The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (US Version) DVD Region 1

Celebrated painter and filmmaker Julian Schnabel's third feature finds him reaching new artistic heights with this audacious and personal biopic, based on the best-selling memoir of the same name. The film tells the remarkable tale of Jean-Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric), the world-renowned editor of French ELLE magazine, who suffered a stroke and was paralyzed by the inexplicable "locked in" syndrome at the age of 43. Bauby's only way of communicating with the outside world was by blinking with one eye, and after several dedicated helpers--a string of impossibly beautiful women (Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josee Croze, Olatz Lopez Garamendia, Anne Consigny)--helped him to speak through this seemingly irrelevant gesture, he began to produce the words that would form his memoir. Along the way, as he swam in and out of consciousness, memories from his past swelled into the present, resulting in a cinematic experience that is at once heartbreaking and hopeful. Schnabel somehow manages to convey Bauby's internal life with remarkable clarity, employing first-person perspective, striking cinematography (by the always great Janusz Kaminski), and Amalric's pained, life-affirming monologues. The result is a wholly original experience, a painful and tender portrait of a life that is made all the more exhilarating because of its close proximity to death.

"The result is like a precious art object -- crafted by a painter -- that through emotional wealth and visual invention amplifies the poignancy found on the page." - Laura, Kern (Film Comment Critic), Film Comment, 11/01/2007

"[Schnabel] possesses an imaginative eye that avoids the obvious and mawkish." - Richard, Mowe (Box Office Critic), Box Office, 12/01/2007

"[Mr. Schnabel] demonstrates his own imaginative freedom in every frame and sequence, dispensing with narrative and expository conventions in favor of a wild, intuitive honesty." - A. O., Scott (New York Times Critic), New York Times, 11/30/2007

3 stars out of 4 -- "[S]urrealistic and inventive. The film version of the best-selling memoir THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY is visually arresting and a tribute to the power of imagination..." - Claudia, Puig (USA TODAY CRITIC), USA Today, 11/30/2007

3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[Schnabel's] best film yet, a high-wire act of visual daring and unquenchable spirit." - Peter, Travers (Rolling Stone Critic), Rolling Stone, 12/13/2007

"[The director] has scattered, layered, and shuffled images to create a very specific universe as sensual as the subject himself described it in hard-won words." -- Grade: A- - Lisa, Schwarzbaum (Entertainment Weekly Critic), Entertainment Weekly, 12/21/2007

"[The] imaginative and sensitive film, starring France's gifted Mathieu Amalric, is simultaneously uplifting and melancholy, suffused with an unexpected sense of possibility as much as the inevitable sense of loss." - Kenneth, Turan (Los Angeles Times Critic), Los Angeles Times, 11/30/2007

4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he visual style itself becomes the key element that allows us to understand and admire the way that Bauby's mental vivacity overcomes his physical limitations." - Alan, Morrison (Film Critic), Empire, 02/01/2008

"[A] delicate and finely judged film....Janusz Kaminski's impressionistic cinematography can't help but seem refreshing..." - Geoffrey, Macnab (Sight And Sound Critic), Sight and Sound, 02/01/2008

5 stars out of 5 -- "Schnabel has transposed the book thoughtfully and successfully....It's an inspiring and profoundly moving experience." - Chris, Roberts (Uncut Critic), Uncut, 03/01/2008

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Artist Name(s):	Mathieu Amalric (Actor) | Pascal Caucheteux (Actor) | Kathryn Morris (Actor) | Jean-Paul Roussillon (Actor) | Guillaume Canet (Actor) | Allen Daviau (Actor) | John Brownjohn (Actor) | Diane Kurys (Actor) | Jon Kilik (Actor) | Paul Cantelon 馬蒂爾艾馬力 (Actor) | Pascal Caucheteux (Actor) | Kathryn Morris (Actor) | Jean-Paul Roussillon (Actor) | Guillaume Canet (Actor) | Allen Daviau (Actor) | John Brownjohn (Actor) | Diane Kurys (Actor) | Jon Kilik (Actor) | Paul Cantelon 马蒂尔艾马力 (Actor) | Pascal Caucheteux (Actor) | Kathryn Morris (Actor) | Jean-Paul Roussillon (Actor) | Guillaume Canet (Actor) | Allen Daviau (Actor) | John Brownjohn (Actor) | Diane Kurys (Actor) | Jon Kilik (Actor) | Paul Cantelon Mathieu Amalric (Actor) | Pascal Caucheteux (Actor) | Kathryn Morris (Actor) | Jean-Paul Roussillon (Actor) | Guillaume Canet (Actor) | Allen Daviau (Actor) | Ｊｏｈｎ Ｂｒｏｗｎｊｏｈｎ (Actor) | Diane Kurys (Actor) | Jon Kilik (Actor) | Paul Cantelon Mathieu Amalric (Actor) | Pascal Caucheteux (Actor) | Kathryn Morris (Actor) | Jean-Paul Roussillon (Actor) | Guillaume Canet (Actor) | Allen Daviau (Actor) | John Brownjohn (Actor) | Diane Kurys (Actor) | Jon Kilik (Actor) | Paul Cantelon
Director:	Tarmo Urb Tarmo Urb Tarmo Urb Tarmo Urb Tarmo Urb
Producer:	Diane Kurys | Jon Kilik | Paul Cantelon Diane Kurys | Jon Kilik | Paul Cantelon Diane Kurys | Jon Kilik | Paul Cantelon Diane Kurys | Jon Kilik | Paul Cantelon Diane Kurys | Jon Kilik | Paul Cantelon
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Release Date:	2008-04-29
UPC Code:	786936750119
Language:	French
Subtitles:	English
Country of Origin:	France
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	PG-13 (MPAA)
Publisher:	Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Package Weight:	110 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1010705087

Director: Julian Schnabel

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French, Spanish
Dolby Digital Surround - French
Subtitles - French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Interviews: Charlie Rose Interviews with Julian Schnabel
Audio Commentary: Julian Schnabel - Director
Featurette:
1. SUBMERGED: A Look Inside THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
2. A CINEMATIC VISION