Double Feature: PAPILLON, 1973, SOLDIER IN THE RAIN, 1963, March 30, 2012

Friday, March 30 – 7:30 PM
Double Feature: PAPILLON, 1973, Warner Bros., 150 min. McQueen gives one of his greatest performances in the true story of French convict Henri "Papillon" Charriere and his confinement in the hellish penal colony of French Guiana. Brilliantly directed by Franklin J. Schaffner (PLANET OF THE APES, PATTON), with terrific support from Dustin Hoffman as McQueen’s myopic buddy Louis Dega. Screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr., adapted from Charriere’s autobiography. [35mm]
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SOLDIER IN THE RAIN, 1963, Warner Bros., 88 min. Dir. Ralph Nelson. Steve McQueen and Jackie Gleason star in this military buddy comedy as Sergeants Eustis Clay and Maxwell Slaughter, the former a country bumpkin and the latter an aging career soldier with his glory days behind him. Tuesday Weld co-stars as dizzy teenager Bobby Jo Pepperdine. [35mm]

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