Papillon (1973) On DVD

Actor:           Steve Mcqueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon, Anthony Zerbe  
Director:      Franklin J. Schaffner
Genre:          Drama
Year:             1973
Studio:          Warner Home Video
Length:         150
Released:    September 7, 2010
Rating:          Parental Guidance (MPAA Rating)
Format:         DVD
Misc:             Color
Language:    English 
Subtitles  :    English, French

DESCRIPTION:

They called him Papillon, meaning "butterfly." 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, Franklin 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.