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Papillon | 
 enlarge | Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Actors: Steve Mcqueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon, Anthony Zerbe
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  72 reviews
Sales Rank: 5652
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 150
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D70097D
ISBN: 1419809504
UPC: 012569700970
EAN: 9781419809507
ASIN: B0008ENHUI
Theatrical Release Date: December 16, 1973
Release Date: May 31, 2005
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Product Description
They called him Papillon meaning "butterfly." If only he had wings to go with the name. Unable to fly Henri Charriere virtually willed himself free. He persisted until he did the impossible: escape Devil's Island. Based on Charriere's bestseller and shot in Spain and Jamaica Franklin J. Schaffner's film of Papillon united two stars at key career junctures. After a decade of fine work in The Great Escape The Sand Pebbles and Bullitt Steve McQueen found in Charriere another ideal tough-guy role. Coming off The Graduate Midnight Cowboy and Little Big Man Dustin Hoffman again distinguished himself as Dega Charriere's scruffy friend.Running Time: 150 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 012569700970
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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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 no problems July 1, 2008
I'm always worried about the condition I receive my product, but I was pleased with my purchase and I will most definitely do it again.
Excellent! June 11, 2008
I was fortunate enough to be in Jamaica when they were filming. By chance I met Steve McQueen in Montego Bay the day we arrived on vacation. We were staying in Ochos Rios where they were filming scenes above Dunn's River Falls. Steve just happened to be in MoBay that day. The film is a classic as far as I'm concerned.
Six Stars!!! June 4, 2008
Definitely one of my top 5 favorite movies of all time, if not thee favorite.
A must see!
 a classic example of a man's desire for freedom April 26, 2008
i saw this movie in the cinema a very long time ago and it left an impression on my mind,for me to remember it and to want to own a copy of it demonstrates the powerful message of how good it is.it is also a true story which makes it even more "valuable".i am impressed at the lengths to which papillon went to obtain his freedom,the tortures he endured in prison -solitary isolation,hunger,abuse,unsanitary conditions,being shipped away to french guyana and left on an uninhabited island with a fellow inmate.yet he persevered, he studied the movement of the waves and he was able to make his great escape and survive many years after that a free man.it is just an amazing movie and a must see for anyone who likes the determination which we all have ingrained in us for freedom and the lengths we will go to obtain it.
Papillon April 1, 2008
This was a geat movie classic, Steve MC Queen & Dustin Hoffman really made you feel like you were there with them going through all the pain and suffering they went trough.
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