The English Patient (1996) FILM TALK
FROM PAGE TO SCREEN FILM TALK SERIES WITH FRED FUCHS JEFFREY BENDER WILL HOST THE ENGLISH PATIENT FILM TALK Great storytelling succeeds in any medium of media. So how do extraordinary novels, short stories, and plays transform and become great movies? We will explore the collaborative process and challenges of adapting a story to a film for these five award-winning classics during this series. From Page: THE ENGLISH PATIENT Novel (1991) written by Michael Ondaatje (Canadian) Booker Prize, Governor General’s Award Available to purchase from KING WEST BOOKS To Screen: THE ENGLISH PATIENT (1996) Ralph Fiennes, Kirstin Scott Thomas, Juliette Binoche Anthony Minghella screenplay and direction, Saul Zaentz producer. 12 Academy Award Nomination, won 9 including Best Picture and Best Director. The sweeping expanses of the Sahara are the setting for a passionate love affair in this adaptation of Michael Ondaatje’s novel. A badly burned man, Laszlo de Almasy (Ralph Fiennes), is tended to by a nurse, Hana (Juliette Binoche), in an Italian monastery near the end of World War II. His past is revealed through flashbacks involving a married Englishwoman (Kristin Scott Thomas) and his work mapping the African landscape. Hana learns to heal her own scars as she helps the dying man. FRED FUCHS Fred is an independent film & television producer focusing on the development, financing, and production of films and television series for international audiences. He spent 20 years living and working in California, 10 years as the President of American Zoetrope Studios and was Executive Producer of 17 feature films including The Godfather Part III, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, The Secret Garden, Don Juan De Marco, The Virgin Suicides and John Grisham’s The Rainmaker. He was the Executive Director of Arts and Entertainment at the CBC in Toronto where he was responsible for developing, commissioning and supervising production of major television series. Current feature projects include: LITTLE ITALY, MONKEY BEACH, THE VIRTUOSO, and MILTON’S SECRET.
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