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This grittiest of cop dramas is one of the crown jewels of the golden era of 1970s New Hollywood style cinema. Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider star in breakthrough roles as a pair of crude, hardscrabble NYPD Narcotics Detectives who bring down an international heroin ring based on the real-life one whose bust inspired the Robin Moore 1969 book on which the film is based. THE FRENCH CONNECTION went on to win 5 Academy Awards, including Best Actor (Gene Hackman), Best Director (William Friedkin, whose next film was THE EXORCIST) and Best Picture. It also features one of the most memorable car-chase scenes ever filmed, replete with a hijacked NYC subway train and capped with a foot pursuit! In acting school, Hackman and his friend Dustin Hoffman were voted “least likely to succeed.” Instead of failing, the two moved to New York and became roommates with Robert Duvall. Hackman’s inimitable role as Popeye Doyle, earned him the third of his 5 Oscar nominations and the first of his 2 Oscar wins.

Tuesday, June 10th
1pm and 7pm