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Papillon

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Papillon
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PG,2hrs 30min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1973
Director:
Franklin J. Schaffner
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory  ...more
Synopsis: The autobiography of Henri Charriere, one of the few people to successfully escape from the notorious French penal colony of Devil's Island, served as the basis for Papillon. Steve McQueen plays the pugnacious Charriere (known as "Papillon," or "butterfly," because of a prominent tatoo), incarcerated--wrongly, he claims--for murdering a pimp. He saves the life of fellow convict Louis Dega (Dustin Hoffman), a counterfeiter who will later show his gratitude by helping Charriere in his many escape attempts, ... Full Synopsis
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Brian J. Dillard, AMG Review
Although it's overly exhaustive as it catalogues its protagonist's many attempts to regain his freedom, Papillon remains the mother, or at least the master, of all prison-escape flicks. Less of a straight-up procedural than such heirs to the throne as Escape From Alcatraz, the film tempers its unashamedly psychological approach (dream sequences, tests of will, and triumph-of-the-downtrodden hokum) ... Full Review
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Steve McQueen
Papillon
Dustin Hoffman
Dega
Victor Jory
Indian Chief
Don Gordon
Julot
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