Papillon
Embodying the true story of Henry Charriere, an ordinary kind man, who has falsely accused of murder, the thing that brings terrible for him, as he has sentenced to a prison on the French colony, but after many failure attempts of escaping, he has sent to an isolated jail, as a punishment, where he prepares for another attempt to escape.
12 November 1916, New Jersey, USA
1 October 1903, Manchester, England, UK
9 December 1905, Montrose, Colorado, USA
6 January 1897, New York City, New York, USA
16 January 1903, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
8 August 1937, Los Angeles, California, USA
3 December 1922, New York City, New York, USA
28 March 1932, Chicago, Illinois, USA
16 December 1954, Torrance, California, USA
28 September 1943, Chappaqua, New York, USA
1 October 1907, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
14 August 1908, Detroit, Michigan, USA
5 October 1922, New York City, New York, USA
2 February 1935, Los Angeles, California, USA
9 April 1928, Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 June 1927, New Jersey, USA
1 September 1920, Traverse City, Michigan, USA
17 October 1919, Chicago, Illinois, USA
24 March 1930, Beech Grove, Indiana, USA
23 November 1902, Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada
1 February 1954, San Gabriel, California, USA
1 September 1920, Los Angeles, California, USA
14 July 1924, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
6 January 1930, New York City, New York, USA
21 October 1926, Brooklyn, New York, USA
20 May 1936, Long Beach, California, USA
1 April 1938, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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
Director Franklin J. Schaffner has succeeded in making a two-and-a-half-hour film that seems like six.
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.
May 14, 2011
The narrative unfolds slowly, but the two stars are compelling and cinematographer Fred Koenekamp's photography is striking.
September 23, 2015
But Dustin Hoffman produces a splendid depiction of cunning corruption that acts as a perfect balance to McQueen's superstar charisma.
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.
March 26, 2009
The script is very good within its limitations, but there is insufficient identification with the main characters.
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.
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.
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.
August 03, 2007
A rousing drama of endurance, opportunism and friendship under fire.
