Movie connections for
The English Patient (1996) More at IMDbPro »

References

Top Hat (1935)
Out of Africa (1985)

Referenced in

Peter Greenaway in Indianapolis (1997) (V)
"Seinfeld: The English Patient (#8.17)" (1997)
 -  Elaine goes to see it a couple of times.
"Saturday Night Live: Mike Myers/Aerosmith (#22.16)" (1997)
 -  Mentioned in Coffee Talk
"The Nanny: You Bette Your Life (#4.23)" (1997)
 -  Fran mentions the movie by name.
20 Dates (1998)
"Dawson's Creek: Boyfriend (#1.8)" (1998)
 -  Joey: Look, I need to rent the English Patient.
"Father Ted: The Mainland (#3.4)" (1998)
 -  A character talks about how and why they like this film.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Werewolf (#10.4)" (1998)
 -  "The Ford Ranger, the offical truck of the English pateint"
Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)
Dog Park (1998)
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Beauty and the Beasts (#3.4)" (1998)
 -  Referenced in the dialogue: "Every guy, from Manimal down to Mr. I-Love-The-English-Patient, has beast in him."
"Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: And the Sabrina Goes to... (#3.8)" (1998)
 -  Sabrina says that while working on her invention for school she missed 61 showings of The English Patient on HBO.
The Book That Wrote Itself (1999)
 -  talked about in the movie
Inspector Gadget (1999)
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 (1999) (V)
 -  "Frozen" was inspired by this film
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Something Blue (#4.9)" (1999)
 -  Willow: "'Cause you had your hands full with the undead English patient?"
Backflash (2001) (V)
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (2001)
 -  "The English Patient" is printed in an article shown in the film.
Hello, He Lied & Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches (2002) (TV)
40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)
 -  The dream sequence with Matt flying over a desert of breasts mimics the aerial desert dune scenes in The English Patient.
Yossi & Jagger (2002)
 -  this movie is mentioned when talking about a man with burns on his face
Love Object (2003)
 -  Kenneth rents the movie for him and his doll
Vagabond (2003)
 -  character talks about this film
"Peep Show: (#1.1)" (2003)
 -  Toni and Jeremy watched it together.
Freak Out (2004)
 -  A customer at the video store chooses Stallone's Lock Up over The English Patient.
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
 -  mentioned once
Man yan (2004)
 -  A DVD vendor recommends the film to a customer in a restaurant.
Music by Gabriel Yared (2005) (V)
 -  clips used to illustrate composer's work
The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)
 -  One of the films on the list
"Clara Sheller: État secret (#1.3)" (2005)
 -  mentioned in dialogue
The Constant Gardener (2005)
 -  The shot of Almasy seeing Madox off to his plane matches the shot in The Constant Gardener where he waves Tess and Arnold goodbye.
Zerophilia (2005)
 -  " 'The English Patient' was my favorite movie too."
"Jeopardy!: (#22.102)" (2006)
 -  all Jeopardy! round category titles allude to Oscar winners for Best Picture, including "The English Patent"
"House M.D.: Finding Judas (#3.9)" (2006)
 -  "turns little girl into The English Patient"
The Tracey Fragments (2007)
 -  movie on shelf in store
There's Something About... Morse (2007) (TV)
 -  Referenced by name
"Hrysa koritsia: (#1.14)" (2008)
 -  dialogue
"House M.D.: Adverse Events (#5.3)" (2008)
 -  Douglas tells Cuddy that she rented this movie

Features

Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

Featured in

The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997) (TV)
Fleadh Report (1997) (TV)
 -  discussed in documentary
"Film '72: A Christmas Treat" (2001)
 -  Reviewing on television
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions (2002) (TV)
 -  This film is #56 on the list.
A Journey to 'Cold Mountain' (2003) (TV)
 -  clip shown
Super Secret Movie Rules: Tear Jerkers (2004) (TV)
 -  The show feutures clips from The English Patient
Babylonsjukan (2004)
 -  Main character and her friend rents the VHS, short clip of the opening is later seen on ther tv.
The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)
 -  Clips are shown
"60 Minutes: High Jinks/The Venom Hunters/The Dame (#29.2)" (2007)
 -  Some clips from this movie are shown in a story on Lisa Robertson's affair with Ralph Fiennes.
"20 to 1: Scandals & Sensations (#5.2)" (2007)
 -  Clips of Ralph Fiennes shown in a segment on his affair with flight attendant Lisa Robertson.
The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) (TV)
 -  Featured in Best Picture montage.
"The Jay Leno Show: (#1.30)" (2009)
 -  a clip is shown during a montage of Colin Firth's films

Spoofed in

"The Adam and Joe Show: (#2.1)" (1997)
 -  Toy re-enactment
"The Footy Show: Back to the 80's (#13.18)" (2006)
 -  The team present a skit in which Doug Hawkins plays the patient.
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
 -  When Borat is in the bath, in a shot reminiscent of The English Patient, music that sounds like that film's soundtrack plays.

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