1971 · 1h 44m · Action, Crime, Drama
The French Connection
Directed byWilliam Friedkin
IMDb
7.6
153K votes
Metacritic
94
critics
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
critics
Box office
$75M
41.7x its $1.8M budget
Released Oct 7, 1971 by 20th Century Studios
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Critics vs the crowd
Critics (Metacritic)94
Audience (IMDb x 10)76
Critics liked it more than audiences did, by 18 points.
Top billed
Cast
Crew
- Director
- William Friedkin
- Music
- Don Ellis
- Cinematography
- Owen Roizman
- Editing
- Gerald B. Greenberg
- Producers
- Philip D'Antoni
8 nominations, 5 wins
Awards record
- WonBest Actor · Academy Awards 1972Gene Hackman
- NominatedBest Cinematography · Academy Awards 1972Owen Roizman
- WonBest Picture · Academy Awards 1972Philip D'Antoni, Producer
- WonBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1972Ernest Tidyman
- WonBest Director · Academy Awards 1972William Friedkin
- WonBest Film Editing · Academy Awards 1972Jerry Greenberg
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1972Roy Scheider
- NominatedBest Sound · Academy Awards 1972Theodore Soderberg, Christopher Newman
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