Good performances, but far too long
"Papillon," directed by Franklin J. Schaffner ("Patton," "Planet of the Apes"), is the story of French petty criminal Henri Charriere, known as Papillon (or butterfly) because of a prominent tattoo, who is unjustly convicted of murder and struggles to escape the notorious penal colony of Devil's Island.  Steve McQueen plays Papillon and Dustin Hoffman plays fellow convict Louis Dega, the most famous counterfeiter in France.  Papillon promises to protect Louis in exchange for his help in planning what will be a difficult escape.<br /><br />At 150 minutes, the film would have benefited from tighter editing to cut a few false endings and step up the pace.  What keeps the viewer involved is the unlikely relationship between Papillon, a man of action, and Louis, a bookish intellectual.  And the movie has some fine moments, among them that Papillon's escape involves making his way through a leper colony, relying on disease victims for help.  Another finds the pair atop a cliff on the island with Papillon wondering if a raft made of coconuts might get him through the rough seas.  It's apparent in this scene that the endless ocean, not jail cells or guards, is the real prison.<br /><br />The new Blu-ray edition contains the featurette "The Magnificent Rebel" and a 32-page Blu-ray Book with background information, archival photos, and an examination of the controversy surrounding the film's accuracy.  Charriere was accused of fabricating parts of his autobiography, on which the script was based.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : They called him Papillon, meaning buttlerfly. If only he had wings to go with the name. Unable to fly, Henri Charriere virtually willed himself free. He persisted until he did the impossible: escape Devil’s Island. Based on Charriere’s bestseller and shot in Spain and Jamaica, Franlin J. Schaffner’s film of Papillon united two stars at key career junctures. After a decade of fine work in The Great Escape, The Sand Pebbles and Bullitt, Steve McQueen found in Charriere another ideal tough-guy role. Coming off The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy and Little Big Man, Dustin Hoffman again distinguished himself as Dega, Charriere’s scruffy friend..