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When The French Connection screeched into theaters in 1971, it revolutionized how police movies looked and worked. It’s probably the closest that Hollywood has ever come to a true on-the-street crime procedural in a blockbuster. It’s an intensely kinetic movie that delivers the adrenaline rush of a cat-and-mouse thriller while also providing a fascinating character study.
It stars Gene Hackman as Detective Popeye Doyle and Roy Scheider as his partner Cloudy, who go after a heroin smuggling ring in New York City run by urbane master criminal Alain Charnier (Fernando Rey). The film has been called “the ultimate cop story,” and although it’s loaded with cliches now, it still holds up pretty well.
One of the reasons for that is William Friedkin’s brilliant direction, a ruthless yet never heavy-handed approach to action and suspense. Another reason is the superb script by Ernest Tidyman and the first-rate acting by Hackman and Scheider.
The French Connection really stands the test of time, which is why it’s on every top 100 list of best films of all-time. It’s also an important film because of how it depicts the police force. Normally, cop movies present them as bloodhounds that never make mistakes and are infallible. The french connection kissed This is a refreshing change, showing them as human beings who sometimes make mistakes and aren’t infallible.
Another reason is the pulsing, tense music score by Don Ellis. It’s a dissonant, jazzy and experimental work that nonetheless fits snugly alongside cutting-edge ’70s crime scores by Jerry Goldsmith, Lalo Schifrin, Quincy Jones and others. This new release presents the complete album as conceived and composed by Ellis, supplementing the familiar segments from the movie with 20 minutes of deleted material that adds a stronger narrative throughline and uses more truly experimental techniques.
The bonus CD also features Ellis’s entire underscore for the 1975 sequel directed by John Frankenheimer, French Connection II, in which Popeye and Cloudy travel to Marseille to take down the smuggling operation there. It’s 75 minutes of prime ’70s cop scoring, enhanced with the trademark sound of a fresh voice. This is a must for any serious film-score collector. The remastered soundtrack contains the original stereo mix and a mono track, and the booklet features a detailed essay on the making of this classic film and its timeless score.
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