Papillon

MPAA Rating

R

Theatrical Release Date

Dec 15, 1973

Genre(s)

• Movies

Rating (Stars)

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./ DVD Features:Other:Vintage Featurette: The Magnificent RebelTheatrical Trailer:/

Director

Franklin J. Schaffner

Stars

• Steve McQueen
• Dustin Hoffman
• Victor Jory
• Don Gordon
• Anthony Zerbe

Running Time

151 minutes

Original Price

$5.98

Current Value

$2.75

DVD Features

• Closed-captioned
• Color
• DVD
• Widescreen
• NTSC
• 2.35:1