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| Genre/Form: | Feature films Police films Detective and mystery films Fiction films Film adaptations Video recordings for the hearing impaired Drama |
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| Named Person: | Robin Moore |
| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
William Friedkin; Philip D'Antoni; Ernest Tidyman; Gene Hackman; Fernando Rey; Roy Scheider; Tony Lo Bianco; Marcel Bozzuffi; Don Ellis; Robin Moore; Schine-Moore Productions.; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. |
| OCLC Number: | 64445720 |
| Language Note: | Soundtrack in English (surround) or French (mono) with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned. |
| Notes: | Based on the book by Robin Moore. Program notes by Mark Kermode inserted in container. Special features: commentary by William Friedkin; commentary by Gene Hackman & Roy Scheider; original theatrical trailer. |
| Credits: | Music composed and conducted by Don Ellis ; director of photography, Owen Roizman ; film editor, Jerry Greenberg ; technical consultants, Eddie Egan, Sonny Grosso. |
| Cast: | Gene Hackman (Jimmy Doyle), Fernando Rey (Alain Charnier), Roy Scheider (Buddy Russo), Tony Lo Bianco (Sal Boca), Marcel Bozzuffi (Pierre Nicoli). |
| Production notes: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971. |
| Awards: | 1971, 44th Academy Awards, winner for Best Actor in a Leading Role-Gene Hackman, Best Director-William Friedkin, Best Film Editing-Gerald B. Greenberg, Best Picture-Philip D'Antoni, and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium-Ernest Tidyman. |
| Target Audience: | MPAA rating: R. |
| Description: | 2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (8 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.) |
| Details: | DVD, Region 1, Dolby 5.1 surround (English), Dolby stereo surround (English), mono (French), presented in letterbox widescreen preserving original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. |
| Contents: | Disc 2: Poughkeepsie shuffle: tracing the French connection / BBC ; written & presented by Mark Kermode ; produced & directed by Russell Leven (54 min.) -- Making the connection: the French connection 30th anniversary special / hosted by Sonny Grosso ; producer, Michele Wilson ; writer, Keith Johnson (57 min.) -- French connection deleted scenes / with William Friedkin ; produced and directed by Michael M. Arick (18 min.). |
| Series Title: | Collector's edition (Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.), v. 24. |
| Other Titles: | French connection (Motion picture). The French connection |
| Responsibility: | Twentieth Century Fox presents ; a Philip D'Antoni production ; in association with Schine-Moore Productions ; screenplay by Ernest Tidyman ; produced by Philip D'Antoni ; directed by William Friedkin. |
| Local System Bib Number: | 197598 |
Abstract:
Alain Chanier is a dapper businessman from Marseilles, France, who is in reality a drug lord working on a big score - selling $32 million worth of heroin in New York City. But his potential buyer - small-time hood Salvatore Boca - is being tailed by two undercover NYC cops, James "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy "Cloudy" Russo. The more Popeye and Cloudy dig, the closer they get - to the mysterious 'French connection' and a final showdown between the dealers and the police.
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