In the late 1960s, he ambitiously attempted to establish a quality Canadian art cinema, with his understated and highly interiorized films Isabel ( 1968 ), The Act of the Heart ( 1970 ) and Journey ( 1972 ), featuring his then-wife actress Geneviève Bujold.

Bujold was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1979 federal election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Bonaventure — Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

Both the Turner government and Bujold were defeated in the 1984 federal election.

The Liberal party was defeated in the election, and Bujold joined the Liberals on the opposition benches.

All five of its issues were published while the show was still on the air, and included letters from D. C. Fontana, Gene Roddenberry, and most of the cast members, and an article by future Hugo and Nebula winner Lois McMaster Bujold.

However, after Geneviève Bujold was cast, she requested the character be renamed " Nicole Janeway ".

Bujold had mainly feature film experience, was unprepared for a schedule demanded by series television, and was unwilling to do news interviews.

That day, film actress Geneviève Bujold was selected to play Janeway, but left the role after only two days of filming, due to the demanding production schedule required for a television show.

* Geneviève Bujold was the first actress chosen to play Captain Nicole Janeway, and several scenes were filmed with her over the first two days of filming.

Bujold quit and was replaced with Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway.

The film was nominated for 8 Genie Awards in 1980, of which it won 5, including Best Achievement in Direction ( Bob Clark ), Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role ( Geneviève Bujold ) and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role ( Christopher Plummer ).

While that film featured a larger " all star " cast ( in fact, Universal had approached several, including Steve McQueen and Paul Newman, to star in Earthquake-but they had already been signed for Inferno ), Universal was able to land Charlton Heston in the lead role, along with Ava Gardner ( who signed at the proverbial " 11th hour " simply because she wanted to spend the summer in Los Angeles ), George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Geneviève Bujold ( who agreed to a part in the film to head off an impending lawsuit by Universal over a prior project ), Richard Roundtree ( riding a wave of success from the Shaft film series ), former evangelical Marjoe Gortner as an antagonist, and newcomer Victoria Principal.

Also, Elizabeth Montgomery was the first choice for Denise, but Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, Sharon Gless, Sondra Locke, Meredith Baxter, Kate Jackson, Susan St. James and Susan Clark were also in the running for the part finally played by Genevieve Bujold.

He went on to star with Geneviève Bujold in Antigone which was later made into a film in 1974.

After an absence from filmmaking of almost a decade, Almond was called in to direct the film Final Assignment ( 1980 ), and went on directing three more films ; Ups and Downs ( 1983 ), Captive Hearts ( 1987 ) and The Dance Goes On ( 1991 ), the later featuring once again Bujold, and their son Matt Almond.

Paul Almond was first married to National Ballet of Canada leading dancer Angela Leigh, then to Geneviève Bujold from 1967 to 1973, their son, Matthew James Almond, was born in 1968.

In 1973 the novel was made into a film directed by Claude Jutra and starring Geneviève Bujold and Richard Jordan.

It was praised by many notable figures in the genre, including Lois McMaster Bujold and Jane Yolen, and was nominated for a Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature as well.

Lois McMaster Bujold ( Last name pronounced phonetically in American English as " Bu-Jold "; born November 2, 1949, Columbus, Ohio ) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy works.

Bujold is one of the most acclaimed writers in her field, having won the prestigious Hugo Award for best novel four times, matching Robert A. Heinlein's record.

Lois McMaster Bujold at Finncon 2012 in Tampere, Finland.

The Vorkosigan Saga is a series of science fiction novels and short stories set in a common fictional universe by American author Lois McMaster Bujold.

Bujold ’ s approach varies, sometimes crossing genres.

The various forms of society and government Bujold presents often reflect 20th-century politics.

Bujold pays token attention to the variations in measurable time units from planet to planet, positing an earth-based “ standard year ” which holds through the entire Nexus.

Bujold herself has commented that her posited system is neither technologically nor economically feasible, but is rather a convenience for storytelling.

Bujold presents issues of technological obsolescence and the high rate of failure of R & D projects in personal terms, via bioengineering.

Human life requires Earth-based botanical life, and Bujold devotes a good deal of attention in some novels to this.

Bujold presents a variety of realistic food supply technologies, including hydroponics, cultured or vat-grown meat, and fish farming.

Bujold ’ s future is one in which genetic manipulation can produce almost any kind of clone or hybrid.

The Nexus allows Bujold, paradoxically, to imagine a world in which travel and communication require far more time and effort than in the real-life 21st century, since the wormhole jumps present a special barrier.

Although Bujold explores and satirizes many kinds of societies and prejudices, her universe lacks or fails to consider several sources of social organization and prejudice on Earth: language, skin color, and religion.

Instead, Bujold builds prejudice into the “ locale ,” i. e. planetary, economics and history.

Bujold devised for this planet a history which allowed for “ swords ‘ n ’ spaceships .” Barrayar in the lifetime of Miles Vorkosigan commands spaceships, computers, and other high technology, but its culture remembers dueling, examines newborns for defects and practices infanticide if any are found, celebrates the Emperor ’ s birthday by handing him bags of gold, and provides liveried life-sworn servants to carry love-letters sealed with the writer's blood.

The novels have been translated into a number of languages ; see the catalog of covers of various international editions at Bujold Cover Art Archive.

The roots of the Vorkosigan Saga lie in an early short story by Bujold, " Dreamweaver's Dilemma ", which features a planet called Beta Colony and a character with the last name of Naismith.

When beginning her first novel, Shards of Honor, Bujold incorporated these elements, but greatly expanded.

Mary eventually escaped from Loch Leven, and attempted to regain the throne by force.

John made peace with Damascus and attempted to regain Ascalon ; the Egyptians, now ruled by the Mamluk sultanate, besieged Jaffa in 1256 in response.

Tarquin next attempted to regain Rome by force of arms.

His successor, Tanutamun, attempted to regain Egypt.

In the mid-1980s, Moscow attempted to regain control by again purging the entire Uzbek party leadership.

Some of the passengers then attempted to regain control of the aircraft.

Other Arab governments attempted to work out a peaceful solution, but by September, continuing fedayeen actions in Jordan — including the destruction of three international airliners hijacked and held in the desert east of Amman — prompted the government to take action to regain control over its territory and population.

In the summer of 1862, some 2, 600 Confederate troops under generals John C. Breckinridge ( the former Vice President of the United States ) and Daniel Ruggles attempted in vain to regain control of Baton Rouge.

In 1967, after the Six Day War, the area fell into the hands of the Israel Defence Forces, and Moshe Dayan, the Defence Minister, and an amateur archaeologist, attempted to regain access to the tombs.

Atari attempted to regain their market share by licensing popular arcade games for the Atari consoles.

The Battle of Cranberry Creek, during the War of 1812, was a minor engagement in which local forces defeated a much larger group of British soldiers and sailors, who attempted to regain supplies and provisions taken earlier by the Americans.

He attempted to regain his world championship against Evander Holyfield in Marseille, France, but lost by a knockout in 11 rounds.

Amalric's widow ( Isabella's mother ) Maria Comnena had married Balian of Ibelin, and Raymond attempted to regain influence with a project to marry Sibylla to Balian's older brother Baldwin of Ibelin.

In 1700, Charles ' father, the French-born " Philippe de France ", had became King of Spain as Philip V. For the remainder of his reign ( 1700 – 46 ), Philip's parents continually attempted to regain the ceded territories.

Charles twice attempted to regain control, once in March 1921 and again in October 1921.

While the United States was working under a treaty with Haiti, he participated in over forty engagements during the ensuing five years against the Caco rebels and attempted to regain his commission as an officer twice.

Pope Paul III attempted to regain Piacenza ; he set aside Ottavio's claims to the succession of Parma, where he appointed a papal legate, giving him back Camerino in exchange, and then claimed Piacenza from the emperor — not for the Farnese, but for the Church.

With the help of Col. Bounleuth Saycocie, at the beginning of February 1965 he attempted a coup to regain power.

Law himself had no problem with Balfour's leadership, and along with Edward Carson attempted to regain support for him.

His eyesight restored, Sir Edmund battled against Robin ( who was attempting to rescue Danny Temple ), while Kobra ( the prior leader of the cult ) attempted to regain control of the Kobra cult.

The Rae government later attempted to regain labour support by passing Bill 40, a measure which ( among other things ) introduced anti-scab provisions to the province.

Some years later, Hippias had attempted to regain power in Athens, assisted by the Spartans.

Laney sat out a gubernatorial term and unsuccessfully attempted to regain office in 1950, but he failed to unseat the more liberal Democratic incumbent, Sidney Sanders McMath.

They unsuccessfully attempted to regain the tag team title at No Way Out against the Dudley Boyz and the Brothers of Destruction ( The Undertaker and Kane ), but they succeeded at WrestleMania X-Seven against the Dudley Boyz and The Hardyz in the second TLC match.

In the Hōgen Rebellion and in the Heiji Rebellion of earlier decades, the Minamoto attempted to regain control from the Taira and failed.