Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection'

2001 ""

Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection'

6.9 | en | Documentary

The exciting story of the making of William Friedkin's The French Connection (1971), hosted by former NYPD detective Sony Grosso, who inspired the character of Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo, played in the film by actor Roy Scheider.

6.9 | en | Documentary , TV Movie

Synopsis

Cast

William Friedkin , Tony Lo Bianco , Gene Hackman

Director

Sonny Grosso

Producted By

20th Century Fox , Grosso-Jacobson Productions

Cast

William Friedkin

as Self

[2023] Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist [2021] I Am Alfred Hitchcock [2021] Algren [2020] Fellini of the Spirits [2018] The Devil and Father Amorth [2018] Friedkin Uncut [2013] Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck [2013] Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot [2012] Stanley Kubrick in Focus

Tony Lo Bianco

as Self

[2023] Somewhere in Queens [2011] Kill the Irishman [2009] Frame Of Mind [2005] The Engagement Ring [2002] Lucky Day [2002] Endangered Species [1998] Jane Austen's Mafia! [1996] Sworn to Justice [1996] The Juror

Gene Hackman

as Self

[2013] Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story [2009] I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale [2004] Welcome to Mooseport [2004] Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust [2001] Behind Enemy Lines [2001] The Mexican [2001] Heist [2001] The Royal Tenenbaums [2001] Heartbreakers