Juliette Binoche The film was a critical and commercial failure. "Three Colors: Blue", "The Horseman on the Roof" and "A Couch in New York" all gave Binoche the opportunity to work with prestigious directors she had turned down during the prolonged shoot of "Les Amants du Pont-Neuf". Her next role, in "The English Patient" reinforced her position as an international movie star. The film, based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje and directed by Anthony Minghella, was a worldwide hit. Produced by Saul Zaentz, producer of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", the film reunited Juliette Binoche with Ralph Fiennes, Heathcliff to her
Ranulph Fiennes his appearances on "Countdown", in which he referred also to a brief film career that included an appearance alongside Liz Frazer. Between 1 and 5 October 2012, and again from 13–19 November 2013, Fiennes featured on the Channel 4 game show "Countdown" as the celebrity guest in 'Dictionary Corner' and provided interludes based on his life stories and explorations. Most recently Fiennes was an expert guest commentator on the PBS documentary "Chasing Shackleton" which aired in January 2014. Fiennes makes a number of corporate and after dinner speeches. Fiennes married his childhood sweetheart Virginia ("Ginny") Pepper on 9 September 1970.