The determined rage of Gene Hackman face, as he gets out of the car, with only one thing in mind, to catch frog 1, after the subway escape was awesome, you could clearly see that Hackman was determined to get his man, even though he didn’t, but eventually caught up with him in French Connection 2, a truly outstanding film and a truly memorable and brilliant performance by Gene Hackman and all the other actors in the film, some of them who sadly passed away R.I.P 🙏🏾.
It might have been a good film, but unlike the first film, it never happened. I always wanted to know how Frog 1 escaped that building, I guess in real life he did get away and managed to to get to Montreal, where he then got on a ship he owned and returned to Marseille. I guess the French never arrested him because he was a war hero.
I had the opportunity to visit this location fifteen years after filming and it was even more trashed than seen here. The wooden half of the garage/barn building was gone, and the brick half's roof was collapsed. The last derelict building with the ovens, though, had changed little aside from being surrounded by more and more dumping, raising the ground level by a yard or more. Even the office chair lying on it's back in the vandalized men's room had hardly moved. By 1990 that structure too had been demolished, and by 2000 the entire site had been redeveloped as a soccer field and an expansion of the water treatment facility from the north. Only the railroad viaduct above remains to orient oneself to where the ruins once stood. The humpbacked Little Hell Gate Bridge connecting Ward's Island to Randall's Island was obsolete by 2000. The tidal waterway between them was fully filled in and the Central Road replacing the bridge built alongside it. The bridge was demolished not long after.
I've been to Wards Island a couple of times in the past 10 years. It is almost all parks and recreation today. I can't locate where the bakery was. The Hellgate Bridge is the last landmark of the location, but hardly the clue needed to determine what was where. I'm guessing you didn't take photos when you went in 1986.
There is also a certain irony that William Friedkin originally chose Roosevelt (then Welfare) Island as the shootout location. Evidently the structures were so badly damaged they were deemed unfit for filmmaking. The bakery on Wards Island wasn't nearly as decrepit. Imagine that.
@@mandolindleyroadshow706 Yes I did take photos! I put them in a flickr album but RUclips keeps deleting my comment when I try to include a link to guide you to it.
@@speeta Hmm, definitely want to see them. Try writing the link without "www." I've tried that trick before and it worked. Recently I went to the AKA apartment building on E56th St. That's where the after hours joint Pembles used to be where they shot the nightclub scene. One of these days I'm going to ask the doorman if the room where the club was is still available to the public. If it is, I'll try to get some shots there. Of course, you might to try to get there yourself.
I was 12 when I saw this and thought it was amazing. Some parts I didn't get but others I did. Hackman's portrayal was the first time I saw that the protagonist could be a blurry line. Totally believable. To this day it still Holds its own as a classic piece of work.
Thank god too! Cause director William Friedkin said his first choices for Popeye Doyle were Peter Boyle and Jackie Gleason. Peter Boyle, maybe I could see, but definitely not Gleason, IMO at least. Gene Hackman absolutely KILLED IT in this movie!
My favorite fun fact about this movie isn't that Eddie Egan really used to dress up as Santa during Christman when chasing perps, or that the car chase involved real accidents, or that Friedkin fired a gun on set, but that the founder of the fast food chain Chicken on the Run renamed his restaurants "Popeyes" after Gene Hackman's character. Yes, that Popeyes restaurant...
And The Seven-Ups a couple of years after this one, Bill Hickman was the stunt driver for all 3 films, small wonder then that all 3 had some of the best pursuit scenes ever put to film.
This has to be one of the most astonishing moments in American film. Doyle begins to slip into his obsession to plug Frog One several times in the narrative. Doyle is teetering on the brink of being a sociopath. But he can pull back and act as a human, a cop once more. In this scene, which seems like it is composed of a thousand bits of film, Popeye completely and fully enters his obsession. He kills a fellow cop with a shower of bullets, but he doesn't bat an eye. He only stops to reload. That gun blast after he disappears into the final room could be anything. Perhaps it's the door to his personhood slamming shut. There is no way back for him. There is not five seconds of this film which does not belong exactly where it is. William Friedkin's genius--his own decent into obsession--plus the genius performance of Mr. Hackman make this one of the greatest of films.
Bill Hickman as the fated Fed- great stunt driver even coached Hackman in the wild- assed drive scenes and a bonus- taught McQueen to drive hills in "Bullitt".
@@bbb462cid I quite agree with you, it is only the closeups of McQueen where Steve is actually behind the wheel, still he gave Hickman credit for expanding his action-driving skills.
"The French Connection" is a great film. I first saw it when I was 13 a few weeks after it was first released in October 1971. It was the first police drama I had seen where the cops were as brutal as the criminals.
I have got a double feature movie DVD of Gene Hackman with Fernando Rey in The French Connection and The French Connection 2 I am dedicating these double feature movie DVDS to my old school friends who are both sisters as I hope to see them both again very soon to Chris and Hester Brand from Billyxxx
The tonal shift in the last ~ 3 minutes is pretty jarring. Much more ominous and nihilistic than what you’d expect from a police procedural or crime thriller.
@@stoogefest16 A great ending in it's inconclusive nature. You see the end notes, and realize the only one who got any real time was the French actor paid to deliver the car, and who was not even in on the deal.
@@STP43FAN1the original mono audio is in the 2012 Blu-ray in a lossy track. The mono track with original sound effects exists on the older Blu-ray too.
@@STP43FAN1 You'd have to be there to experience it. Sadly, the original audio came and went in 1971.......there's only recorded versions of it now......
Movies like "The French Connection" were brought out to show the profitability of making a modestly-budgeted crime thriller based on a best-selling book available to ticket-buying audiences.
Gene Hackman...an all time great actor...
Kevin Spacey was too, 'til wokeness killed him.
@@Gastritis2000what ?
This is the most realistic action movie ever made.
Hackman and Scheider, and Don Ellis. Magic.
That dying trumpet gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. I wish it would go on for at least 10 more minutes. Pure magic.
The determined rage of Gene Hackman face, as he gets out of the car, with only one thing in mind, to catch frog 1, after the subway escape was awesome, you could clearly see that Hackman was determined to get his man, even though he didn’t, but eventually caught up with him in French Connection 2, a truly outstanding film and a truly memorable and brilliant performance by Gene Hackman and all the other actors in the film, some of them who sadly passed away R.I.P 🙏🏾.
Perhaps that rage contributed to the passing of muldreig.
It might have been a good film, but unlike the first film, it never happened. I always wanted to know how Frog 1 escaped that building, I guess in real life he did get away and managed to to get to Montreal, where he then got on a ship he owned and returned to Marseille. I guess the French never arrested him because he was a war hero.
I had the opportunity to visit this location fifteen years after filming and it was even more trashed than seen here. The wooden half of the garage/barn building was gone, and the brick half's roof was collapsed. The last derelict building with the ovens, though, had changed little aside from being surrounded by more and more dumping, raising the ground level by a yard or more. Even the office chair lying on it's back in the vandalized men's room had hardly moved. By 1990 that structure too had been demolished, and by 2000 the entire site had been redeveloped as a soccer field and an expansion of the water treatment facility from the north. Only the railroad viaduct above remains to orient oneself to where the ruins once stood. The humpbacked Little Hell Gate Bridge connecting Ward's Island to Randall's Island was obsolete by 2000. The tidal waterway between them was fully filled in and the Central Road replacing the bridge built alongside it. The bridge was demolished not long after.
I've been to Wards Island a couple of times in the past 10 years. It is almost all parks and recreation today. I can't locate where the bakery was. The Hellgate Bridge is the last landmark of the location, but hardly the clue needed to determine what was where. I'm guessing you didn't take photos when you went in 1986.
There is also a certain irony that William Friedkin originally chose Roosevelt (then Welfare) Island as the shootout location. Evidently the structures were so badly damaged they were deemed unfit for filmmaking. The bakery on Wards Island wasn't nearly as decrepit. Imagine that.
@@mandolindleyroadshow706 Yes I did take photos! I put them in a flickr album but RUclips keeps deleting my comment when I try to include a link to guide you to it.
@@speeta Hmm, definitely want to see them. Try writing the link without "www." I've tried that trick before and it worked.
Recently I went to the AKA apartment building on E56th St. That's where the after hours joint Pembles used to be where they shot the nightclub scene. One of these days I'm going to ask the doorman if the room where the club was is still available to the public. If it is, I'll try to get some shots there. Of course, you might to try to get there yourself.
@@mandolindleyroadshow706 try searching for Dr Speet on the f____r site mentioned above and it may lead you to the album.
I was 12 when I saw this and thought it was amazing. Some parts I didn't get but others I did. Hackman's portrayal was the first time I saw that the protagonist could be a blurry line. Totally believable. To this day it still Holds its own as a classic piece of work.
Only Hackman could've played POPEYE with such clarity. 🏴🏴🏴🏴👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👌👌👌👌
Thank god too! Cause director William Friedkin said his first choices for Popeye Doyle were Peter Boyle and Jackie Gleason. Peter Boyle, maybe I could see, but definitely not Gleason, IMO at least. Gene Hackman absolutely KILLED IT in this movie!
One of the best films I've ever seen.
Popeye's wave was a classic. "Hello again - Frog 1!"
The best cliffhanger to a movie.
Gene Hackman an AMERICAN TREASURE🇺🇲🇺🇲❤️❤️❤️
My favorite fun fact about this movie isn't that Eddie Egan really used to dress up as Santa during Christman when chasing perps, or that the car chase involved real accidents, or that Friedkin fired a gun on set, but that the founder of the fast food chain Chicken on the Run renamed his restaurants "Popeyes" after Gene Hackman's character. Yes, that Popeyes restaurant...
RIP to Tony Lo Bianco who played Sal Boca in this movie.
1936-2024.
Cloudy: You shot Mulderig!
Popeye: So what, he was a dickhead anyway!
my deep regret was never being old enough to see this film when it came out i was 13 the producer of this film also produced Bullitt
And The Seven-Ups a couple of years after this one, Bill Hickman was the stunt driver for all 3 films, small wonder then that all 3 had some of the best pursuit scenes ever put to film.
when Hackman gets out and waves right at 0:01 . . .you know shit is going down . . .
Still love this movie in 2024
It'd be a crime to live your life without seeing this film, no matter when you were born.
This has to be one of the most astonishing moments in American film. Doyle begins to slip into his obsession to plug Frog One several times in the narrative. Doyle is teetering on the brink of being a sociopath. But he can pull back and act as a human, a cop once more. In this scene, which seems like it is composed of a thousand bits of film, Popeye completely and fully enters his obsession. He kills a fellow cop with a shower of bullets, but he doesn't bat an eye. He only stops to reload. That gun blast after he disappears into the final room could be anything. Perhaps it's the door to his personhood slamming shut. There is no way back for him.
There is not five seconds of this film which does not belong exactly where it is. William Friedkin's genius--his own decent into obsession--plus the genius performance of Mr. Hackman make this one of the greatest of films.
Les films des années 70 étaient très bons.
Gêne Hackman et Fernando
Rey sont géants.
Le scénario est formidable.
Il n'est pas très loin de la réalité.
Cloudy: You shot Mulderig!
Popeye: I missed the part where that's my problem
A NYPD officer killing a Fed officer, even by mistake, would have warranted its own investigation if it really happened.
@@speeta He's a good cop, basically a good cop.
This beautiful car is the star of this movie.
How these guys manage to squeal tires on dirt roads amazes me. Skills....
I had the same thought.
Police cars can do it.
Oscar for all audio engineer on movies sets .
It's a skill only movie makers have.
Very good observation.
Plot twist, John Wick is “frog one” 😂
Bill Hickman as the fated Fed- great stunt driver even coached Hackman in the wild- assed drive scenes and a bonus- taught McQueen to drive hills in "Bullitt".
I think you'll find Hickman was the driver for a lot of McQueen's drive in Bullitt. The production company didn't want he star of the film mashed up/.
@@bbb462cid I quite agree with you, it is only the closeups of McQueen where Steve is actually behind the wheel, still he gave Hickman credit for expanding his action-driving skills.
He was the driver of the black Charger in Bullitt
"The French Connection" is a great film. I first saw it when I was 13 a few weeks after it was first released in October 1971. It was the first police drama I had seen where the cops were as brutal as the criminals.
This film, the seven ups showed a gritty nyc that isn’t the same anymore, just a disnified version
This was a great movie
knowing that pop eye accidentally killed a cop means scheiders character was really lucky not to be the first victim to pop eyes gun
I have got a double feature movie DVD
of Gene Hackman with
Fernando Rey in
The French Connection
and The French Connection 2
I am dedicating these
double feature movie DVDS to my old school friends who are both sisters as I hope to see them both again very soon to Chris and Hester Brand from Billyxxx
Don Ellis music is awesome 👌
The last 30 seconds of this film set the stage for The Excorcist, WFs next film.
hard to believe he made both, 2 completely different types of movies
The tonal shift in the last ~ 3 minutes is pretty jarring. Much more ominous and nihilistic than what you’d expect from a police procedural or crime thriller.
@@stoogefest16 A great ending in it's inconclusive nature. You see the end notes, and realize the only one who got any real time was the French actor paid to deliver the car, and who was not even in on the deal.
Crikey, it's the Manhattan Rozzers!!!!!
Well played
In the door, in the door.
love that scene , "you shot mulbert" roy scheiders' look on his face is "thats not right" lol
I forgot Roy Scheinder was in it, too! I must watch this again!
You FORGOT about Cloudy?!?
I believe the man that Roy Scheider character shoots twice with the shotgun is the Bad Apple in the movie The Seven-Ups
Hackman and Scheinder were the perfect pair. Total chemistry.
Those hats 🤣
The scariest derelict building in a cop movie.
What a trashy location. With natural trash and debris. Must have been a free place to film
Inesquecível!!!!!
Chief Brody: Smile you son of a bitch. 😅
just noticed Heisenberg was wearing his hat
Rest in peace sammy Wilson
now boys, there is a lot of gun lovers here..
Popeye Doyle
there are movie endings, notable movie endings, and this ending
I don't pick my feet in Poughkeepsie but I have picked my feet.
On the other hand, you can pick your feet and you can pick your friends but you are not allowed to pick your friends' feet.
1:51. The cop with brown jacket on was same cop in garage who told the two Frenchman to put out cigarette.
Back in the day when guys could wear funny hats
Breaking Bad feling , rest in peace dear Hank.
He fired 8 shots from a six shooter.
I counted 7 or 8. Most of the time Doyle has a 6-shot Colt, but it switches a few times to a 2" Smith, meaning a 5-shot.
IAm going to get him....🎉🎉🎉
FROG 1 lol.
FBIの、ジャッケット着ていたら。この時代には無いかな
Love popeye!!
Couldn’t have posted the remastered one with better sound/picture?
why don’t you do it then
This is the remastered.
Does a remastered version with the original audio still exist?
@@STP43FAN1the original mono audio is in the 2012 Blu-ray in a lossy track.
The mono track with original sound effects exists on the older Blu-ray too.
@@STP43FAN1 You'd have to be there to experience it. Sadly, the original audio came and went in 1971.......there's only recorded versions of it now......
What the hell was that cop using? 1:56
Gas Launcher
Frfr…I looked up this scene to find this comment…that shit was incredible 😳🤣💥
Probably tear gas.
Classy looking French drug dealers. LOL. Really.
What's with the screeching tires when they were on MUD?
movies like "french connection" were brought out to show the "profitability" of making dope available to the masses rather than just the rich🤔
Movies like "The French Connection" were brought out to show the profitability of making a modestly-budgeted crime thriller based on a best-selling book available to ticket-buying audiences.
Classic movie, but I gotta say....looking back 50+ years, the blood looks fake as sh!t.
Thumb down. Poor production quality and camera work. Unrealistic gun play.
Go back to watching iron man or suicide squad
@@Carlito_Brigante93 hahahahahahahaahah nice burn man hahahahahah. Kid doesn t know what was Hollywood once.
It came out over 50 years ago
Classic
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