Product: French Connection [VHS] (1971)
Rating: 5.0
The Gold Standard of Cop Films
I agree with the reviewer from California - A Clockwork Orange was the best film of 1971 (perhaps of its time as far as shear filmmaking goes) - but The French Connection is probably the best cops and robbers movie of all time. I have watched it numerous times and it is a masterpeice of filmmaking, acting and storytelling - what a performance by Hackman ... and Roy Scheider as well. Of course, it's also the first blow of William Friedkin's incredible early 70's one-two punch ("The French Connection" and then "The Exorcist"). This is one of those rare films where it all comes together. A must own for any cinema buff.