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A prisoner detained on a remote island plots his escape in this second adaptation of the novels by Henri Charrière.
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Aaron Guzikowski (screenplay by), Henri Charrière(based upon the books “Papillon” and “Banco” by) |2 more credits »
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Why bother remaking the successful 1973 biography of French convict Henri Charrière nicknamed PAPILLON who escaped from Devil’s Island in 1941? After all, that film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring two huge stars of the time Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman is still readily available on DVD.
A few reasons! One would be that no one would likely remember anything about the 1973 film. After all it is is is almost half a century ago. I can only remember two things about…
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