First PAPILLON Trailer Stars Charlie Hunnam & Rami Malek

Two of the biggest movie stars in the 1960’s and 1970’s starred in a film called PAPILLON. Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman were household names at the time and together they headlined the movie for director Franklin J. Schaffner, best known for PLANET OF THE APES (1968) and PATTON (1970).

Composer Jerry Goldsmith saw an Oscar nomination for Best Music, Original Dramatic Score. The screenwriter was Dalton Trumbo (SPARTACUS), most famous of the blacklisted film professionals known to history as the Hollywood 10. Trumbo won Oscars posthumously for THE BRAVE ONE (1956) and ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953).

The original poster for the 1973 film is similar with the stars featured, along with their names.

Watch Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek plan their escape in the new trailer from Bleecker Street’s updated version PAPILLON.

Based on the international best-selling autobiographic books “Papillon” and “Banco”, the film follows the epic story of Henri “Papillon” Charrière (Charlie Hunnam), a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil’s Island. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with a convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega (Rami Malek), who in exchange for protection, agrees to finance Papillon’s escape.

Directed by Michael Noer and written by Aaron Guzikoswski.

Visit the site: bleeckerstreetmedia.com/papillon

Credit: Jose Haro / Bleecker Street