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Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen in Papillon (1973)

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Papillon

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Featured in

    • The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson (TV Movie 1987)

      A clip is presented.
    • Steve McQueen: The King of Cool (TV Movie 1998)

      Scenes are shown.
    • Hollywood Remembers Dustin Hoffman (TV Movie 2000)

      trailer clip shown
    • Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (TV Movie 2005)

      excerpt shown
    • "I Love the '70s: Volume 2" 1973 (TV Episode 2006)

      shown while talking about Steve McQueen

Referenced in

    • "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" Ernest Borgnine, Arthur Godfrey, Don Rickles, John Wayne, Slappy White (TV Episode 1973)

      Forthcoming movie mentioned by columnist Sheila Graham.
    • L'Ibis rouge (1975)

      Zizi says that Papillon made a lot of money with his memoirs.
    • Hollywood on Trial (1976)

      Presented as part of Dalton Trumbo's resume.
    • "Barney Miller" People's Court (TV Episode 1980)

      When Levitt puts Rizzo in the cage, he says, "OK Papillon, over there."
    • The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special 1980)

References

    • The Great Escape (1963)

Remade as

    • Papillon (2017)

      This is a remake.

Spoofed in

    • Farfallon (1974)

    • Revenge of the Nerds (1984)

    • Island of Fire (1991)

      Spoofs the infamous Solitary confinement scene.
    • Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)

      The poison dart chase ("Three darts is too much!") spoofs the poison dart chase in Papillon, right down to the slow-motion arm-flailing shots of Jim Carrey/Steve McQueen.

Version of

    • Papillon (2017)

      Based on the same novel

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