[1/3] Director William Friedkin attends a walking tour around Georgetown that focused on some of the film locations from the original Exorcist in Washington D.C., U.S. April 17, 2018.
"The French Connection" won five Academy Awards, including best picture, best director for Friedkin and best actor for Gene Hackman, who Friedkin initially did not want in the memorable role of New York narcotics detective Popeye Doyle.
"The Exorcist" was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including best picture and best director for Friedkin.
In "The French Connection," cops played by Hackman and Roy Scheider in the decaying New York City of the early 1970s track a French heroin smuggler.
William David Friedkin was born on Aug. 29, 1935, and grew up in Chicago, the son of poor Ukrainian immigrants.
Persons:
William Friedkin, Carlos Barria, ", Friedkin, Sonny, Cher, Gene Hackman, Popeye Doyle, Linda Blair, Tom Huddleston, they're, William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, Ashley Judd, Joe, Matthew McConaughey, Billy, Hackman, Roy Scheider, William Peter Blatty's, Blair, Oscar, levitates, Mercedes McCambridge, Al Pacino, Gay, William David Friedkin, Sherry Lansing, Jeanne Moreau, Lesley, Anne Down, Kelly Lange, Will Dunham, Danielle Broadway, Bill Trott, Rosalba O'Brien
Organizations:
Washington D.C, REUTERS, Creative Artists Agency, Chicago TV, Thomson
Locations:
Georgetown, Washington, York, L.A, New York City, Chicago, Hollywood, Los Angeles