The Connection (1961)
1h 50m
Running Time
May 3, 1961Release Date
Plot.
A title card announces that the film is a result of found footage assembled by cameraman J.J. Burden working for the acclaimed documentary filmmaker Jim Dunn, who has disappeared. Leach, a heroin addict, introduces the audience to his apartment where other heroin addicts, a mix of current and former jazz musicians, are waiting for Cowboy, their drug connection, to appear. Things go out of control as the men grow increasingly nervous and the cameraman keeps recording.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
William Redfield
Jim Dunn
Warren Finnerty
Leach
Garry Goodrow
Ernie
Jerome Raphael
Solly
Jim Anderson
Sam
Carl Lee
Cowboy
Barbara Winchester
Sister Salvation
Henry Proach
Harry
Freddie Redd
Piano Player / Original Music Composer
Jackie McLean
Sax Player
Roscoe Lee Browne
J. J. Burden
Larry Richie
Drummer
Michael Mattos
Bass Player
Shirley Clarke
Director
Linda Veras
Siren
Jack Gelber
Writer
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The Connection is a 1961 found footage feature film directed by the American experimental filmmaker Shirley Clarke. The film was Clarke's first feature; she had made several short films over the previous decade. Jack Gelber wrote the screenplay, adapting his play of the same name. The film was the subject of significant court cases regarding censorship. It is the first known movie shot in the found footage format and beginning with a found footage title card.