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Papillon
Accused of committing a murder, an innocent kind man, Henry Charriere, who has been falsely accused of murder and has been sentenced to a jail in a French colony, so he tries to escape many time, but fails, the thing that leads them to put him in an isolated prison to prevent him from attempting to escape again but he still trying.
14 July 1924, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
10 July 1940, Oakland, California, USA
13 November 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA
1 September 1920, Traverse City, Michigan, USA
28 March 1932, Chicago, Illinois, USA
3 December 1922, New York City, New York, USA
10 July 1927, Richmond, Virginia, USA
25 January 1941, New York City, New York, USA
9 December 1905, Montrose, Colorado, USA
16 January 1903, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
1 September 1920, Los Angeles, California, USA
May 09, 2005
A big, brave, stouthearted, sometimes romantic, sometimes silly melodrama with the kind of visual sweep you don't often find in movies anymore.
August 03, 2007
A rousing drama of endurance, opportunism and friendship under fire.
February 10, 2007
Based on the memoirs of Henri Charriere, the only man to have successfully escaped from Devil's Island, this is a grim and brutal prison drama, made more likable due to the lead star performances.
September 06, 2015
This consummate prison-break epic features Steve McQueen's greatest transformation of character creation over the course of his estimable film career.
September 23, 2015
Papillon was not a complicated man but his experiences changed him almost beyond recognition, and McQueen does a good job of portraying the survivor, broken in body, but not in spirit.
September 23, 2015
Director Franklin J. Schaffner has succeeded in making a two-and-a-half-hour film that seems like six.
May 14, 2011
The narrative unfolds slowly, but the two stars are compelling and cinematographer Fred Koenekamp's photography is striking.
March 26, 2009
The script is very good within its limitations, but there is insufficient identification with the main characters.
June 24, 2006
With Schaffner unable to find the necessary perspective to prevent the film from becoming unevenly episodic, it ends up looking as if it were tacked together by at least three different directors.
September 23, 2015
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.
September 23, 2015
But Dustin Hoffman produces a splendid depiction of cunning corruption that acts as a perfect balance to McQueen's superstar charisma.