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Playwright Ian Shaw stars as his father Robert Shaw, who played shark hunter Quint in the film.

William Friedkin peaked in 1971 with his thrilling crime drama, known for its show-stopping car chase, but elevated by so much more

A look back at the groundbreaking 1971 film 'The French Connection' in honor of its 50th anniversary in October 2021.

Decades after it was filmed on a windy Massachusetts beach, Jaws is still a big deal in film.

A look back at the groundbreaking 1971 film 'The French Connection' in honor of its 50th anniversary in October 2021.

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 Connection - and with it, one of the great film car chase sequences in history.

A new play about the on-set tensions of Jaws is hitting the West End after a successful Edinburgh run.

The 91 years young actor and legendary director William Friedkin, 86, discuss The French Connection, retirement, and that history-making car.

It’s the heart-stopping moment when a bashed-in Pontiac LeMans hurtles beneath NYC’s elevated subway at 90 miles an hour, dodging traffic and pedestrians in a wild race to keep up with a hijacked N train rumbling overhead. That five-minute sequence — a crash course in ‘70s guerrilla filmmaking — is now regarded by many to be the best movie car chase of all time. 

Here’s a golden chance to watch Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer, in a John le Carré story about spies of three countries vying for explosive Russian