‘The English Patient’ premieres in Westwood, California 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 6 1996)


Video: 'The English Patient' trailer

(Wednesday, November 6, 1996)The English Patient, a British-American romantic drama war film about a man dying from third-degree burns who remembers a tragic wartime romance, premiered tonight at Mann’s Bruin Theater in Westwood, California.

Directed by Anthony Minghella, the film starred Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe and Kristin Scott Thomas.