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The French Connection: Film fans fume as classic 1971 movie is censored without explanation
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/the-french-connection-disney-criterion-b2353180.html (https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/the-french-connection-disney-criterion-b2353180.html)
Jacob Stolworthy
Film fans are expressing their fury after a scene in The French Connection was censored without explanation.
Those watching William Friedkin’s 1971 drama on US streaming platform Criterion Channel were left confused by a clunky edit during a scene roughly 10 minutes into the film.
The sequence, set in the New York police precinct, features a conversation between detectives “Popeye” Doyle (Gene Hackman) and Buddy “Cloudy” Russo (Roy Scheider), in which the former utters a racial slur.
The six-second sequence has been completely removed, and the edited version instead cuts to midway through the pair’s conversation.
Those who purchased digital copies of the film are re-watching the scene back, and noticing that the copy they bought has also been amended to reflect the change.
Disney has been accused of censoring the film; the studio has owned the rights to The French Connection since its acquisition of Fox back in 2019.
However, the film remains unedited on Disney+ in the UK and Canada.
The Independent has contacted both Criterion Channel and Disney for comment.
The bold part is the key - only in the U.S.
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The French Connection: Film fans fume as classic 1971 movie is censored without explanation
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/the-french-connection-disney-criterion-b2353180.html (https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/the-french-connection-disney-criterion-b2353180.html)
The bold part is the key - only in the U.S.
Kind of like the Little Mermaid movie poster in CHINA?
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Kind of like the Little Mermaid movie poster in CHINA?
Or the WWE Women's Division performing in full track suits everytime they hit Saudi Arabia.
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In other news, similar changes are being made to Pulp Fiction.
Look for the newly recut edition to air Sunday from 9 pm to 9:01:36 pm.
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More ridiculousness from libtards.