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The Connection|William Redfield

The Connection

William Redfield and Warren Finnerty
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Overview

The Living Theatre's production of the play by Jack Gelber. Avant-garde director Shirley Clarke, who also made a series of dance and abstract films, here delves into a fictional world. Leach, a drug dealer, and some of his heroin-addicted clients are in his apartment awaiting Cowboy, Leach's "connection." At the same time, a documentary filmmaker records everything that happens in the room, including an impromptu jazz session by some of the junkies. But when Cowboy arrives, pandemonium erupts when one person virtually overdoses. Unfortunately, the others either flee or are too high to help him.

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Main Cast & Crew:
Shirley Clarke - Director
William Redfield
Warren Finnerty
Garry Goodrow
Jerome Raphel
James Anderson
Carl Lee
Barbara Winchester
Roscoe Lee Browne
Henry Proach
Freddie Redd

Details

    Blu-Ray Disc Format
  • Format: Blu-ray (Restored)
  • Color Format: Color
  • UPC: 784148014050
  • Genre: DRAMA
  • Rating: NR
  • Release Date: February 2015

Movie Reviews

Notes:
Copyright: 1993 Mystic Fire Video, Inc. Additional Cast: Jerome Raphael, Barbara Winchester, Henry Proach.

Reviews:
"Clarke, her camera moving with voyeuristic precision, recasts the material as a literal documentary in the making. She gets at the inner truth of addicts -- that they're pining for transcendence in the void." -- Grade: A- - 05/11/2012 Entertainment Weekly

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