Julian Schnabel's “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” which won the Best Director Prize at Cannes Fest in May, will not be France's official entry for the Foreign-Language Oscar.

In 1993, for her turn in “The Piano,” Anna Paquin competed for (and won) the Supporting Actress Oscar with Holly Hunter in “The Firm,” Rosie Perez in “Fearless,” Winona Ryder in “The Age of Innocence,” and Emma Thompson in “In the Name of the Father.”

In 1964, for her turn in “Zorba the Greek,” Lila Kedrova won the Supporting Actress Oscar in a race that included Gladys Cooper in “My Fair Lady,” Edith Evans in “The Chalk Garden,” Grayson Hall in “The Night of the Iguana,” and Agnes Moorehead in “Hush‚ĶHush, Sweet Charlotte.”

In 1991, for his turn in “Bugsy,” Keitel competed for the Supporting Actor Oscar with Ben Kingsley, also nominated for “Bugsy,” Tommy Lee Jones in “JFK,” Michael Lerner in “Barton Fink,” and Jack Palance, who won the award for “City Slickers.”

Faye Dunaway's Oscar-winning role as Diana Christensen, a ruthless, power-hungry television executive in Network, is also more of an abstract type than a fully fleshed human character.