The English Patient Madhumalati Adhikari has critiqued the treatment of World War II and its effects on the characters of the novel. The novel won the 1992 Booker Prize, athe 1992 Governor General's Award, and the 2018 Golden Man Booker award. The book was adapted into a 1996 film by Anthony Minghella, starring Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Willem Dafoe, Colin Firth, and Juliette Binoche. The film received nine Academy Awards—including Best Picture and Director—at the 69th Academy Awards. The English Patient The English Patient is a 1992 novel by Michael Ondaatje. The book follows four dissimilar people brought together at an Italian
Touching the Void (film) Have Won An Oscar", along with Ingrid Bergman (for "Casablanca"), Anthony Perkins (for "Psycho"), Ralph Fiennes (for "Schindler's List") and Jeff Bridges (for "The Big Lebowski"). The film was released in theaters on 23 January 2004 and grossed $96,973 in the opening weekend. It went on to gross $4,593,598 in America and $9,292,204 from foreign markets for a worldwide total of $13,885,802 after 20 weeks. Original music for the film was scored by Alex Heffes. The climbers reach the summit to the climax of Thomas Tallis's "Spem in alium". During one of Simpson's many deliriums, he experiences a very strong