Film
The French Connection
Mon, Jul 30, 2012
- 4:30PM
- 6:50PM
- 9:15PM
LOCATION:
Peter Jay Sharp Building
BAM Rose Cinemas
RUN TIME: 104 minutes
RATED: R
FORMAT: 35mm
GENERAL ADMISSION: $12
BAM CINEMA CLUB MEMBERS: $7
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July 2012
Monday July 30, 2012
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Part of
BAMcinématek 2012
series Brooklyn Close-Up
Directed by William Friedkin | 1971
With Gene Hackman,Fernando Rey,Roy Scheider,Tony Lo Bianco,Bill Hickman
“The French Connection remains the pinnacle for wholesome heroin-bust entertainment”
—Nicolas Rapold, The New York Sun
William Friedkin's gritty cat-and-mouse masterpiece is as tough as police thrillers come, with Hackman and Scheider as flawed-yet-dedicated cops out to intercept a huge heroin shipment arriving from France. Their pursuit of urbane kingpin Alain Charnier (Rey) to one of the most spectacular car chase scenes (shot along 86th St and Utrecht Ave) ever filmed.