Papillon (Blu-ray) PG
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the they begin serving their sentence on a prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
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- ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 2.40:1
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 2 hours, 30 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: September 18, 2018
- Originally Released: 1973
- Label: Warner Archives
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Steve McQueen & Dustin Hoffman | |
Performer: | Victor Jory, Anthony Zerbe, Don Gordon, Robert Deman, Woodrow Parfrey, Bill Mumy, George Coulouris, William Smithers, Val Avery, Gregory Sierra, Vic Tayback, Ron Soble & John Quade | |
Directed by | Franklin J. Schaffner | |
Edited by | Robert Swink | |
Screenplay by | Dalton Trumbo & Lorenzo Semple Jr. | |
Composition by | Jerry Goldsmith | |
Art Direction by | Jack Maxsted | |
Produced by | Robert Dorfmann & Franklin J. Schaffner | |
Director of Photography: | Fred J. Koenekamp | |
Executive Production by | Ted Richmond |
Entertainment Reviews:
McQueen works hard and al most manages to triumph over his star presence, while Hoffman submerges himself eccentrically and amusingly in his coward's role.
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TIME Magazine
Director Franklin J. Schaffner has succeeded in making a two-and-a-half-hour film that seems like six.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: 4/5 --
Classic prison-escape movie has intense peril, violence.
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Common Sense Media
Rating: 4/5 --
Schaffner, who expertly captured the gritty story of Patton, does not flinch from showing every conceivable horror of the French penal system.
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TV Guide
Rating: 4/5 --
The narrative is epic and life-spanning...The locations are stunning...and the surreal touches...add to the sense of a highly original art-movie spectacular.
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Times (UK)
The script is very good within its limitations, but there is insufficient identification with the main characters.
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Variety
Rating: 4/5 --
But Dustin Hoffman produces a splendid depiction of cunning corruption that acts as a perfect balance to McQueen's superstar charisma.
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Radio Times
Description by OLDIES.com:
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.
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 35,203
- UPC: 888574755508
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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