The French Connection (1971) (DVD 2005) (NEW) Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider

Description: Shipping is $4.50 USPS Media Mail with a Tracking Number in a Bubble Mailer or Box. Shipping Cost on ALL movies, within an order, are covered by the same $4.50. Please use the Shopping Cart as it will group your order & remove the shipping on each additional Movie. if you decide to purchase additional movies after checking out just send me a text so I know to add those to your order. You can add additional movies to your order by visiting my store "Dave's Needful Things" > "Movies" to Browse all or click on "Categories" > "Movies" to have them sorted by Genre. I Cannot Ship to Countries Outside of the US, I Can ship to PPOs & FPOs for orders of $50 or more as there is added time to fill out a customs slip & added expense because I don't get Ebay discounted shipping (Retail Shipping at the Post Office) Grading - The Pictures you see is the actual item for sale, No stock photos or video, click on the pic to enlarge. I video each play side of the disc(s) for your inspection (2nd spot of the Pictures). Except for New/Sealed Items This gritty, fast-paced, and innovative police drama earned five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay (written by Ernest Tidyman), and Best Actor (Gene Hackman). Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle (Hackman) and his partner, Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider), are New York City police detectives on narcotics detail, trying to track down the source of heroin from Europe into the United States. Suave Alain Charnier (Fernando Rey) is the French drug kingpin who provides a large percentage of New York City's dope, and Pierre Nicoli (Marcel Bozzuffi) is a hired killer and Charnier's right-hand man. Acting on a hunch, Popeye and Buddy start tailing Sal Boca (Tony Lo Bianco) and his wife, Angie (Arlene Faber), who live pretty high for a couple whose corner store brings in about 7,000 dollars a year. It turns out Popeye's suspicions are right -- Sal and Angie are the New York agents for Charnier, who will be smuggling 32 million dollars' worth of heroin into the city in a car shipped over from France. The French Connection broke plenty of new ground for screen thrillers; Popeye Doyle was a highly unusual "hero," an often violent, racist, and mean-spirited cop whose dedication to his job fell just short of dangerous obsession. The film's high point, a high-speed car chase with Popeye tailing an elevated train, was one of the most viscerally exciting screen moments of its day and set the stage for dozens of action sequences to follow. And the film's grimy realism (and downbeat ending) was a big change from the buff-and-shine gloss and good-guys-always-win heroics of most police dramas that preceded it. The French Connection was inspired by a true story, and Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso, Popeye and Buddy's real life counterparts, both have small roles in the film. A sequel followed four years later

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