TY - ADVS AU - D'Antoni,Philip AU - Friedkin,William AU - Hackman,Gene AU - Rey,Fernando AU - Scheider,Roy AU - Tidyman,Ernest ED - Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. TI - The French connection PY - 2005///, c1971 CY - Beverly Hills, Calif. PB - Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment KW - Drug control KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - Drama KW - DVD KW - Police KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - Feature films KW - lcsh KW - Mystery films KW - gsafd KW - Police films N1 - Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971; Special features: Disc 1. Scene specific commentary by Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider; director's commentary by William Friedkin; original theatrical trailer. Disc 2. Making the connection: the untold stories; behind-the-scenes documentary; Poughkeepsie Shuffle; BBC documentary; deleted scenes documentary hosted by William Friedkin (contains 7 deleted scenes); still gallery; trailers; Title and credits from container; Music composed and conducted by Don Ellis; Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi; MPAA rating: R N2 - Detectives "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy Russo hope to break a narcotics smuggling ring and ultimately uncover the French connection ER -