Hackman is referencing McQueen’s 1968 car classic “Bullitt,” of course, although many would argue “The French Connection” car chase ranks just as high. “As for the car chase, there was a better one filmed a few years earlier with Steve McQueen.” “Filmmaking has always been risky - both physically and emotionally - but I do choose to consider that film a moment in a checkered career of hits and misses,” Hackman said of the film. The film is known for its on-location filming in New York City and its gritty violence, which made it a hallmark of the New Hollywood wave in the 1970s. In addition to Hackman’s Best Actor win, the film won the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Film Editing. “The French Connection” stars Hackman as a brash New York City Police Detective named Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle, who is on hot pursuit of a wealthy French heroin smuggler (Fernando Rey). Martin Scorsese's Favorite Movies: 50 Films the Director Wants You to See 'The Exorcist': The Strange Path to Massive Success for the Unlikely Christmas SmashĮarly Best Picture Prospects Include 'Top Gun: Maverick' and 'The Fabelmans'
William Friedkin Calls 'A Quiet Place Part II' a 'Classic Horror Film' At the time, it seemed to me to be a reverent story of a cop who was simply able to solve and put a stop to a major crime family’s attempt to infiltrate the New York drug scene.” “ haven’t seen the film since the first screening in a dark, tiny viewing room in a post-production company’s facility 50 years ago,” Hackman said, adding, “If the film has a legacy, I am not sure what that would be. However, Hackman made a surprise emergence this week to mark the 50th anniversary of William Friedkin’s “ The French Connection.” The 1971 crime thriller won Hackman his only Oscar for Best Actor, although he was nominated in the category again for “Mississippi Burning.” Hackman’s second Oscar came in the Best Supporting Actor category for his work in “Unforgiven.” Speaking to the New York Post via email, Hackman revealed he has only watched “The French Connection” one time. Popeye Doyle, a television film that starred Ed O'Neill as Doyle premiered in 1986.Two-time Oscar winner Gene Hackman retired from acting after starring in the 2004 comedy “Welcome to Mooseport” opposite Ray Romano, and he’s kept a reclusive profile in the 17 years since. The film would go to be nominated for 8 Academy Awards and would receive 5, including the Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Hackman, who would return as Doyle in the 1975 sequel French Connection II. The film is remembered for its realistic portrayal of police work as well as for its famous car chase with an elevated train. The film was directed by William Friedkin and was based on author Robin Moore's 1969 non-fiction book The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, which itself was based on the actual cases investigated by Detective Eddie Egan, who co-stars in the film as Captain Walt Simonson. The French Connection is the 1971 crime drama starring Gene Hackman as James "Popeye" Doyle, a relentless NYPD detective who is determined to take down the infamous drug trafficking ring.
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