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1975
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British Academy of Film & Television Arts Film Editing 1973 · Winner
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Actor 1973 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture 1972 · Winner
Academy Award Directing 1972 · Winner
Academy Award Actor in a Leading Role 1972 · Winner
Academy Award Writing (Screenplay - Based on Material From Another Medium) 1972 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Drama 1972 · Winner
Academy Award Film Editing 1972 · Winner
Academy Award Best Picture 1972 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama 1972 · Winner
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Soundtrack 1973 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Film 1973 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Direction 1973 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Screenplay - Motion Picture 1972 · Nominated
Academy Award Sound 1972 · Nominated
Academy Award Cinematography 1972 · Nominated
Academy Award Actor in a Supporting Role 1972 · Nominated
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Academy Awards, USA. 1972 Winner Oscar. Best Picture. Philip D'Antoni. 1972 Winner Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Gene Hackman. 1972 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
Oct 9, 1971 · The French Connection: Directed by William Friedkin. With Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco. A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.
- (131K)
- Action, Crime, Drama
- William Friedkin
- 1971-10-09
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. It was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Scheider), Best Cinematography and Best Sound Mixing.
- $1.8–2.2 million
- Don Ellis
- October 7, 1971 (United States)
- Philip D'Antoni
The French Connection. SHARE. Released in 1971, The French Connection set a new standard for American crime films with a tough, gritty New York style that was often imitated for the rest of the decade.
Apr 21, 2024 · Critically acclaimed, it won five Academy Awards, including that for best picture. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.) The film begins in Marseille, France, where an undercover police officer is killed by Pierre Nicoli (played by Marcel Bozzuffi), a hit man who works for criminal mastermind Alain Charnier ...
- Pat Bauer
“The French Connection” won five Academy Awards in 1972, including Best Film. It also scored statuettes for Best Director for Friedkin, Adapted Screenplay for Ernest Tidyman, as well as Actor in a Leading Role for Gene Hackman as the hard-nosed New York detective Popeye Doyle.
Rated: 4/5 Aug 13, 2023 Full Review Mark Johnson Awards Daily Embedded in the style and themes of classic film noir, The French Connection is a grim and relentless detective thriller that...
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
- R
