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"Black and White to Colour: The Making of The English Patient" 1996 documentary episode of the CBC television show Adrienne Clarkson Presents (52:58)

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Packaged in a slipcover.
The documentary is in English with no subtitles.

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DISC ONE
* The Film
(1.) Audio commentary with writer / director Anthony Minghella (2004)
(2.) Audio commentary with writer / director Anthony Minghella, producer Saul Zaentz and author Michael Ondaatje (1996)

DISC TWO
"About Michael Ondaatje" featurettes
- "His Writing Roots" (5:14)
- "The Booker Prize and Canadian Following" (3:44)
- "The Challenge of Turning the Novel into a Film" (2:27)
- "About Writing the Novel" (7:46)
- "Reading from the Novel" (2:49)
"From Novel to Screenplay" interviews (7:12)
"The Formidable Saul Zaentz" featurette (2:00)
"A Historical Look at the Real Count Almasy" featurette (8:19)
Filmmaker conversations
- Anthony Minghella (writer/director)
-- "Reading The English Patient for the First Time" (1:16)
-- "On His Admiration for Michael Ondaatje" (3:42)
-- "The Beginning Stages of Making the Film" (12:01)
-- "My Duty as a Filmmaker" (4:39)
-- "Accolades for The English Patient" (3:33)
-- "His Early Cinematic Vision for the Film" (3:44)
-- "100 Days of Shooting" (1:58)
- Saul Zaentz (producer)
-- "The Complexity of Adapting the Novel" (3:57)
-- "Pre-production: Doing the Homework" (2:08)
-- "Finding the Cast and Crew" (1:20)
-- "The Insight of Stuart Craig" (1:27)
-- "The Imagination of Stuart Craig" (2:18)
-- "Trying to Cast Connery" (3:37)
-- "The Audience Reacts" (2:03)
-- "On Cinematographer John Seale" (0:41)
-- "Camaraderie on Set" (2:12)
- Michael Ondaatje (author)
-- "The Difficulty of Adapting a Novel" (2:17)
-- "Fleshing Out the Script" (1:26)
-- "The Limitations of Writing a Screenplay" (1:51)
-- "Life After the Film" (1:14)
- Walter Murch (editor)
-- "Meeting Anthony" (2:37)
-- "The Editor-Director Relationship" (4:50)
-- "Putting the Pieces Together" (1:47)
-- "The First Assembly" (4:39)
-- "The Process" (2:15)
-- "Working With Anthony" (2:34)
-- "The Advantages of Digital Editing" (7:16)
"The Work of Stuart Craig: Production Designer" featurette (3:58)
"The Eyes of Phil Bray-Still Photographer" featurette (2:51)
"Master Class with Anthony Minghella-Deleted Scenes" featurette (20:00)
"Black and White to Colour: The Making of The English Patient" 1996 documentary episode of the CBC television show Adrienne Clarkson Presents (53:02)
Film Reviews
- Chicago Sun Times: Roger Ebert (6 pages)
- Rolling Stone: Peter Travers (4 pages)
- Esquire: David Thomson (11 pages)
Startup trailers (4:09)
- Miramax 25th Anniversary
- Cold Mountain
Bonus trailers
- Play all (9:04)
- My Voyage to Italy (1:10)
- Cold Mountain (1:51)
- Miramax 25th Anniversary (2:06)
- The Human Stain (1:46)
- People I Know (1:13)
- The Barbarian Invasions (0:59)

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All extras are in English with no subtitles.

DISC ONE
* The Film
Audio commentary with writer/director Anthony Minghella
Audio commentary with writer/director Anthony Minghella, producer Saul Zaentz, and author Michael Ondaatje

DISC TWO
"About Michael Ondaatje" featurettes
- "His Writing Roots" (5:14)
- "The Booker Prize and Canadian Following" (3:44)
- "The Challenge of Turning the Novel into a Film" (2:27)
- "About Writing the Novel" (7:46)
- "Reading from the Novel" (2:49)
"From Novel to Screenplay" interviews (7:12)
"The Formidable Saul Zaentz" featurette (2:00)
"A Historical Look at the Real Count Almasy" featurette (8:19)
Filmmaker conversations
- Anthony Minghella (writer/director)
-- "Reading The English Patient for the First Time" (1:16)
-- "On His Admiration for Michael Ondaatje" (3:42)
-- "The Beginning Stages of Making the Film" (12:01)
-- "My Duty as a Filmmaker" (4:39)
-- "Accolades for The English Patient" (3:33)
-- "His Early Cinematic Vision for the Film" (3:44)
-- "100 Days of Shooting" (1:58)
- Saul Zaentz (producer)
-- "The Complexity of Adapting the Novel" (3:57)
-- "Pre-production: Doing the Homework" (2:08)
-- "Finding the Cast and Crew" (1:20)
-- "The Insight of Stuart Craig" (1:27)
-- "The Imagination of Stuart Craig" (2:18)
-- "Trying to Cast Connery" (3:37)
-- "The Audience Reacts" (2:03)
-- "On Cinematographer John Seale" (0:41)
-- "Camaraderie on Set" (2:12)
- Michael Ondaatje (author)
-- "The Difficulty of Adapting a Novel" (2:17)
-- "Fleshing Out the Script" (1:26)
-- "The Limitations of Writing a Screenplay" (1:51)
-- "Life After the Film" (1:14)
- Walter Murch (editor)
-- "Meeting Anthony" (2:37)
-- "The Editor-Director Relationship" (4:50)
-- "Putting the Pieces Together" (1:47)
-- "The First Assembly" (4:39)
-- "The Process" (2:15)
-- "Working With Anthony" (2:34)
-- "The Advantages of Digital Editing" (7:16)
"The Work Of Stuart Craig-Production Designer" featurette (3:58)
"The Eyes Of Phil Bray-Still Photographer" featurette (2:51)
"Master Class with Anthony Minghella-Deleted Scenes" featurette (20:00)
"Black and White to Colour: The Making of The English Patient" 1996 documentary episode of the CBC television show Adrienne Clarkson Presents (53:02)
Film Reviews
- Chicago Sun Times: Roger Ebert (6 pages)
- Rolling Stone: Peter Travers (4 pages)
- Esquire: David Thomson (11 pages)
Bonus trailers

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French Dolby Digital 2.0 surround

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"Making Of" featurette (6:52)
B-Roll footage (8:26)
Photo gallery
Awards (2 text pages)
Cast & Crew Info (text)
- Ralph Fiennes
- Juliette Binoche
- Kristin Scott Thomas
- Willem Dafoe
- Saul Zaentz (producer)
- Anthony Minghella (director)
Theatrical trailer (2:31)
German Theatrical trailer (2:27)
Bonus trailers

German

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German Dolby Digital 5.1

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German title:"Der Englische Patient".

"Making Of" featurette
Cast & Crew interviews
Theatrical trailer

Dutch

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English Dolby Digital 5.1

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None

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Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 surround

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Italian Title: "Il Paziente Inglese".
This release is now OOP.

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Italian DTS 5.1
Italian Dolby Digital 5.1

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Italian Title: "Il Paziente Inglese".

DISC ONE
* The Film

DISC TWO
"Making Of" documentary
Historical featurette
Biographies

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Italian DTS 5.1
Italian Dolby Digital 5.1

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Italian title: Il paziente inglese.

Theatrical trailer

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Making-of featurette (6:52)
Theatrical trailer (2:37)
TV spots (1:00)

Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish

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English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo

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Later distributed by Nordisk Film.

English HoH, French

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French Dolby Digital 2.0 surround

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DISC ONE
* The Film
Audio commentary with writer/director Anthony Minghella
Audio commentary with writer/director Anthony Minghella, producer Saul Zaentz, and author Michael Ondaatje

DISC TWO
"About Michael Ondaatje" featurettes
- "His Writing Roots" (5:14)
- "The Booker Prize and Canadian Following" (3:44)
- "The Challenge of Turning the Novel into a Film" (2:27)
- "About Writing the Novel" (7:46)
- "Reading from the Novel" (2:49)
"From Novel to Screenplay" interviews (7:12)
"The Formidable Saul Zaentz" featurette (2:00)
"A Historical Look at the Real Count Almasy" featurette (8:19)
Filmmaker conversations
- Anthony Minghella (writer/director)
-- "Reading The English Patient for the First Time" (1:16)
-- "On His Admiration for Michael Ondaatje" (3:42)
-- "The Beginning Stages of Making the Film" (12:01)
-- "My Duty as a Filmmaker" (4:39)
-- "Accolades for The English Patient" (3:33)
-- "His Early Cinematic Vision for the Film" (3:44)
-- "100 Days of Shooting" (1:58)
- Saul Zaentz (producer)
-- "The Complexity of Adapting the Novel" (3:57)
-- "Pre-production: Doing the Homework" (2:08)
-- "Finding the Cast and Crew" (1:20)
-- "The Insight of Stuart Craig" (1:27)
-- "The Imagination of Stuart Craig" (2:18)
-- "Trying to Cast Connery" (3:37)
-- "The Audience Reacts" (2:03)
-- "On Cinematographer John Seale" (0:41)
-- "Camaraderie on Set" (2:12)
- Michael Ondaatje (author)
-- "The Difficulty of Adapting a Novel" (2:17)
-- "Fleshing Out the Script" (1:26)
-- "The Limitations of Writing a Screenplay" (1:51)
-- "Life After the Film" (1:14)
- Walter Murch (editor)
-- "Meeting Anthony" (2:37)
-- "The Editor-Director Relationship" (4:50)
-- "Putting the Pieces Together" (1:47)
-- "The First Assembly" (4:39)
-- "The Process" (2:15)
-- "Working With Anthony" (2:34)
-- "The Advantages of Digital Editing" (7:16)
"The Work Of Stuart Craig-Production Designer" featurette (3:58)
"The Eyes Of Phil Bray-Still Photographer" featurette (2:51)
"Master Class with Anthony Minghella-Deleted Scenes" featurette (20:00)
"Black and White to Colour: The Making of The English Patient" 1996 documentary episode of the CBC television show Adrienne Clarkson Presents (53:02)

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Audio commentary with writer/director Anthony Minghella, producer Saul Zaentz, and author Michael Ondaatje

"From Novel to Screenplay" interviews (7 min)
Master Class with Anthony Minghella-Deleted Scenes" featurette

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French Dolby Digital 5.1

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This release is also available in the Anthony Minghella Collection Box Set.

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"Behind-the-scenes" featurette (6:53)
Cast & Crew biographies
Theatrical trailer (2:25)
Bonus trailers
- The Talented Mr. Ripley (2:00)
- Chocolat (2:13)

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