The French connection

Resource Information

The work The French connection represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Wautoma Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The French connection

Statement of 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

Contributor

• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• D'Antoni, Philip, 1929-
• Friedkin, William
• Hackman, Gene
• Moore, Robin, 1925-2008
• Rey, Fernando, 1917-1994
• Scheider, Roy
• Tidyman, Ernest
• Schine-Moore Productions

Subject

• Detective and mystery films
• Drug control -- New York (State) | New York
• New York (N.Y.), Police Department
• Police -- New York (State) | New York
• Police films
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Police films
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
• Detective and mystery films

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

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

Member of

• Collector's edition (Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.), v. 24

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.

Cataloging source

BKX

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music composed and conducted by Don Ellis ; director of photography, Owen Roizman ; film editor, Jerry Greenberg ; technical consultants, Eddie Egan, Sonny Grosso

Date time place

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R

Language note

• Soundtrack in English (surround) or French (mono) with optional subtitles in English or Spanish
• Closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.F74634 2005

PerformerNote

Gene Hackman (Jimmy Doyle), Fernando Rey (Alain Charnier), Roy Scheider (Buddy Russo), Tony Lo Bianco (Sal Boca), Marcel Bozzuffi (Pierre Nicoli)

Runtime

104

Series statement

Collector's edition

Series volume

24

Technique

live action