“To watch The French Connection now is to experience the shock of the old: a lost world of the city, and a lost style of filmmaking.”
Screened in tribute to Owen Roizman (1936 - 2023)
Gene Hackman and Roy Schneider star as a pair of New York police detectives investigating a heroin-smuggling network originating in France. A tense, gripping and truly gritty thriller (said grittiness achieved in large part by the brilliant cinematography of Roizen), The French Connection won 5 Academy Awards (including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director) and is easily one of the finest films produced by the New Hollywood of the 1970s. Do not miss! sez we.
