Originally released as a motion picture in 1973.
Based on Papillon, the memoir of his incarceration in and escape from a penal colony in French Guiana, by Henri Charrière.
Special features: Behind-the-scenes documentary The magnificent rebel (includes an interview with Henri Charrière); theatrical trailer ; scene access.
Director of photography, Fred Koenekamp ; film editor, Robert Swink ; music, Jerry Goldsmith.
Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Anthony Zerbe.
DVD, region 1, dual-layer format, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital surround.
In English with subtitles in English and French; closed-captioned.
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