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The Connection

The Connection

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 3, 1961

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Drama

User Score

63%

Original Title

The Connection

Director

Shirley Clarke

Budget

$167

Description

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.