The French Connection/French Connection II (Blu-ray) Blu-ray | Movie Mail UK

Film Description

A pairing of the two 1970s narcotics movies.

In The French Connection (Friedkin, 1971), 'Popeye' Doyle (an Academy Award-winning Gene Hackman) 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. Gene Hackman and director William Friedkin both earned Academy Awards for the film, which also took Best Picture. The legendary car chase and the bleak, ambiguous ending remain amongst the greatest sequences in American movies of the 1970s.

French Connection II (Frankenheimer, 1975) sees Popeye Doyle travel to Marseilles to track down Charnier, the leader of a drug smuggling ring whom he failed to capture in 'The French Connection'. Kidnapped by dealers and pumped with heroin, Doyle has to kick his new-found habit before he can set about his revenge. Considered by many as the superior film to the first.

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Blu-ray Extras

William Friedkin Introduction
Audio Commentary by William Friedkin
Audio Commentary by Gene Hackman and Roy Schieder
Trivia Track
Isolated Score Track
Theatrical Trailer
French Connection II BD Trailer
Disc 2: 9 Deleted Scenes with Optional Audio Commentary by William Friedkin
Anatomy of a Chase
Hackman on Doyle
Friedman and Grosso remember the real French Connection
Scene of the Crime
Colour Timing The French Connection
Cop Jazz: The Music of Don Ellis
Rouge Cop: The Noir Connection
BBC Documentary: The Poughkeepsie Shuffle
Making the Connection: The Untold Stories of The French Connection
The French Connection II: Audio Commentary by Director John Frankenheimer
Audio Commentary by Gene Hackman and Producer Robert Rosen
Isolated Score Track
A Conversation with Gene Hackman
Frankenheimer: In Focus
Theatrical Trailer
Stills Galleries.

Film Details

Director	John Frankenheimer
Year	1971
Country	USA

Cast

Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Gene Hackman, Arlene Farber, Tony Lo Bianco, Philippe Leotard

Technical Details

Certificate	18
Length	213 mins
Label	FOX
Format	Blu-ray Colour
Region	2
Aspect	1.78:1 widescreen
Cat No	2310607000
Main Language	English
Subtitles	Subtitles (Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, German), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English)

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