The car chase that changed cinema forever? They almost didn't shoot it.
A documentary on the production of The French Connection (1971).
Direction
Friedkin's unhinged directing stories are legendary.
Production
Real locations, real danger, zero permits.
Director
Russell Leven
Mark Kermode
Self
Sonny Grosso
William Friedkin
Roy Scheider
Gene Hackman
Owen Roizman
Philip D'Antoni
Richard D. Zanuck
David Brown
Tony Lo Bianco
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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