**Movie PSA: Papillon (1973) 5Action, NOW, (9pm)**

Essential viewing in the unlikely event you’ve never seen it, or even if you have.

It’s an ok movie, but have to say his book is better. Though whether or not the truth was stretched who can say, other than he did live an extraordinary life.

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It’s an ok movie, but have to say his book is better. Though whether or not the truth was stretched who can say, other than he did live an extraordinary life.

Never read the book but got sucked into the wiki about his life years back.

I’m guessing that like many of the best stories, it’s a mix of real life and hyperbole. Mind you, if even 2% of it is real… I wouldn’t have survived 2 weeks.

Great book, great film. Not much more to say other than Dustin Hoffman is a great actor.