THE FRENCH CONNECTION

U.S., 1971 Directed by William Friedkin Starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey WINNER Academy Awards® – Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Hackman), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, 1972  Approx. 104 min. 35mm. Traffic problems in Brooklyn, as Gene Hackman’s Popeye Doyle car-chases a killer-bearing B train, after being snookered by Fernando Rey in a cross-midtown shadowing topped by a classic subway door jamming. Multi-Oscar®-ed re-creation of a legendary drug bust. Presented with support from The Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film