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Papillon
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7.8A 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.
Cast
- Steve McQueen as Henri "Papillon" Charriere
- Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega
- Victor Jory as Indian Chief
- Don Gordon as Julot
- Anthony Zerbe as Toussaint
- Robert Deman as Maturette
Themes
- prison
- escape
- prison escape
- jungle
- solitary confinement
- based on memoir or autobiography
- remote island
- leper colony
- labor camp
- corrupt official
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Ratings
IMDb
8/10
145,206 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
73%
Metacritic
58/100
- Year
- 1973
- Runtime
- 151 min
- Genres
- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Franklin J. Schaffner
- Screenplay by
- Dalton Trumbo , Lorenzo Semple Jr.
- Based on
- Papillon , 1969 novel, by Henri Charrière
- Produced by
- Robert Dorfmann , Franklin J. Schaffner
- Starring
- Steve McQueen , Dustin Hoffman , Victor Jory , Don Gordon , Anthony Zerbe
- Cinematography
- Fred J. Koenekamp
- Edited by
- Robert Swink
- Music by
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Production companies
- Les Films Corona , General Production Company
- Distributed by
- Allied Artists (United States and Canada), Columbia Pictures (International)
- Release date
- December 16, 1973 ( 1973-12-16 )
- Running time
- 150 minutes
- Countries
- United States, France
- Languages
- English, French, Spanish
- Budget
- $13.5 million
- Box office
- $53.2 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 150
- FilmAffinity ID
- 253727
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- publication date
- 1973-12-20
- title
- Papillon
- capital cost
- 12000000
- review score
- 58/100
- Commons category
- Papillon (film)
- box office
- 53267000
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Papillon is a 1973 historical adventure drama prison film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. The screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr. was based on the 1969 autobiography by the French convict Henri Charrière. The film stars Steve McQueen as Charrière ("Papillon") and Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega. Because it was filmed at remote locations, the film was expensive for the time ($12 million), but it earned more than twice that in its first year of release. The film's title is French for "Butterfly", referring to Charrière's tattoo and nickname.
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