Papillon is a movie directed by Franklin J. Schaffner in 1973 and based on the book of the same name by Henri Charrière, first published in 1969. The movie features Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon, Anthony Zerbe, Robert Deman, and others.
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Storyline
Henri Charrière, a safecracker nicknamed Papillon because of the butterfly tattoo on his chest, is wrongly convicted of murdering a pimp. One day, Papillon defends Dega from a sadistic guard and escapes into the jungle, but is captured and sentenced to two years in solitary confinement.
Movie vs Book
Year
1973
Minutes
151
Movie Rate
8.00
Source: IMDb
Movie
Papillon
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Country: France
Year: 1973
Length: 2h31m
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Year
1969
Pages
544
Book Rate
8.44
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Book
Papillon
Author: Henri Charrière
Country: France
First published in: 1969
Length: 544 pages
Genre: Biography
Book series: Papillon
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Michael Noer
User polls & recommendations
“I'm not writing novels, the screenplays are my novels. If the movie never gets made, it'd almost be okay because I did it. It's there on the page.”
QUENTIN TARANTINO (Filmmaker, Scriptwriter, Actor)
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