The Connection

1961

Drama

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 95% · 21 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 79% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 1145 1.1K

Director

Top cast

Garry Goodrow as Ernie
William Redfield as Jim Dunn
Roscoe Lee Browne as J. J. Burden
Barbara Winchester as Sister Salvation
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946.32 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 42 min
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1.72 GB
1440*1080
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 42 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by creegan222 7 / 10

Great take on An always taboo subject

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Reviewed by AlsExGal 6 / 10

Interesting as the grandfather of the mockumentary genre

This is an arthouse drama about a group of heroin addicts hanging around an apartment in Harlem, waiting for their connection to arrive with the day's fix. The characters monologize about their pathetic lives, while a few of them play jazz music. The film is presented as a documentary being filmed by a director (William Redfield) and his cameraman (Roscoe Lee Browne, in his debut). Featuring Warren Finnerty, Jerome Raphael, Jim Anderson, Barbara Winchester, Henry Proach, and Carl Lee. Shirley Clarke directed this film version of a play which structurally resembles the later mockumentary genre, only without the humor. The subject matter and the presentation ensure that this will have little appeal outside of the arthouse crowd, as most audiences will find this tedious, self-indulgent and of minimal entertainment. I applaud the effort and the intent, but the end product isn't something I'd want to revisit.

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