{"id":44024,"date":"2019-07-30T11:23:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T18:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44024"},"modified":"2022-03-23T10:35:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T17:35:15","slug":"papillon-1973","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44024","title":{"rendered":"Papillon (1973)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I accuse you of a wasted life. The penalty for that is death.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Papillon-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Papillon-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-44026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Papillon-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Papillon-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Papillon-Poster.jpg 654w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA French prisoner (Steve McQueen) sent to Devil&#8217;s Island offers protection to a wealthy forger (Dustin Hoffman) in exchange for monetary help in attempting to escape.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dustin Hoffman Films<\/li>\n<li>Escape<\/li>\n<li>Friendship<\/li>\n<li>Fugitives<\/li>\n<li>Prisoners<\/li>\n<li>Steve McQueen Films<\/li>\n<li>Survival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nBased on a heavily fictionalized memoir by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henri_Charri%C3%A8re\">Henri Charriere<\/a>, this epic prison escape film &#8212; co-scripted by Dalton Trumbo and directed by Franklin J. Schaffner after his successes with <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=76215\"><em>Planet of the Apes<\/em> (1968)<\/a>, <em>Patton<\/em> (1970), and <em>Nicholas and Alexandra<\/em> (1971) &#8212; offers a potent mix of gorgeous scenery and harrowing brutality. Knowing McQueen&#8217;s &#8220;Papillon&#8221; (so-named because of a prominent butterfly tattoo on his chest) will eventually escape mitigates a bit of the horror, but there&#8217;s no denying we see the worst of humanity on display at Devil&#8217;s Island (the now-defunct <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prison_of_St-Laurent-du-Maroni\">prison at St-Laurent-du-Maroni<\/a> in French Guiana, with sets fully recreated for this movie). Adding to the overall bleakness is Papillon&#8217;s constant existential grappling with the meaning of life; what in the heck is the point of all this, anyway? It&#8217;s not quite clear. Meanwhile, there is little to do but wait things out and see how he and Hoffman manage to survive.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Steve McQueen as Papillon<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Papillon-McQueen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Papillon-McQueen-1024x429.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-44028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Papillon-McQueen-1024x429.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Papillon-McQueen-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Papillon-McQueen-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Papillon-McQueen-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Papillon-McQueen.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fred Koenekamp&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Papillon-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Papillon-Cinematography-1024x429.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-44029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Papillon-Cinematography-1024x429.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Papillon-Cinematography-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Papillon-Cinematography-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Papillon-Cinematography-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Papillon-Cinematography.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jerry Goldsmith&#8217;s score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a one-time look. <\/p>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0070511\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1973\/12\/17\/archives\/the-screen-papillonescapist-film-stars-mcqueen-hoffman.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s3538papi.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/4779\/papillon#articles-reviews\">TCM Articles<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I accuse you of a wasted life. The penalty for that is death.&#8221; Synopsis: A French prisoner (Steve McQueen) sent to Devil&#8217;s Island offers protection to a wealthy forger (Dustin Hoffman) in exchange for monetary help in attempting to escape. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Dustin Hoffman Films Escape Friendship Fugitives Prisoners Steve McQueen Films Survival Review: Based on a heavily fictionalized memoir by Henri Charriere, this epic prison escape film &#8212; co-scripted by Dalton Trumbo and directed by Franklin&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44024\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44024"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82408,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44024\/revisions\/82408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}