| Description |
2 videodiscs (223 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Originally released as motion pictures in 1971 and 1975. |
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Based on the book by Robin Moore (1st film) ; based on a story by Robert Dillon and Laurie Dillon (2nd film). |
| Credits |
French connection: Director of photography, Owen Roizman ; film editor, Jerry Greenberg ; music, Don Ellis. French connection II: Director of photography, Claude Renoir ; film editor, Tom Rolf ; music, Don Ellis. |
| Cast |
French connection: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi. French connection II: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Cathleen Nesbitt, Philippe Leotard. |
| Summary |
French conneciton: Two New York City narcotics detectives learn of a scheme to smuggle a large quantity of heroin inside an automobile being shipped from France. French connection II: Detective Popeye Doyle travels to Marseilles in pursuit of the heroin dealers he hit, but failed to kill in New York. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital. |
| Language |
Closed captioned. |
| Awards |
The French connection: five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor (Hackman). |
| Subject |
New York (N.Y.). Police Dept. -- Drama.
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Drug control -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Police films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Friedkin, William.
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D'Antoni, Philip, 1929-
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Tidyman, Ernest.
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Jacobs, Alexander, 1927-1979.
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Frankenheimer, John, 1930-2002
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Dillon, Robert.
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Dillon, Laurie.
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Ellis, Don. Composer.
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Hackman, Gene.
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Rey, Fernando, 1917-1994.
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Scheider, Roy.
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Lo Bianco, Tony.
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Bozzuffi, Marcel, 1929-1988.
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Fresson, Bernard, 1931-2002.
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Nesbitt, Cathleen, 1888-1982.
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Léotard, Philippe.
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Moore, Robin, 1925-2008.
French connection.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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Schine-Moore Productions.
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| Note |
Title on container: French connection ; French Connection II : double feature |
| Added Title |
French connection II.
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| Standard No. |
024543674702 |
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