The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' (TV 2000)

Director:

Russell Leven

Writer:

Mark Kermode

Stars:

David Brown, Philip D'Antoni, Terence A. Donnelly

Cast

Credited cast:
David Brown	...	Himself - Former Head of Production, Fox
Philip D'Antoni	...	Himself - Producer (as Phil D'Antoni)
Terence A. Donnelly	...	Himself - Assistant Director (as Terry Donnelly)
William Friedkin	...	Himself - Director
Gerald B. Greenberg	...	Himself - Editor
Sonny Grosso	...	Himself - NYPD Narcotics Agent
Gene Hackman	...	Himself - 'Popeye' Doyle
Randy Jurgensen	...	Himself - NYPD Narcotics Agent
Mark Kermode	...	Himself
Tony Lo Bianco	...	Himself - Sal Boca
Christopher Newman	...	Himself - Sound Recordist (as Chris Newman)
Owen Roizman	...	Himself - Director of Photography
Roy Scheider	...	Himself - 'Cloudy' Russo
Richard D. Zanuck	...	Himself - Former Head of Production, Fox (as Richard Zanuck)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

police | making of | film making | interview | drug dealing | 

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Genres:

Crime | Documentary

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

54 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This documentary is featured on the second disc of The French Connection: Five Star Collection DVD released in 2001.

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Connections

Features The French Connection (1971)

User Reviews

Amazingly good.

This film is included as one of the bonus features on the second disc for "The French Connection". However, I was surprised to see that it was NOT made specifically for the DVD but was a production by the BBC. Obviously, the film must have been very successful in the UK.

I was surprised by this film about the making of "The French Connection" because it was far better than the usual sort of film you'd find as a bonus. It was full of wonderful trivia and behind the scenes information--some of which was quite surprising. For example, Gene Hackman apparently hated the real-life guy who he was playing in the film. And, much of the dialog in this multi-Oscar winning film was unscripted! There are a lot more similar sorts of information that make the film work so well--but I don't want to spoil this documentary for you by saying more. My only reservation is some of the language--but since the feature film is obviously very adult, this can easily be overlooked.