The French Connection (1971)
The French Connection (1971)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Gene Hackman
Jimmy Doyle
Fernando Rey
Alain Charnier
Roy Scheider
Buddy Russo
Tony Lo Bianco
Sal Boca
Marcel Bozzuffi
Pierre Nicoli
Frédéric de Pasquale
Devereaux
Bill Hickman
Mulderig / Stunt Coordinator / Stunt Double
Ann Rebbot
Marie Charnier
Harold Gary
Weinstock
Arlene Farber
Angie Boca
Eddie Egan
Simonson / Other / Technical Advisor
André Ernotte
La Valle
Sonny Grosso
Klein / Technical Advisor
Benny Marino
Lou Boca
Patrick McDermott
Chemist
Alan Weeks
Pusher
Al Fann
Informant
Irving Abrahams
Police Mechanic
Randy Jurgensen
Police Sergeant
William Coke
Motorman
Charles McGregor
'Baldy' (uncredited)
Philip D'Antoni
Producer
Ernest Tidyman
Screenplay
William Friedkin
Director / Screenplay
Owen Roizman
Director of Photography
Edward Garzero
Set Decoration
Ben Kasazkow
Art Direction
Gerald B. Greenberg
Editor
Chris Newman
Sound
William Ward
Electrician
Sass Bedig
Special Effects
Joseph Fretwell III
Costume Design
William C. Gerrity
Assistant Director
G. David Schine
Executive Producer
Terence A. Donnelly
Assistant Director
Kenneth Utt
Associate Producer
Irving Buchman
Makeup Artist
Nicholas Sgarro
Script Supervisor
Robin Moore
Book
Theodore Soderberg
Sound
Paul Ganapoler
Unit Production Manager
Robert Weiner
Casting
Don Ellis
Original Music Composer / Conductor
Thomas Wright
Property Master
Norman Gay
Associate Editor
Enrique Bravo
Camera Operator
Robert Ward
Key Grip
Joseph W. Dehn
Wardrobe Supervisor
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 9, 1971
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 44m
Content RatingR
Budget$1,800,000
Box Office$41,200,000
Filming LocationsMarseille, France · New York City, United States
Genres
Wiki.
The French Connection is a 1971 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by William Friedkin and starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider and Fernando Rey. The screenplay, written by Ernest Tidyman, is based on Robin Moore's 1969 non-fiction book of the same name. It tells the story of fictional NYPD detectives Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy "Cloudy" Russo, whose real-life counterparts were narcotics detectives Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso, in pursuit of wealthy French heroin smuggler Alain Charnier (played by Rey).
At the 44th Academy Awards, the film earned eight nominations and won five for Best Picture, Best Actor (Hackman), Best Director, Best Film Editing and Best Adapted Screenplay. It was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Scheider), Best Cinematography and Best Sound Mixing. Tidyman also received a Golden Globe Award nomination, a Writers Guild of America Award and an Edgar Award for his screenplay. A sequel, French Connection II, followed in 1975 with Hackman and Rey reprising their roles.
Often considered one of the greatest films ever made, The French Connection appeared in the American Film Institute's list of the best American films in 1998 and again in 2007. In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".