The English Patient (DVD)

...you have seen it. The opening scenes are highly visual; a plane silhouetted against endless golden sand dunes carrying two passengers; a man and a woman. The plane is then abruptly shot to the ground by Germans and it is at this point that you first acquaint yourself with the film’s namesake “The English Patient”. Horrifically burnt and unable to remember much at all, he is given that name, as he is unknown. The film swings back ...
...case of the ugly burnt remains of a man and the handsome one he once was, which adds a unique quality to the film and grasps your intrigue even more as the Patient’s story begins to unfold. The Patient, Count Laszlo de Almasy - (Ralph Fiennes), ends up in the loving care of Hana - (Juliette Binoche), a Canadian nurse dedicated to helping the suffering and injured casualties of the war. Hana is almost childlike, Binoche portraying her with ...

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...effort to stick it in the VCR, until an ill day off school, in which I learned that I owned one of the most tremendous film of love and betrayal ever made. It is set in the North African desert during the Second World War. Count Almasy is a desert explorer on an expedition like many others, or so he thought. That is until Geoffrey Clifton and his beautiful wife, Katherine join him on a trip that would change his life forever. Almasy is unable to ...
...and the two embark in a passionate affair. Katherine finds herself torn between devoted husband and her exhilarating lover. Katherine and Almasy are forced to suffer the torment of suppressing their love for one another whilst facing the perils of a World War. As a huge fan of classic British actors, Ralph Fiennes, Kristen Scott Thomas and Colin Firth did not fail in impressing me with their outstanding and memorable performances. Ralph plays Count ...

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...after writing a review on the film Atonement as I thoroughly enjoyed that film. I did buy this several months ago but never got around to watching it as the length was putting me off. As I had the house to myself last night I decided I would take the plunge and give it a go and I am so pleased that I did. Ralph Fiennes plays the role of a badly burnt pilot who is rescued by the English and given a hospital bed. He has no memory of who he is and how ...
...the task of looking after him. As he and others are being moved to a safer place due to the war one of Hana’s friends is killed by a bomb so Hana makes the decision that she is going to stay in this place and make a home in the deserted house which she has seen. She takes the unknown man with her to make is last few days as comfy as possible for him. As Hana and her patient are settling into the house he starts to have memories of his life and soon ...

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...Willem Dafoe is set at the end of the Second World War where Count Almasy (Fiennes) is picked up by African tribes people after being shot down in an aircraft. He is then put into the care of the Allies and is put in the care of a Canadian nurse (Binnoche). They both stay in an old abandoned church, while Almasy lives out his few remaining days remembering the all too murky past. Count Almasy is a Hungarian and member of the International Cartographers ...
...deserts of Africa just before the outbreak of WWII. Along comes Mr. And Mrs. Clifton – investors of the expedition and all round Mr. And Mrs. Britain. All too soon chemistry between Almasy and Katharine Clifton (Scott Thomas) begins to ignite and the unavoidable follows. While back in the present time, there is new love dawning for our nurse by Almasy’s bedside. It is very hard to give a rough outline as the film is so well intertwined ...

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...afraid! Someone gave me the video one Christmas and relunctantly I sat down to watch it and was totally surprised! The film has now become my all-time favourite flick! The opening scene has the voice of Hungarian folk singer Marta Sebestyn singing about love as a paintbrush paints an image from the 'Cave Of Swimmers'. The image of the swimmer gradually turns into a shadow folding over sand dunes in Africa and then finally into the shadow of ...
...and set in 30s/40s Africa/Italy, the film stars Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Willem Dafoe, Colin Firth and Juliette Binoche. I love this film because I can relate to so much of it. If you've ever loved and lost - and more importantly, when you lost, it was like a door shut in your life - then you might appreciate this film. The dialogue is absolutely superb from beginning to end! The way the Count instructs Kip to read Kipling - "imagine ...

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...got was eternal tedium. The story was thin drivel, the 'acting' was executed by people determined to give it their very least effort and the time just went on and on and on. It won Oscars, it was lauded by the critics - were they on drugs? How much were they paid? Maybe I was missing the point and at the end it would become clear why everyone had raved about it so much. So I wasted an entire afternoon. It didn't get better, if anything, it got worse, ...

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...is that this film of the ninety has that aroma of the classic fifty and forty cinema without for that reason lacks an own personality that defines it. History is magnificent, is a history of impossible love, fight and jealousy that is not new but if that this excellently treated, but emphasizes without a doubt in my opinion the interpretations, specially those of Finnes that interprets to the patient and the one of Binoche, that nurse who this tired ...
...is not less important in the development of the film, an interpretation that was worth the best Oscar to him to the secondary one. and that so well-taken care of photography and suggestive coverall with those North African landscapes. The English Patient recovers the taste by classic and demustra that in the present cinema is not necessary that everything is rolled to rate of videoclip, so fashionable style lately. ...

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The English Patient is an adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's novel of the same name. Set during WW2, it tells the story of Count Almasy (Ralph Fienns) who is found badly burned in the Sahara desert. He is moved to Tuscany and Hana (Juliette Binoche), a Canadian nurse, ends up taking care of him in an old italian monastery. Through flashbacks, we learn what happened to Almasy. He was in Cairo when he met Katharine Clifton (Kristin Scott Thomas), she ...
...usual, I won't tell you the whole story as I don't want to spoil the movie for you. The movie is set in both Tuscany and the Sahara desert. The cinematography is absolutely beautiful: this film is visually stunning (see the dreamy sand dunes in the opening credit). Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes and Krisin Scott Thomas were absolutely superb. The English Patient won nine Academy Awards and when you will have seen the movie you'll know why. The ...

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...of Arabia, you will love The English Patient. The music mixed with the beautiful landscapes brings back the good old fashioned background for a love story. And that's what this film is: a pure love story. But for those of you who think that this means it's boring, it is not. This film was nominated for nine oscars, including best film and best soundtrack. Ralph Fiennes plays the role of the pilot, he falls in love with Anna, played by Kirsten-Scott ...

Little_Mario 12.03.2001 · Read full review
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This film is one of the best you could ever watch! Starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristen Scott Thomas, and Colin Firth, the English Patient is the story of two people's love, that will leave you weeping along the way. A man have become badly burnt, now without a face, nor a name, he is named 'The English Patient'. Very near death, a nurse takes care of him, and his memory begins to return. About his painstaking love for ...
...husband finds out, to say the least, the outcome is tragic. Is the 'English Patient' really English, and why is the man with no thumbs so curious about his identity? 'In Memory, loves lives forver' Watch this film, and you'll find out exactly what happened to the 'English Patient'. Highly Recommended! xXx ...

Sparkling_Angel 02.04.2004 · Read full review
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...One can't complain about the places and sights it shows us. On one level it's a very dramatic love story for the hopelessly romantic, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. If you're in the mood you can become engrossed with a box of tissues on your lap. Preparing a cup of black tea infused with fresh mint leaves to sip as you watch may add to the exoticism. If this is too much trouble you can throw a tea bag (Tazo) into a mug with boiling water. ...
...At least it doesn't come across in the execution. So despite the rave reviews this film gets from most - I would have to say it's not for everyone. If you like romantic, beautiful films and nothing more is required - by all means: BUY IT! ...

Yutaka 24.11.2003 · Read full review
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The English patient is a story of love and war built up from loads of different angles. After studying the book for A level....and finding it far too confusing....I decided to hire out the videa to see if it would guide me towards the meaning of the film. Unbelievably iy did!!! Although parts if the film were still a little confusing in places it was still very much undertandable. The film was very cleverly produced conveying well the time jumps ...
...shell-shock that Ondatjje intended and the film successfully helped me towards my Alevel assignement. This film is a 15 for obvious reason so I would not recommend it to anyone younger. The complex storyline can be off putting fopr those wanting a light film and I would therfore recommend it to people searching for a deep film. ...

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