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Papillon
directed by Franklin J Schaffner
Plot Outline -
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Cast:
Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon, Anthony Zerbe, Robert Deman, Woodrow Parfrey, Bill Mumy, George Coulouris, Ratna Assan, William Smithers, Val Avery, Gregory Sierra, Vic Tayback, Mills Watson
Plot Keywords:
Corrupt Prison Officials, Penal Colony, Corporal Punishment, 1940s, Native, Guillotine, Leprosy, Sailing, Shark Infested Waters, Crocodile, Coconut, Prison, Homosexuality, Nun, French Guiana
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Space in the Tropics: From Convicts to Rockets in French Guiana
by Peter Redfield
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with references to "French Guiana".
Excerpt - on Page 2: "
... Positioning this initial image of the lonely castaway in colonial history provides us with a frame against which to interpret French Guiana and the apparitions of a penal colony and space center within it. ... "
Key Phrases:
French Guiana, Devil's Island, Guiana Space Center, Robinson Crusoe, New Caledonia, United States, later penal colony, penal colonization, modern tropics, modern sky, penal transportation, colonial ground
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Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Odonata - Anisoptera
by Charles W. Heckman
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with references to "French Guiana".
Excerpt - on Page 61: "
... Purucordulia Martin, 1907 The only known species in this genus, Parucorc/uliu sericea (Selys, 1871 ), has been found in French Guiana, Surinam, Venezuela, and Pará. - The sectors of the arculus in both the fore and hind wing are separated at ... "
Key Phrases:
Mato Grosso, French Guiana, Central America, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, superior anal appendage, vulvar lamina, hind wing length, antenodal cross veins, inferior anal appendage, antehumeral stripe
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