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U guys did such a good job last time naming the movie theres another one I can't remember the name put remeber the movie sort of!!
I think it has the guy from jacobs ladder in it (main guy), and he also in something redemption, and this movie too.
He's on an isalnd, that I think is a prison but there just living in huts and stuff, and they grow there own food etc. and theres a part where a guy is sitting on a cliff timing the waves to jump off and be carried off by the sea without being killed, and it seems like it was set in the 20's/ 40's time?
Any ideas!??!!
Answer
Papillon (1973)
starring Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Anthony Zerbe, Don Gordon, Bill Mumy, William Smithers, Vic Tayback, Mills Watson
IMDB synopsis:
Based on the true story of Henri Charriere, also known as Papillon~French for "butterfly". (He even sports a large tattoo of a butterfly). A petty criminal, Papillon is wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in a French penal colony in Guiane (French Guiana, South America). Papillon is determined to escape, but attempt after attempt meets with difficulty, resulting in eventual recapture. He continues his attempts to escape despite incarcerations in solitary confinement as punishment.
TRIVIA:
Dustin Hoffman had to wear contact lens so that he could see correctly through the thick glasses he had to wear. He based his character on the movie's screenwriter, Dalton Trumbo, particularly his withdrawn and shy mannerisms that had inspired Hoffman when meeting the writer for the first time.
Hoffman's then-wife, Anne Byrne Hoffman, plays his wife in this movie and is the first person to utter any words of dialogue in the opening sequence.
Although billed as a true story, the French in French Guiana claim that much of the story of Henri "Papillon" Charriere is fabricated. Papillon, who was only 25 at the time, was documented to have been incarcerated in Saint Laurent and may have escaped from there, but he never served any time on the Devil's Islands, now known as Iles du Salut or Salvation Islands. The book and movie both present Devil's Island as having rocky cliffs, when, in fact, though the entire island is rocky, it gently slopes into the surrounding sea.
I can't find verification about timing waves. Did he use a sort of coconut raft? I'm fairly certain that the film you're describing is "Papillon". I'm not sure how much resemblance there is between Steve McQueen and Tim Robbins though; they're rather far apart in resemblance. So, this might not be the one.
Papillon (1973)
starring Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Anthony Zerbe, Don Gordon, Bill Mumy, William Smithers, Vic Tayback, Mills Watson
IMDB synopsis:
Based on the true story of Henri Charriere, also known as Papillon~French for "butterfly". (He even sports a large tattoo of a butterfly). A petty criminal, Papillon is wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in a French penal colony in Guiane (French Guiana, South America). Papillon is determined to escape, but attempt after attempt meets with difficulty, resulting in eventual recapture. He continues his attempts to escape despite incarcerations in solitary confinement as punishment.
TRIVIA:
Dustin Hoffman had to wear contact lens so that he could see correctly through the thick glasses he had to wear. He based his character on the movie's screenwriter, Dalton Trumbo, particularly his withdrawn and shy mannerisms that had inspired Hoffman when meeting the writer for the first time.
Hoffman's then-wife, Anne Byrne Hoffman, plays his wife in this movie and is the first person to utter any words of dialogue in the opening sequence.
Although billed as a true story, the French in French Guiana claim that much of the story of Henri "Papillon" Charriere is fabricated. Papillon, who was only 25 at the time, was documented to have been incarcerated in Saint Laurent and may have escaped from there, but he never served any time on the Devil's Islands, now known as Iles du Salut or Salvation Islands. The book and movie both present Devil's Island as having rocky cliffs, when, in fact, though the entire island is rocky, it gently slopes into the surrounding sea.
I can't find verification about timing waves. Did he use a sort of coconut raft? I'm fairly certain that the film you're describing is "Papillon". I'm not sure how much resemblance there is between Steve McQueen and Tim Robbins though; they're rather far apart in resemblance. So, this might not be the one.
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