THE CHASE ROUTE: A red dot denotes where a baby carriage makes its infamous ... in the teeth-gritting car chase scene that made history in “The French Connection.”20th Century Fox/Everett ...

Gene Hackman has been out of the film game for almost twenty years now and ostensibly retired, but he was more than happy to take part in a chance to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The French ...

1971's The French Connection features one of the most harrowing ... (with the exception of the near-miss of the lady with the baby carriage, which was carefully rehearsed).

Friedkin insisted on shooting the scene as cheaply and with as few safety ... including a near-miss with a woman and a baby carriage, narrowly dodging cars in an intersection, and driving the ...

There’s a paradox at the heart of The French ... The scene is notable not just for the heart-in-your-mouth quality of the action (the way Doyle just misses that baby carriage is never not ...

Fans of the classic film The French Connection have taken to social media to express their anger at a scene from the film being censored without warning. Those familiar with William Friedkin’s ...

You can read the uncensored scene via The French Connection script, which is available for free online. (It’s worth noting that the film won 5 Oscars in 1972, including Best Picture, Best ...

“The French Connection” was adapted from a nonfiction book about two real detectives, both of whom appear in the film, and the scene clearly wants to situate the viewer within a certain gritty ...

As we mourn the death of Hollywood legend Gene Hackman, I thought now would be a good time to look back on how he and director William Friedkin changed movie car chases forever with his ...