Word: copse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There was some unfinished business at the end of The French Connection. In fact, the unfinished business seemed just the point: that the French dope dealer so passionately pursued by the American cops could slip smoothly away through a massive stakeout and leave the country. The Frenchman was the source...
The French cops know something Doyle does not. They are aware that he has been set up, that the French and American police forces are using him as a decoy to flush out Charnier (Fer nando Rey), the connection. The plan gets messy, however, when Charnier and his people sap...
The movie is a fairly brutal character study up until the time Popeye finally, albeit tenuously, shakes off his habit. Then, as Doyle goes out for revenge, Frankenheimer changes gear smoothly into the sort of supercharged action adventure that gives memories of the original French Connection some stiff competition. Doyle...
"Asshole--get off my car!" someone said, pulling at the three 14-year-olds. Beer cans danced in their upraised hands and they were more amused than surprised by him, I guess. By the time the crowd shoved and mauled its way through the gates 90 minutes later ("Hope no...
Fenway Park is something else. Later in the year, I heard, high up in the bleachers someone stood up midway through a late inning of a dull game, dropped his pants and underwear, stuck out his tongue, and started screaming the Sox encouragement. The cops led him away, as I...