The Connection 1961
6.30/10 by 23 users
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.
- Title: The Connection
- Year: 1961
- Genre: Drama
- Country: United States of America
- Studio:
- Director: Shirley Clarke
- Cast: Warren Finnerty, Jerome Raphael, Garry Goodrow, Carl Lee, Barbara Winchester, Henry Proach
- Crew: Lewis M. Allen (Producer), Jack Gelber (Writer), Shirley Clarke (Director), Arthur J. Ornitz (Director of Photography), Shirley Clarke (Editor), Freddie Redd (Original Music Composer)
- Keyword: new york city, heroin, drug addiction, mockumentary, loft, fake documentary, woman director, pseudo-documentary, the living theatre
- Release: May 03, 1961
- Runtime: 110 minutes
- IMDb: 6.30 / 10 by 23 users
- Popularity: 2
- Budget: $167
- Revenue: $0
- Language: English
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