Papillon

Starring: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, et al.

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.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 012569700970
• Release Date: January 2005
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Publisher: WarnerBrothers
• Director: Franklin Schaffner
• Starring: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon, Anthony Zerbe, Robert Deman, Woodrow Parfrey, Bill Mumy, George Coulouris, Ratna Assan
• Runtime: 2 hours, 24 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; Closed-captioned; Color; NTSC; Subtitled; Widescreen
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 7.8"