# Anthony Minghella dead at 54 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-minghella-dead-at-54/441769 "2008-03-18T13:43:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-minghella-dead-at-54/441769/1 "2008-03-18T13:43:15Z")
> **[BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Director Anthony Minghella dies](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7302841.stm)** > > Cold Mountain and The English Patient film director Anthony Minghella has died at the age of 54, his agent says. I really liked _Truly, Madly, Deeply_. Far too young ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-minghella-dead-at-54/441769/2 "2008-03-18T13:46:47Z")
[QUOTE=yojimbo] I really liked _Truly, Madly, Deeply_. [/QUOTE] One of my favorite movies, ever. And I just learned last night that he was one of the executive producers of the most excellent _Michael Clayton_. Rest in peace, Mr. Minghella. ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-minghella-dead-at-54/441769/3 "2008-03-18T13:49:37Z")
Blimey… My condolences go to his family. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-minghella-dead-at-54/441769/4 "2008-03-18T13:50:19Z")
\*\*Truly, Madly, Deeply \*\*was a terrific film, as was **The Talented Mr. Ripley**. I also liked **The English Patient**. It looks like he has at least one more film that’s completed, but I wish he could have done more. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-minghella-dead-at-54/441769/5 "2008-03-18T13:50:30Z")
That’s a damn shame. I was one of the few (me and **RC** , apparently) that openly admit to liking _The English Patient_, one of the more depressing films of the 90s. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-minghella-dead-at-54/441769/6 "2008-03-18T13:51:52Z")
What was the cause of death? ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-minghella-dead-at-54/441769/7 "2008-03-18T14:37:44Z")
**Ripley** is one of my favorite movies of all time. Great performances all around especially by P.S. Hoffman. ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-minghella-dead-at-54/441769/8 "2008-03-18T15:08:24Z")
A major loss for the industry. My sources tell me that he died early this morning from complications (bleed) following a routine operation at Charing Cross Hospital, London. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-minghella-dead-at-54/441769/9 "2008-03-18T16:20:07Z")
54 is far too young. We met Mr. Minghella after a preview screening of “The Talented Mr Ripley” - nice guy, good sense of humor. He will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-minghella-dead-at-54/441769/10 "2008-03-18T16:29:22Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] What was the cause of death? [/QUOTE] The link in the OP has been updated > [@](#): > > He had an operation for a growth in his neck last week and the operation seemed to have gone well. But he had a fatal haemorrhage at 0500 GMT on Tuesday ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-minghella-dead-at-54/441769/11 "2008-03-18T17:24:57Z")
Sadness. ☹ The world has lost a great, great man. He certainly demonstrated the value of quality over quantity (you listening, Brett Radner? Yeah, I’m talking to you). It just goes to show… there’s really no such thing as a “routine risk-free operation”. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-minghella-dead-at-54/441769/12 "2008-03-18T21:33:24Z")
Yeah, I heard the news on the radio just now. Quite a shocker. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-minghella-dead-at-54/441769/13 "2008-03-18T23:48:39Z")
[QUOTE=JohnT] That’s a damn shame. I was one of the few (me and **RC** , apparently) that openly admit to liking _The English Patient_, one of the more depressing films of the 90s. [/QUOTE] My friend S. and I liked it too. We realize that we are in the minority. I have watched **Ripley** many times. Shit. I wasn’t expecting this director to die any time soon. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-minghella-dead-at-54/441769/14 "2008-03-19T01:16:12Z")
[QUOTE=vivalostwages] My friend S. and I liked it too. We realize that we are in the minority. [/QUOTE] You’re not really in the minority of liking **The English Patient**. You might be in the minority of film goers who’ve actually SEEN **The English Patient** , but without digging up a stupid cite I’d bet most people who HAVE seen it actually like it or at the very very least recognize the high quality of acting and filmmaking. Those who don’t probably don’t like those kinds of sweeping historical dramas anyway, or else they’re **Fargo** fans who still hold an irrational grudge. **The English Patient** was nominated for 12 Academy Awards. It won 9 of them. You have no reason to be embarrassed for liking it. **The English Patient** is an excellent film, well worth liking and much deserving of of its Best Picture Academy Award (and I say that as someone who was also rooting for **Fargo** , but I was happy with the wins **Fargo** did get). RIP Mr. Minghella. You made some wonderful films and will never be forgotten.