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Saturday, October 9, 2010

Question 838

X was a convicted murderer chiefly known as the author of Y, his hugely successful memoir. Y was adapted for a Hollywood film starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman. The book's title was based on X's nickname, derived from a butterfly tattoo on his chest. Identify X and Y.
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Answer: Quoting Joydip, "X-Henri Charrière Y-Papillon.The film was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starred Steve McQueen as Henri Charrière ("Papillon") and Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega
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10 comments:

  1. goutamjayOctober 9, 2010 at 9:23 PM

    The guy in the picture is Henri Charriere who wrote the novel Papillion which was later adapted to a movie.

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  2. NiharOctober 10, 2010 at 12:01 PM

    Nice.
    He's Henri Charierre
    Steve Mcqueen played the role of Charierre
    Pappilon's the book, based on his escape from French Guyana.

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  3. DevnexusOctober 10, 2010 at 1:20 PM

    X- Henri Charriere
    Y- Papillon

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  4. DevnexusOctober 10, 2010 at 1:20 PM

    X- Henri Charriere
    Y- Papillon

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  5. nelsonOctober 10, 2010 at 9:39 PM

    The Great Escape.....i guess

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  6. UnknownOctober 10, 2010 at 9:52 PM

    x- Henri Charrière
    y - Papillon

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  7. UnknownOctober 11, 2010 at 11:21 AM

    X - Henri Charrière
    Y - Papillon

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  8. JoydipOctober 11, 2010 at 11:33 PM

    X-Henri Charrière
    Y-Papillon.
    The film was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starred Steve McQueen as Henri Charrière ("Papillon") and Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega

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  9. UnknownOctober 12, 2010 at 12:00 AM

    X-HENRI CHARRIERE
    Y- 'PAPILLON'

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  10. AmoghOctober 12, 2010 at 10:03 AM

    the movie's papillon

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