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The French connection

Friedkin, William (Director). D'Antoni, Philip 1929- (Producer). Tidyman, Ernest (Screenwriter). Hackman, Gene (Actor). Rey, Fernando 1917-1994 (Actor). Scheider, Roy (Actor). Lo Bianco, Tony (Actor). Bozzuffi, Marcel 1929-1988 (Actor). Ellis, Don (Composer). Moore, Robin 1925-2008 French connection. (Added Author). Schine-Moore Productions. (Added Author). Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. (Added Author). Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. (Added Author). Gene Hackman (Jimmy Doyle), Fernando Rey (Alain Charnier), Roy Scheider (Buddy Russo), Tony Lo Bianco (Sal Boca), Marcel Bozzuffi (Pierre Nicoli). (Cast).

Summary: 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.

Record details

Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (8 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
videodisc
Edition: [Widescreen].
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. : [2005]
Copyright: ©1971.

Content descriptions

General Note:	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.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.).
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Music composed and conducted by Don Ellis ; director of photography, Owen Roizman ; film editor, Jerry Greenberg ; technical consultants, Eddie Egan, Sonny Grosso.
Participant or Performer Note:	Gene Hackman (Jimmy Doyle), Fernando Rey (Alain Charnier), Roy Scheider (Buddy Russo), Tony Lo Bianco (Sal Boca), Marcel Bozzuffi (Pierre Nicoli).
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:	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.
Language Note:	Soundtrack in English (surround) or French (mono) with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned.
Awards Note:	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.