September 24, 2009
Beautiful and faultless! Cinema at its very best!
Anthony Zerbe, Don Gordon, Dustin Hoffman
Franklin J. Schaffner (Patton) directs this true story of Henri Charriere (better known as "Papillon" or "the butterfly"), a prisoner so determined to escape the notorious Devil's Island, he at...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 14, 1999
Stats: 1,688 reviews
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July 18, 2009I saw this as a kid, I was brought up on classic cinema, and it was amazing, it drew me in and haunted me, it makes you wanna know more about the story, Charriere and Devil Island. Based on fact, makes it even more scary and fantastic, the story is simple, escaping from Devils Is...( read more)
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May 24, 2009I was thinking this might end up being something along the lines of Shawshank Redemption. In reality, that was probably setting the bar too high, which led to disappointment. In a sense it's the same shell of a plot. A man wrongly accused of a murder spends his life trying to ...( read more)
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March 9, 2009McQueen and Hoffman are marvelous in this sad but in the end exciting and uplifting prison drama.
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September 19, 2008There's something about prison/war camp movies that just gets me all sucked in to the narrative. Perhaps it's the manliness of it all and the male bonding handled in the most masculine of ways. Like the Great Escape this is a tale of hope and like The Shawshank Redemption this is...( read more)
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November 6, 2009Eh va beh, c'è poco da dire.
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October 22, 2009Freedom deserve every pains to gain it .. this is the message which delivered by Steve McQueen in this movie ... it's very great and fantastic movie
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September 14, 2009It's definitely weaker than the book. Looks like they tried to cover every aspect of the story as it is told in the book, but ended up cramming all sequences into the movie. The final escape is the most exciting and crucial part of the book with all the thoughts on freedom wrappe...( read more)
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September 5, 2009Prisons in French Guyana can be harsh. Really cool movie. Hoffman is excellent. Acting gets strange near the end.
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August 20, 2009Ther best McQueen movie period. Hofman was great a must see for all movie fans!
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