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The Connection

Not Rated
Movie
1961
1h 50m
English
Drama
A title card announces that the film is a result of found footage assembled by cameraman J.J. Burden working for the acclaimed documentary filmmaker Jim Dunn, who has disappeared. Leach, a heroin addict, introduces the audience to his apartment where other heroin addicts, a mix of current and former jazz musicians, are waiting for Cowboy, their drug connection, to appear. Things go out of control as the men grow increasingly nervous and the cameraman keeps recording.
Rating
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6.8
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The Connection (1961) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
90

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Carl Lee
Cowboy
Barbara Winchester
Sister Salvation
Roscoe Lee Browne
J. J. Burden (as Roscoe Brown)
Freddie Redd
Piano Player
Jackie McLean
Sax Player
Michael Mattos
Bass Player
Directed By: Shirley Clarke
Written By: Jack Gelber

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Leco
7/10  9 years ago
First of all, amazing soundtrack. You can take a lot of things off of this film, but never this fact: Freddie Redd Quartet kick ass (and they're in the movie, as well: all of the unnamed characters here on Trakt castings go by their real names: Freddie, on the piano; Larry, the drummer; Jackie, More
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