Papillon (1973 film)
1973 prison escape film by Franklin J. Schaffner / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Papillon is a 1973 epic historical drama prison film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. The screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr. was based on the 1969 autobiography by the French convict Henri Charrière. The film stars Steve McQueen as Charrière ("Papillon") and Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega. Because it was filmed at remote locations, the film was quite expensive for the time ($12 million), but it earned more than twice that in its first year of release.[7] The film's title is French for "Butterfly", referring to Charrière's tattoo and nickname.
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Directed by | Franklin J. Schaffner |
Screenplay by | Dalton Trumbo Lorenzo Semple Jr. |
Based on | Papillon 1969 novel by Henri Charrière |
Produced by | Robert Dorfmann Franklin J. Schaffner |
Starring | Steve McQueen Dustin Hoffman Victor Jory Don Gordon Anthony Zerbe |
Cinematography | Fred J. Koenekamp |
Edited by | Robert Swink |
Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
Production companies | Les Films Corona General Production Company |
Distributed by | Allied Artists (United States and Canada) Columbia Pictures (International)[1][2][3] |
Release date | December 16, 1973 (1973-12-16) |
Running time | 150 minutes |
Countries | United States France[4] |
Languages | English French Spanish |
Budget | $13.5 million[5] |
Box office | $53.2 million[6] |
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