DVD
The French connection
Call Number
- DVD ACTION (CEN)
Edition
Widescreen version.
Languages
In English or dubbed French, with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned.
Performers
Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi.
Publication Information
Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2001]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R.
Summary
A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.
Notes
Based on the book by Robin Moore.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971.
1971, 44th Academy Awards, winner for Best Actor in a Leading Role-Gene Hackman, Best Director-William Friedkin, Best Film Editing-Gerald B. Greenberg, Best Picture-Philip D'Antoni, and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium-Ernest Tidyman.