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French Connection/French Connection 2 (Blu-ray, 2008)
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A double bill of the classic 70's thrillers featuring an Oscar-winning Gene Hackman as 'Popeye' Doyle. In the first film Doyle 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. Hackman and director William Friedkin both earned Oscars for the film, which also took the award for Best Picture. Whilst in the sequel Doyle (Hackman) travels to Marseilles to track down Charnier (Fernando Rey), the leader of a drug smuggling ring whom he failed to capture in the first film. Kidnapped by dealers and pumped with heroin, Doyle has to kick his new-found habit before he can set about his revenge.
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Product Information
In FRENCH CONNECTION two New York City police detectives Doyle and Russo are on the trail of a large quantity of Heroin which has entered the US from Europe. The sequel FRENCH CONNECTION 2 picks up the story of the efforts to stop drug smuggling in America.Product Identifiers
EAN5039036039420
eBay Product ID (ePID)72535481
Product Key Features
ActorFernando Rey, Gene Hackman, Tony Lo Bianco, Roy Scheider
Film/TV TitleFrench Connection/French Connection 2
DirectorWilliam Friedkin, John Frankenheimer
LanguageEnglish
Run Time241 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
FormatBlu-ray
Release Year2008
FeaturesWidescreen
FranchiseFrench Connection
GenreGeneral, Action & Adventure
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs3
Certificate18
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Additional InformationThis special set features two of the 1970s' most exciting action pictures, THE FRENCH CONNECTION and FRENCH CONNECTION 2.<BR>THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971): Released the same year as Clint Eastwood's DIRTY HARRY, William Friedkin's THE FRENCH CONNECTION marked the beginning of a new era of gritty, urban police dramas in which the theme of tough-cop amorality seemed to serve an epochal conservative demand for a police-state crackdown on the domestic chaos and subversive youth culture of the Vietnam War period. Based on the true story of two New York City police detectives and their investigation into a French heroin smuggling operation, this film is perhaps best known for its infamous, masterfully filmed chase scene (directly influenced by Steve McQueen's BULLITT) in which the lead policeman, Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman), recklessly drives a stolen car through oncoming traffic in pursuit of a sniper escaping by elevated train. The exciting thrill of this ostensibly conventional crime drama is accentuated by director Friedkin's early European influences, perhaps best represented by the often handheld documentary-style visual approach that brings the viewer into a more personal proximity to the characters, as well as Friedkin's claims that the Oscar-winning screenplay was frequently disregarded in favor of improvisation. THE FRENCH CONNECTION is the first film Friedkin made after announcing to Variety that he would abandon his European influences in favor of genre entertainment and not only marked a significant change of course for his career but also signified a demographic shift that all of Hollywood would soon follow.<BR>THE FRENCH CONNECTION 2 (1975): Gene Hackman again 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 Barthemy 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.
Sound sourceDTS 5.1
Movie/TV TitleFrench Connection/French Connection 2
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- 20 Jul, 2017
Classic of the Gendre
Hard hitting, gritty, thrillers. You need to see both films and this package gives you that. Even though these films were made in the seventies you will not find better even today. Gene Hackman and Roy Schneider are irreplaceable in the lead roles. The blu-ray versions are not essential but are a bonus.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 09 Oct, 2024
quality good value
Great movie quality good valueVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 17 Jun, 2020
Disappointing
Blu Ray should improve the look of a film but this is worse than the dvd. I’d rather watch the dvd release as the picture and colours are better Vert disappointingVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 03 Dec, 2022
Get Frog one
Classic raw 70's cop drama, well acted and period pieceVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 04 Jun, 2024
Perfect A++++++
Perfect A++++++Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 21 Jan, 2021
good
goodVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
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