I seen this movie only in 2006... but i read the story in tamil ... before say may be 20 years before...it was coming in the tamil magazine KUMUDAM weekly in the name of " Pattampoochi "...So i seen the movie after 20 years... satisfying the 75 % of my expectation... good movie....
Based on the true story of Henri Charriere, also known as Papillon, which is French for 'butterfly' (the character even sports a large tattoo of a butterfly. A petty criminal, Papillon is wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in a French penal colony in 'Guiane' (French Guiana, South America). Papillon is determined to escape but attempt after attempt meets with difficulty, resulting in eventual recapture. He continues his attempts to escape despite incarcerations in solitary confinement as punishment
The greatest adventure of escape ever filmed!
Billed as a true story, however the French in French Guiana unanimously agree that much of the story of Henri Charriere (Papillon) is fabricated. Papillon was documented to have been incarcerated in Saint Laurent and may have escaped from there, but never served on the Devil's Islands (now known as Iles du Salut or Salvation Islands). The book and movie both present Devil's Island as having rocky cliffs. In fact, the entire island is rocky, but gently slopes into the surrounding sea.
Dustin Hoffman had to wear contact lens so that he could see correctly through the thick glasses he had to wear.
Dustin Hoffman based his character on the movie's screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, particularly his withdrawn and shy mannerisms which had inspired Hoffman when meeting Trumbo for the first time.
Prisoner: I know you, you're Degas. You're a very intelligent man!
Dega: Thank you. I seem to be known in all the wrong places.
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