Lately I've noticed that Franklin J. Schaffner was a fantastic director. I've loved "Planet of the Apes" for some years, and some months ago I watched "Patton" for the first time in a long period.
Both movies were very good especially "Planet of the Apes", so I thought that I should try watch another Schaffner-movie and the choice was the 3rd placed movie on his IMDb ranking, "Papillon".
The movie was well directed and the cast was right. McQueen was good in the role as the strong Papillon, and Hoffman was really the right man to play the intellectual Louis Dega. You could say that the movie is very dark, but there are actually some funny moments in the movie which works just fine.
I will also pay some tribute to the composer Jerry Goldsmith, he has also composed the great scores for "Planet of the Apes" and "Patton". He is one of the reasons why Schaffner's movies are great.
There is no doubt that this movie is good, I could write a lot about some interesting scenes, but that would spoil your experience with this movie. I recommend this movie, 8/10.
Both movies were very good especially "Planet of the Apes", so I thought that I should try watch another Schaffner-movie and the choice was the 3rd placed movie on his IMDb ranking, "Papillon".
The movie was well directed and the cast was right. McQueen was good in the role as the strong Papillon, and Hoffman was really the right man to play the intellectual Louis Dega. You could say that the movie is very dark, but there are actually some funny moments in the movie which works just fine.
I will also pay some tribute to the composer Jerry Goldsmith, he has also composed the great scores for "Planet of the Apes" and "Patton". He is one of the reasons why Schaffner's movies are great.
There is no doubt that this movie is good, I could write a lot about some interesting scenes, but that would spoil your experience with this movie. I recommend this movie, 8/10.
