The English Surgeon (film)

Infobox Film
name = The English Surgeon


caption = Surgeon Henry Marsh
director = Geoffrey Smith
executive producer for the BBC = Greg Sanderson
Nick Fraser
producer = Geoffrey Smith
co-producer = Rachel Wexler
starring = Henry Marsh
music = Nick Cave
Warren Ellis
editing = Kathy O'Shea
distributor =
released = October 2007
runtime =
country = UK
language = English
budget =
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followed_by =
website = http://www.theenglishsurgeon.com
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Release

"The English Surgeon" premiered at the London Film Festival, October 1st 2007.

ynopsis

"The English Surgeon" is shot in a Ukranian hospital full of desperate patients and makeshift equipment, but it is ultimately not a medical film - it is about a man who openly wrestles with moral and ethical issues which touch every one of us.

Henry's emotional journey takes him to visit the mother of a young girl he couldn't save some years ago, intercut with the current dilemma of a young man called Marian, dying of a brain tumour said to be inoperable in Ukraine. Marian has come to Kiev hoping that Henry can save him. He thinks he can, but only if Marian is awake throughout the entire operation.

With an original soundtrack composed and performed by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, the film is set in a bleak Ukranian landscape as Henry and his colleague Igor struggle against massive logistical odds and the wrath of the old Soviet health system.

creenings

* [http://www.phoenixcinema.co.uk Phoenix Cinema East Finchley] Sat March 1st, 2pm
* [http://www.irishfilm.ie Irish Film Institute, Dublin] Tue March 11th, 6.30pm
* [http://www.wellcomecollection.org Wellcome Auditorium] Thu March 13th -14th, 8pm, Sat March 15th, 5.30pm
* [http://www.picturehouses.co.uk Cinema City, Norwich] Tue March 18th, 8pm
* [http://www.brighton.ac.uk University of Brighton] Wed March 19th, 7pm
* [http://www.ica.org.uk ICA, London] Thu March 20th, 4pm
* [http://www.picturehouses.co.uk City Screen, York] Sun March 23rd, 5pm
* [http://www.curzoncinemas.com Renoir Cinema, London] Tue March 25th, 6.30
* [http://www.gft.org.uk Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow] Thu March 27th, 6.15pm
* [http://www.filmhousecinema.com FilmHouse, Edinburgh] Fri March 28th, 6pm
* [http://www.belfastfilmfestival.org/index_ci.php/programme/films/239 Belfast Film Festival] Sunday 13 April 3.30pm

Reviews

External links

* [http://www.theenglishsurgeon.com Official film website]
* [http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/84694/the-english-surgeon.html#top_comments_main Time Out movie review]
* [http://www.timeout.com/film/features/show-feature/4313/documentary-maker-geoffrey-smith-interview.html Time Out Interview with Director Geoffrey Smith]
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article3559282.ece Article in The Times]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/17/ndrill117.xml Article in The Telegraph]
* [http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2008/03/the_english_surgeon.html Mindhacks viewer review]
* [http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/GoingOut/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=WhatsOn&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=WhatsOn&itemid=NOED17%20Mar%202008%2016%3A59%3A39%3A553 Norwich Evening News 24 Article]
* [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10498921 The New Zealand Herald Article]
* [http://scienceblogs.com/neurophilosophy/2008/03/brain_surgery_with_a_bosch_ele.php American Cancer Society article]
* [http://neurolib.blogspot.com/2008/03/handy-henry-marsh-brain-doctor-uses-diy.html NeuroInfo Health Blog]