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Mark James Patrick Kermode is an English film critic and musician. He is the chief film critic for The Observer, contributes to the magazine Sight and Sound, co-presents the BBC Radio 5 Live show Kermode and Mayos Film Review, and previously co-presented the BBC Two arts programme The Culture Show. Kermode writes and presents a film-related video b ... ... ( read more! ) ... William David Friedkin (August 29, 1935 August 7, 2023) was an American film, television and opera director, producer, and screenwriter who was closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in the early 1960s, he is best known for his crime thriller film The French Connection (1971), which ... ... ( read more! ) ... Roy Richard Scheider (November 10, 1932 February 10, 2008) was an American actor and amateur boxer. Described by AllMovie as "one of the most unique and distinguished of all Hollywood actors", he gained fame for his leading and supporting roles in celebrated films from the 1970s through to the early to mid-1980s. He was nominated for two Academy A ... ... ( read more! ) Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 c.February 18, 2025) was an American actor. Hackman made his credited film debut in the drama Lilith (1964). He later won two Academy Awards, his first for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkins action thriller The French Connection (1971) and his second for Best Supporting Actor ... ... ( read more! ) ... . Owen Roizman, A.S.C. (September 22, 1936 January 6, 2023) was a cinematographer and a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as well as the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). He received five Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography, for the films The French Connection (1971), The E ... ... ( read more! ) ... Philip DAntoni (February 19, 1929 April 15, 2018) was an American film and television producer. He was best known for producing the Academy Award-winning 1971 film The French Connection.DAntoni attended Evander Childs High School in the Bronx. He then served in the United States Army from 1946 to 1948 during the occupation of Japan after World War ... ... ( read more! ) ... David Brown is an actor. ... ... ( read more! ) Tony Lo Bianco (October 19, 1936 - June 11, 2024) was an American actor in films and television. Lo Bianco was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of a taxi driver. He is known for his roles in the cult films The Honeymoon Killers, God Told Me To, and The French Connection. Lo Bianco was a Golden Gloves boxer and also founded the Triangle Theatre i ... ... ( read more! )