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new york city buddy cop subway car chase based on a true story heroin drug smuggling drug lord chase detective

All movies seen on 06/14/2023

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The French Connection (1971)

Directed by William Friedkin

Crime | Thriller

Most recently watched by sensoria, schofizzy, ashe5k, mrpotocnik

Overview

Tough narcotics detective ‘Popeye’ Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.

Rated R | Length 104 minutes

Actors

Gene Hackman | Fernando Rey | Roy Scheider | Tony Lo Bianco | Marcel Bozzuffi | Frédéric de Pasquale | Bill Hickman | Ann Rebbot | Harold Gary | Arlene Farber | Eddie Egan | André Ernotte | Sonny Grosso | Benny Marino | Patrick McDermott | Alan Weeks | Al Fann | Irving Abrahams | Randy Jurgensen | William Coke | Charles McGregor

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

All this recent chatter about the censorship of this movie by Disney or whoever had me wanting to watch it again as it’s been some years. Ofc the Blu-ray is unavailable unless you’re willing to pay scalper prices ($200+) on eBay. So I got it from Boulder Library. I know the chase is usually the often mentioned aspect but I do love the buddy cop element and how they approach things differently. Hackman’s always been a great asshole on screen.

I did listen to Friedkin’s commentary during the chase bc I was curious what he had to say about it. He points out the scenes where they were driving 90mph during regular traffic and bc he was a “heedless young jerk” but would not do it that way now. Some good tidbits in there.

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