Never noticed that before...spectacular in capturing the grit of New York. Now seeing it, probably as iconic as the priest in the foggy streetlight in The Exorcist... Too fast though
A fun fact: the space that bar occupied, 1128 Myrtle Avenue is today a Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurant, the fast-food chain founder Al Copeland claimed to have named after Popeye Doyle!
The bar was called Roy's. The elevated train which now ends at Myrtle Ave and Broadway used to extend to Flatbush Avenue. The extension was torn down in the 1980's.
Reminds me of some pubs in England in the nineties, when drug dealing and taking was ignored by landlords who were either too scared to stop it or were part of the trade. I can remember a few pubs where drug dealing was as common as selling alcohol.
Darn they left out the part where Popeye makes the three punks empty their pockets, then goes after the afro-haired dude - cover to debrief his informant.
Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider got so into their roles that they actually went on drug busts with real cops to prepare for The French Connection! also, all of the extras in this scene are police officers. Incredible realism! 🚔🕵♂
I gather it WAS relatively harmless in those days. The filth the imbeciles inhale now turns them into homicidal maniacs, and it's all but compulsory. USA - you are doomed.
@@voroldrwarfff8858 Gene and Roy were obviously very liberal & had some problems with what was required to do for the movie. They shadowed 2 real NYPD detectives for a week and by the end of the week, they could roust a suspect as good as the real deal.
@@blacbraun That's right. QUINT: I got this scar from a TIGER SHARK in the SOUTH PACIFIC. HOOPER: I got this scar from a GIANT BARRACUDA, in KEY LARGO. BRODY: And I got this scar from GENE HACKMAN, in THE FRENCH CONNECTION.
@@cinemageplt it doesn’t mean anything it’s just nonsense that Eddie Egan who Popeye Doyle is based on uses to unsettle a suspect to make him confused so when the partner asks questions the suspect will tell the truth it’s basically the street version of good cop/bad cop
Today's Cop's would come in with a large, and well armed SWAT team. They would use more violence to force the people against the wall, or down on the ground. I'd say the later would be worse. At least Popeye destroyed the drugs, if not making any arrests.
@@MrPotatoesLatkielol no they wouldn't. They wouldn't use a swat operation unless they were planning a full-scale raid and they knew there was automatic/heavy weaponry on the scene.
@@unfortunatebeam Hmm, I guess the standard police now dress like militarized SAT teams. So instead of SWAT, they would use a larger number of police dressed in SWAT type tactical gear.
@@unfortunatebeam No on patrol, but when they are called to potentially dangerous encounters, they put on helmets, wear boots, and look military. Our country Sheriff had an MRAP.
Although these were the best times as far as being a junkie goes, but as far as a few boy scouts shaking down a dive bar on the lower east side during this era goes, that is definitely a sure one-way trip to the city morgue. And as another commenter stated, half of the patrons at any bar during these times not only had off duty officers sitting at the bar, the biggest dealers among the patrons WERE in fact the NYPD. And there is nothing worse than a greedy junkie that is hooked on smack. A regular junkie might steal for a quick fix, but a junkie with a badge and a gun will do much more damage to society. The sad reality is, Mayor Giuliani definitely did a good job cleaning up the city, but unfortunately there is still tons of corruption, only nowadays it’s kept off the radar. 42nd Street back in those days was a free for all. You literally had anything you wanted at your fingertips, only a 10 cent call away. Although you might have to walk over a dead body or two on your way to meet your guy. They say history repeats itself, and anyone who still rides the iron horse can see that to be true.
So what are saying? The old days of 42nd street are back? Giuliani didn't exactly clean up the city, his policies put tons of people in prison, pushed people to suicide, or just relocated the messes to other places. And which corruption do you mean? The street crime variety, or white collar crime variety? Seems the latter is more of a problem now, who's cleaning that up?
Oh...you mean before handheld devices that can record video with perfectly synced audio? Making it less tempting for a cop to "stray over the line"? Even over 25 years ago, the "Rodney King" controversy happened and it turned the law enforcement world upside-down....So, this isn't even a "now" or "today" type of thing. The Rodney King beating was over a quarter century ago.
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Still one of the best movies ever, of its type. A little too much with the sound of leather shoes on the pavement, but that was typical of the movies of the day. Gets on your nerves after a while. But the action more than makes up for it
Now gene hackman plays a good role being "popeye doyle" but I think he pushes his weight around a bit too much in this movie🥊remember "what comes around goes around"🤔
Back when there was no internet, so hillbillies and their sons were confined to watching Hee Haw and Lawrence Welk instead of disturbing others by making racetard comments beneath excellent feature films
First second of this clip is one of the greatest pieces of cinematography, ever.
I thought the same thing man
Never noticed that before...spectacular in capturing the grit of New York.
Now seeing it, probably as iconic as the priest in the foggy streetlight in The Exorcist...
Too fast though
It's beautiful, gritty, real...
one of the best comments I've read in a while. True words man
"HI, POPEYE IS HERE!!"
Love how Hackman made the character all his own, super hard boiled.
A fun fact: the space that bar occupied, 1128 Myrtle Avenue is today a Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurant, the fast-food chain founder Al Copeland claimed to have named after Popeye Doyle!
speeta
Fuckin brilliant!
The bar was called Roy's. The elevated train which now ends at Myrtle Ave and Broadway used to extend to Flatbush Avenue. The extension was torn down in the 1980's.
Why would someone name a fast food joint serving chicken after a very racism cop? Yikes…
@@QuidamByMoonlight Probably to deflect a trademark lawsuit from King Features Syndicate who owns Popeye the Sailor.
(from the movie's IMDB page) "According to William Friedkin, Gene Hackman had a hard time saying Doyle's racist language without cringing. "
The town where he grew up had a klan presence and Hackman despised racism.
didn't know that
hpa
what racist language??
Hackman was a class act through and through
LtBrown1956 He said the N word in another scene
"Anybody want a milkshake?"
LOL
Lol!!! 😂😂😂
All the bar people were off duty NYPD officers ! They played their parts well!
It's true. Many of the extras in this movie were Cops.
Wow, I never knew that before!
Oh they cut off the best part “you talkin to me baby”
Didn't know they had that many POCs in the NYPD back then. All the documentaries I saw of that era it was 80% white! LOL
They were? That is so cool! :D
Reminds me of some pubs in England in the nineties, when drug dealing and taking was ignored by landlords who were either too scared to stop it or were part of the trade. I can remember a few pubs where drug dealing was as common as selling alcohol.
Still is mate
Darn they left out the part where Popeye makes the three punks empty their pockets, then goes after the afro-haired dude - cover to debrief his informant.
Ironically enough that bar is now a Popeye’s Chicken restaurant.
Gene Hackman is giant in this movie
The guy with the hat who says "oh, bullshit!" I'm pretty sure he was a cop in "the seven ups"
0:55 dude can't help himself grinning at "you pick your feet?"
Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider got so into their roles that they actually went on drug busts with real cops to prepare for The French Connection! also, all of the extras in this scene are police officers. Incredible realism! 🚔🕵♂
Love how he dissed the grass as harmless, take it or leave it if you don't like it , stuff.
I gather it WAS relatively harmless in those days. The filth the imbeciles inhale now turns them into homicidal maniacs, and it's all but compulsory. USA - you are doomed.
That 'grass' looked like lawn clippings :))
Can't believe they wanted another actor to play Popeye Doyle. Gene Hackman so talented....!!
What is this a fucking HOSPITAL?
Wanna take a a ride there, fat man?
Gen hackman was the definition of a BAMF ! Love the guy, absolutely loved him !!
1:02 imagine if someone glued a mouse trap under the bar.
Doyles frisking of the suspects and his total un pc attitude is amazing I hope its never remade (it wouldn't work anyway)
In this day and age people would riot about Popeye’s tactic rather than the crime itself.
If it was remade now Popeye would be a trans black woman...
@@AZadeh-nd8vx Jesus what a thought 😳 Leave it be No one can play Doyle and Russo the same has Hackman and Scheider
A bar or a pharmacy? You choose.
That's the early 70's for you. When the drugs you got from your doctor legally were better than anything you could find on the streets.
A classic film
not like smokey and the bandit though
Anyone want a milkshake?
I am sure Daniel Day Lewis would.
@@ironphoenix5145 haha underrated
I want one!
Lol I love Al Fann's ("Haircut") performance in this scene
I saw this when I was sixteen. This was the first time I wanted to be a cop. Never made it but I still love our police.
that's not really the message you were supposed to take from this but okay. I wouldn't expect anything else from an israeli
Dam how old are you I wasn't even born until 86
Gene Hackman, THE best BAMF in film history.
"Have you ever picked your feet in Poughkeepsie?"
Such a great movie...classic
When men were tough and real.
When racism was cool (still is anyway)
@@voroldrwarfff8858 Gene and Roy were obviously very liberal & had some problems with what was required to do for the movie. They shadowed 2 real NYPD detectives for a week and by the end of the week, they could roust a suspect as good as the real deal.
Vorol Drwarfff wow really?
Or because alot of coloured people during that era just happen to be crooks!!
Imagine this happening in 2024 with iphones everywhere...LOL
I'm surprised Gene Hackman didn't give Brody a scar to show off in Jaws.
Mad magazine Jaws satire ;)
@@blacbraun That's right.
QUINT: I got this scar from a TIGER SHARK in the SOUTH PACIFIC.
HOOPER: I got this scar from a GIANT BARRACUDA, in KEY LARGO.
BRODY: And I got this scar from GENE HACKMAN, in THE FRENCH CONNECTION.
Alright Popeye's here
Oh man!
Love that scene! Gene Hackman is totally hot!
"did you pick your feet ?"
Why does that mean by the way ? A metaphor or something ?
@@cinemageplt it doesn’t mean anything it’s just nonsense that Eddie Egan who Popeye Doyle is based on uses to unsettle a suspect to make him confused so when the partner asks questions the suspect will tell the truth it’s basically the street version of good cop/bad cop
@@mohammedashian8094
It’s amazing that the man didn’t answer Popeye @ 0:52 knowing what he was up to lol
@@cinemageplt it was something the real life officers this was based on would say during interrogations to throw off the suspect
Gene Hackman has no business being this tremendous as an actor
Pay attention!!! We're going to ask questions later!!!!!!!!!!! Brody in his rookie years :)
"Brody" lol
thumping soundtrack.
It's interesting to speculate what would happen if today's cops used the same approach...
Today's Cop's would come in with a large, and well armed SWAT team. They would use more violence to force the people against the wall, or down on the ground. I'd say the later would be worse. At least Popeye destroyed the drugs, if not making any arrests.
@@MrPotatoesLatkielol no they wouldn't. They wouldn't use a swat operation unless they were planning a full-scale raid and they knew there was automatic/heavy weaponry on the scene.
@@unfortunatebeam Hmm, I guess the standard police now dress like militarized SAT teams. So instead of SWAT, they would use a larger number of police dressed in SWAT type tactical gear.
@@MrPotatoesLatkie where do you live? Regular police don't dress in swat gear or military fatigues, maybe you're seeing things...
@@unfortunatebeam No on patrol, but when they are called to potentially dangerous encounters, they put on helmets, wear boots, and look military. Our country Sheriff had an MRAP.
I always wondered what happened the last time Popeye raided the bar...
Is that a bar or a pharmacy ?
Can't it be both?
And to think that Popeye's Chicken is named after him
You talking to me baby
Although these were the best times as far as being a junkie goes, but as far as a few boy scouts shaking down a dive bar on the lower east side during this era goes, that is definitely a sure one-way trip to the city morgue. And as another commenter stated, half of the patrons at any bar during these times not only had off duty officers sitting at the bar, the biggest dealers among the patrons WERE in fact the NYPD. And there is nothing worse than a greedy junkie that is hooked on smack. A regular junkie might steal for a quick fix, but a junkie with a badge and a gun will do much more damage to society. The sad reality is, Mayor Giuliani definitely did a good job cleaning up the city, but unfortunately there is still tons of corruption, only nowadays it’s kept off the radar. 42nd Street back in those days was a free for all. You literally had anything you wanted at your fingertips, only a 10 cent call away. Although you might have to walk over a dead body or two on your way to meet your guy. They say history repeats itself, and anyone who still rides the iron horse can see that to be true.
So what are saying? The old days of 42nd street are back? Giuliani didn't exactly clean up the city, his policies put tons of people in prison, pushed people to suicide, or just relocated the messes to other places. And which corruption do you mean? The street crime variety, or white collar crime variety? Seems the latter is more of a problem now, who's cleaning that up?
1:06...hahaha
All right Popeye's here!!! Classic
"Noddy" ahahahaha :)
hey , whiskers... 😃👍
When cops could be cops unlike today.
What an absolute stupid comment
Oh...you mean before handheld devices that can record video with perfectly synced audio? Making it less tempting for a cop to "stray over the line"? Even over 25 years ago, the "Rodney King" controversy happened and it turned the law enforcement world upside-down....So, this isn't even a "now" or "today" type of thing. The Rodney King beating was over a quarter century ago.
You want that hand broken? Get it on up here!
1:35 Tray bags
It’s like trying to find a parking spot
The original Bar Rescue!
everyone there has a "dope wallet" :D
Great film.
One thing I'm wondering about is why did he mix the drugs up with the beer to make the ''milkshake" was there a point to that I'm missing?
I think just to ruin them, so they can't be used
I’d love to find out the song that was playing on the jukebox that Popeye turned off.
That has to be the lowest grade schwag weed i have ever seen
Come on baldy 😂😂😂😂😂
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wheres his sailor's outfit and can of spinach?
Heard of this from breaking bad
Still one of the best movies ever, of its type. A little too much with the sound of leather shoes on the pavement, but that was typical of the movies of the day. Gets on your nerves after a while. But the action more than makes up for it
You pick your feet?
There go the drugs...
What a horrible little man.
Is it just me or was this scene cut from HBO max?
Not for me
Now gene hackman plays a good role being "popeye doyle" but I think he pushes his weight around a bit too much in this movie🥊remember "what comes around goes around"🤔
What is this, a fuckin hospital?
DAMN
We’re they allowed to do this back then or now?
i think they would call it reasonable suspicion.
NYC was pretty much a law unto itself regarding cops back then.
When our cities were under control.....
Under control? New York City was much crazier back in the 1970s than now....
@@kakashi101able yeah I don't know wtf he is talking about, but recently it has started to look like the 70s again.
Is George Clooney as good as Gene Hackman?
George who?
Nah Hackman is better than Clooney
Back when cops could do there jobs w/o Black Lives Matter and CNN pulling the race card and inciting riots.
More like you didn't need to arrest every drug user or use a gun to solve problems.
Michael Walker Keep your bullshit racial politics out of this awesome film, thanks
Back when there was no internet, so hillbillies and their sons were confined to watching Hee Haw and Lawrence Welk instead of disturbing others by making racetard comments beneath excellent feature films
Ahhhhh the Internet, where cowards like Michael Walker will make dumb ass comments he wouldn’t dare say to anyone outside the confines of his home.
Michael Walker "their, their" little boy, settle down
FSTICK S
Racistvass scene
You, hair cut!
Lame ass clip, why stop it like
weeds be legals now and we are 34.64 trillion in debt?
weeds bees legals now