Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection'
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection'
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection'
2001
Documentary, Crime
TV Movie
56m
Real-life cop Sony Grosso turned Hollywood producer hosts a 30th Anniversary special featuring interviews with various persons involved in the making of The French Connection (1971). (imdb)
Writer:
Keith Johnson
2 total credits
Keith Johnson has 2 credits at Criticker, including: Redneck Zombies and Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection'
Starring:
William Friedkin
55 total credits
Friedkin's mother was an operating room nurse. His father was a merchant seaman, semi-pro softball player and ultimately sold clothes in a men's discount chain. He never earned more than $50/week in his whole life and died indigent. Friedkin became infatuated with Orson Welles after seeing Citizen Kane (1941). He went to work for WGN TV immediately after graduating from high school where he started making documentaries, one of which won the Golden Gate Award at the 1962 San Francisco film festival. In 1965, he moved to Hollywood and immediately started directing TV shows.
4 total credits
Edwin Torres has 4 credits at Criticker, including: Carlito's Way, Q & A, Carlito's Way: Rise to Power and Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection'
3 total credits
Sonny Grosso has 3 credits at Criticker, including: The Seven-Ups, Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection' and Night Heat
Country:
USA
Cast & Info
Writer:
Keith Johnson 2 total credits
Keith Johnson has 2 credits at Criticker, including: Redneck Zombies and Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection'
Starring:
William Friedkin 55 total credits
Friedkin's mother was an operating room nurse. His father was a merchant seaman, semi-pro softball player and ultimately sold clothes in a men's discount chain. He never earned more than $50/week in his whole life and died indigent. Friedkin became infatuated with Orson Welles after seeing Citizen Kane (1941). He went to work for WGN TV immediately after graduating from high school where he started making documentaries, one of which won the Golden Gate Award at the 1962 San Francisco film festival. In 1965, he moved to Hollywood and immediately started directing TV shows.
4 total credits
Edwin Torres has 4 credits at Criticker, including: Carlito's Way, Q & A, Carlito's Way: Rise to Power and Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection'
3 total credits
Sonny Grosso has 3 credits at Criticker, including: The Seven-Ups, Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection' and Night Heat
Country:
USA
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