The Saul Zaentz Company
  • ABOUT
    • History
    • Fantasy Records
    • Saul Zaentz
    • Al Bendich
    • Frank Noonan
    • Ralph Kaffel
    • Paul Zaentz
  • THE FILMS
    • Goya's Ghosts
    • The English Patient
    • At Play in the Fields of the Lord
    • The Unbearable Lightness of Being
    • The Mosquito Coast
    • Amadeus
    • The Lord of the Rings
    • Three Warriors
    • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
    • Payday
  • LICENSING


T H E   E N G L I S H   P A T I E N T

A Saul Zaentz Production   /  An Anthony Minghella Film
Released November 1996

ACADEMY AWARDS, USA 1997
Best Picture  /  Saul Zaentz
Best Director  /  Anthony Minghella
Best Actress in a Supporting Role  /  Juliette Binoche
Best Cinematography  /  John Seale
Best Film Editing  /  Walter Murch
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration  /  Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
Best Costume Design  /  Ann Roth
Best Sound  /  Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker, Christopher Newman
Best Music, Original Dramatic Score  /  Gabriel Yared

NOMINATIONS
Best Actor in a Leading Role  /  Ralph Fiennes
Best Actress in a Leading Role  /  Kristin Scott Thomas
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published  /  Anthony Minghella

BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM AND TELEVISION ARTS (BAFTA) AWARDS 1997
Best Film  /  Saul Zaentz, Anthony Minghella
Best Screenplay – Adapted  /  Anthony Minghella
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role  /  Juliette Binoche
Best Cinematography  /  John Seale
Best Editing  /  Walter Murch
Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music  /  Gabriel Yared

GOLDEN GLOBES, USA 1997
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Best Original Score - Motion Picture  /  Gabriel Yared

GRAMMY AWARDS 1998
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television  /  Gabriel Yared




Set in North Africa and Italy before and during World War II, The English Patient is a passionate and epic film that unfolds around the intricately involved lives of four lovers. Two love stories intertwine on a journey through time and North Africa, Cairo and the desert, and Italy – lives caught and changed, and inextricably connected by the brutal, improbable circumstances of war. The award-winning novel by Michael Ondaatje was adapted for the screen by writer/director Anthony Minghella. In a near-sweep of the Academy Awards, The English Patient was nominated for 12 Oscars and won nine including Best Picture.


CREDITS
 
Directed by Anthony Minghella
 Produced by Saul Zaentz
Screenplay by Anthony Minghella
Based on the Novel by Michael Ondaatje
Associate Producer Paul Zaentz
Associate Producer Steve Andrews
Line Producer Alessandro von Normann
Original Music Composed by Gabriel Yared
Director of Photography John Seale, A.S.C., A.C.S.
Film Editor Walter Murch, A.C.E
Production Designer Stuart Craig
Set Decoration Aurelio Crugnola, Stephenie McMillan
Costume Designer Ann Roth
Sound Design Walter Murch, Mark Berger,
David Parker, Christopher Newman

CAST
Ralph Fiennes  /  Count Laszlo de Almásy
Juliette Binoche  /  Hana
Willem Dafoe  /  David Caravaggio
Kristin Scott Thomas  /  Katharine Clifton
Naveen Andrews  /  Kip
Colin Firth  /  Geoffrey Clifton
Julian Wadham  /  Madox
Jürgen Prochnow  /  Major Muller
Kevin Whately  /  Sgt. Hardy
Clive Merrison  /  Fenelon-Barnes




Click IMDB for a complete awards, cast and crew listing.
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