I love every single detail of this scene: The clothes, the served beverages, apple candy the clicking of the heals... It`s just a wonderful setup and ride back to the early 70s
0:07 The man Doyle was talking to (Mulderig), in fact, was his stunt driver in the chasing sequence, Bill Hickman. He also drove a Dodge Charger in Bullitt and that Pontiac in The Seven Ups (which was a spin-off of The French Connection). He also was an actor and even a close friend of James Dean
The Seven-up is an odd stuff, same people behind the production, some of the same actors, similar tone yet totally unrelated to the French Connection within the story itself, more than spin-off it is like an alternate universe sequel about Russo's career after Narcotics but in that dimension he is called Manucci and was transferred sooner in his career. Whatever The Seven- ups may be classified as, it is a very fine piece of entertainment.
Gotta laugh when Gene and Fernando jump in and off the train only for Fernando to wave at Gene when he exits on the train with Popeye trying to get his man 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Hollywood Gold,love the Snack stalls in 1971 time when this film premiered 52 years ago,Wow 😲
I used to think that was a flaw, but he was actually just trying to keep up with Charnier, so he snagged something to not lose track of him and not look suspicious.
I actually thought this scene was the best, along with the final scene in the abandoned warehouse. Both had this eerie, insidious undertone about the hopelessness of trying to capture this man that was symbolic of the international drug trade.
In the real story, the French guy did evade the police by a subway. There was no big shoot like in the end of the film. They found the drugs in a cellar. There was no assassin hunting Popeye down. There was a hint of a contract out on his life. It was mentioned that that would be a bad idea and they did not go ahead with it. There was no car chase like in the film. The only one who served any time was the tv announcer. The actual Eddie Doyle cop is in the film. He plays the boss who oks the wire tap.
🤣🤣🤣Oh dear ,Still an iconic performance between Frog one (Fernando Rey)And Gene Hackman at 41 years old here played his undercover cop character but gave himself away with frog one looking at him in the mirror that Doyle didn't realise what he did ,The Hand Gesture from Fernando Rey rates as Hollywood Gold here in hilarious circumstances 🤣 🤣🤣
"If I recall -- at least from the first French Connection, Popeye Doyle never actually caught him." "Yeah, I guess me and ol' Popeye, huh.. day late and a dollar short."
This is kinda accurate to today: Americans being impatient and anxious while those from overseas are patient and calculated. The Frenchie knew he was followed yet never let Popeye realize it until the last possible minute.
Gritty and visceral. From start to finish, this movie is a master class in action, acting, writing, and cinematography, you name it. Popeye Doyle is so obsessed throughout. Cloudy goes along with it all until he can't. He just can go no further once another officer is shot, Popeye reloads and keeps going. Hard movie.
This is something I really remember from this movie. The French dude ordering subway "grape drink" and sampling it as though it were le vin rouge. Then he leaves most of it behind :-D
He had a really hard time playing the character apparently - while the Eddie Egan (Popeye Doyle) was obviously a great cop, he wasn’t exactly a great guy.
This is a masterpiece hell out. Movie the old good days and the new coming suck era the we all belong. Just thinking. About how much dangerous. Was new york. With gambino galante castellano john gotti roy de meo nino gaggi neil delacrocce. Vicent gigante joe gallo jimmy the gent burke tony di simone. Carmine carmine the snake persico all of them were alive in active will be pretty cool to meet them
I always imagined this watching this scene.. What would it have been like if Gene Hackman stayed on the train while Fernando Rey got off the train waving at him at the platform? ^^
That scene showed the handwaver a nonconventional guy has entered the game. A man with an obsessive p a s s i o n to bring him down. Certainly left a lasting impresssion. As he recalled later.
This was a very interesting scene in this movie and it`s interesting to see how "alain charnier" outsmarts "popeye" another scene shows "charnier" and his assassin operative sitting in an expensive restaurant eating lucious food while the cops are standing out in the cold eating rapidly chilling pizza and drinking lukewarm coffee😒
I love that scene. Frog One and his companion enjoying a multi-course French meal and Popeye standing out in the cold merciless NY winter, stamping his feet and eating pizza. Wonderful contrast.
This happened in the real life French Connection case, in Times Square. And it also happened twice before the same day, according to author Robin Moore and Eddie “Popeye” Egan.
2:11 Funny that they use the artwork for the remastered Blu-ray here, but if you go back and look, their video is sourced from the original Blu-ray release with the very cold, washed out colour timing.
Today (2022)...... Grand Central Terminal Shuttle S(SS) Subway Station looks a lot different now................ 51 years later... However I am very hungry and thirsty for a taste of candied/caramel apple and a grape drink...... pretty delicious 😎
Fernando Rey's character is so wickedly crafty in this film - it was the perfect ending for his character in that he was never caught - It was a huge mistake to make French Connection 2- it ould have been a perfect question to leave hanging in the air as to what happened to him
Continuity Error: At 1:38, Frog One blocks the subway car doors with his umbrella by holding its shaft. But when he exits the car two seconds later at 1:40, he's now holding the umbrella by its handle.
Did Doyle steal that candy apple? He ordered a grape drink but walks away with a candy apple. The apples were right in front of him at the counter, but did he steal one or is this a blooper? or did he purposly distract the guy by asking for a drink so he could steal the apple?
I love every single detail of this scene: The clothes, the served beverages, apple candy the clicking of the heals... It`s just a wonderful setup and ride back to the early 70s
Especially the grape drink that looks like a toffee apple.
@@carlitobrigante6304
hahha i know!! Either he stole it or its a blatant blooper..
And that's making me VERY hungry and thirsty....... grape drink and caramel/candied apples are to die for..... deliciously.... Trust Me 😎👍
@@tyrondavis6727
lol yes..😊
I love the seventies. The movies. The music. The fashion. The feeling.
The hand wave is epic.
Always loved the ending of this one, with the eery music and everything.
Dennis Teti It’s 10 times as epic on the bridge at the end.
Gene Hackman gave a powerhouse performance, but Fernando Rey was also the perfect choice as the suave, classy villain. Even if he was cast by mistake!
Agreed, early seventies was Magic time for movies. I can't count how many classics they made in that period.
Not as famous as the car chase sequence, this scene is brilliant in showing Doyle's obsession and frustration in dealing with "Frog One."
Two great actors: Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey.
Three great actors: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey and Roy Scheider.
The wave at the end has been ripped off in every single crime film or tv show since lol. Iconic and classic moment.
What a great early 1970s classic! Great cast: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider and Fernando Rey.
50th anniversary this year
70s NEW YORK CLASSIC!
It's the best how Popeye gives frog 1 the same wave on the bridge at the end
one of cinema's great scenes - the best is always simple
Yes and no.
0:07
The man Doyle was talking to (Mulderig), in fact, was his stunt driver in the chasing sequence, Bill Hickman. He also drove a Dodge Charger in Bullitt and that Pontiac in The Seven Ups (which was a spin-off of The French Connection). He also was an actor and even a close friend of James Dean
The Seven-up is an odd stuff, same people behind the production, some of the same actors, similar tone yet totally unrelated to the French Connection within the story itself, more than spin-off it is like an alternate universe sequel about Russo's career after Narcotics but in that dimension he is called Manucci and was transferred sooner in his career. Whatever The Seven- ups may be classified as, it is a very fine piece of entertainment.
Always loved this Scene.
Gotta laugh when Gene and Fernando jump in and off the train only for Fernando to wave at Gene when he exits on the train with Popeye trying to get his man 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Hollywood Gold,love the Snack stalls in 1971 time when this film premiered 52 years ago,Wow 😲
This scene is amazing
This movie is amazing.
Superclass actor Fernando Rey
He's superb, funny to think he was mistakenly cast since Friedkin actually had Francisco Rabal in mind.
The perfect timing of the train's horn & Doyles hat hitting the platform floor...
Genius connection of acting + scenery/scenario etc
The epic subway chase that made all past and future scenes obsolete
Feel like mann used pieces of it @ end of COLLATERAL! Good call
Chernier just couldn't resist waving "goodbye."
As far as I know, the advisor of this movie had experienced exactly this for real as a police-detective.
i love this movie!
The car chase is justly famous but I think this is the best scene in the movie.
De las mejores escenas que he visto, no termina y no quieres que termine
0:39
I want that purple stuff.
Would you care for a glass of grape juice?
It sure looks refreshing! 0:39
@@justinpinard6434 wtf is juice?
“Grape drank”
sugar
water
and, of course, purple
most compelling eat of a candy apple of all time. bonus east coast points for grape drink
"same to you buddy"; with respect of course.
“Grape Draank.”
0:40.....grape drink , gets candy apple.
I used to think that was a flaw, but he was actually just trying to keep up with Charnier, so he snagged something to not lose track of him and not look suspicious.
Loses frog 1
Masterpiece.
Greatest candy apple garbage can miss in film history.
Not the best part of The French Connection but certainly one of the funniest scenes in the film yet it remains a serious movie. Genius film making.
The best scene is obviously the car chase.
I actually thought this scene was the best, along with the final scene in the abandoned warehouse. Both had this eerie, insidious undertone about the hopelessness of trying to capture this man that was symbolic of the international drug trade.
Shame that these snack stands and mini convenience stores don't exist anymore in any New York City subway station. At least none I've heard of.
Same in UK. (apart for Costa of course)
Corpo-food took over and ran out the indie-owners.
One of my favourite movie scenes! Just perfect in every way
Hank got me here
Epic troll!
iknr
In the real story, the French guy did evade the police by a subway. There was no big shoot like in the end of the film. They found the drugs in a cellar.
There was no assassin hunting Popeye down. There was a hint of a contract out on his life. It was mentioned that that would be a bad idea and they did not go ahead with it.
There was no car chase like in the film. The only one who served any time was the tv announcer. The actual Eddie Doyle cop is in the film. He plays the boss who oks the wire tap.
1:45 - when Popeye realised he just threw away a candy apple after just one bite for no reason.
Yeah that was a nice one too
Whatever happened to that grape drink?
🤣🤣🤣Oh dear ,Still an iconic performance between Frog one (Fernando Rey)And Gene Hackman at 41 years old here played his undercover cop character but gave himself away with frog one looking at him in the mirror that Doyle didn't realise what he did ,The Hand Gesture from Fernando Rey rates as Hollywood Gold here in hilarious circumstances 🤣 🤣🤣
The original tiles are still there, just behind the new ones I saw that when the station got new renovation
How come? They put the new tiles on the top of the old ones?
@@jeshkam Indeed
Love that hat !
"If I recall -- at least from the first French Connection, Popeye Doyle never actually caught him."
"Yeah, I guess me and ol' Popeye, huh.. day late and a dollar short."
No Popeye, that's not how you chase the train. Steal a car to do it.
buy the airline.
My name is Jeanne Diener Stark. I was an extra in this movie at 2:38 with a little kid start working on the subway holding hands with My dad
Jeanne Stark typical
Love this scene and movie!
great films one and two I can watch them time after time
1:07 Love the old Coke vending machines
Least subtle undercover cop ever
Remember, he's dressed as Santa when we first meet him 🎅
Hackman. Electric. Explosive. Gene, where are you when we need you?
@Ra HoWa nan he's a dem
Who cares? He's an excellent actor. Bottom line.
@@makeit7579 that's just stupid. What's wrong with you?
This is one of the best scene's on this movie
nice cat and mouse game...👍
Grand Central Shuttle train, 1971...this is exactly when and where Woody Allen had a bad run-in with Stallone in "Bananas"!
Yeah!
NICE CALL
Best scene ever
This is kinda accurate to today: Americans being impatient and anxious while those from overseas are patient and calculated. The Frenchie knew he was followed yet never let Popeye realize it until the last possible minute.
Of course Popeye knew he'd been made.
Gritty and visceral. From start to finish, this movie is a master class in action, acting, writing, and cinematography, you name it. Popeye Doyle is so obsessed throughout. Cloudy goes along with it all until he can't. He just can go no further once another officer is shot, Popeye reloads and keeps going. Hard movie.
Popeye chasing the subway train.
Epic.
the old man is what intelligence should be
Brilliant scene he's out he's back in.
That wonderful moment at 2:00 when the Brass Section of the Don Ellis Orchestra accentuates Popeye's frustrated defeat.
HE TROLLED HIM !!!!!!
Great scene.
At 1.00, his face is like “How do Americans drink this crap?”
This is something I really remember from this movie. The French dude ordering subway "grape drink" and sampling it as though it were le vin rouge. Then he leaves most of it behind :-D
R.I.P. William Friedkin
Frog one gets it from Doyle in Marseille on the boat
Great!!!!
RIP Billy Friedkin
Fernando Rey, que papel!
The best psyche out move in a movie.
Fernando Rey
Just read an interview with Hackman. He only saw it once 50 years ago. And never liked to talked about it.
He had a really hard time playing the character apparently - while the Eddie Egan (Popeye Doyle) was obviously a great cop, he wasn’t exactly a great guy.
Amazing movie 🎬 🎉
Look at William Freidkin interview about how Fernando Rey was hired. ** Casting agent sent him the wrong guy, but it all worked out.
I think this is where the great late Bill Hickman had the most dialogues of any movie he's ever been in.
Great movie
Ill take a grape drink
Sure, one candy apple coming up!
This is a masterpiece hell out. Movie the old good days and the new coming suck era the we all belong. Just thinking. About how much dangerous. Was new york. With gambino galante castellano john gotti roy de meo nino gaggi neil delacrocce. Vicent gigante joe gallo jimmy the gent burke tony di simone. Carmine carmine the snake persico all of them were alive in active will be pretty cool to meet them
Lol it's as clear as day that he knows he's being followed.
Gene Hackman is the best movie cop in cinema history
That's a GOOD cop
Wait, if he’s on the shuttle at Grand Central, that only goes one place-Times Square. So it would be easy to find him.
YES YES DOWN LOAD NEXT VIDEO OF THE SUBWAY MTA
1:51
Toodles :)
I always imagined this watching this scene.. What would it have been like if Gene Hackman stayed on the train while Fernando Rey got off the train waving at him at the platform? ^^
That scene showed the handwaver a nonconventional guy has entered the game. A man with an obsessive p a s s i o n to bring him down. Certainly left a lasting impresssion. As he recalled later.
Oops 😬 .. He orders a Grape 🍇 drink is eating an apple 🍎 😐
You know what they say about frogs. They’re very slippery.
Frog One was caught. He wasn’t extradited to the United States though.
This is great stuff depicting policing in the pre-Miranda era--with both its positives and negatives.
EPIC
This was a very interesting scene in this movie and it`s interesting to see how "alain charnier" outsmarts "popeye" another scene shows "charnier" and his assassin operative sitting in an expensive restaurant eating lucious food while the cops are standing out in the cold eating rapidly chilling pizza and drinking lukewarm coffee😒
I love that scene. Frog One and his companion enjoying a multi-course French meal and Popeye standing out in the cold merciless NY winter, stamping his feet and eating pizza. Wonderful contrast.
This happened in the real life French Connection case, in Times Square. And it also happened twice before the same day, according to author Robin Moore and Eddie “Popeye” Egan.
Hank brought me here
Charnier is like nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah! As he gets away.
frog 1 is right shifty
And that is how it is done.
Typical Gene Hackman, he's the guy you don't mess with
2:11
Funny that they use the artwork for the remastered Blu-ray here, but if you go back and look, their video is sourced from the original Blu-ray release with the very cold, washed out colour timing.
Which Blu looks better + which is more authentic?
@@visionist7 if you love a good remastered video it is a new one, but you love special features the first one is better.
Today (2022)...... Grand Central Terminal Shuttle S(SS) Subway Station looks a lot different now................
51 years later...
However I am very hungry and thirsty for a taste of candied/caramel apple and a grape drink...... pretty delicious 😎
ASAC Schader finally got to do his wave, but it costs him everything. Goddamn Walter White.
Can you still get juices in NY that are dancing around inside a see through thingamajig? I want some OJ
Not since about 1983.
Fernando Rey's character is so wickedly crafty in this film - it was the perfect ending for his character in that he was never caught - It was a huge mistake to make French Connection 2- it ould have been a perfect question to leave hanging in the air as to what happened to him
The sequel is brilliant. I love it.
Must have inspired the scene in Joker
frog 1 is smart
Continuity Error: At 1:38, Frog One blocks the subway car doors with his umbrella by holding its shaft. But when he exits the car two seconds later at 1:40, he's now holding the umbrella by its handle.
Congratulations, you found a continuity error.
you just missed it. He's extremely fast and cunning.
Like skyfall
Did Doyle steal that candy apple? He ordered a grape drink but walks away with a candy apple. The apples were right in front of him at the counter, but did he steal one or is this a blooper? or did he purposly distract the guy by asking for a drink so he could steal the apple?