| Description |
2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray disc, region A, widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby DTS-HD Master 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital mono., AVC @ 34.5 MBPS, 50 GB, dual-layer, 1080p High Definition. |
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This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players. |
| Language |
English (DTS-HD 5.1, Dolby Digital, Dolby mono.), dubbed French (Dolby 5.1) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby 5.1) dialogue, Cantonese, English, Mandarin or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Cast |
Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi. |
| Credits |
Music composer and conductor, Don Ellis. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| Summary |
Alain Chanier is a dapper businessman from Marseilles, France. He's actually a drug lord working on a big score. He wants to sell millions of dollars worth of 89% pure heroin. Salvatore Boca is a small-time hood who is his potential buyer. Boca is being tailed by two undercover New York City narcotics police officers, James 'Popeye' Doyle and Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo. The more Popeye and Cloudy dig, the closer they get. Chanier agrees to an attempt on Popeye's life that results in a brutal train hijacking and automobile pursuit. This eventually leads to a showdown between the police and mobsters outside the city. |
| Note |
Special features: Disc 1: William Friedkin introduction to The French connection; commentary by William Friedkin; commentary by Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider; trivia track; isolated score track; enchanced for D-Box Motion Control Systems ; Disc 2: Deleted scenes; "Anatomy of a chase" featurette; "Hackman on Doyle" featurette; "Friedkin and Grosso remember the real French connection" featurette; "Scene of the crime" featurette; color timing The French connection; "Cop jazz:" the music of Don Ellis; "Rogue cop: the noir connection" featurette; "The Poughkeepsie shuffle" BBC documentary; "Making the connection: the untold stories of The French connection" featurette. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Terms Of Use |
These Blu-ray discs are copy protected. |
| Subject |
Police -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Undercover operations -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Heroin -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Gangsters -- France -- Marseille -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Hijacking of trains -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Blu-ray discs.
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| Genre |
Police films.
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Crime films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
D'Antoni, Philip, 1929-
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Tidyman, Ernest.
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Friedkin, William.
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Hackman, Gene.
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Rey, Fernando, 1917-1994.
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Scheider, Roy.
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Lo Bianco, Tony.
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Bozzuffi, Marcel, 1929-1988.
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Ellis, Don.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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| Music No. |
2252989 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
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