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Prison | Prison Escape
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Best Music Original Dramatic Score | 1974 | Jerry
Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama | 1974 | Steve
Budget 12,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 53,267,000 USD
Steve McQueen insisted on performing the stunt where he jumps off a cliff. McQueen once said that it was "one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life".
Dustin Hoffman had to wear contact lenses so that he could see correctly through the thick glasses he had to wear.
Whilst shooting in Jamaica, Dustin Hoffman met Sir Paul McCartney who was vacationing in Montego Bay. One evening, Hoffman invited McCartney to dinner and challenged him to write a song "about anything". Since painter Pablo Picasso had just died, Hoffman requested that McCartney compose a song around Picasso's dying words ("Drink to me, drink to my health. You know I can't drink anymore"). McCartney created a demo on the spot and the song, "Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)", appeared on Wings' 1973 album "Band On the Run".
In real life, Henri "Papillon" Charrière was 25 when he was sent to French Guiana. Several people felt Steve McQueen was too old to portray him in this film.
Reportedly, the producers began taking raw footage to backers in Paris and getting just enough cash to keep things rolling. The money ran out, no one was paid for three weeks, and it looked as though the production would be shut down altogether. When Steve McQueen found out, he told the producers, "Unless everyone gets paid, I don't work." The situation improved after that.
"Papillon: Hey you bastards, I'm still here."
"[Papillon is contemplating a daring leap from a cliff to escape] Dega: [the plan] It seems so desperate. You think it will work? Papillon: Does it matter?"
