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A New York detective Popeye Doyle is kidnapped by a drug baron and forced to become an addict. Action thriller which traces the French Connection narcotics ring to its source in Marseilles.

Product Identifiers

ProducerRobert L. Rosen

EAN5039036013451

eBay Product ID (ePID)3957237

Product Key Features

ActorFernando Rey, Gene Hackman, Bernard Fresson, Cathleen Nesbitt

Film/TV TitleFrench Connection 2

DirectorJohn Frankenheimer

LanguageEnglish

Subtitle LanguageCzech\Danish\Finnish\Hebrew\Hungarian\Icelandic\Norwegian\Polish\Portuguese\Swedish\Turkish

Run Time114 Mins

Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen\16:9 Wide Screen

Release Year2003

FormatDVD

FranchiseFrench Connection

FeaturesDirector Audio Commentary\Gene Hackman And Producer Robert Rosen Audio Commentary\Original Theatrical Trailer\Spanish Theatrical Trailer\Portuguese Theatrical Trailer\Stills Galleries\Behind The Scenes\Storyboards\Scene Access\Animated Menus, Widescreen, Closed Caption, With Subtitles

GenreGeneral, Action & Adventure

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate18

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerDon Ellis

StuntsHal Needham

Special EffectsLogan Frazee

Art DirectorGerard Viard

MakeupMonique Archambault, Alex Archambault

Costume DesignerJacques Fonteray

Sound sourceDolby Digital 2.0

Director of PhotographyClaude Renoir

Hearing ImpairedEnglish

Production DesignerGeorges Glon, Jacques Saulnier

Additional InformationGene Hackman stars as hard-boiled New York narcotics cop Popeye Doyle in the sequel to the Oscar-winning FRENCH CONNECTION. Still on the trail of heroin kingpin Charnier (Fernando Rey)--whom he's dubbed Frog One--Doyle heads for Marseilles. On arrival, his aggressive ugly-American persona alienates French inspector Barthelmy (Bernard Fresson), and his limited ability to speak French doesn't help. Frustrated by Barthelmy's lack of progress, he slips his assigned police protection and goes looking for Frog One on his own. He's soon captured by Charnier's minions, who lock him in a fleabag hotel and shoot him up repeatedly with free samples of their product until Doyle is completely addicted. Charnier uses the detective's narcotized state to interrogate him and is surprised to find that he's virtually ignorant about his operation. The disdainful Charnier has him dumped in front of police headquarters, and Barthelmy arranges for him to be put in isolation. Doyle undergoes the lengthy, grueling ordeal of quitting heroin cold turkey while his desperation to capture Charnier builds inside him. Hackman's brilliant performance highlights this somewhat overlooked sequel. Claude Renoir's camera fully captures the squalor of the milieu, and Frankenheimer engineers a harrowing final chase.

ScreenwriterRobert Dillon, Laurie Dillon, Alexander Jacobs

Format DescriptionDVD 9

EditorTom Rolf

Movie/TV TitleFrench Connection 2