The English Patient Resources

Kick back and watch choice The English Patient clips on the Official Website.

The Guardian read the Booker Prize-winning novel as part of their Booker Club book club… and spoils the novel's ending, which is dramatically different than the one in the movie.

The American Film Institute named The English Patient #56 on its list of 100 Greatest Love Stories.

Caravaggio couldn't give the movie any thumbs up, because he has none. But Roger Ebert would give it an enthusiastic thumbs up.

Peter Travers calls The English Patient hypnotic… and he doesn't mean that the movie will put you to sleep.

What do Elmo and The English Patient have in common? Both are the work of Jim Henson's Creature Shop. No, you didn't miss a Big Bird cameo, but the Creature Shop supplied the prosthetics for Ralph Fiennes in his burned state.

Dig that velvety "In A World"-style voiceover.

Charlie Rose interviews Juliette Binoche about her soggy script (she cried all over the final pages).

Over ten years later, Kristin Scott Thomas is still best known for The English Patient, even though she said au revoir to American cinema and now only does French cinema.

When Minghella died, Terry Gross re-played her interview with the director, which is a real breath of fresh air.

Some writers aren't keen on the adaptation of their books. But Michael Ondaatje, actually likes the film adaptation of his book because it preserves the passion from his pages. And how.

Here it is: the one moment in the movie where Almásy really smiles: a moment rarer than seeing a unicorn.

This "For Your Consideration" ad shows a scene from the movie that perfectly captures Almásy and Katharine's relationship—intimate, yet apart.

This minimalist movie poster is inspired by the Cave of Swimmers. Which characters do you think are like the swimmers?