This is how we encounter Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle (Gene Hackman) in William Friedkin’s The French Connection (1971). He may be ...

Randy Jurgensen met Hackman at a warehouse on East 125th Street with a mandate: to turn him and his co-star, Roy Schieder, ...

I thought now would be a good time to look back on how he and director William Friedkin changed movie car chases forever with his unforgettable sequence in 1971's "The French Connection." ...

(ANSA) - Venice, May 2 - William Friedkin, the Academy Award-winning director of legendary films including The French Connection, will be awarded the Golden Lion lifetime achievement prize at the ...