Three days ago, the censoring of a six-second sequence in William Freidkin’s “The French Connection” was reported by Hollywood Elsewhere. The gist of this nixing had to do with Gene Hackman’s gritty cop character, Popeye Doyle, uttering the N-word. This was spotted on the Criterion Channel stream of Friedkin’s 1971 classic. Well, apparently, the rights … Continue reading Disney Might Be To Blame for ‘The French Connection’ Censorship