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The French Connection was a scheme through which heroin was smuggled from Turkey to France and then to the United States through Canada. The operation reached its peak in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and was responsible for providing the vast majority of the heroin used in the United States. The operation was headed by Corsican criminals Paul Carbone (and his associate François Spirito) and Antoine Guérini, and also involved Auguste Ricord, Paul Mondoloni and Salvatore Greco. Most of the operation's starting capital came from assets that Ricord had stolen during World War II when he worked for Henri Lafont, one of the heads of the Carlingue (French Gestapo) during the German occupation in World War II.
Illegal heroin labs were first discovered near Marseille, France, in 1937. These labs were run by Corsican gang leader Paul Carbone. For years, the Corsican underworld had been involved in the manufacturing and trafficking of heroin, primarily to the United States. It was this heroin network that eventually became known as "the French Connection".
Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is an American retired actor and novelist.
In a career spanning five decades, Hackman has been nominated for five Academy Awards, winning two for best actor in The French Connection and best supporting actor in Unforgiven. In addition, Hackman has won three Golden Globes and two BAFTAs. He first came to fame in 1967 with his performance as Buck Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde. His major subsequent films include The French Connection (1971) and French Connection II (1975), in which he played Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle; The Poseidon Adventure (1972); The Conversation (1974); Superman (1978), in which he played arch-villain Lex Luthor; Hoosiers (1986); Mississippi Burning (1988); Unforgiven (1992); The Firm (1993); Crimson Tide (1995); Get Shorty (1995); The Birdcage (1996); Enemy of the State (1998); Behind Enemy Lines (2001); and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001).
Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, the son of Anna Lyda Elizabeth (née Gray) and Eugene Ezra Hackman. He has a brother, Richard. He has Pennsylvania Dutch (German), English, and Scottish ancestry, and his mother was born in Lambton, Ontario. According to a plaque in a city park, he worked for a time as a dog catcher for the local animal shelter. His family moved frequently, finally settling in Danville, Illinois, where they lived in the house of his English-born maternal grandmother, Beatrice. Hackman's father operated the printing press for the Commercial-News, a local paper. As a young teenager Hackman was in some of the same social circles as the older Dick Van Dyke at that time. Van Dyke was friends with his older brother Richard. Hackman's parents divorced in 1943 and his father subsequently left the family.
Subscribe to TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/sxaw6h Subscribe to COMING SOON: http://bit.ly/H2vZUn Subscribe to CLASSIC TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u43jDe Like us on FACEBOOK: http://goo.gl/dHs73 Follow us on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/1ghOWmt French Connection II (1975) Official Trailer #1- Gene Hackman Movie HD "Popeye" Doyle travels to Marsailles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York. Cast: Gene Hackman: http://j.mp/WofqJq Ed Lauter: http://j.mp/TbZDQF Director: John Frankenheimer: http://j.mp/Xb09NR Producer: Robert L. Rosen: http://j.mp/YAzGOL Writer: Laurie Dillon Robert Dillon: http://j.mp/Y5BETc Pete Hamill Alexander Jacobs Editor: Tom Rolf: http://j.mp/TIBUbK Cinematographer: Claude Renoir Composer: Don Ellis
Part of a collection of 16mm films we inherited. Here is the ending of French Connection II, one of my favorite movies and one of the best endings ever. If you are interested in our own film company, visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/runningwildfilms/
This is the trailer for The French Connection 2 (1975) starting Gene Hackman as Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle. Directed by John Frankenheimer.
Soundtrack from The French Connection II by Don Ellis
Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle (Gene Hackman) travels to Marsailles to find Alain Charnier (Fernando Rey), the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York. Directed by: John Frankenheimer. Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Jean-Pierre Castaldi. Release Date: May 21, 1975.
Soundtrack from The French Connection II by Don Ellis
Popeye Doyle has a score to settle in this sequel to 1971's Oscar-winning classic. My review of John Frankenheimer's French Connection II. Part of March on Demand! I'm taking your requests. Comment here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4xrGgPMJ9M
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WeLiveFilm Presents Sequel Month Day 28: The French Connection 2 Critic: Joe Cauwel Subscribe to Joe at http://www.youtube.com/channel/Cauwel3 Plot: "Popeye" Doyle travels to Marsailles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York. Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Philippe Léotard, and Ed Lauter Director: John Frankenheimer
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A hard-boiled New York cop, Popeye Doyle, travels to Marseilles to continue his relentless pursuit of an international drug dealer.
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In this interview from 1975, director John Frankenheimer talks about his films. From 1974 to 2000, Canada’s Brian Linehan conducted thousands of in-depth interviews with the greatest actors and directors from over 60 years of film history. His programs City Lights and Linehan have not been seen since they first aired and are now available for the first time for licensing. Linehan, a stylishly gifted broadcaster, meticulously did all his own research and that, coupled with his knowledge and passion about film and filmmaking, puts him in a class all by himself. With 20,000 hours of music footage spanning 90 years and thousands of hours of in-depth interviews with the 20th century’s icons of Film and Television, Politics, Comedy, Literature, Art, Science, Fashion and Sports, Reelin’ In The ...
[Episode Information] In this episode: Inco's history repeats itself, Stephen de Blois' First Day at War, a horrendously boring marriage. First of all I'd like to say sorry about the initial screw up with #06, as well as the delay in re-recording and uploading. But alas! In this episode we find that history repeats itself! French banners on the horizon! To arms men! Robert de Mowbray, defend Caen! R- Robert...? [Series Information] In this series we don the crown of England throughout the medieval ages, destined as always to conquer the land. Through diplomacy? Perhaps. Most likely by the sword. We're running Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms with the amazing Stainless Steel 6.4 Mod. Campaign Settings: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bzl9oM7IPFETSlV5bFdzallKam8/edit?usp=sharing Mod S...
The scandal of electrical fires ? 1,060,000: This is the approximate number of electrical fires just in France since 2001 to this present update... and probably two times more in the USA. Does the sold electrical material have imperfections? "The Electrical French Connection, or The Real Truth about AFCIs?" In North America, each year the organisms in charge of public safety publish alarming statistics concerning dwelling electrical fires. In France, there are some 240,000 dwelling fires per annum (governmental statistics of April 2012), with 800 deaths and 10,000 injured. A third of these are electrical fires, hence one every six minutes just in France. In North America and in France, the elimination of the quasi-totality of electrical fires is possible since 2001. Well then? It...
Le scandale des incendies d'origine électrique ? Les incendies d'origine électriques : Depuis 2001, il aurait été possible d'éviter des milliers de morts et des dizaines de milliers de blessés. Alors ? "The Electrical French Connection, or The Real Truth about AFCIs?" Une énorme affaire à étouffer? En Amérique du Nord, les organismes en charge de la sécurité publient chaque année des statistiques alarmantes concernant les incendies d'origine électrique domestiques. En France, il y a 240.000 incendies domestiques par an selon le Ministère de l'écologie et du Développement Durable du Logement et des Transports (avril 2012). Ces sinistres représentent la première cause de mortalité chez les enfants de moins de 5 ans. Ils font chaque année 800 morts et 10.000 victimes. Un tiers de ces sin...
[mr. pookie]
Pullin' up at tha club in a 67 'lac
Wit tha champagne color, drop top, blowin on a sack
We were rollin like some macs, peepin all foes
I got to valet, my baby, cause she sittin on some all golds
Now lucci call those, ladies wit fitness
So we can handle our business, and let em know, jus how we kick it
It's time to let em know tha real crooks are on tha scene
Unkindly to these hoes unless tha finally got some cheese
Now bring on tha weed, let's float on cloud 30-30
I said a few lines, she grab my hand, I knew she heard me
I sat at tha bar afta rollin' up tha cake
Then they mixed that grand moyea wit that damn kovasea
French connection and some hay, we were blowin fool
I cant keep drinkin like this, I gotta hop up in tha old school
Playin it so cool, and still smokin
Locin up wit this tight, bright stallion, I had spoken
Chorus [x2]
Baby, come and get some
Mr. pookie, mr. lucci wit tha big guns
Playaz havin bug fun, now tell me do you want some
I'm at tha bar laced out on french connection
Bout it, bout it, baby!!!!!
[mr. lucci]
Now once again, this playa stepped in, wit tha first class dressin
Teachin lessons on impression, toward tha vip section
Me and pookie steady wreckin, headshots of french connections
Green depressions, got me in a zone of balla flexin
Crooked down dallas, texas, stackin g's while I'm plexin
Stoneycrook niggaz, runnin everythang, don't even test them
Hopped up and I'm chopped up on tha dance floor, showin mo luv
Yella bone eyes locked up, when I'm propped up wit my soljaz
It's so much, green cover for tha primeco phone holder
See tha don man's and tha golds, bruh
Crooked pest games wit her shoulda
And I told her, meet me at tha bar bout 3
Go gather up some of yo freaks, while I find pookie
Ja'causezi's and dubbie's, wit new ki's, wha it's gon be
Green trees and don p, droppin tops through dallas deep
Coolin out wit my g's, niggaz that you can't tame
Hoes strikin down crooked p's, hurricane wit a kango
Chorus [x2]
[mr. pookie]
Chillin at tha bar, gettin tipsy off tha drank
French connection got me feelin like a nigga wanna faint
Now I'm rollin up tha cake wit my eyes on tha crowd
Pookie and lucci, blowin like we floatin on a cloud
Feelin' me now? see, I'm tha chiffer of all chiffers
Figure it out, now take it slow and catch a breather
Ya trippin' me out, now throw that booty like it's lethal
Show tha butt, hold it up, bounce it for tha people
Yes, I see you in tha back of tha club, takin photos
I'm finna blow hoe, look round, wassup wit tha dodo
I want some mo 'fo, I cant get wrapped up in my own world
Stallion wit long pearls, sexy now it's on gurl
You wit yo friends and I'm wit a couple 2
Jus hold onto tha number, we'll see you in a day or 2
Pissy, tipsy wit my crew steady jiggin for fun
Now tell tha people to come and get some