The diving bell and the butterfly [videorecording (DVD)] / director, Julian Schnabel; producer, Kathleen Kennedy; producer, Jon Kilik; writer, Ronald Harwood.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: P923601000 | 20th Century Fox Home Ent.Language: French Summary language: English Publication details: 20th Century Fox Home Ent., 2008.Description: 1 videodisc (107 min.) : colGenre/Form: DDC classification:
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Cast: Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josee Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais, Niels Arestrup, Olatz Lopez Garmendia, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Marina Hands, Max von Sydow.Summary: Director Julian Schnabel's acclaimed film about the remarkable life of Jean-Dominique Bauby. Based on the best-selling memoir of the same name, the film tells the story of Bauby (Mathieu Amalric), editor of Elle Paris, who, after a stroke at the age of 45, was left paralysed and unable to speak or move a muscle. Trapped in what he saw as a 'diving bell', a prison from which he was unable to escape, Bauby's only lifeline became the temporary release, or 'butterfly', of his memories and imagination. With his physical movements so restricted, Bauby's only way of communicating with the outside world lay in the blinking of his eye, a tool he developed to such an extent that he was able to develop a code to represent letters of the alphabet, enabling him to, in turn, complete his memoirs.
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2 week loan (DVD) Hockney Library Film Collection FC/DIV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Please remember to unlock the case after issuing. 7412201561

Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Scene access, Ratio (1:1.85 (17:9) Theatrical widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (French), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other languages English, Subtitles (English), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Trailers, 'Making of' documentary, Interviews (Julian Schnabel (Director)), Image gallery.

Made in 2007.

Based on the book by Jean-Dominique Bauby.

Credits: music, Paul Cantelon.

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Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josee Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais, Niels Arestrup, Olatz Lopez Garmendia, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Marina Hands, Max von Sydow.

Director Julian Schnabel's acclaimed film about the remarkable life of Jean-Dominique Bauby. Based on the best-selling memoir of the same name, the film tells the story of Bauby (Mathieu Amalric), editor of Elle Paris, who, after a stroke at the age of 45, was left paralysed and unable to speak or move a muscle. Trapped in what he saw as a 'diving bell', a prison from which he was unable to escape, Bauby's only lifeline became the temporary release, or 'butterfly', of his memories and imagination. With his physical movements so restricted, Bauby's only way of communicating with the outside world lay in the blinking of his eye, a tool he developed to such an extent that he was able to develop a code to represent letters of the alphabet, enabling him to, in turn, complete his memoirs.

BBFC code: 12.

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