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Detectives "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy Russo hope to break a narcotics smuggling ring and ultimately uncover the French connection.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:French connection (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Friedkin, William (Director), D'Antoni, Philip, 1929- (Producer), Tidyman, Ernest (Screenwriter), Hackman, Gene (Actor), Rey Martínez, Fernando (Actor), Scheider, Roy (Actor), Ellis, Don (composer (expression)), Moore, Robin, 1925-2008
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
French
Language Notes:Dialogue in English, Spanish, Russian or French; with optional subtitles in Spanish, Russian, Chinese; closed-captioned in English.
Published: Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2011]
Edition:Widescreen ed.
Series:Filmmakers signature series
Subjects:
Heroin industry > Drama.
Drug traffic > Drama.
Drug control > United States > Drama.
Detective and mystery plays.
Moore, Robin, > 1925-2008 > Film adaptations.
Detective and mystery films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Description
Summary:Detectives "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy Russo hope to break a narcotics smuggling ring and ultimately uncover the French connection.
Item Description:Based on the book by Robin Moore.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971.
Booklet (21 pages ; ill.) with historical notes on the 1971-year film inserted in container.
Special features include: commentary by Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider; director's commentary; trivia track; deleted scenes; Anatomy of a chase, Hackman on Doyle; Friedkin and Grosso remember the real French connection, Scene of the crime, Cop Jazz: the music of Don Ellis, Roque cap: the noir connection; Making the connection: the untold stories of the French connection.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray disc; region A; dual layer; aspect ratio 1.85:1; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English), Dolby surround (English), 5.1 Dolby Digital (French, Spanish, Russian) or Dolby Digital 2.0 mono; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience:MPAA rating: R.
Awards:Academy Awards, 1972: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor (Hackman), Best Editing, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.
Production Credits:Music, Don Ellis ; director of photography, Owen Roizman ; film editor, Jerry Greenberg ; executive producer, G. David Schine.