The French Connection
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- Synopsis
- This gritty, fast-paced, and innovative police drama earned five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay (written by Ernest Tidyman), and Best Actor (Gene Hackman)....
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- Starring
- Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi
- Director(s)
- William Friedkin
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 104 min.
Critic Reviews
The New York Times | Roger GreenspunAdd Critic to Favorites
The French Connection is a film of almost incredible suspense, and it includes, among a great many chilling delights, the most brilliantly executed chase sequence I have ever seen. [8 October 1971]Read the full review
Variety | Staff (Not credited)Add Critic to Favorites
Producer and screenwriter have added enough fictional flesh to provide director William Friedkin and his overall topnotch cast with plenty of material, and they make the most of it.Read the full review
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07/29/09 William Friedkin, who will be feted by the 62nd Locarno Film Festival with its Honorary Pard for career achievement, is widely considered the epitome of an American auteur in Europe. | Variety -
William Friedkin to be feted in Locarno
06/25/09 Director William Friedkin, best known for his 1973 horror masterpiece "The Exorcist" and five-time Oscar winner for "The French Connection" two years earlier, will be presented with the Locarno Film Festival's Leopard of Honor, festival organizers said Thursday. | The Hollywood Reporter