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Papillon (1973)
Genre:
Adventure / Biography / Drama (more)
Tagline: The greatest adventure of escape ever filmed! (more)
Plot Outline: A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape. (more) (view trailer)
User Comments:
This actually happened
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User Rating:
 
7.9/10 (11,957 votes)
Runtime:
150 min
Country:
France / USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints) / Mono (35 mm optical prints)
Certification:
Canada:AA (Ontario) / Canada:13+ (Quebec) / Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) / Finland:K-18 / Ireland:18 / Netherlands:12 / Norway:15 / Norway:16 (1974) / Portugal:M/12 (DVD rating) / Singapore:PG / Sweden:15 / UK:18 (video rating) (1986) / UK:AA (original rating) (cut) / West Germany:16 / UK:15 (video rating) (2000) / USA:PG (re-rating on appeal) / USA:R (original rating)
Trivia:
Billed as a true story, however the French in French Guiana unanimously agree that much of the story of Henri Charriere (Papillon) is fabricated. Papillon was documented to have been incarcerated in Saint Laurent and may have escaped from there, but never served on the Devil's Islands (now known as Iles du Salut or Salvation Islands). The book and movie both present Devil's Island as having rocky cliffs. In fact, the entire island is rocky, but gently slopes into the surrounding sea.
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Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: In the very last scene as Papillon floats away there is a diver obviously under the bag he's floating on.
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Quotes:
Papillon:
We're something, aren't we? The only animals that shove things up their ass for survival.
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 2 wins
&
1 nomination
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User Comments:
9 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
This actually happened, 3 August 2004
Author:
Petri Pelkonen ([email protected]) from Finland
Steve McQueen plays Henri "Papillon" Charriere who is sentenced to life in a
French penal colony for a murder he didn't do.There he befriends with an
other convict Louis Dega (Dustin Hoffman).Henri's only goal is to
escape.Franklin J. Schaffner's Papillon (1973) is based on a true
story.Charriere actually went through all this and then wrote a
book.
The acting work is unique.Steve McQueen (1930-1980) is superb in the
lead.Also Dustin Hoffman (1937-) is excellent as always.This movie is filled
with incredible scenes.Everything works perfectly in this amazing movie.If
you want to see a dramatic adventure masterpiece this is a movie for you to
see.
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