Papillon (1973 film)

Papillon
Theatrical release poster by Tom Jung
Directed byFranklin J. Schaffner
Screenplay byDalton Trumbo
Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Based onPapillon
1969 novel
by Henri Charrière
Produced byRobert Dorfmann
Franklin J. Schaffner
StarringSteve McQueen
Dustin Hoffman
Victor Jory
Don Gordon
Anthony Zerbe
CinematographyFred J. Koenekamp
Edited byRobert Swink
Music byJerry Goldsmith
Production
companies
Les Films Corona
General Production Company
Distributed byAllied Artists (United States and Canada)
Columbia Pictures (International)[1][2][3]
Release date
  • December 16, 1973 (1973-12-16)
Running time
150 minutes
CountriesUnited States
France[4]
LanguagesEnglish
French
Spanish
Budget$13.5 million[5]
Box office$53.2 million[6]

Papillon is a 1973 historical adventure drama[7] prison film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. The screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr. was based on the 1969 autobiography by the French convict Henri Charrière. The film stars Steve McQueen as Charrière ("Papillon") and Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega. Because it was filmed at remote locations, the film was quite expensive for the time ($12 million), but it earned more than twice that in its first year of release.[8] The film's title is French for "Butterfly", referring to Charrière's tattoo and nickname.

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  4. ^ "Papillon (1973)". Lumiere. Archived from the original on June 24, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
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