| The Connection | |
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| Directed by | Shirley Clarke |
| Written by | Jack Gelber |
| Based on | The Connection 1959 play by Jack Gelber |
| Produced by | Lewis M. Allen Shirley Clarke[1] |
| Starring | Warren Finnerty William Redfield[2] |
| Cinematography | Arthur J. Ornitz |
| Edited by | Shirley Clarke |
| Music by | Freddie Redd |
Release dates | |
Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $170,000[3] |
The Connection is a 1961 feature film directed by the American experimental filmmaker Shirley Clarke. The film was Clarke's first feature;[4] she had made several short films over the previous decade. Jack Gelber wrote the screenplay, adapting his play of the same name. The film was the subject of significant court cases regarding censorship. It is the first known movie shot in the found footage format and beginning with a found footage title card.
- ^ WorldCat.org
- ^ MUBI
- ^ "Neglect Talent". Variety. 16 August 1961. p. 20.
- ^ Experimental director Shirley Clarke on her film about drug addiction – archive, 15 June 1961|Film|The Guardian