including his romance with a colleague's wife. Subplots involve Caravaggio (Willem Dafoe), a former intelligent operative who knew Almásy in the past, and Hana's romance with Indian sapper Kip.
- A 1992 novel by Canadian author Michael Ondaatje. The book opens in an abandoned villa in World War Two Italy, where Hana, a Canadian army nurse, cares for a man referred to as the English Patient. He refuses to reveal his identity, but his speech and mannerisms indicate that he's an Englishman (his status as a patient is considerably less ambiguous, given that he's being treated for critical burns all over his body). Hana and the Patient are joined by David Caravaggio, a Canadian thief who knew Hana before the war, and who worked as an Allied spy until he was captured and maimed; and Kip, an Indian Sikh who's one of the best sappers in the British army. The story sprawls out non-linearly, digging into each character's backstory, with running themes of nationality, nationalism, and the Pow
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| - The English Patient is a 1996 film adaptation of the novel by Michael Ondaatje. The film, directed by Anthony Minghella, won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Ondaatje worked closely with the filmmakers to preserve his artistic vision, and has stated that he is happy with the film as an adaptation. In the film, the character of Count de Almásy, played by Ralph Fiennes, is heavily fictionalised. An overview is provided in the 2003 Saul Kelly book, The Hunt for Zerzura: The Lost Oases and the Desert War. In his book, The Conversations : Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film, Ondaatje describes how the different layers of the filmmaking process come together. A special focus is placed on the work of the editor of the film, Walter Murch. With over a 40 time transitions, the movie was a puzzle that was put together again and again over the course of one year. Walter Murch won an Academy award for his editing and another one for his contribution to the film's sound. The motion picture also received much critical acclaim and was a major award winner as well as a box office success. It won the Academy Award, the Golden Globe Award and the BAFTA Award for best picture. Critics of the film accuse it of professing narcissism hidden behind a non-linear, melodramatic plot.
- A 1992 novel by Canadian author Michael Ondaatje. The book opens in an abandoned villa in World War Two Italy, where Hana, a Canadian army nurse, cares for a man referred to as the English Patient. He refuses to reveal his identity, but his speech and mannerisms indicate that he's an Englishman (his status as a patient is considerably less ambiguous, given that he's being treated for critical burns all over his body). Hana and the Patient are joined by David Caravaggio, a Canadian thief who knew Hana before the war, and who worked as an Allied spy until he was captured and maimed; and Kip, an Indian Sikh who's one of the best sappers in the British army. The story sprawls out non-linearly, digging into each character's backstory, with running themes of nationality, nationalism, and the Power of Love. Made into a 1996 movie directed by Anthony Minghella. It cast Juliette Binoche as Hana, Ralph Fiennes as the "English Patient" , Willem Dafoe as Caravaggio, and Naveen Andrews as Kip. The film was a box office hit, earning $231,976,425 in the worldwide market. It has earned the distinguished pop-culture status of being "That movie Elaine bitched about in that one episode of Seinfeld." Both versions won a bunch of awards, most prominently the 1997 Oscar for Best Picture.
- The English Patient is an Academy Award-winning film adaptation of the novel by Michael Ondaatje, written and directed by Henson veteran Anthony Minghella. The story focuses on a burn victim (Ralph Fiennes), identified only as the "English patient," who is treated by nurse Hana (Juliette Binoche) in a villa near the end of World War II. His past, as archeologist Count Laszlo de Almásy, is revealed in flashbacks, including his romance with a colleague's wife. Subplots involve Caravaggio (Willem Dafoe), a former intelligent operative who knew Almásy in the past, and Hana's romance with Indian sapper Kip. For the film's physical effects, Minghella sought out Jim Henson's Creature Shop, based on his experiences with them on The StoryTeller and Living with Dinosaurs. Working from initial make-up designs by Fabrizio Sforza, the Creature Shop provided make-up effects for the film, creating an 11 piece foam prosthetic worn by Ralph Fiennes to depict the map-like burn scars on Count de Almásy's face. White hair was also attached, and silicone ears used. They also supplied false forearms and hands for Caravaggio, whose thumbs have been cut off. The Creature Shop built an animatronic tortoise, who is befriended by Hana in the original script, but the animal was cut from Minghella's final draft and never appeared onscreen. The film won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director (Minghella), Best Supporting Actress (Binoche), Best Original Dramatic Music Score, Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction/Set Decoration, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, and Best Sound. Nominations were given for Best Actor (Fiennes), Best Actress (Kristin Scott Thomas), and Best Writing (Minghella again). The movie also received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Makeup/Hair, credited to Fabrizio Sforza and Creature Shop artist Nigel Booth.
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