The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Julian Schnabel |
| Written by | Jean-Dominique Bauby (Novel) Ronald Harwood (screenplay) |
| Produced by | Kathleen Kennedy Jon Kilik |
| Starring | Mathieu Amalric Emmanuelle Seigner Marie-Josée Croze Max Von Sydow |
| Cinematography | Janusz Kaminski |
| Distributed by | Pathé Renn Productions |
Release dates | May 23 2007 France & Belgium August 10, 2007 United Kingdom 2008 USA |
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a 2007 film directed by Julian Schnabel.
Based on the French memoir Le scaphandre et le papillon by Jean-Dominique Bauby it describes his life after suffering a massive stroke at the age of 42 that left him with a condition called locked-in syndrome, leaving his only means of communication as blinking his left eyelid.
Actor Johnny Depp had originally been set to play the lead character, Jean-Dominique Bauby. However, he dropped from the project due to scheduling conflicts filming for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.[1]
Schnabel resisted pressure by the production company to make it in English, believing that the rich language of the book wouldn't work as well in English, going so far as to learn French to do the film.[2]
The film premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival on May 22.
External links
references
- ^ The film Julian Schnabel 'had to' make Los Angeles Times 'Calendarlive', accessed May 23, 2007
- ^ The film Julian Schnabel 'had to' make Los Angeles Times 'Calendarlive', accessed May 23, 2007