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Title: Papillon (1973)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Steve McQueen | ... | Henri 'Papillon' Charriere | |
| Dustin Hoffman | ... | Louis Dega | |
| Victor Jory | ... | Indian Chief | |
| Don Gordon | ... | Julot | |
| Anthony Zerbe | ... | Toussaint | |
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Robert Deman | ... | Maturette |
| Woodrow Parfrey | ... | Clusiot | |
| Bill Mumy | ... | Lariot | |
| George Coulouris | ... | Dr. Chatal | |
| Ratna Assan | ... | Zoraima | |
| William Smithers | ... | Warden Barrot | |
| Val Avery | ... | Pascal | |
| Gregory Sierra | ... | Antonio | |
| Vic Tayback | ... | Sergeant (as Victor Tayback) | |
| Mills Watson | ... | Guard | |
A semi-fictional account of Henri Charrière's time in the penal system in French Guyana - some of it spent on infamous Devil's Island - is presented. It's the early 1930s. Charrière - nicknamed Papillon because of his butterfly tattoo - and Louis Dega are two among many who have been convicted in the French judicial system, they now being transferred to French Guyana where they will serve their time, never to return to France even if they are ever released. A safe-cracker by criminal profession, Papillon is serving a life sentence for murdering a pimp, a crime for which he adamantly states he was framed. Dega is a wealthy counterfeiter, who expects his well-to-do wife eventually to get him released. On Papillon's initiative, Papillon and Dega enter into a business arrangement: Papillon will provide protection for Dega, while Dega will finance Papillon's escape attempt. As Papillon and Degas' time together lasts longer than either expects, their burgeoning friendship ends up being an ... Written by Huggo
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I felt so moved after watching this film. Steve McQueen did a terrific job acting as Henry. Although at times, he just acted as McQueen, he did a wonderful job expressing suffering in the solitary confinement scene, and great towards the end of the movie. Hoffman is always an exceptional actor and in this movie he is no different. Unfortunately it neither won for, nor got nominated for an Oscar, and it deserved to win 3 (supporting actor, actor, picture). As much as I loved the Sting, this movie was better for that year.Some critics gave it a bad review, even a 1973 Roger Ebert article criticized this film. I guess you cant blame them too much, movies were better those days. Note that 1973 was sandwiched between 2 Godfather years.Maybe some people figured that McQueen was just redoing his Great Escape role. Either way, nowadays films are so bad I am just thirsting for a movie this deep. But if the best Hollywood can do nowadays is a glittzy trashpiece like Chicago, we cant expect too much from our times.