Written by James M. Tate / 3/23/2023 / No comments / adventure , bill mumy , biopic , don gordon , drama , dustin hoffman , francis j. schaffner , henri charrière , john quade , prison , seventies , steve mcqueen , woodrow palfrey
STEVE MCQUEEN & DUSTIN HOFFMAN IN THE ORIGINAL 'PAPILLON'
Title: PAPILLON Year: 1973 Rating: ***1/2 |
Director Francis J. Schaffner and scriptwriter Dalton Trumbo convert Henri Charrière's riveting biographical novel to the big screen, providing Steve McQueen with a more fleshed-out role than usual and rebooting Dustin Hoffman's minor character in the book to main sidekick on screen...
Both have a realistic aura, surviving hell as they work a swampy chain-gang and eventually plan their escape, and each scene is like a movie in itself, beginning with a slave ship to the initial prison (initially along with a grownup but still young Bill Mumy and McQueen's BULLITT and TOWERING INFERNO partner Don Gordon)...
Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman in PAPILLON |
As an examination of the hellish existence in the French penal colonies, and eventually Devil's Island, there's gritty realism held back for mainstream audiences, seeming at times like a well-made television melodrama with some widescreen blood and guts thrown in...
But as a straight-out adventure flick there's plenty of eventful situations to keep the viewer interested, and completely entertained, in the struggling journey of one tough cookie who refused to stay-put.
Dustin Hoffman and Woodrow Palfrey in PAPILLON |
Steve McQueen in PAPILLON |
Steve McQueen in PAPILLON |
Steve McQueen, Billy Mumy, Don Gordon and Dustin Hoffman in PAPILLON |
William Smithers lectures Steve McQueen's PAPILLON that he'll live on bread... and circuses |
Steve McQueen's PAPILLON makes a deal with Citizen Kane veteran George Coulouris |
Steve McQueen tries talking sense to Dustin Hoffman in PAPILLON |
John Quade and Steve McQueen's PAPILLON make a surprise deal |
Steve McQueen looking Indy Jones before there was one in PAPILLON w/ Anthony Zerbe |
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