Papillon

[Brian in Mesa]

Papillon

Release date: August 24, 2018
Studio: Bleecker Street
Director: Michael Noer
MPAA Rating: R (for violence including bloody images, language, nudity, and some sexual material)
Screenwriter: Aaron Guzikowski
Genre: Drama
Website: BleeckerStreetmedia.com/papillon| Facebook| Twitter| Instagram

Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek, Roland Moller, Yorick van Wageningen, Tommy Flanagan, Eve Hewson

Plot Summary: Based on the international best-selling autobiographic books "Papillon" and "Banco", the film follows the epic story of Henri "Papillon" Charrière (Charlie Hunnam), a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with a convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega (Rami Malek), who in exchange for protection, agrees to finance Papillon's escape.

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[AzStevenCal]

Hard pass.

 

[Yuma]

One of my favorite books.

 

[Southpaw]

A remake? Why?

Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman cannot be matched.

 

[Yuma]

A remake? Why?

Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman cannot be matched.

That's the way I feel about the New Magnum, PI. Really?

 

[NJCardFan]

Bit of trivia, the original, I believe, was Billy Mumy's first foray as an adult actor playing Lariot.