Story: Beginning in the 1930's, "The English Patient" tells the story of Count Almasy (Ralph Fiennes) who is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almasy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics that is later revealed in a series of flashbacks while Almasy is on his death bed after being horribly burned in a plane crash. Hilarity ensues.Trivia: When Twentieth Century Fox was involved in the film, they tried to talk the producers out of casting Willem Dafoe and suggested three choices for the role of Caravaggio: John Goodman, Danny DeVito, or Richard Dreyfuss.
So, tell me what you think? Did you like The English Patient? Would you have picked another movie as Best Picture? Why?
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Okay, here is what I don't get, The English Patient ISN'T EVEN ENGLISH!? The nurse is Canadian, the thief is Canadian, the Bomb dismantler guy is Italian. The only main character that is English is dead.
Secrets & Lies - Successful black woman traces her birth mother to a lower-class white woman, who denies it; emotions run high as everyone's secrets are exposed. Wow, I can't believe I missed this one.
Shine - Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim. There is an amazing genre in Best Picture Nominations, the piano movie. At least three movies about piano players have been nominated for best picture. The Piano (1993), The Pianist (2002), and this movie, what is the deal?
Jerry Maguire - When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent with the only athlete who stays with him. This movie is a fountain for cheesy movie quotes, "Show me the money!", "You had me at hello." See what I mean?
Fargo - My Pick - Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of pregnant Marge Gunderson. This quirky movie was just simple charming, don't cha know. William H. Macy and Francis McDormand were great.
Fargo would be my pick as well. I only saw it and Jerry McGuire. 1996 was kind of a down year for Best Picture nominees I guess, especially following 95 and 94.
And threes a charm for Fargo. Out of this list, Fargo was the best movie by far. The acting was great by all involved and the story line captivating (hehehe, pun intended). Who can forget the woodchipper. I really liked William H. Macy and Francis McDormand in this movie (yaa), but my favorite would have to be Steve Buscemi. He is one ugly dude, but he can sure act. I've liked him in everything he's done. Even "Dude, Where's My Car", which I'm totally embarrassed to say that I've seen. Stupid, except for Steve who stole the show with his wondering eye and crazy lines.
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