"Madhumalati Adhikari has critiqued the treatment of World War II and its effects on the characters of the novel. The novel won the 1992 Booker Prize, athe 1992 Governor General's Award, and the 2018 Golden Man Booker award. The book was adapted into a 1996 film by Anthony Minghella, starring Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Willem Dafoe, Colin Firth, and Juliette Binoche. The film received nine Academy Awards—including Best Picture and Director—at the 69th Academy Awards. The English Patient The English Patient is a 1992 novel by Michael Ondaatje. The book follows four dissimilar people brought together at an Italian"
"The English Patient (film) The English Patient is a 1996 British-American romantic war drama film directed by Anthony Minghella from his own script based on the novel of the same name by Michael Ondaatje and produced by Saul Zaentz. The film tells the story of Count László de Almásy, who is burned from a plane crash and tells his past story in flashbacks involving a romantic affair, while he is tended by a nurse. The film was released to critical acclaim, and received 12 nominations at the 69th Academy Awards, winning nine, including Best Picture, Best Director for Minghella, and"
"we the audience are the real winners."" Sims called the episode ""classic Seinfeld, as well, in that it's a plot where very little happens but it's nonetheless very funny."" The English Patient (Seinfeld) ""The English Patient"" is the 151st episode of the NBC sitcom ""Seinfeld"". It was the 17th episode for the eighth season and aired on March 13, 1997. ""The English Patient"", central to Elaine's storyline in this episode, won Best Picture at the 69th Academy Awards, eleven days after this episode aired. At Monk's Café, a beautiful woman, Danielle (Chelsea Noble), mistakes George for her boyfriend Neil, a"
"John Seale John Clement Seale A.C.S. A.S.C. (born 5 October 1942) is a retired Australian cinematographer. He won an Oscar for his work in the 1996 film ""The English Patient,"" in addition to a BAFTA and Satellite Award. He is a member of both the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) and the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). Seale was born in Warwick, Queensland, Australia, to Marjorie Lyndon (née Pool) and Eric Clement Seale. He received Oscar nominations for his work on ""Witness"", ""Rain Man"", and ""Cold Mountain"", and won for ""The English Patient"". Seale directed one film, ""Till There Was You"","
"The English Patient (Seinfeld) ""The English Patient"" is the 151st episode of the NBC sitcom ""Seinfeld"". It was the 17th episode for the eighth season and aired on March 13, 1997. ""The English Patient"", central to Elaine's storyline in this episode, won Best Picture at the 69th Academy Awards, eleven days after this episode aired. At Monk's Café, a beautiful woman, Danielle (Chelsea Noble), mistakes George for her boyfriend Neil, a man who she claims looks just like him, except that George is taller and looks more fit. This intrigues George—he is flattered by Danielle, but he really wants to"
"Unforgettable Summer"" as one of the films that she's most proud of alongside ""The English Patient"" and ""Only God Forgives"". 1996 saw the release of her most famous role as Katharine Clifton in ""The English Patient"", which gained her Golden Globe and Oscar nominations as well as critical acclaim. This was followed by a brief period working in Hollywood on films such as ""The Horse Whisperer"" with Robert Redford and ""Random Hearts"" with Harrison Ford. However, growing disillusioned with Hollywood, she took a year off to give birth to her third child. She returned to the stage in 2001 when"
"""The English Patient"" (1996) when the production ran into difficulties during filming. Technically an American production, the film won 9 Oscars. ""In film as in society at large, America’s influence has now reached levels and depths previously unimaginable,"" said critic Geoff Brown, referring to the Americanisation of British film culture in the 1990s. He cites as examples Hollywood coverage and the use of language in publications like ""Empire"" magazine, as well as dominance of big-budget American films in multiplexes, but he also notes that this is an industrial matter: ""The Full Monty"" was entirely financed and distributed by one of"
"has spoken about his alcoholism and his two-year addiction to heroin in the mid-'90s. He has described an incident in which he collapsed on set and was treated by the emergency services. He plays guitar and sings, while tap-dancing to his own tune as a hobby. He became a naturalised U.S. citizen on 27 May 2010. Naveen Andrews "" Naveen William Sidney Andrews (born 17 January 1969) is a British actor. He is known for numerous roles, such as Sayid Jarrah in the television series ""Lost, ""Kip Singh in the film ""The English Patient"" and Sanjay in the 2002 remake"
"few actors to have won all four major motion picture acting awards, receiving Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards throughout his career, including the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ""Gandhi"" (1982). The actress Parminder Nagra has a prominent role in the US TV series ""ER"", and played the lead role in the successful British film ""Bend It Like Beckham"" (2002). The actor Naveen Andrews plays the role of Sayid Jarrah in the popular US TV series ""Lost"", and also had a prominent role in the award-winning film ""The English Patient"" (1996). The actor"
"Crying Game"" (1992) – famous for its shocking twist, ""The Secret Garden"" (1993) – inspired by the walled garden at Great Maytham Hall in Kent, and ""Shadowlands"" (1993) starring Anthony Hopkins. Anthony Minghella's ""The English Patient"" (1996) won nine Academy Awards. BAFTA Award winning films included Danny Boyle's black comedy drama ""Trainspotting"" (1996) featuring heroin addict Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) and his circle of friends in Edinburgh, the 1997 comedy ""The Full Monty"" set in Sheffield, and the biographical drama ""Elizabeth"" (1998). Richard Curtis's 1994 film ""Four Weddings and a Funeral"", starring Hugh Grant in his breakthrough role, set a"
"Naveen Andrews "" Naveen William Sidney Andrews (born 17 January 1969) is a British actor. He is known for numerous roles, such as Sayid Jarrah in the television series ""Lost, ""Kip Singh in the film ""The English Patient"" and Sanjay in the 2002 remake of ""Rollerball"". For his role on ""Lost"", Andrews was nominated for a Golden Globe in 2006, a Primetime Emmy Award in 2005 and received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2006. Andrews was born in Lambeth, London to Nirmala, a psychologist, and Stanley Andrews, a businessman,"
"performance in her English-language debut ""The Unbearable Lightness of Being"" (1988), directed by Philip Kaufman, launched her international career. She sparked the interest of Steven Spielberg, who offered her several parts including a role in ""Jurassic Park"" which she declined, choosing instead to join Krzysztof Kieślowski in """" (1993), a performance for which she won the Venice Film Festival Award for Best Actress and a César. Three years later Binoche gained further acclaim in Anthony Minghella's ""The English Patient"" (1996), for which she was awarded an Academy Award and a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress in addition to the Best"
"Rose ""' Joel Coen – ""Fargo"" ""' ""Independence Day"" – David Brenner ""' ""Fargo"" ""' ""Evita"" ""' ""Breaking the Waves"", Denmark ""The English Patient"" – Gabriel Yared ""' ""You Must Love Me"" performed by Madonna – ""Evita"" ""' ""The English Patient"" – Anthony Minghella ""' ""Lone Star"" – John Sayles (TIE) ""' ""The People vs. Larry Flynt"" – Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (TIE) ""' Armin Mueller-Stahl – ""Shine"" ""' Cuba Gooding Jr. – ""Jerry Maguire"" ""' Courtney Love – ""The People vs. Larry Flynt"" ""' Debbie Reynolds – ""Mother"" ""' ""Independence Day"" – Volker Engel and Douglas Smith ""'"
"Kristin Scott Thomas Dame Kristin Ann Scott Thomas (born 24 May 1960) is an English actress. A five-time BAFTA Award nominee and five-time Olivier Award nominee, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for ""Four Weddings and a Funeral"" (1994) and the Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2008 for the Royal Court revival of ""The Seagull"". She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for ""The English Patient"" (1996). Scott Thomas made her film debut in the Prince-directed ""Under the Cherry Moon"" (1986), and won the Evening Standard Film Award for"
"psychiatrist takes her in and is convinced he can cure her condition. However, he soon regrets his decision... The film features veteran British actor Eric Porter as the doctor, and also stars Jane Merrow, Keith Bell and Derek Godfrey. It has an early starring role for Angharad Rees. It was filmed at Pinewood Studios, with some location work at St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Film critic Leonard Maltin gave the film 2 out of a possible 4 stars. In his review he stated that the film had ""[a] good atmosphere and solid performances, but after a good start, dissolves into a"
"was met with a mixed reception from critics, although Caryn James of ""The New York Times"" felt that Dafoe's ""stunningly sharp, sympathetic portrait raises the film above a script that is full of serious holes and stilted dialogue"". In 1995, he played an 18th-century writer in the period drama ""The Night and the Moment"". In his first of three film appearances in 1996, Dafoe made a cameo appearance as an electrician in the biographical drama ""Basquiat"". Next, he played a Canadian Intelligence Corps operative in the romantic war drama ""The English Patient"", which starred Ralph Fiennes as desert explorer Count"
"László Almásy. ""The English Patient"" was filmed in Tuscany, where Dafoe said he particularly enjoyed the ""quiet moments in the monastery between shoots"". In the period drama ""Victory""—which was filmed in 1994 and premiered in Europe in 1996, but was released until 1998—Dafoe played a European Axel living on an island in the Southeast Asia who becomes the target of redemption after preventing a woman, played Irène Jacob, from being raped. In 1997, Dafoe returned to playing a villainous role in the action thriller """", expressing the necessity of appearing in both independent and blockbuster films. The film starred Sandra"
"Ray Coulthard Raymond Anthony Coulthard (born 3 September 1968) is an English actor. He is best known for portraying Alasdair Sinclair in ""Emmerdale"" and restaurant manager James Schofield in ""Hotel Babylon"". Coulthard played Frank Churchill in the 1996 television adaptation of Jane Austen's novel ""Emma"". In 2005, he appeared in the first series of ""Extras"". He also appeared in the second series of ""Love Soup"", and played Matt Strong in the TV series ""Casualty"" during 2010. Coulthard's film roles include ""The English Patient"", ""The Best Man"", and ""The Muppet Christmas Carol"" (in which he played a young Ebenezer Scrooge). He"
"Jude Law, at Western Gardens, Ryde, Isle of Wight. Anthony Minghella Anthony Minghella, (6 January 195418 March 2008) was a British film director, playwright and screenwriter. He was chairman of the board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for ""The English Patient"" (1996). In addition, he received three more Academy Award nominations; he was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for both ""The English Patient"" (1996) and ""The Talented Mr. Ripley"" (1999), and was posthumously nominated for Best Picture for ""The Reader"" (2008), as a co-producer. Minghella was"
"Juliet Stevenson, Bill Nighy and Jenny Howe. His first radio play ""Hang Up"", starring Anton Lesser and Juliet Stevenson, was revived on 10 May 2008 as part of the BBC Radio 4 Minghella season. ""Truly, Madly, Deeply"" (1990), a feature drama written and directed for the BBC's ""Screen Two"" anthology strand, bypassed TV broadcast and instead had a cinema release. He bypassed an offer of another ""Inspector Morse"" directorial to do the project, the latter he believed would have been a much higher-profile assignment. ""The English Patient"" (1996) brought him two Academy Awards nominations, Best Director (which he won) and"
"""Inspector Morse"" ""'1994 Robbie Coltrane as Dr. Edward ""Fitz"" Fitzgerald in ""Cracker"" ""'1995 Robbie Coltrane as Dr. Edward ""Fitz"" Fitzgerald in ""Cracker"" ""'1996 Robbie Coltrane as Dr. Edward ""Fitz"" Fitzgerald in ""Cracker"" ""'1997 Nigel Hawthorne as Edgar Pascoe in ""The Fragile Heart"" ""'1998 Simon Russell Beale as Kenneth Widmerpool in ""A Dance to the Music of Time"" ""'1999 Tom Courtenay as Roy Southgate in ""A Rather English Marriage"" ""'2000 Michael Gambon as Squire Hamley in ""Wives and Daughters"" ""'2001 Michael Gambon as John Harrison in ""Longitude"" ""'2002 Michael Gambon as Raymond Symon in ""Perfect Strangers"" ""'2003 Albert Finney as Winston"
"and ""Dead Man""<br> 2. Chris Menges – ""Michael Collins""<br> 3. John Seale – ""The English Patient"" 1. La Cérémonie<br> 2. ""Lamerica""<br> 3. ""Chungking Express"" (""Chung Hing sam lam"") 1. When We Were Kings<br> 2. ""Anne Frank Remembered""<br> 3. """" 1996 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 31st National Society of Film Critics Awards, given by the National Society of Film Critics on January 5, 1997, honored the best in film for 1996. 1. Breaking the Waves<br> 2. ""Secrets & Lies""<br> 3. ""Dead Man"" 1. Lars von Trier – ""Breaking the Waves""<br> 2. Mike Leigh – ""Secrets & Lies""<br> 3."
"Anthony Minghella Anthony Minghella, (6 January 195418 March 2008) was a British film director, playwright and screenwriter. He was chairman of the board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for ""The English Patient"" (1996). In addition, he received three more Academy Award nominations; he was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for both ""The English Patient"" (1996) and ""The Talented Mr. Ripley"" (1999), and was posthumously nominated for Best Picture for ""The Reader"" (2008), as a co-producer. Minghella was born in Ryde, on the Isle of Wight, an"
"The English Patient The English Patient is a 1992 novel by Michael Ondaatje. The book follows four dissimilar people brought together at an Italian villa during the Italian Campaign of World War II. The four main characters are: an unrecognisably burned man — the eponymous patient, presumed to be English; his Canadian Army nurse, a Sikh British Army sapper, and a Canadian thief. The story occurs during the North African Campaign and centres on the incremental revelations of the patient's actions prior to his injuries, and the emotional effects of these revelations on the other characters. The book won the"
"""The English Patient"" (35th) were nominated for directing, acting, screenwriting or Best Picture. The other top 50 box office hits that earned nominations were ""Independence Day"" (1st), ""Twister"" (2nd), ""The Rock"" (4th), ""The Nutty Professor"" (7th), ""The Birdcage"" (8th), ""Eraser"" (13th), ""The Hunchback of Notre Dame"" (14th), ""Star Trek: First Contact"" (15th), ""Sleepers"" (29th), ""Dragonheart"" (30th), ""The Preacher's Wife"" (32nd), ""Evita"" (36th), ""The Ghost and the Darkness"" (39th), and ""Daylight"" (48th). The show received a mixed reception from media publications. Some media outlets were more critical of the show. Television critic Joanne Ostrow of ""The Denver Post"" commented ""Billy Crystal"
"letting off steam about the difficulties of the job. In 1994, he portrayed American academic Charles Van Doren in ""Quiz Show."" In 1996 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the epic World War II romance ""The English Patient,"" in which he starred with Kristin Scott-Thomas. Fiennes' film work has encompassed a variety of genres, including thrillers (""Spider""), an animated Biblical epic (""The Prince of Egypt""), camp nostalgia (""The Avengers""), romantic comedy (""Maid in Manhattan""), and historical drama (""Sunshine""). In 1999, Fiennes had the title role in ""Onegin,"" a film which he also helped produce. His"
"from the book by Peter Matthiessen, shot by Hector Babenco on location in the Amazon rain forest, continued ""Mosquito Coast's"" theme of the clash of Western values with the primitive. In 1992 Zaentz purchased the rights to the unpublished novel ""The English Patient"" and worked up a scenario with author Michael Ondaatje. In developing the project Zaentz resisted attempts by his backers to make the story more acceptable to a mainstream audience whereby they wanted him to cast Demi Moore a leading role. Zaentz instead chose Kristin Scott Thomas for the role. The book was adapted for the screen and"
"in ""The English Patient"" and the Aria da Capo in ""Hannibal"". Jill Crossland Jill Crossland is an English pianist, born in Yorkshire. She studied with Ryszard Bakst (a Heinrich Neuhaus pupil) at Chetham's School of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and with Paul Badura-Skoda in Vienna. She has a preference for Baroque and Classical periods of the repertoire. She specialises in Bach. Crossland performs regularly in the UK and abroad, made her Wigmore Hall solo debut in 2004. Her recordings are available on Warner Music and the Divine Art Record Company. Some of her recordings"
"Ralph Fiennes Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (; born 22 December 1962) is an English actor, film producer and director, particularly known for his portrayal of the villainous Lord Voldemort in the ""Harry Potter"" film series. A Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre. Fiennes' portrayal of Nazi war criminal Amon Göth in ""Schindler's List"" (1993) earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, and he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. His performance as Count Almásy in ""The English Patient"""
"A Prominent Patient A Prominent Patient () is a 2016 Czech-Slovak drama film directed by Julius Ševčík. It was screened in the Berlinale Special section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. It won twelve Czech Lions including the Czech Lion for Best Film. The film was first screened in Lucerna Kino. The film is set in the years 1937-1939. It shows the life of Jan Masaryk when he was the Czechoslovak ambassador to the United Kingdom. The film starts with the death of the first Czechoslovak president and Jan's father Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. Jan becomes ambassador to the United"
"was the 1996 film ""The English Patient"", which was highly acclaimed and won him an Oscar for Best Original Score. He composed the scores for all of Minghella's subsequent films and the music for the television series ""The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency"", co-created by Minghella and Richard Curtis. Aside from his work with Minghella, Yared scored a number of other films, including ""Betty Blue"" (1986), ""City of Angels"" (1998), ""Message in a Bottle"" (1999), ""Autumn in New York"" (2000), ""The Next Best Thing"" (2000), ""Possession"" (2002), and ""Bon Voyage"" (2003). Cassandra Clare reported in August 2012 that Yared was"
"László Almásy László Ede Almásy de Zsadány et Törökszentmiklós (; ; 22 August/3 November 1895 – 22 March 1951) was a Hungarian aristocrat, motorist, desert explorer, aviator, Scout-leader and sportsman who also served as the basis for the protagonist in both Michael Ondaatje's novel ""The English Patient"" (1992) and the movie adaptation of the same name (1996). Almásy was born in Borostyánkő, Austria-Hungary (today Bernstein im Burgenland, Austria), into a Hungarian noble family (his father was the zoologist and ethnographer György Almásy), and, from 1911 to 1914, was educated at Berrow School, situated in a private house in Eastbourne, England,"
"in ""Misery"", which starred Kathy Bates and James Caan. In 1997, Bacall was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her role in ""The Mirror Has Two Faces"" (1996), her first nomination after a career span of more than fifty years. Bacall had already won a Golden Globe and was widely expected to win the Oscar, but lost in an upset to Juliette Binoche for ""The English Patient"". Bacall received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1997, and in 1999, she was voted one of the 25 most significant female movie stars in history by the American Film Institute."