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And the Academy Award Goes To...

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Paul Gambaccini traces the history of the Oscars and tells the story behind winning films

Paul Gambaccini traces the history of the Oscars and tells the story behind award-winning films

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And The Academy Award Goes To ...: Series 6

And the Academy Award Goes To...: Series 6: The French Connection

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20/02/2016

The French Connection

Series 6

BBC Radio 4 - And the Academy Award Goes To..., Series 6, The French Connection

Paul Gambaccini assesses the first R-rated movie to win the Best Picture Oscar.

Paul Gambaccini assesses The French Connection, the first R-rated movie to win the Best Picture Oscar and an early example of the new wave in American Films.

Continuing with his look at Oscar-winning films and what they tell us about the society that gave birth to them, Paul Gambaccini turns to the first R-rated movie to win the Best Picture Oscar and one of the earliest to show the newly complete World trade towers. An early example of the new wave in American Films, The French Connection went on to win 5 Oscars and set both its leading man (Gene Hackman) and its young director (William Friedkin) on what were to become glittering careers.

Producer: Paul Kobrak.

And the Academy Award Goes To...: Series 6

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Paul Gambaccini tells the story behind three more award-winning films

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