Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection

Sep 25, 2001

0h 56m

★ 7.0

Overview

The exciting story of the making of William Friedkin's The French Connection (1971), hosted by former NYPD detective Sony Grosso, who inspired the character of Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo, played in the film by actor Roy Scheider.

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Grosso-Jacobson Productions

Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection Trailers

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Cast

Self - Host

Sonny Grosso

Self

William Friedkin

Self

Edwin Torres

Self

Tony Lo Bianco

Self

Lora Mitchell

Self (archive footage)

Eddie Egan

Self

Gene Hackman

Self

Philip D'Antoni

Self

Richard D. Zanuck

Self

Robin Moore

Self

Owen Roizman

Self

Roy Scheider

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.

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