The diving bell and the butterfly
By: Pathé Renn Productions in co-production with France 3 Cinéma in association with Kennedy/Marshall Company and Banque Populaire Images 7 with the participation of Canal+ and Ciné Cinémas ; produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Jon Kilik ; screenplay by Ronald Harwood ; directed by Julian Schnabel.
Contributors: Kennedy, Kathleen, 1954-; Kilik, Jon.; Harwood, Ronald, 1934-; Schnabel, Julian, 1951-; Amalric, Mathieu, 1965-; Seigner, Emmanuelle.; Croze, Marie-Josée, 1970-; Consigny, Anne.; Chesnais, Patrick, 1947-; Arestrup, Niels.; López Garmendia, Olatz.; Cassel, Jean-Pierre, 1932-2007.; Hands, Marina, 1975-; Sydow, Max von, 1929-; Bankolé, Isaach de.; Bauby, Jean-Dominique, 1952-1997.; Pathé Renn Productions (Firm); France 3 cinéma (Firm); Kennedy/Marshall Company.; Banque Populaire Images 7 (Firm); Studio Canal+.; Ciné-Cinémas-Câbles (Firm); Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm)
Publisher: Touchstone Home Entertainment
Place of publication: Burbank, CA
Format: Videorecording (DVD)
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Bauby, Jean-Dominique, -- 1952-1997 -- Drama.; Periodical editors -- France -- Drama.; Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- France -- Drama.; Quadriplegia -- France -- Drama.; Foreign films.; DVD-Video discs.; Feature films.; Motion pictures -- France.; Motion pictures, French.; France -- Drama.
Genres: Drama.
Other titles: Scaphandre et le papillon
Description: The French editor of Elle magazine, Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.
Notes: Title from container.

Based on the novel "Le scaphandre et le papillon" by Jean-Dominique Bauby.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.

Director of photography, Janusz Kaminski ; editor, Juliette Welfling ; music, Paul Cantelon ; costume designer, Olivier Bériot ; production designers, Michel Eric, Laurent Ott.

Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais, Niels Arestrup, Olatz López Garmendia, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Marina Hands, Max von Sydow, Isaach De Bankolé.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for nudity, sexual content, and some language.

DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital.

French dialogue, English subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Golden Globes, USA, 2008: Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture (Julian Schnabel) ; Best Foreign Language Film.