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After 35 years, classic Papillon gets makeover

When a film about a petty criminal who was wrongly convicted of murder and banished to a desert island colony was released in 1973, it instantly earned a place in movie folklore for the phenomenal on-screen ...

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Related Topix: Dustin Hoffman, Papillon, Short, Drama, Biography Movies, Adventure

Fri Jul 25, 2008

Inter-bike.co.uk

Former World Champion Unveils Steve McQueen Metisse Desert Racer

Historic British firm Metisse Motorcycles stunned thousands of enthusiasts at the recent Motorcycle World Show at Beaulieu, England, home of the National Motor Museum.

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OhNoTheyDidnt

Robert Downey Jnr tipped to star in Papillon remake

Hollywood is to remake Papillon, the classic 1973 prison-break film starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman as inmates of a desert island colony.

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Related Topix: Dustin Hoffman, Papillon, Short, Drama, Biography Movies, Adventure

Mon Jul 21, 2008

This Is Staffordshire

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Prison flick Papillon is apparently set to be remade for today's audiences. The critically acclaimed 1973 film starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman will get the modern-day treatment, The Independent ...

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Related Topix: Papillon, Drama, Biography Movies, Short, Adventure, Dustin Hoffman

Luxist

The Classicist: Summer of Steve McQueen

Super cool movie star Steve McQueen was without a doubt one of the most stylish men of all time.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama, Comedy Movies, The Thomas Crown Affair, Thriller

Sun Jul 20, 2008

Retro To Go

Retro TV W/C 18th July 2008

Barry Murphy returns once more trawl the TV and radio guides to find anything worth tuning into this week.

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Fri Jul 18, 2008

Variety

Producers team fro 'Papillon' redo

New Spanish production shingle Atlantia Canarias is teaming with L.A. producers Branko Lustig and John Kelly for a remake of "Papillon." The producers aim to finance the remake for the most part via tax-driven ...

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Related Topix: Papillon, Drama, Biography Movies, Short, Adventure, Dustin Hoffman

Wed Jul 16, 2008

DigitallyOBSESSED.com

The Great Escape: Special Edition

"It is the sworn duty of all officers to try to escape. If they can't, it is their duty to cause the enemy to use an inordinate number of troops to guard them and their sworn duty to harass the enemy to the ...

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Related Topix: James Coburn, Gordon Jackson, David McCallum, John Leyton, Angus Lennie

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Guardian Unlimited

Frijj parodies The Blob in viral campaign

Frijj is to launch a series of tongue-in-cheek viral ads featuring the milkshake drink terrifying a small 1950s town in a spoof of Steve McQueen B-movie The Blob.

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Related Topix: Horror, Comedy Movies, Thriller, The Blob, Science Fiction Movies

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Journal Star

Respect the bus movies

The news that local transit ridership is up by 24 percent in Peoria this year isn't surprising.

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Related Topix: New York Metro, Entertainment

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Insanely Great Mac

99 Movie: 'The Great Escape'

The Great Escape , the iTunes 99 Movie of the Week: When you hear members of the "Greatest Generation" say, "They don't make 'em like that anymore," this is the kind of movie they're talking about.

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Related Topix: Charles Bronson, James Coburn

Tue Jul 08, 2008

Carl Parkes

Steve McQueen, Bullitt, and San Francisco

Nothing to do with Southeast Asia, but I'm sure many readers of this blog have spent time in San Francisco and probably seen the classic car scenes in Bullitt.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama, Action, Thriller, Bullitt

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Daily Star

Becks beaten by blast from past

Her parents are the former king and queen of daytime telly who now have polite teatime chats with celebs on Channel 4. Britain's million Poles have invented their own secret slang.

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Related Topix: Cary Grant, North by Northwest, Thriller, Adventure, Mystery Movies

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Daily India

Cary Grant snatches 'Greatest Ever Male Style Icon' from David Beckham

London, July 5: British actor Cary Grant has beaten ace footballer David Beckham for the title of 'Greatest Ever Male Style Icon'. The Hollywood screen legend, remembered for his sophisticated looks, has left ...

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Related Topix: Cary Grant, North by Northwest, Thriller, Adventure, Mystery Movies

This and That and More of the Same

Almost all gone but something lives within us

One of my all-time favorite movies is "The Magnificent Seven", John Sturges and William Roberts' apocraphal and marvelously pivotal 'western' which glorifies the willingness of men of strength to suffer that ...

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Related Topix: Brad Dexter, Charles Bronson, Horst Buchholz, Robert Vaughn, Yul Brynner

Thu Jul 03, 2008

STLtoday

TALK: What's wrong with the minivan anyway?

Look, I'm not afraid to admit it: I have driven a minivan for more than a decade.

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Related Topix: Angelina Jolie, Hot Chicks, Action, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Crime Movies, Drama, Bullitt

Tue Jul 01, 2008

Sam Spade's San Francisco

Bullit: Steve McQueen's 68 Ford Mustang 390 on Google Map of San Francisco

Seero.com allows users to mash and sync videos with a Google map. One user mapped a car chase scene from the movie Bullitt with Steve McQueen.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama, Action, Thriller, Bullitt

Mon Jun 30, 2008

DVD Verdict

The Sand Pebbles

Judge Dave Ryan hates it when he gets sand pebbles in his shoe. "Hello, engine. I'm Jake Holman." When Fox released its 1966 epic The Sand Pebbles in a special collector's edition format last year, you knew it ...

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Related Topix: Richard Crenna, Western, Drama, Junior Bonner, Comedy Movies

Fri Jun 27, 2008

East Valley Tribune

Cool off at Prescott's Frontier Days

Prescott's Frontier Days' celluloid fame is now 36 years old: In Sam Peckinpah's film "Junior Bonner," Steve McQueen's washed-up former rodeo star rides Sunshine, a particularly fearsome bull, in hopes of ...

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Related Topix: Sam Peckinpah, Comedy Movies, Western, Drama, Junior Bonner, Prescott, AZ

Wed Jun 25, 2008

KBSG-FM Seattle

Judith Ratay of Camano Island was our winner with The Top 4 at 4 trivia

Congratulations to Judith Ratay of Camano Island, the first person to answer today's Top 4 at 4 trivia challenge.

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Related Topix: Camano Island, WA, The Getaway, Crime Movies, Drama, Action, Thriller, Bellevue, WA

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