Before there was THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, there was PAPILLON, in my opinion, the finest example of a prison drama followed closely by THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION. PAPILLON is based on the memoir written ...

The remake of Papillon ends with archival footage of convicts entering the penal colony in French Guiana – as though an audience might need proof such a place existed. That abusive penitentiary system ...

If you watch, as I recently did, the 1973 film “Papillon” back to back with the remake, you get a double dose of prisoner abuse and appealing actors pantomiming a range of human misery. Blood is ...

Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman were at the height of their stardoms in 1973, and Franklin J. Schaffner’s original “Papillon” film that year was a prestige vehicle scaled for greatness — at two-and-a ...

The new film version of “Papillon,” based on Henri Charriere’s 1969 best-seller and its 1973 sequel, “Banco,” is rather better than the previous screen adaptation starring Steve McQueen (mouth closed) ...

Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman brought star power to this escape-from-Devil’s-Island epic back in 1973. Now Papillon has been remade with Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek in the roles of two prisoners ...