September 24, 2009
Beautiful and faultless! Cinema at its very best!
Papillon
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Papillon
Anthony Zerbe, Don Gordon, Dustin Hoffman, Steve McQueen, Victor Jory
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 attempted...( read more
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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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December 18, 2009what i say its classic and good dam good lines in it what a movie what a cast exolent
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December 13, 2009It's incredible the way that the story leads to the escape from the Devil's island...
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November 6, 2009Eh va beh, c'è poco da dire.
Fa soffrire tantissimo, ma in compenso c'è un finale epico. -
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
