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Papillon (1973) More at IMDbPro »

Remade as
Papillon (2010)
References
The Great Escape (1963)
Referenced in
The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980) (TV)
Mesrine (1984)
"The A-Team: The Bend in the River: Part 2 (#3.3)" (1984)
 -  Mentioned by Hannibal
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Cave Dwellers (#4.1)" (1991)
 -  "Papillon. I need some money."
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Teenage Caveman (#4.15)" (1991)
 -  "Swim Papillion"
Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992) (V)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Atomic Brain (#6.18)" (1993)
 -  Mike: This is the female Papillon. Servo: Papillette.
No Escape (1994)
The Way of the Gun (2000)
Fanalysis (2002)
 -  Bruce Campbell mentions it.
Van Helsing (2004)
 -  At the end, the Frankenstein Monster escapes on a small raft, as did Papillon
Six: The Mark Unleashed (2004)
 -  Mentioned in dialogue as a "banned DVD."
The Last Shot (2004)
 -  Steven makes the metaphor "Papillon has jumped from the cliff and he's swimming to the shore."
Tian bian yi duo yun (2005)
 -  Huge poster of the film in the living room
Getting Into the Action (2006) (V)
 -  The writers are compared to the prisoners in this film
Featured in
Steve McQueen: The King of Cool (1998) (TV)
 -  Scenes are shown.
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (2005) (TV)
 -  excerpt shown
Trumbo (2007)
 -  clips from it are seen
Spoofed in
Farfallon (1974)
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Huo shao dao (1990)
 -  Spoofs the infamous Solitary confinement scene.
Chicken Run (2000)

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