Papillon

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When Papillon arrives on Devil's Island and is walking around, he sits on a crude stone bench overlo [...]	D
The film is considered to be actor Steve McQueen's final great role in a motion picture.	D
Director Franklin J. Schaffner and editor Robert Swink had to cut the film under great pressure from [...]	D
Steve McQueen, Don Gordon and Gregory Sierra would later act in L'inferno di cristallo (1974).	D
Henri CharriÃ¨re was present for the shoot in Jamaica, but he died of lung cancer in July 1973, a [...]	D
Roman Polanski wanted to direct with Warren Beatty in the lead role. Beatty was enthusiastic but Pol [...]	D
Director Franklin J. Schaffner would get up at 4 a.m. and meet with co-writer Dalton Trumbo for an h [...]	D
In the United States, this big expensive production was distributed by Allied Artists (formally Mono [...]	D
Debut theatrical feature film of actress Ratna Assan (Zoraima).	D
Two cast members were already acquainted with Devil's Island. Victor Jory was in I deportati (1935) [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2005 list of 250 movies nominated for AFI's 100 Years o [...]	D
This movie was released four years after its source novel by Henri "Papillon" CharriÃ¨re was publi [...]	D
Dustin Hoffman's character Louis Dega is a minor character in the book. His character was greatly ex [...]	D
Dustin Hoffman became angry and uncooperative for some time after he discovered that although he and [...]	D
Screen writer Dalton Trumbo appears in the film as the Commandant.	D
Filming started without a completed script.	D
In the movie, Clusiot (the tough convict played by Woodrow Palfrey) is killed by a guard when Papill [...]	D
In the scene where Steve McQueen is on the boat tied up, you hear an engine sound coming from below [...]	D
Franklin J. Schaffner and Jerry Goldsmith shared the belief that film music should be used economica [...]	D
The prison was a set constructed in Falmouth, Jamaica. It was 800 feet (244 meters) long.	D
In 2019, when actor Robert Blake was asked how he felt about the cops who "kept him locked up in the [...]	D
Papillon (2017) debuted in 2018 and starred Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek in the Steve McQueen and D [...]	D
Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman did have some difficulties, despite their determination to behave p [...]	D
In real life, Henri "Papillon" CharriÃ¨re was 25 when he was sent to French Guiana. Several people [...]	D
Dustin Hoffman based his character on co-writer Dalton Trumbo, particularly his withdrawn and shy ma [...]	D
The title, pronounced "pah-pee-YOHN" is French for "butterfly." It refers to Henri CharriÃ¨re's bu [...]	D
Dustin Hoffman had to wear contact lenses so that he could see correctly through the thick glasses h [...]	D
The crew took advantage of the abundant marijuana that was readily available in Jamaica. Not content [...]	D
The prison set was the largest in the film, an 800-foot (244-meter) expanse resulting from two years [...]	D
Whilst shooting in Jamaica, Dustin Hoffman met Sir Paul McCartney who was vacationing in Montego Bay [...]	D
The cast featured such veteran actors as Victor Jory and George Coulouris.	D
Once the prisoners arrive at the island and are walking with their bags, we see one prisoner fall ov [...]	D
The first prisoner to get the guillotine is actually speaking Spanish as he is carried by two guards [...]	D
Dalton Trumbo: Uncredited, as a Devil's Island Prison Commandant.	D
The Indian Village and Devil's Island scenes were filmed in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, while the prison shi [...]	D
Although many considered this Steve McQueen's best performance to date, he was overlooked by the Aca [...]	D
This is one of those rare films that were given two major releases by two different distributors. Fi [...]	D
When Papillon and Dega are being marched from the boat though the colony, a "tapir" is seen in the f [...]	D
This is the fourth (of seven) music scores that Jerry Goldsmith composed for director Franklin J. Sc [...]	D
Dalton Trumbo never grumbled about the demanding schedule, but illness forced him to leave the produ [...]	D
Dustin Hoffman lost eighteen pounds in preparation for his role as Louis Dega, having gone on a cras [...]	D
Reportedly, the producers began taking raw footage to backers in Paris and getting just enough cash [...]	D
Reportedly Steve McQueen earned $2 million and Dustin Hoffman $1.25 million for their roles.	D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.	D
The film's music score composed by Jerry Goldsmith was included in the American Film Institute's 250 [...]	D
Apparently, the prison ship sequence utilized the work of about one thousand extras.	D
The movie was originally given an R rating by the MPAA because of its violence, but Allied Artists a [...]	D
Theft and pillage by the locals were a constant problem. When the production ended, before propertie [...]	D
The song "Devil's Island" off the 1986 album "Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?" by the American Thra [...]	D
Steve McQueen insisted on performing the stunt where he jumps off a cliff. McQueen once said that it [...]	D
The film was shot in sequence, unusual for a production of this size, but allowing Steve McQueen the [...]	D
Anne Byrne Hoffman: at the beginning, as Dega's well-heeled wife.	D
Although billed as a true story, the French government claims that much of the story is fabricated. [...]	D
The cave sequences were filmed below on the cliffs of Negril, Jamaica where the Xtabi Hotel is now l [...]	D
When Dustin Hoffman's driver hit a pedestrian and caused serious injury, the actor, not the driver, [...]	D
The film's premiere benefited cancer research in memory of Henri CharriÃ¨re, who died of lung canc [...]	D
When Richard Brooks was slated to direct, he envisaged Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo as his two [...]	D

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