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The French Connection & French Connection II [Blu-ray] [1971]

Gene Hackman (Actor) Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over Format: Blu-ray
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Genre Action & Adventure/Thrillers
Format Blu-ray, Widescreen, Import
Contributor Gene Hackman
Language English, French, German, Italian
Runtime 3 hours and 33 minutes

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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, Doyle has to kick his new-found habit before he can set about his revenge.

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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.

Product details

  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Is discontinued by manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English, French, German, Italian
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.5 x 1.5 x 17.2 cm; 0.28 g
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 5039036039420
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Import, Blu-ray, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 3 hours and 33 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ 1 Dec. 2008
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Gene Hackman
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ Italian, German, French
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0), French (Dolby Digital 2.0), Unknown (DTS 5.1), Italian (Dolby Digital 2.0)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Walt Disney Studios HE
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001GPTCDY
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer reviews:
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  • P.Murray
    5.0 out of 5 stars The French Connection collection (Blu-ray)
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 March 2025
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    These classic films have never looked better. Highly recommended.
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  • John Morrison
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very good DVDs
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 February 2025
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    Both DVDs received in perfect condition, enjoyed both movies. Recommend if you enjoy crime thrillers.
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  • Mr Robinson
    4.0 out of 5 stars 70s classic
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 June 2023
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    is a 1971 American neo-noir action thriller film starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, and Fernando Rey, and directed by William Friedkin. The screenplay, written by Ernest Tidyman, is based on Robin Moore's 1969 book of the same name. It tells the story of fictional NYPD detectives Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy "Cloudy" Russo, whose real-life counterparts were Narcotics Detectives Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso, in pursuit of wealthy French heroin smuggler Alain Charnier (played by Rey).

    At the 44th Academy Awards, the film earned eight nominations and won five for Best Picture, Best Actor (Hackman), Best Director, Best Film Editing, and Best Adapted Screenplay, and was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Scheider), Best Cinematography, and Best Sound Mixing. Tidyman also received a Golden Globe Award nomination, a Writers Guild of America Award, and an Edgar Award for his screenplay. A sequel, French Connection II, followed in 1975 with Hackman and Rey reprising their roles.

    Often considered one of the greatest films ever made, The French Connection appeared in the American Film Institute's list of the best American films in 1998 and again in 2007. In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"

    French Connection II is a 1975 American neo-noir action thriller film starring Gene Hackman and directed by John Frankenheimer. It is a sequel to the 1971 Academy Award for Best Picture winner The French Connection. The film continues the story of the central character, Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle, again played by Gene Hackman who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the first film. In the film, Doyle travels to Marseille, France, where he is attempting to track down French drug-dealer Alain Charnier, played by Fernando Rey, who escaped at the end of the first film. Hackman and Rey are the only returning cast members.
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  • Jason John Swistek
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent service
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 February 2025
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    Dvd came quick in good condition and played well
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  • perko
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great on bluray
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 August 2024
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    I saw both of these films at the cinema when they first came out. Ground-breaking and important in their own ay at the time and Hackman, in my opinion, has never been better.... although The Conversation is worth a look, as is...but I digress! Gritty documentary style - particularly in the first film - set the tone for a lot of movies that followed and these two films are important additions to the list of films of the 1970s that paved the way for a lot of what was to follow...
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  • Richardson
    5.0 out of 5 stars a REVIEW from an OWNER of the new BLU RAY set!!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 October 2010
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    Hello all, I felt obliged to "weigh in" after seeing these terrible reviews. Of the literally thousands of DVDs and hundreds of Blu Rays this may be one of my most treasured collections. Sure the first movie doesn't look like a recently released movie...it was shot on a fairly low budget..without a load of additional lighting brought in so the film had a grainy ...documentary feel and look. The problem with source material like this is when you upgrade the method of presentation..it becomes more obvious. There are programs that will let them hide some of that grain but as we've seen with many recent upgrade DVDs (Predator) they can become unreal in a much more obvious and distracting way.

    As most agree...the sequel looks great...and anytime John Frankenheimer does a commentary its a mini film school. The bonus features are not the kind you can barely get through but I've watched them many times over. Interviews with the real "Cloudy" the participants in the film.....documentaries on Frankenheimer...shoot these Blu Rays are packed with extra content and value. I particularly enjoy your own Mark Kermode and whenever he does a documentary like this one and on The Exorcist...they are informative , well done little movies on their own.

    Don't let the overly technical complaints keep you from enjoying hours of good fun and classic action! Did I mention Gene Hackman is absolutely one of our greatest actors and deserved his Oscar?

    Thanks for reading....
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  • PAR
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Action Film
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 February 2014
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    I well recall seeing this film and its successor when it came out at the cinema, but over the intervening years had forgotten its fast pace and thrills. What fun it was to relive those all moments!

    Naturally the furious car chase under the oveherad railway was the obvious climax of 'Part I', but there are other wonderfully authentic atmospheric moments such as detective's 'sixth sense' in spotting the criminals gathered at the cafe table and the superb 'bust' of the drug users and dealers inthe bar where the informant is stationed.The urban street scenes in the suspect tailing episodes is also fascinating and impressive. The powerful factual indictment of the contemporary American legal system at the end credits is particularly poignant. The sequel 'II' was never as thrilling as its forerunner, the drug addict scenes being quite drawn out, but there is much unconscious humour there and the final and fitting end of the master dealer gives satisfying conclusion and moral satisfaction to the viewer.

    These two films in a complete DVD package are good value and offer much enjoyable future viewing of a period of powerful American film drama.
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  • jean claude
    5.0 out of 5 stars superbe
    Reviewed in France on 9 March 2025
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    superbe film
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  • Cliente Amazon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Francisco
    Reviewed in Spain on 28 October 2016
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    Muy buena edición de un clásico ofrecido como un pack, de dos peliculas (parte I y II), en el que segundas partes si son buenas.
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  • Gilmour
    5.0 out of 5 stars Stil und Handkamera hoch 3!
    Reviewed in Germany on 29 October 2002
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    The French Connection" ist von William Friedkin verwirklicht worden. Wir sehen Gene Hackman in seiner besten Rolle, Roy Scheider als verdiente Oscarnominierung (Hackman ebenfalls, er gewann aber) und Fernando Rey. Und natürlich sehen wir eine der besten und rasantesten Autoverfolgungsjagden der Filmgeschichte, aber gerade das ist komischerweise die Nebensache.
    "The French Connection" bietet einen einzigartigen Stil in ungewohnter Umgebung; sämtliche Schauplätze sind nicht beispielsweise der Central Park oder das Empire State Building sondern die auch eher nebensächliche Geschichte spielt in dem Slums den Fixertreffs, den Pubs etc., die bedrohliche Stimmung wird durch die ruckartige Musik des Don Ellis ins Unermessliche verstärkt. William Friedkin verpackt Ernest Tidymans Drehbuch in dokumantarähnliche Bilder, mit brillianten Handkamerafahrten. Nicht umsonst hat der Kameramann Owen Roizman eine Oscarnominierung erhalten, es währe aber doch leicht übertrieben gewesen wenn er gewonnen hätte, den der Film räumte ohnehin 5 Oscars ab. Alles besteht aus solchen Kameraeinstellungen, kein Stativ oder Schienen wurden angewendet (die Szenen wirken tatsächlich so echt, als hätte man sie nur zufällig gefilmt bzw. es gab wohl keine Statisten oder ähnliches). So wackelt das Bild die ganze Zeit herum bis es am absoluten Höhepunkt einen leeren Korridor filmt und ein schallender Schuss ertönt.
    Gene Hackman ist einer der besten amerikanischen Schauspieler. Er beherrscht das Bild mit seinen brutalen Zügen, der Wut und dem von Tag zu Tag vonstande gehenden Zerbruch des Charakters, die nur noch beschränkt vorhanden ist. Roy Scheider ist das absolute Gegenteil von Hackmans Charakter ("Popeye Doyle"). Und das sowohl schauspielerisch, von der Wirkung und vom Charakter her. Fernando Rey spielt den sympathischen und haushoch überlegenen Franzosen Alain Charnier, der die Drogen nach Amerika schmuggelt.
    "The French Connection" ist mein absoluter Volltreffer, und das damals wie heute. Der Streifen kommt perfekt getimt und geschnitten daher, und überbietet vieles was man bis heute in diesem Genre gesehen hat. Sehr empfehlenswert!
    FOX hat mit dieser "Special Edition" gute Arbeit geleistet. Das Bonusmaterial ist extrem informativ, Bild und Ton (Orginal- und deutsche Fassung DD 5.1) sind zweifellos gelungen. Als "Draufgabe" gibt es noch John Frankenheimers Fortsetzung, die man aber getrost in einer eigenen DVD auf den Markt bringen hätte können.
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  • Alessandro
    4.0 out of 5 stars Audio italiano presente solo nel primo film
    Reviewed in Italy on 6 February 2022
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    In italia i blu-ray di entrambi i film sono fuori catalogo dunque ho preso questo cofanetto estero per recuperare almeno il primo film ad un prezzo abbordabile . Nonostante la descrizione speravo fosse presente l'audio italiano su entrambi i film ma è disponibile solo sul primo .
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  • ポニ
    5.0 out of 5 stars やっぱりこの時代がいい
    Reviewed in Japan on 18 July 2015
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    私は年齢的にこの時代の映画を見て育ちました。勿論、CGなど皆無の作品。ある意味暗く地味でそこが何ともリアルで何よりジーンハックマンが素晴らしい！あの長い指と大きな身体がとても印象的で今時のスマートなヒーロー像ではない極めてダーティー。あの頃にテレビで見た洋画劇場と今の年齢で見る作品の印象は不思議と一緒です。やっぱり時代がいい！
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