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The English Patient (Special Edition) [1996]
from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
starring Ralph Fiennes, Julian Wadham, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas
directed by Anthony Minghella

Features:

• PAL
• Special Edition

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• The technique is still pristine
  It is an interesting film, but not more than that. What does it shows? That the English were particularly sectarian during WW2 on the African front. Nothing new under the sun. Anyone who had a slightly different name or a slightly surprising or uncommon attitude was at once considered as a spy unworthy of any trust. This created myriads or even legions of misunderstandings and human errors along with cruelty, barbaric acts, violence, etc. The only interest of this film is the technical brilliance in the use... more info

• Great Book translated into a classic movie
  Having watched The English Patient again recently, I had sand in my shoes and a tear in my eye...
  Almásy: What do you love?
  Katharine Clifton: What do I love?
  Almásy: Say everything.
  Katharine Clifton: Water, with fish in it. Hedgehogs, I love hedgehogs. Marmite. Baths, but not with other people! Islands. I could go on all day.
  Almásy: Go on all day.
  Katharine Clifton: Your handwriting.
  Almásy: And what else?
  Katharine... more info

• A film that takes you on a journey...
  I first watched this film about a year and a half ago to two years ago on Channel 4. At first, I watched it just for something to watch. After about the first 30 minutes of the film I was still unsure whether to commit to watching the entire film. However, I did.
  After finishing the film I wasn't overly impressed. Sure, I enjoyed it quite a lot. But it hadn't made a huge impression on me. The next day I got up and if I recall correctly my brother whom had went to bed as the movie was starting the... more info

• You don't need to be English, but you do need to be patient with this film
  This is an outstanding film. Comparisons with David Lean films such as Dr Zhivago are fully justified. The book, in addition, is supernal and took me by surprise - being so transcendent and yet written in the wake of the soulless 1980s.
  The stunning soundtrack by Gabriel Yared is every much a part of the film, as in the case of Maurice Jarre's efforts in Zhivago. Yared's marriage of Bach with folk themes represents superb balance that serves its purpose without being pretentious.
  Many complain of... more info

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