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Papillon (Spec)
starring: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon, Anthony Zerbe
directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner

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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790732015
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Special Edition, NTSC
ISBN: 0790732017
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: September 16, 1997
Running Time: 150 minutes
Sales Rank: 12270
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 16, 1973

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Amazon.com essential video:
Franklin J. Schaffner (Patton) directs this true story of Henri Charriere (better known as 'Papillon' or 'the butterfly'), a prisoner so determined to escape the notorious Devil's Island, he attempted it multiple times until he reached old age. Steve McQueen plays Charriere, and Dustin Hoffman is very good as the hero's anxious, defenseless friend. Based on Charriere's own memoir and uncompromisingly adapted by screenwriters Dalton Trumbo (Johnny Got His Gun) and Lorenzo Semple Jr. (Three Days of the Condor), the film is tough going (it is set, after all, on Devil's Island) but not gratuitously violent. There are sequences that stay with one for a long time, such as Papillon's brief stay at a leper colony and the long periods of starvation and solitary confinement he endures after each attempted flight. --Tom Keogh

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- papillion
One of the best movies ever made. Based on true events, and Steve McQueen,
Dustin Hoffman made it great. Just wonderful. I have watched it 10 or mor times. Thank you.

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- One of the best movies EVER made.
If you like adventure movies, if you like movies that are excellently casted, if you like to root for the underdog... this movie is for you. In fact, if you are a living, breathing human being, this movie is for you. It is a wonderfully acted intriguing story... and is or should be in the ranks of must see movies like Casablanca or Seven Samurai. Do yourself a favor and at least rent this!

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- PAPILON
For any STEVE McQEEN FANS out there this will make a fine addtion to your STEVE McQUEEN DVD COLLECTION I wish they will come out with a speacal edtion of this movie like they did with COOL HAND LUKE.

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- Indomitable spirit
"Papillon" is the apparently true story of Henri Charriere, the only person to successfully escape from Devil's Island off French Guiana. There is little argument that the real Henri was not a felon; he seems to have spent the majority of his formative years (and later) in and out of various prisons. The premise in "Papillon", however, is that he was sent away at that time for a crime that he did not commit. Regardless of the truth, the story is gripping and plausible, and well worth the time, though the movie is about a half-hour too long.

Papillon is portrayed by Steve McQueen, in arguably the best performance of his career, certainly the role with the most emotional depth. I have always been a fan of McQueen's; I truly believe he was cheated out of an Oscar here, as he becomes Henri Charriere completely, weathering abysmal prison conditions and surviving by sheer will. He befriends fellow convict ... Read More

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