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fans of the Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Juliette Binoche movie. This
script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay
and/or viewings of The English Patient. I know, I know, I still need to get the
cast names in there and I'll be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any
corrections, feel free to drop me a line. You won't hurt my feelings. Honest.
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The English Patient Script
- Okay.
-Would it?
Thank you.
- Oh.
- You're so pretty.
- Don't ssk.
God, l hate giving blood. Can't stand needles.
- Why Picton?
right, soldier?
He's dead.
No, sorry.
- Why?
- No.
remember anything?
- Thank you.
- lt's okay.
- Or my wife's.
a number of Germans.
Look.
l have this much lung.
Tutankhamen?
- Jan?
- Hana!
- No.
- No.
l swear to God
l love you!
- Stay back!
- Stop, Hana!
Stay...
No!
No!
- Hey! Hey!
- Don't move!
Good.
That's good.
lt's Jan's.
- Yes.
- Okay.
No, no
l must be a curse.
Which is it?
''Livorno
- Thank you.
- Oh, Hana.
- l'll be okay.
l found a library
- My book?
Oh, yes
the Herodotus.
Yes, you can read him.
We have an orchard.
Hmm.
lt's a...
plum.
Good, good.
- Hello, Geoffrey!
- Madox, hello!
archaeologist.
- Beautiful plane.
- Hello.
- Yes.
Katharine's parents.
- Almssy.
Mrs Clifton
- Hello.
- Very impressive.
- Thank you.
chauffeur-driven car.
- Broken car.
- Love?
Romantic love
- Uxoriousness.
of one's wife.
- Absolute rot.
Geographic Society.
Contact.
Contact.
- How?
- How can you see anything?
making maps.
Bravo.
- Next!
- Katharine!
''The King insisted that he would find some way...
said Candaules...
- Said Candaules.''
- Candaules.
''CCCCaaamnndddaaamuuuheeessss.''
Candaules.
Candaules tells Gyges that the Queen hss the same
to her room.
leisure. '
told him.
She goes to the chair
have imagined.
But then
The end.
So, Geoffrey
- D'Agostino!
- D'Agostino!
Go away!
Go! Go!
Buon giorno.
- Hana?
Cabot
north of Laurier.
- Bonjour.
- Bonjour.
For you.
Oh!
Oh!
Let me do that.
They're fresh.
l haven't had an egg in...
Yes, l wss.
So wss my patient.
Look, l'd like to stay for a while.
to be disarmed.
their weapons
good at it.
- No.
Do you have a problem with those?
No.
- Look.
He's Canadian.
becomes important.
Can l help?
lt's finished.
All over?
l kept trying to cover a very modest
- Yes.
- Me?
So...
Caravaggio.
preposterous name.
Count Almssy.
Or Katharine Clifton?
- Oh, hello.
Um, pounds
l suppose.
- Which store?
- Why?
- lt is to me.
insulted by me somehow.
- Excuse me.
Or the Sphinx?
Latitude, . Longitude, .
- l disagree.
- Good evening.
- Marvellous.
in the bath.
Mrs Clifton.
- Oh, really?
- lt's a dissster.
Good heavens
self-conscious.
Let's tosst, then. Absent wives.
- Absent wives.
Thank you.
European woman.
Hana.
Leave me alone.
You're in love with him
aren't you?
way he looks.
Gentlemen, to mapmaking.
To mapmaking!
- To arm-twisting.
- Arm-twisting.
Did Katharine say Geoffrey hss to fly
back to Cairo?
Portraits.
The brigadier
brigadier breathing.
And l shall
of course, be bereft.
nightlife.
Harems.
- Bye, my love.
- Travel safe.
Catch up in a week.
Clifton safe journey.
You too. Good luck. Glad the funds have turned up.
Clifton.
Your wife.
- Appropriate?
syringe.
Tap.
Tap.
Tap.
Stop playing! Plesse, stop playing.
this area.
l see. Sorry.
ls something funny?
Look. See?
Move that
Fine, Sergeant.
in the building.
He's lndian.
- He wears a turban.
lf he wears a turban
he's Sikh.
- Why? ls he staying?
a Mr Hardy.
a big job.
ln that csse, l... l suppose we can't charge.
No, we can't.
Thank you.
to Faya.
said, ''Faya.''
- What?
- You sing.
- Ask Al Auf.
Al Auf!
Thanks.
Madox!
Madox!
Madox!
- Come quickly! l've found something!
- What is it?
My God.
They're swimming.
They're swimming.
Ow!
- You okay?
- Yeah.
How do you explain...
l don't know
my friend.
l don't know.
- Asah!
- Kamal!
Bermann
what are you doing?
Bermann!
- Let me help!
Almssy
Yes, yes
l'm fine.
My wrist! Ah!
l'll be back ss quick ss l can
- We planned badly.
- Bermann?
Safe journey.
Now what?
- Certainly not.
l'm the lesst able to dig, and l'm not one of the
walking wounded.
persuading my husband...
to abandon whatever he's doing and come
- All right.
Well, we...
We took photographs.
There's no need.
No, really. l'd like you to have them.
thank you.
the stars?
- No, no.
Over there.
ln a few minutes
there'll be no stars.
The air is filling with sand.
- No.
- Yes.
Yes.
Absolutely.
the Aajej
with knives.
And there is a
- A Ghibli?
- A Ghibli.
the Harmatten
dddaaamrrkkknneeesssmssss.''
apparently producing...
for blood.
Ficcttioonnk
- My friend.
- Your fri...
side, quickly.
Unforgivable!
Here!
Stop!
Madox!
Madox! Madox!
turn around.
plesse, to...
l should be honoured.
The others!
- Oh, God.
- Quick!
extremely practical.
delicious liquid.
Here.
Here's the window.
Come on
clear it quickly.
Water.
North Africa.
So l think he's in Ethiopia.
ls that a fiction?
Thank God.
Chapter one.
stick in my throat.
- Not at all.
- You have to read Kipling slowly.
comma
the natives.
Fuuull sssmttooyhh.
The writer
the British.
Hana, we have discovered a shared plessure, the
boy and l.
- Condensed milk.
Anyway
- Hey!
to her cooking.
sandwiches?
No.
- l should go home.
Don't.
Thank you.
Good.
You sew very badly.
Hmm.
Now.
- What do l love?
ayhaaamyyyn ''eeeuwrAeeeurryyyytthhhinng.''
- eeeutt'ssss sssmeeeeeeu.
- Water.
- Mm-hmm.
Fisssshhh inn itt.
lslands.
- Mmm.
- l could go on all day.
Go on all day.
My husband.
A lie.
Ownership.
Being owned.
When you leave
- Who is this?
ls it you? So fat.
- Hmm.
Firreeeuccrraaamcckkkeeeurr.
- Yes, it is.
''December nd.
l believe that.
K?
- Who is K?
- K...
is for Katharine.
- What? No.
Say you're feeling faint. The heat.
- No.
- l can't work.
- l can't sleep.
- Katharine.
Coming.
of the night.
l try to write
Swoon.
Merry Christmss!
- Oh.
Feeeutcchhh aaam cchhhaaamirr.
- Oh, good.
How romantic.
Happy Christmss!
- What?
- lt's Clifton under here.
- Oh.
Darling
l just heard.
l'm not pregnant. l'm just hot. Too hot, like you.
l'm sweltering
in fact.
Come on
lf you wanted.
l do so love you.
Mmm.
- What?
in your hair.
What?
lf l said ''Moose''...
l look different.
Paper.
Paper?
Darling, it's me. Listen, l'm sorry,
- Oh, no.
Okay, my sausage
l love you.
- l'm not.
l'm going to surprise her. lt's our anniversary.
ls it cotton or paper?
Best friends.
about somebody.
l finally persuaded her to settle for my
- Yes.
- Stop.
- This?
S... Stop here.
- Here?
Yes, Sir.
- Arabic.
lt's beautiful.
Hmm.
What's it about?
and worships...
Bsstard.
Madox knows
l think.
A different life.
Yes.
Yes, of course.
Yes.
Absolutely.
Oh, dear.
- What?
- l liberated it.
- lrving Berlin.
- Foorr???
Tooyhh Hhaaamtt.
singing.
You're incredible.
- Hello.
- l haven't forgotten.
- A toddler.
- A toddler.
Olive oil.
Thank you.
ls this for my hair?
you know.
- Yeah.
Almssy.
His best friend.
Hey, Commandant
stay in line!
- No.
- Get up!
- No!
Get up at once!
No, l don't have a boyfriend.
Halt!
No! No!
David Caravaggio.
- No.
July ' .
And so wss this.
February ' .
lt's possible.
by the way.
Libya, yes?
- Or wss it Toronto?
Ten fingers.
matter who.
l get something
- Telephone.
- You!
- Come on!
- Come on!
- Come on!
Asah! No!
Plesse don't cut!
Don't!
- So on Thursday
But on Friday
- ln my room.
breaking out!
This arrived this morning.
May, .''
Arrowheads
spears.
You know
Sorry.
plesse.
Katharine?
l...
il duce...
Sir Ronnie?
Madox?
Or Bermann? You'll dance with me? Hmm?
Mrs Clif...
completely blssted!
- Sit down!
Lsshings of apologies...
all around.
Thank you.
- What?
''What''? That boy. That little boy.
Hmm? ls he next?
Where is it?
ls this it?
- Don't do this.
on verandss
at the races.
- Plesse.
anything?
Good night.
Hana.
Kip.
Wait.
Kip!
Oh, thank you!
Mmm!
ln the night
he wants to be found.
l do want to be found.
l wss looking for Lieutenant Singh.
- He's sleeping.
- Beg pardon?
What if you couldn't find him? Sergeant, not
Hardy!
K-K-l-P g, Sir!
CCCCoorryhhoorraaaml???
- Stop 'em!
- Stop!
Stop!
- Hardy!
- Stop! Stop!
What is this
a bloody carnival?
Hang on a second.
l'll be right with you.
- Go away!
- Yes, Sir.
- l know, Sir.
Watch out! That'll burn!
Ow!
- Jerry's surrendered!
- Yeah-ha!
Sir, congratulations.
Kip? Kip?
Kip!
lt's raining.
Kip, come and dance with us.
- Later.
Clap now.
Yeah.
Go on
Sergeant Hardy!
Bring 'em home!
up on that statue.
lt just went off, Sir.
- Ooh.
- Hardy's?
Oh, Kip.
So...
Me?
l saw you...
l see.
- What?
your partner
- What?
- So watch out.
- Right.
Brits, Arabs
Hungarians, Germans...
- Right.
Hmm.
everything.
lt comes of too long having to read so much into
Goodbye
my friend.
There is no God.
nonsense is over.
You'll never come to Dorset.
No.
Sh...
She...
She die...
She... l can't.
Well
maybe l did.
Maybe l did.
collect me.
He flew like a madman always
Asah!
Katharine?
''Surprise
'' he said.
Poor Geoffrey.
you so much.''
ls he badly hurt?
Now!
What?
- Of course.
You idiot.
lt's so cold.
- Yes, l did.
Listen to me
Katharine.
you to breathe.
these days
You promise?
Particular hymns.
ln our garden
l promise...
l know.
Every night...
Darling.
My darling.
l told her
Don't go anywhere.
l'll be back.
l'll be back.
Morning.
l need a doctor...
to come with me
l'll pay
of course.
What?
Cave of Swimmers.
Right.
isn't it?
Count Fuckin' Asshole Von Bismarck!
- Plesse!
Katharine!
Excuse me.
- lt's urgent.
- Sarge!
Sarge, Jerry wants to use the lav.
Asah!
So yes
Because l...
l kept my promise.
and to Katharine...
''English Patient.''
l became English.
Black nights.
yesterday...
l mean...
And us
he never once...
Katharine.
Don't depend on it
will you?
my research sssistant.
- Hana!
Thank you.
Read to me
will you?
Read me to sleep.
''My darling
''l'm waiting for you.
''Or a week?
We die.
''We die.
palace of winds.
That's all l've wanted
with friends.
in the darkness.''
Hana?
Hana
this is Gioia.
- Buon giorno.
- Buon giorno.