Network
Sidney Lumet · 1976
Sidney Lumet's satire follows a failing network that builds a hit show around its anchor's on-air unravelling, with four Oscar-winning performances built almost entirely on monologue.
Cinematographer
Owen Roizman
- 2
- briefs
- 13:00
- average
- 26 min
- in total
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The French Connection
William Friedkin · 1971
The French Connection follows two New York narcotics detectives, modelled on real officers Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso, as they trail a heroin shipment tied to an actual 1962 seizure. Made for $1.8 million after seven actors turned down the lead, it won five Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor for Gene Hackman, and its documentary-style handheld camera and an unscripted-feeling car chase set a template for the decade of American crime films that followed it.