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Papillon

ORIGINAL TITLE

Papillon

YEAR

1973

RUNNING TIME

150 min.

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COUNTRY

(New) Visual section

DIRECTOR

Franklin J. Schaffner

SCREENWRITER

Dalton Trumbo & Lorenzo Semple Jr. (Novel: Henri Charrière)

COMPOSER

Jerry Goldsmith

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Fred J. Koenekamp

CAST

Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon, Anthony Zerbe, Robert Deman, Bill Mumy, George Coulouris, Woodrow Parfrey

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Allied Artists / Solar Productions

AWARDS

1973: Nominated for Oscar: Best Soundtrack (Drama)

GENRE

Adventure. Drama | Prison drama

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

Based on the true story of Henri Charriere, also known as Papillon, which is French for 'butterfly' (the character even sports a large tattoo of a butterfly. A petty criminal, Papillon is wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in a French penal colony in 'Guiane' (French Guiana, South America). Papillon is determined to escape but attempt after attempt meets with difficulty, resulting in eventual recapture. He continues his attempts to escape despite incarcerations in solitary confinement as punishment.

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