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* FridgeHorror: [[WordOfGod William Friedkin has stated]] that he believes most of the perps getting dismissals or light sentences was due to payoffs and bribes. Who gets thrown under the bus? Devereaux, the TV star and UnwittingPawn (he knew he was likely getting into criminal activity, but he didn't know ''how'' bad it was) who [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere backed out when he realized how much trouble he could be in.]] Granted, he served "only" four years but it's it was still in a federal prison. It's a frightening message: you can't get out of a deal with Charnier.
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* MagnificentBastard: [[FauxAffablyEvil Alain Charnier]] is a debonair heroin peddler who has a French detective murdered for getting too close, but resists doing so with Popeye Doyle in the knowledge that [[PragmaticVillainy it will only bring more officers]]. Intending to establish a flood of heroin on the market by smuggling it in an unsuspecting friend's car, Charnier spends the film matching wits with the police only to give them the slip and merrily escape them, ultimately [[KarmaHoudini eluding capture and fulfilling his ends]]. [[spoiler:At least until the sequel.]]
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* MagnificentBastard: [[FauxAffablyEvil Alain Charnier]] is a debonair heroin peddler who has a French Marseille detective murdered for getting too close, but resists doing so with Popeye Doyle in the knowledge that [[PragmaticVillainy it will only bring more officers]]. Intending to establish a flood of heroin on the market by smuggling it in an unsuspecting friend's car, Charnier spends the film matching wits with the police only to give them the slip and merrily escape them, ultimately [[KarmaHoudini eluding capture and fulfilling his ends]]. [[spoiler:At least until the sequel.]]
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* MagnificentBastard: [[FauxAffablyEvil Alain Charnier]] is a debonair heroin peddler who has a French detective murdered for getting too close, but resists doing so with Popeye Doyle in the knowledge that [[PragmaticVillainy it will only bring more officers]]. Intending to establish a flood of heroin on the market by smuggling it in an unsuspecting friend's car, Charnier spends the film matching wits with the police only to give them the slip and merrily escape them, ultimately [[KarmaHoudini eluding capture and fulfilling his ends]]. [[spoiler:At least until the sequel.]]
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* MagnificentBastard: [[FauxAffablyEvil Alain Charnier]] is a debonair heroin peddler who has a French detective murdered for getting too close, but resists doing so with Popeye Doyle in the knowledge that [[PragmaticVillainy it will only bring more officers]]. Intending to establish a flood of heroin on the market by smuggling it in an unsuspecting friend's car, Charnier spends the film matching wits with the police only to give them the slip and to merrily escape them, ultimately [[KarmaHoudini eluding capture and fulfilling his ends]].
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* MagnificentBastard: [[FauxAffablyEvil Alain Charnier]] is a debonair heroin peddler who kills has a police officer French detective murdered for getting too close, only to refuse to murder investigating officer but resists doing so with Popeye Doyle in the knowledge that [[PragmaticVillainy it will only bring more officers]]. Intending to establish a flood of heroin on the market by smuggling it in an unsuspecting friend's car, Charnier spends the film matching wits with the police only to give them the slip and to merrily escape them, [[KarmaHoudini eluding capture and fulfilling his ends]].
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* SpiritualSuccessor: 1973's ''Film/TheSevenUps'', starring Roy Scheider as another New York City cop leading a special organized crime task force. It had the same producer and composer from ''The French Connection'', likewise used Sonny Grosso as technical advisor, and also had a high speed car chase. The main character is an {{Expy}} of Cloudy Russo.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: 1973's ''Film/TheSevenUps'', starring Roy Scheider Creator/RoyScheider as another New York City cop leading a special organized crime task force. It had the same producer and composer from ''The French Connection'', likewise used Sonny Grosso as technical advisor, and also had a high speed car chase. The main character is an {{Expy}} of Cloudy Russo.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: 1973's ''Film/TheSevenUps'', starring Roy Scheider as another New York City cop leading a special organized crime task force. It had the same producer and composer of from ''The French Connection'', likewise used Sonny Grosso as technical advisor advisor, and also had a high speed car chase. The main character is an {{Expy}} of Cloudy Russo.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: 1973's ''Film/TheSevenUps'', starring Roy Scheider as another New York City cop leading a special organized crime task force. It had the same producer and composer of ''The French Connection'', Sonny Grosso as technical advisor and also had a high speed car chase. The main character is an {{Expy}} of Cloudy Russo.
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** Just in case anyone was wondering about that scene where the traffickers are testing the purity of their merchandise... pure substances (such as heroin) have fixed melting points, but the melting point will become lowered if the substance is impure. So, if the powder tastes like heroin and melts at the right temperature (as determined by a Thiele melting point apparatus in this case), then it's got to be pure heroin. The trafficker's expert [[ShownTheirWork demonstrates all the salient points of the lab procedure]], even displaying the mineral oil bottle just to show us that he's using the usual heat transfer medium. On top of that, real heroin was used for that scene.
** The entire plot is based on the real "French connection" case where raw Turkish opium was processed into heroin in Marseilles before coming to the US. Many other countries have also served as drug middlemen.
** Just in case anyone was wondering about that scene where the traffickers are testing the purity of their merchandise... pure substances (such as heroin) have fixed melting points, but the melting point will become lowered if the substance is impure. So, if the powder tastes like heroin and melts at the right temperature (as determined by a Thiele melting point apparatus in this case), then it's got to be pure heroin. The trafficker's expert [[ShownTheirWork demonstrates all the salient points of the lab procedure]], even displaying the mineral oil bottle just to show us that he's using the usual heat transfer medium. On top of that, real heroin was used for that scene.
** The entire plot is based on the real "French connection" case where raw Turkish opium was processed into heroin in Marseilles before coming to the US. Many other countries have also served as drug middlemen.
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* RootingForTheEmpire: As ruthless and potentially destructive as the heroin deal is, Charnier and Weinstock's cool, collected savviness, Devereaux only being an UnwittingPawn, and the three Bocas' close-knit relationship and blue collar dynamics cause some fans to sympathize with the drug smugglers over the abrasive cops.
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* MagnificentBastard: [[FauxAffablyEvil Alain Charnier]] is a debonair heroin peddler who kills a police officer for getting too close, only to refuse to murder investigating officer Popeye Doyle in the knowledge [[PragmaticVillainy it will only bring more officers]]. Intending to establish a flood of heroin on the market by smuggling it in an unsuspecting friend's car, Charnier spends the film matching wits with the police only to give them the slip and to merrily escape them, [[KarmaHoudini eluding capture and fulfilling his ends]].
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* FridgeHorror: [[WordOfGod William Friedkin has stated]] that he believes most of the perps getting dismissals or light sentences was due to payoffs and bribes. Who gets thrown under the bus? Devereaux, the TV star and UnwittingAccomplice UnwittingPawn (he knew he was likely getting into criminal activity, but he didn't know ''how'' bad it was) who [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere backed out when he realized how much trouble he could be in.]] Granted, he served "only" four years but it's still in a federal prison. It's a frightening message: you can't get out of a deal with Charnier.
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* {{Narm}}: Popeye's introductory scene, where, while dressed as SantaClaus, he and Cloudy catch a drug dealer, then proceed to kick the absolute shit out of him.
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** Popeye's introductory scene, where, while dressed as SantaClaus, he and Cloudy catch a drug dealer, then proceed to kick the absolute shit out ofhim.him.
** The search for the drugs in the car. As car buff Creator/JonathanBanks pointed out after doing a ShoutOut to the scene in ''Series/BetterCallSaul'', the rocker panels are one of the most obvious places to stash things.
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** The search for the drugs in the car. As car buff Creator/JonathanBanks pointed out after doing a ShoutOut to the scene in ''Series/BetterCallSaul'', the rocker panels are one of the most obvious places to stash things.
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* NightmareFuel: The final scenes in the deserted crematorium, accompanied by Don Ellis' eerily dissonant trumpet score and punctuated with Doyle's gunshots, are damn creepy.
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* DigitalDestruction: For the first Blu-ray release of the film in 2009, director William Friedkin supervised some significant changes to the film; no scenes, dialogue, characters or story elements were altered, but the color timing of the film was significantly changed to give the film a colder and more low-fi look. Cinematographer Owen Roizman and many fans were less than pleased, especially since the original version wasn't included in the Blu-ray. Comparison images can be [[http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/Images/stories/2009/feb/fcbdcomp.jpg found]] [[http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2009/02/wank.php online]] for the curious, but consensus is effectively "just stick with the DVD", maybe because RealIsBrown.
** In 2012, a new Blu-ray transfer - approved by both Friedkin and Roizman and restoring the original color palette - [[http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-French-Connection-Blu-ray/39973/ was issued for exclusive sale at Best Buy stores]].
** In 2012, a new Blu-ray transfer - approved by both Friedkin and Roizman and restoring the original color palette - [[http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-French-Connection-Blu-ray/39973/ was issued for exclusive sale at Best Buy stores]].
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: For the first Blu-ray release of the film in 2009, director William Friedkin supervised some significant changes to the film; no scenes, dialogue, characters or story elements were altered, but the color timing of the film was significantly changed to give the film a colder and more low-fi look. Cinematographer Owen Roizman and many fans were less than pleased, especially since the original version wasn't included in the Blu-ray. Comparison images can be [[http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/Images/stories/2009/feb/fcbdcomp.jpg found]] [[http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2009/02/wank.php online]] for the curious, but consensus is effectively "just stick with the DVD", maybe because RealIsBrown.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks:DigitalDestruction: For the first Blu-ray release of the film in 2009, director William Friedkin supervised some significant changes to the film; no scenes, dialogue, characters or story elements were altered, but the color timing of the film was significantly changed to give the film a colder and more low-fi look. Cinematographer Owen Roizman and many fans were less than pleased, especially since the original version wasn't included in the Blu-ray. Comparison images can be [[http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/Images/stories/2009/feb/fcbdcomp.jpg found]] [[http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2009/02/wank.php online]] for the curious, but consensus is effectively "just stick with the DVD", maybe because RealIsBrown.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: For the first Blu-ray release of the film in 2009, Director director William Friedkin supervised some significant changes to the film; no scenes, dialogue, characters or story elements were altered, but the color timing of the film was significantly changed to give the film a colder and more low-fi look. Cinematographer Owen Roizman and many fans were less than pleased, especially since the original version wasn't included in the Blu-ray. Comparison images can be [[http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/Images/stories/2009/feb/fcbdcomp.jpg found]] [[http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2009/02/wank.php online]] for the curious, but consensus is effectively "just stick with the DVD", maybe because RealIsBrown.
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** In 2012, a new Blu-Ray transfer - approved by both Friedkin and Roizman and restoring the original color palette - [[http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-French-Connection-Blu-ray/39973/ was issued for exclusive sale at Best Buy stores]].
** In 2012, a new Blu-Ray transfer - approved by both Friedkin and Roizman and restoring the original color palette - [[http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-French-Connection-Blu-ray/39973/ was issued for exclusive sale at Best Buy stores]].
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** In 2012, a newBlu-Ray Blu-ray transfer - approved by both Friedkin and Roizman and restoring the original color palette - [[http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-French-Connection-Blu-ray/39973/ was issued for exclusive sale at Best Buy stores]].
** In 2012, a new
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** In 2012, a new Blu-Ray transfer - approved by both Friedkin and Roizman and restoring the original color palette - [[http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-French-Connection-Blu-ray/39973/ was issued for exclusive sale at Best Buy stores]].
** In 2012, a new Blu-Ray transfer - approved by both Friedkin and Roizman and restoring the original color palette - [[http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-French-Connection-Blu-ray/39973/ was issued for exclusive sale at Best Buy stores]].