Community calendar Nov 14, 2008
Thursday Night Movie Club 6 p.m., Keokuk Public Library Round Room, featuring The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le papillon). Warsaw School Board meeting 6:30 p.m., high school library, Warsaw, Ill. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Keokuk Public Library to host Thursday Night Movie Club Nov 12, 2008
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le papillon) was the unanimous choice of last month's movie-goers. It is a film based on the memoir by Jean-Dominique Bauby, former editor-in-chief for Elle Magazine. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Worlds smartest dogs Oct 4, 2008
Papillon: It looks like an automated, battery-operated toy but this living, breathing creature is happy, alert, friendly, quick and graceful. The word papillon means butterfly in French, and the association was due to the dogs beautiful ears which resemble the lovely wings of a butterfly. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
New museum revs up as 'hog' turns 105 Aug 31, 2008
Little Noah, a Papillon sporting a Harley dog tag, rides in a pouch between the couple on short excursions. Jeff Johnson and Pete Fina of Fresno, Calif. (Boston Globe)
Naomi Campbell: I'm not a bad person Jul 15, 2008
Model Naomi Campbell arrives for a gala screening of U.S. director Julian Schnabel's film "Le Scaphandre et Le Papillon" at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 22, 2007. (Xinhua/Reuters File Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
Trumbo shines light on a blacklisted writer Jul 2, 2008
All have a clear reverence for the writer, whose credits included Spartacus, Exodus and Papillon, and who often was forced to write under assumed names as one of the suspected communists known as the Hollywood 10. (He even won a best-story Academy Award for The Brave One as Robert Rich, and famously didnt take the stage to accept the award at the 1957 ceremony. (MSNBC -- Movies)
YouTube geezers are a reel hot ticket Jun 10, 2008
Semple's screenwriting credits include 1970s flicks Three Days of the Condor, Papillon, The Drowning Pool and King Kong. The opening title to each Reel Geezers broadcast introduces the critics as the dynamic duo, which is Semple's inside nod to the campy Batman episodes he penned. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Glenn Close's best-known roles belie love of dogs May 10, 2008
Close has since had a succession of smaller dogs, including a bichon-like Coton de Tulear, a papillon and her current companions, whose lineage appears to be a mix of cairn terrier, West Highland white terrier and indeterminate other breeds. They are a constant presence during the shooting of "Damages," FX cable network's critically acclaimed legal drama in which she plays high-powered attorney Patty Hewes. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Man's best friends getting man's best names May 2, 2008
As dog and cat ownership has expanded to nearly 2 out of 3 American households and spending on pet pampering products has exploded, Bay Area residents have taken to giving their animals more human-sounding names - such as Max, Lucy, Samantha, Charlie or, in the case of one San Francisco papillon spaniel, William III.. . (San Francisco Chronicle)
94 comments Apr 23, 2008
Better "Life" (as in Papillon) than possible killing of the convicted innocent. No TV, no law degree, no weight lifting-just life. (Human Events Online)
Steve McQueen Heirs Sue Clothing Maker Mar 27, 2008
McQueen's film credits also include "The Magnificent Seven," "The Cincinnati Kid" and the critically acclaimed "Papillon," which costarred Dustin Hoffman. A service of the Associated Press(AP). (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
ASU awaits its fate: In or out? Mar 16, 2008
He looked at its four walls and remembered one his favorite films, Papillon ... "It was either the game or pacing in my room and counting steps like Papillon did in his cell," Sendek said. (AZCentral -- Sports)
Movie discussions move online Mar 6, 2008
Nasatir was a longtime agent in Hollywood and Semple was a big-time screenwriter in the`70s (including for McQueen's "Papillon"). He's the star here. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Model Campbell released from hospital Mar 2, 2008
Model Naomi Campbell arrives for a gala screening of U.S. director Julian Schnabel's film "Le Scaphandre et Le Papillon" at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 22, 2007. Campbell has been released from a Brazilian hospital where she underwent abdominal surgery. (Xinhuanet, China)
Marion Cotillard wins Cesar best actress award Feb 23, 2008
The best actor Cesar went to Mathieu Amalric for Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly). He plays a French magazine editor whose stroke leaves him paralyzed in the adaptation of Jean Dominique Baubys memoir. (MSNBC -- News)
Where Did All Those Gorgeous Russians Come From? Jan 31, 2008
Where did all those gorgeous Russians come from. - By Anne Applebaum - Slate Magazine. (Slate)
Best Actress, Marion Cotillard Jan 24, 2008
(La Scaphandre et le papillon), nominated for Best Director, Editor, Cinematographer and Adapted Screenplay, stars three actors who have worked with Cotillard: Emmanuelle Seigner, Mathieu Amalric and Jean-Pierre Cassel. Mrs. Roman Polanski, Emmanuelle Seigner, played Titine, Piaf's early-childhood mother substitute (and working girl) in La Vie en Rose (Seigner also worked with Best Actor nominee for Sweeney Todd, Johnny Depp, in The Ninth Gate). (Suite101.com)
An artist's film, and for once it's not dross Jan 18, 2008
So when The Diving Bell And The Butterfly (or Le Scaphandre Et Le Papillon) took the director's prize at Cannes earlier this year, then a Golden Globe this month, it was a triumph that seemed almost without precedent. Could it be that an artist - an actual, paint-splashing, gallery-hung, privately collected artist - had finally made a film that might lure punters into cinemas. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
-Film critic geezers Jan 1, 2008
One of Hollywood's top screenwriters in the 1970s, he helped write movies for virtually every star of the day, notably Warren Beatty ("The Parallax View"), Robert Redford ("Three Days of the Condor"), Steve McQueen ("Papillon") and Paul Newman ("The Drowning Pool"). His foil is Marcia Nasatir, 81, a longtime agent, pioneering woman production executive and producer of such films as "The Big Chill" and "Hamburger Hill.". (Los Angeles Times)
Outside the box ... and the frame Dec 23, 2007
The guy has got the goods and no more so than in his third feature, Le Scaphandre et le papillon, which won him best-director honours at Cannes film festival last May. Now, having had its North American debut at TIFF, the movie is finally opening commercially on Christmas Day in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver as The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. (Globe and Mail)
Dustin Hoffman talks death and Kierkegaard Dec 16, 2007
I tell him there is a new DVD box set just out of six of his movies, and then I list them: Papillon, Kramer vs Kramer, Tootsie, Stranger Than Fiction, Accidental Hero, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc ... Lenny, I think, is a good film, and I do think Papillon is good and one of the best things McQueen had done. (Times Online)
* In Russia, it is all in the name Dec 13, 2007
"But now people write, 'Look at the Gorbachev girls, even their dog is a trendsetter.'" Other Muscovites have terriers, but the sisters have a toy dog called a papillon, she said. Other It Girls inhabit the role more comfortably. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Birth of nation faces difficult and dangerous delivery Dec 7, 2007
But the urbane young people sitting in the Papillon Cafe - part of the 45 per cent of the population out of work - are frustrated. Sevdie Zogaj and Blerta Harcia, both 30, have trained to be doctors. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Charmin wins American Kennel Club's Best in Show Dec 3, 2007
Tigger, a papillon from Woodinville, Wash. featured in the Times on Sunday, won the Agility Invitational in his division. (Los Angeles Times)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Nov 28, 2007
11/27/07 7:53pm 11/27/07 6:49pm 11/27/07 6:39pm 11/27/07 6:37pm 11/27/07 5:10pm Le Scaphandre et le papillon (France) A Pathe Distribution release of a Pathe Renn Production presentation, in co-production with France 3 Cinema, with the support of La Region Nord, with the participation of Canal Plus and Cinecinema, in association with Banque Populaire Images 7, in association with the Kennedy/Marshall Co. and Jon Kilik ... Screenplay, Ronald Harwood, based on the book "Le Scaphandre et le... (Variety)
NTSB issues recommendations on Grand Canyon air tour safety Nov 9, 2007
The NTSB letter cited unsafe pilot flying procedures and misjudgment as the probable cause of both the September 2003 crash of a helicopter operated by Sundance Helicopters Inc. that killed its pilot and six passengers and that of a chopper operated by Papillon Airways Inc. in August 2001 in which five passengers and the pilot died ... The investigation of the Papillon crash, meanwhile, determined that its "pilot also exhibited unsafe flying practices on previous tours, such as flying the... (FOX 11, AZ)
The McQueen Resurrection Nov 1, 2007
He learned martial arts from Bruce Lee and famously said, "I live for myself and I answer to nobody." In the movies, his characters escaped the cops ( The Getaway, 1972), escaped from a French penal colony ( Papillon, 1973) and tried to escape from Nazis by jumping a barbed-wire fence on a motorcycle ( The Great Escape, 1963). To those who remember him well, McQueen's resurgence may come as no surprise. (Forbes -- Business)
AIRBORNE is #6 on North American Radio Chart! Sep 30, 2007
Amazing news for Airborne, the only unsigned band on the chart: The EP has been on the chart five of the last seven weeks, with the song "Papillon" getting the most airplay as a live recorded version. Airborne will be headlining the Echoplex in Los Angeles on October 12th. (PR Newswire)
McQueens Ferrari sold for RM8m Sep 3, 2007
McQueen, the star of classic films such as The Great Escape, Papillon and Bullitt built a large collection of cars as his wealth and fame grew. The Berlinetta Lusso was the first Ferrari to be parked in his garage, Christie's said. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Lincoln named one of best in U.S. Aug 6, 2007
" The town rated far below those in the top 10, which included (in order) champion Middletown, Wis.; Hanover, N.H.; Louisville, Colo.; Lake Mary, Fla.; Claremont, Calif.; Papillon, Neb.; Milton, Mass.; Chaska, Minn.; Nether Providence, Pa.; and Suwanee, Ga.. According to CNNMoney.com., Lincoln - with a population of 22,300, a median home price tag of $297,626 (as of 2006) and average property taxes at $3,289 (2004) - is a terrific place to raise a family, with "economic opportunity, good... (Woonsocket Call, RI)
NFC fan guide Jul 24, 2007
Restaurant: Le Papillon (410 Saratoga Ave., San Jose, Calif. 95129; 408-296-3730; http://www. (ESPN -- Football News)
Pilot to represent Great Plains Jul 19, 2007
With that, a partnership was born and Summers was able to submit an entry application to Papillon Productions the company responsible for the event. According to Summers, Papillon received approximately 700 applications per day during the application window. (Leavenworth Times, KS)
An American icon doesn't get his due Jul 7, 2007
As if I need to tell you, his credits include, besides The Magnificent Seven, Bullitt and The Sand Pebbles : Papillon, Love with the Proper Stranger, The Cincinnati Kid, The Great Escape, The Getaway, The Thomas Crown Affair, Baby the Rain Must Fall and Nevada Smith. His unquenchable thirst for speed, whether in cars or on motorcycles, is as legendary as his film career. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Cannes films tough to master Jun 1, 2007
The luxuriant emotionalism of Julian Schnabel's third film, "Le Scaphandre et le Papillon," may have been blamed for a few turned-up European noses, or were they merely incensed at another American director moving into French territory. (Sofia Coppola didn't make many friends at Cannes last year with "Marie Antoinette," either. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
'O.C.' Star Barton Hospitalized Briefly May 31, 2007
""She is fine now," said a statement from her publicist, Leslie Sloane Zelnik. The statement said Barton left Tuesday for an undisclosed overseas location to begin work on a new movie.---Fox is a unit of News Corp. Discuss this article on this topic. Inside StarNewsOnline.com Pick your favorite image from our staff photojournalists Soles withholding judgment on Wright Stranded SH Advertisements ? ? ? ? (The Morning Star)
* Low budget,high achievement May 29, 2007
US painter-turned-director Julian Schnabel won the festival's director prize for his visually and emotionally moving The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon), on the life of a man trapped inside his own body. With a series of strong performances by women throughout the festival, the prize for best actress was keenly awaited, with the jury awarding the prize to Korea's Jeon Do-yeon, for her role in Secret Sunshine by leading Korean director Lee Chang-dong. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
`4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days', Grim Abortion Film, Wins Cannes Palme d'Or May 28, 2007
Schnabel won for `` Le Scaphandre et le Papillon'' (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), the true story of French Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffered a stroke that left him permanently unable to move or speak, and how he dictated his biography by blinking his eye. Asked why he had chosen to make the film in French, Schnabel replied: ``This is a story that was written by a French man in a French hospital. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Michael Moore to debut film in Michigan May 27, 2007
From left Marina Hands, Emma de Caunes, Anne Coigney, Emmanuelle Seigner, Olatz Lopez Garmendia, Agatha de la Fontaine and Marie Josee Croze pose during the photocall for the film 'Le Scaphandre Et La Papillon,' at the 60th International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Tuesday, May 22, 2007. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
At Cannes, more serious films are favorites for the Palme d'or May 26, 2007
Julian Schnabel's "Le Scaphandre et le Papillon" (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) on Jean-Dominique Bauby's locked-in syndrome, starring Mathieu Amalric, is another terrible story artfully told that stirred audiences. As for the Coen brothers' "No Country for Old Men," with a fabulous cast, lead by Javier Bardem as the incarnation of sheer evil, this authentic Coen Americana was lapped up by audiences. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Cannes: Odes to a beautiful France and austerity in Britain May 24, 2007
Granted, state largesse is not really the theme of "Le Scaphandre et le Papillon" (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), Julian Schnabel's moving and gorgeously shot adaptation of the best-selling memoir by Jean-Dominque Bauby, who had been editor of Elle magazine before suffering his stroke at the age of 42. What Bauby had to endure - full consciousness and complete immobility, apart from the ability to open and close one eye - is horrifying under any circumstances. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Monsieur Le Big Mac May 24, 2007
A late-running press conference for Le Scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) ended just in time for Quentin Tarantino to take over the room and answer questions about Death Proof, competing here without the accompaniment of its Grindhouse cohort, Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror ... Le Boulevard de la mort could not have been more of a departure from Le Scaphandre et le papillon, a French-language movie by American director Julian Schnabel ( Before Night Falls). (National Post)
Le Scaphandre et Le Papillon at Cannes May 23, 2007
Screening of "Le Scaphandre et Le Papillon" ... Cast members arrive with U.S. director Julian Schnabel (5th L) for a gala screening of the director's film "Le Scaphandre et Le Papillon" at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 22, 2007. (Xinhuanet, China)
Cannes Film Festival kicks off May 16, 2007
The sixth, Julian Schnabel's "Le Scaphandre et Le Papillon," is an inspirational biopic with a predominantly French cast. "I think that's how they see us," says the 37-year-old Gray, deconstructing the European festival selection committee with a soupcon of cynicism. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
At Cannes film festival, it's one big global family May 16, 2007
Julian Schnabel's adaptation of Jean-Dominique Bauby's autobiography, "The Diving Bell And The Butterfly" (Le Scaphandre et le Papillon), is a Franco-American venture, with a cast lead by Mathieu Amalric, and has an American producer, Kathleen Kennedy. The Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud film "Persepolis," from Satrapi's popular graphic novels about coming of age in Iran, is a French production that bills Kennedy as associate producer. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Big-name Cannes winners face off again at festival Apr 20, 2007
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) is based on a memoir by a French magazine editor who became paralyzed after a stroke and learned to write again by blinking his eyelid into a sensor. Slide show. (MSNBC -- Movies)
List of films showing at Cannes 2007 Apr 20, 2007
"Le Scaphandre et le Papillon" ("The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"), Julian Schnabel, United States. "Import Export," Ulrich Seidl, Austria. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Chinese director's film to open Cannes Apr 19, 2007
Competition Films Auf Der Anderen Seite Fatih Akin (Germany Turkey) Une Vielle Maitresse (An Old Mistress) Catherine Breillat (France) No Country For Old Men Joel and Ethan Coen (U.S.) Zodiac David Fincher (U.S.) We Own the Night James Gray (U.S.) Les Chansons d'Amour (Love Songs) Christophe Honore (France) Mogari No Mori (The Mourning Forest) Naomi Kawase (Japan) Breath Kim Ki Duk (South Korea) Promise Me This Emir Kusturica (born Sarajevo) Secret Sunshine Lee Chang dong (South... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Career window opening for Shia LaBeouf Apr 13, 2007
Kramer vs. Kramer, Coming Home, Midnight Cowboy, Papillon, The Wild One, Raging Bull, Rebel Without a Cause. I could go on and on. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Last two Grand National winners and Joes Edge among the favorites for 160th race Apr 13, 2007
Hedgehunter is rated 14-1, but jockey Ruby Walsh, who won in 2000 on Papillon, said it was difficult to pick a favorite because of the nature of the race. "It's a race you have to ride like an actor ad-libbing his lines," Webb told The Times on Friday. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Shia LaBeouf Interview, Disturbia Apr 10, 2007
Look at 70s actors and you dont know much about them, especially when they were doing movies like Dustin Hoffman when hes going from The Graduate to Midnight Cowboy, then he was doing Papillon, and then he was in Kramer vs. Kramer. You dont know anything about him which is why you buy him in all these roles. (MoviesOnline)
Film festival showcases French flicks Apr 5, 2007
"Le Papillon" ("The Butterfly), 79 minutes, not rated. "L'Enfant" ("The Child"), 95 minutes, restricted. "La Femme de Gilles" ("Gilles' Wife"), 103 minutes, not rated. "Les Invasions Barbares" ("The Barbarian Invasions"), 99 minutes, restricted. "Stupeur et Tremblements" ("Fear and Trembling"), 102 minutes, not rated. A report released this week by the National Academies' National Research Council revealed that Americans need to expand their proficiency in foreign languages and international... (Shoals TimesDaily)
Native Tribe On The Brink Mar 25, 2007
" And then the ground fell away to my right. Far away. And I realized that the Grand Canyon had just sneaked up on me. Now it was time to check off my touring checklist -- no simple task, because the Hualapai have scattered their attractions among four sites atop the rim, each at least 2 1/2 miles from the next. To travel among them, visitors park their cars and take shuttle buses that run every 15 minutes. The tours that bring these visitors come in many varieties, a bus jaunt as well as a... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Celebrate Steve McQueen day in Mo. Mar 14, 2007
His screen credits also include The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Great Escape (1963), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Bullitt (1968), Papillon (1973) and The Towering Inferno (1974). An auction of McQueen memorabilia from his widow and other collectors in Los Angeles last year brought in $2. (USA Today -- Life)
SLO International Film Festival to shine for 11 days Feb 23, 2007
Special Presentation Events include films hosted by actor-musician Mickey Jones (Bob Dylan s drummer on his 1966 world tour); Fred Koenekamp, award-winning cinematographer of great films like Patton and Papillon ; Rick London, ex-tour manager for Billy Joel; Kelly and Casey Candaele with some of the original female baseball players that the film A League of their Own was based on; Danny Biederman, spy film expert and author; Sam George, surf film writer-producer; and Mick LaSalle, San Francisco... (Santa Maria Times)
Dogs make the scene Feb 13, 2007
Even one of the most famous show dogs of all time, Kirby, a long retired papillon who won Best in Show at Westminster in 1999, is snoozing back in his hotel room. "He's 16 now," says his owner and handler, John Oulton. (USA Today -- Sports)
