DVD
French connection II
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, Bernard Fresson, Cathleen Nesbitt.
Publication Information
Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2001]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Gene Hackman reprises his Oscar-winning role as Popeye Doyle, the hard-nosed New York detective determined to break a French narcotic ring. Kidnapped by a heroin kingpin in Marseilles, Doyle is mercilessly forced to become a junkie himself. Upon his release, Doyle must kick his habit and join forces with his French police counterpart to hunt down the kingpin.
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1975.
Bonus features: commentary by director John Frankenheimer ; additional commentary by Gene Hackman and producer Robert Rosen ; behind-the-scenes gallery ; storyboard gallery ; theatrical trailers.