The French Connection

Name: The French Connection
Released: 1971

1971

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, by Ernest Tidyman, is based on Robin Moore's 1969 book of the same name about narcotics detectives Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso. It tells the story of their fictional counterparts, New York Police Department detectives Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle and…

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The French Connection (1971) Is One Of The Grittiest And Most Influential Crime Films Ever Made. It Is Rough Around The Edges, A Little Corny In Some Seventies Ways, But Still A Personal Classic Because It Feels So Raw And Real.@thefed131d

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The French Connection (1971) Is One Of The Grittiest And Most Influential Crime Films Ever Made. It Is Rough Around The Edges, A Little Corny In Some Seventies Ways, But Still A Personal Classic Because It Feels So Raw And Real. Released in 1971 and directed by William Friedkin, The French Connection changed crime movies in a major way. Before this film, a lot of police thrillers still had a polished Hollywood style…

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This film is pretty old, almost 50 years old. It was first released in 1971 and I would bet it was very edgy and exciting back in those times. For modern audiences, this is still a good film but it doesn't bring anything that could be considered too special except for the fact it is based on real-life facts. The story is about a NY policeman, who is trying to track down people involving in drug deals, specifically h…

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William Friedkin's *The French Connection* is one of the rare Academy Award winning films that belong to crime genre and one of the even rarer Academy Award winning films that earned reputation of cinema classic. Loosely based on the real events that occurred in 1960s New York, the plot deals with James "Popeye" Doyle (played by Gene Hackman), unrefined but street smart police detective who, together with his partne…

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