At one stage in the several years it took for The English Patient to be made, Zaentz and company ran out of money, and were rescued by the Miramax organisation, which now finds it has a hit movie on its hands.

• 在随后几年的拍摄中，扎恩茨和公司曾一度耗尽了资金，幸而被一家叫米拉麦克斯的组织所解救。目前该组织发现它拥有一部极轰动的影片。