The French connection/French connection II [videorecording]
2004
Videos and DVDs
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.
Main title:
The French connection/French connection II [videorecording] / producer, Philip D'Antoni; producer, Robert L. Rosen.
Author:
Friedkin, William, directorFrankenheimer, John, 1930-2002, directorEllis, Don, composer (expression)Hackman, Gene, actorScheider, Roy, actorRey, Fernando, 1917-1994, actorMoore, Robin, book author
Imprint:
[United Kingdom] : 20th Century Studios, 2004.
Collation:
2 DVDs (213 min.) : colour.
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 2 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English).Made in 1975.Based on the book by Robin Moore.Boxed.
Credits:
Credits: director, William Friedkin; director, John Frankenheimer; writer, Ernest Tidyman; music, Don Ellis; writer, Robert Dillon; writer, Laurie Dillon; writer, Alexander Jacobs; cinematographer, Owen Roizman; cinematographer, Claude Renoir.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi, Frederic de Pasquale, Bill Hickman, Ann Rebbot, Bernard Fresson, Harold Gary, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Arlene Farber, Pierre Collet, Alexandre Fabre, Charles Millot, Cathleen Nesbitt, Philippe LeĢotard, Jacques Dynam.
Audience:
BBFC code: 18.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
English
BRN:
720058