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French Connection / French Connection 2
1971
'Popeye' Doyle (an Academy Award-winning Gene Hackman) and Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider) are tough New York cops attempting to crack a drug smuggling ring. They have a small candy store under surveillance, but Doyle is not happy when he receives the order to work with a pair of French federal agents on the case, one of whom he has .. Read more
| Starring | Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco |
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| Director | William Friedkin, John Frankenheimer |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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French Connection / French Connection 2
'Popeye' Doyle (an Academy Award-winning Gene Hackman) and Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider) are tough New York cops attempting to crack a drug smuggling ring. They have a small candy store under surveillance, but Doyle is not happy when he receives the order to work with a pair of French federal agents on the case, one of whom he has a long-standing feud with. Gene Hackman and director William Friedkin both earned Academy Awards for the film, which also took Best Picture. The legendary car chase and the bleak, ambiguous ending remain amongst the greatest sequences in American movies of the 1970s. Also includes "French Connection 2".
| Starring | Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco |
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| Director | William Friedkin, John Frankenheimer |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 3 hrs 33 mins Blu-ray: 4 hrs 1 min |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 25 Feb 2002 Blu-ray: 01 Dec 2008 Production year: 1971 |
| Format | DVD |
French Connection / French Connection 2 (3 discs) (1971)
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Critics' reviews (2)
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John Frankenheimer's sequel to The French Connection may be less believable than its predecessor, but it's still a cracking thriller. Here, New York cop “Popeye” Doyle (Gene Hackman brilliantly reprising his Oscar-winning role from the original) blunders into the French operation to uncover heroin-tsar Fernando Rey's drugs ring. There's a disturbing sequence that details Hackman's withdrawal after being forcibly addicted, but after that it's revenge and violence all the way.
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Sleazy, virtually plotless and unattractive sequel which rises to a few good action moments but is bogged down by bad language, unconvincing characterization and an interminable and irrelevant 'cold turkey' sequence.
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Wow!
I caught this on terrestrial TV a couple of years back and was mesmerised.
It is definitely one for the boys (and tomboys) as it is a fast paced thriller that doesn’t shy away from violence.
Gene Hackman stars as Popeye Doyle, a cop with an unconventional style. The story is based in New York and the plot is a drugs one as they track a large heroin shipment.
This film is famed for the car chase finale, which is excellent, standing the test of time 34 years on. -
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
this is a classic that has lost none of its edge, Gene Hackman bursting on the screen as wildcard cop, just as exciting as ever.
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Bullitt car chase voted best ever
- 15 Jan 2004
The epic car chase at the climax of cult 60s cop flick, Bullitt, has been voted the best in movie history. The ten-minute chase through the streets of San Francisco topped a poll of 5,500 film buffs carried out by Choices Video. In the 1968 movie, Steve McQueen - as Detective Lieutenant Frank Bullitt - pursues two hit men in a 375 bhp V8 Dodge Charger behind the wheel of his 390 GT 325 bhp V8 Ford Mustang. The sequence is widely credited with creating the modern car chase, and set the standard... Read more
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