The Constant Gardener and The English Patient were both brilliant films, and Fiennes was brilliant in both roles.

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"You can't fool them, " says Saul Zaentz , producer of 1984's winner, Amadeus, and 1996's winner, The English Patient.

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Anthony Minghella's The English Patient reigned supreme but Hollywood had the last laugh.

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And yes, there are the videos too a series of small films that call to mind the brooding cinematography of The English Patient.

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Binoche - whose film Certified Copy is out on Friday - won the best supporting actress Oscar in 1997 for The English Patient.

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Minghella's previous Oscars triumph, The English Patient may not have suited all tastes, but at least the passion between its stars Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas was believable.

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The 12-page article in current affairs magazine Stern, which sells around one million copies a week, paints a damning portrait of modern Britain under the title of The English Patient.

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In 2005 when Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella (The English Patient) asked her to design costumes for his first opera, Madame Butterfly, she accepted, and won accolades when it was performed in London and at the Metropolitan Opera in 2006.

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They are part of a package of measures announced by the prime minister for the English NHS to tackle what he sees as a "real problem" with patient care.

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The policy required Filipino-American employees to speak in English except when speaking to a patient with other language needs or during break time.

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