The French Connection | Then & Now 1971 New York

The French Connection | Then & Now 1971 New York | Filming Locations

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10 ай бұрын

Then and Now filming locations in 1971 New York, from the movie 'The French Connection'. Originally filmed when the hotel was abandoned and near destruction. Subscribe and click the bell, to know when new Then & Now Reshoot videos are up.
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Filming Location shown:
- New York, NY
0:03 5th Ave & E 60th St
- Brooklyn, NY
1:05 914 Broadway
1:35 Bushwick Ave & Arion Pl
1:39 Ellery St & Marcus Garvey Blvd
- New York, NY
1:56 Grand Central, Track 1
2:52 138 Delancey St
- Brooklyn, NY
3:15 Marlboro Projects
4:08 Stillwell Ave & 28th Ave
4:16 Stillwell Ave & 50th St
5:21 Stillwell Ave & 26th St
5:47 60th St & 14th Ave
- New York, NY
6:46 Grand St & Mulberry St
7:00 Broome St & Mulberry St
- Brooklyn, NY
7:22 Hillside Dog Park, Columbia Heights St
7:54 Wyckoff Ave & Hart St
- New York, NY
8:33 1009 5th Ave
- Brooklyn, NY
8:53 Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5
9:11 10 Montague Terrace
- New York, NY
9:32 South St & Markey Slip
9:48 Brooklyn Bridge
9:54 E 44th St & Madison Ave
10:09 45 E 45th St
10:40 2nd Ave & E 50th St
10:47 891 First Ave
11:00 13 E 69th St
11:42 820 Madison Ave
11:57 27 E 67th St
- Bronx, NY
12:13 Henry Hudson Pkwy & Mosholu Pkwy
- New York, NY
12:21 Park Ave & E 38th St
13:07 Water St & Peck Slip
13:42 Randalls and Wards Islands
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1. The original movie footage is included to create a historical contrast in the locations noted.
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3. The original footage is used sparingly. Only edited-for-length scenes in notable locations, are shown.
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@Reshoots 10 ай бұрын

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@x23drones31 10 ай бұрын

I would like to see ENEMY TERRITORY 1987 - Ray Parker Jr., COMING TO AMERICA 1988, THE SUPER 1991. all in new york. !! thnx

@mohamad-ms2pb 9 ай бұрын

Here's another classic from 1971. "Shaft". Or "Shaft's Big Score!" 1972. Especially the finale at the Brooklyn Naval Yard.

@Qboro66 9 ай бұрын

The Panic in Needle Park 1971, Serpico 1973

@jimpern 9 ай бұрын

How about the chase scene in Bullitt?

@gregoryhagen8801 9 ай бұрын

I hate when they remake a classic movie. They are never as good. Hollywood has run out of imagination. Just leave well enough alone.

@andybobandy641 10 ай бұрын

I am still astounded how you managed to find all of these obscure little corners and nooks and crannies of where stuff was filmed. It's amazing.

@hlcepeda 9 ай бұрын

Residents of Williamsburg and Bushwick know the sites well. We watched this film when I resided in B'klyn where I grew up. There were howls of recognition and surprise from the theater audience at the number of locations recognized by so many there. The most affecting for me was at 1:42; that area (empty lot on the left) encompassed part of a very old neighborhood on Hopkins between Sumner (now gone) and Throop. Besides a landmark German Lutheran church (later converted to a synagogue) being on Hopkins, my grandparents and uncles had residences on that street, with a good part of my childhood was spent playing out there on that quiet street with other kids; it was that kind of neighborhood. The hospital now on that site obliterated the church and dispersed the Hopkins St. residents. What's funny is that at 1:05 there is a side street (unseen) that runs straight at the Oasis Bar shown in the film, and it's on that side street where my grandparents ended up when they moved from Hopkins. From their new place to the bar was about 500 feet.

@harleydavidson6851 9 ай бұрын

I Enjoyed seeing my old HS in th 1:56 chase seen .Lafayette... Fond memories 😊

@olindetroit7636 9 ай бұрын

Social media network. A shared collective knowledge.

@TommyLive62 9 ай бұрын

Allow me to tell a cool story I never thought I'd share... My father came home from shopping one day shaken and nervous. When my mother asked him what was wrong, he said while driving home he witnessed a car chase and crash, and men were shooting at each other by the elevated train. We found out after the movie was released my father was in the middle of filming that scene in The French Connection. I've paused the movie looking for my father's car, but never found it - probably on the cutting room floor. I saw a documentary on the movie years later and learned no permits were issued to film and the general public was not made aware of the filming. It's no wonder my father (and probably a lot of other people) was taken back by what he saw. A cool and true story.

@RX552VBK 9 ай бұрын

Thats true! I read Friedkin didn't have permission to shoot the chase or anything during that scene!!! He was a gusty filmmaker. RIP Bill!

@stilldajoker 9 ай бұрын

the alignments you found after 50+ years are amazing.

@Sonnycam24 10 ай бұрын

You’ve outdone yourself this time. You continue to be THE master of these types of videos. Perfect shot alignment, no unnecessary commentary and the music selections…I could just go on and on.

@Stephen_Lafferty 10 ай бұрын

More impressive shot alignments! This must have taken a long time to do, as William Freidkin (RIP) shot the film all over NYC. Amazing to see just how much of the dirt and grime on the 70s streets has now been cleaned up and gentrified! Thank you for your hard work! Other NYC films that I would like to see you cover are 'Shaft', 'The Taking Of Pelham 123', and 'Across 110th Street'.

@NP-yh6nf 9 ай бұрын

Really great suggestions!! Sweet Smell of Success!! Also, I'd love to see The Panic In Needle Park for the dramatic change in the area; Klute; The original Out of Towners (😅) and Cruising, with those old shoots by the Westside meat packing district and the leather bars, the central park scenes. Speaking of Pacino...Serpico and even Dog Day Afternoon in Brooklyn. Oooh Marathon Man. Desperately Seeking Susan is 80s but the east Village is sooo different nowadays. Smithereens is a good early 80s nyc feel. I love that u did The Sentinal!!that creepy film is very underrated...how abt Rosemary's Baby for the city and Dakota?

@Mhel2023 9 ай бұрын

The scenes from the movie look and feel more homey and cozy since I grew up there during that time

@dartsport1974 8 ай бұрын

I’d like to add in also as well Superfly and Black Caesar. both were filmed in New York and in Harlem.

@andydixon2980 10 ай бұрын

Fascinating to see the old New York skyline with the Twin Towers under construction in some shots. Brilliantly done!

@zoperxplex 9 ай бұрын

The great thing about "The French Connection" is that just about every scene was shot on location and not in a sound stage

@MacEstelle 9 ай бұрын

I’m absolutely knocked out in my shoes, I cannot believe not only did you found all these locations but filmed them so beautifully this is something that I’ve also tried but you take it to a whole level I’ve never seen. Would be the best location scout and continuity person in the film business. Very well shot too. Incredible

@NJF60 9 ай бұрын

Excellent!! The French Connection, one of the best movies 🎥 ever made

@ERiC-1 10 ай бұрын

I love this, I find it fascinating that an architectural feature has existed for 50 years (although in reality a lot more from when it was originally created) and watched time go by unchanged. A generation has passed by, young men have become old, wars have been fought, technology has changed, the environment and global crisis'. Covid transformed the planets view of the impact of virri. All of this and these areas have just observed and you can go stand there where Gene was 50 years ago and its as if nothing has changed in many cases.

@RX552VBK 9 ай бұрын

True. Because a lot of buildings are still standing. Like that area in Brooklyn where Sal and his wife owned a deli. Across the street in the factory, where Popeye and Cloudy were watching them come and go--that warehouse is still standing in the NOW section!

@telcobilly 9 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing, the permanency of the buildings and other structures. If those things could see, imagine the changes they would have witnessed over the years.. I was kid in elementary school when this movie came out and now I'm about to turn 65 in November.

@MisterMister5893 9 ай бұрын

This is part of why I love NYC. The structures are so old and restrictive, even if they really want to gentrify it, it would be hard to without major, major overhaul. I like the grittiness and reminders of a time when things weren't so bustling.

@frankrizzo4460 9 ай бұрын

Yes I totally agree with you. It was a different feel to the city back then. It's hard to describe unless you actually lived through it.

@RX552VBK 9 ай бұрын

Wow! Great video! The French Connection is STILL one of the best (if not THE best) action thrillers of all time. I had an older cousin who remembers them filming the scene in Brooklyn chasing the drug dealer. He said that after someone yelled "CUT!" all three of the actors got off the ground and hugged and laughed. He also said he remembered all the camera trucks and lights around the area. He was 12 in 1971 when they shot that scene; at Grand Central to Times Square shuttle, I have a very early memory of that drinks stand where Popeye asks for grape drink--I must've been 6 or 7, when my mother took me to work with her and we stopped there.

@barfoonisland2003 9 ай бұрын

A lot of foot work, pounding the pavement to recreate this shots. Well done !

@Si-ew3ff 9 ай бұрын

I think thats the best then/now movie location film I have ever seen. The way you tracked with the film so accurately, too. Not only that it was so satisfying to see how unchanged most of the locations are. Over in England, lots of characterful places have been demolished from old films in the suburbs, which is a shame. Love all the early 70s American cars. They are an important "co-star" in the movie.

@jimpern 9 ай бұрын

A fabuous video showing how New York has changed, and hasn't changed, in 52 years! The photographer had the knack of choosing the exact same location and focal length as the original movie clip.

@luvgzus4ever 10 ай бұрын

Architecturally the city hasn't changed much, cool seeing how big those skinny trees got

@chrisman3965 10 ай бұрын

52 years later and most of these places look exactly the same. Crazy.

@stephen5548 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this! My all time favourite cop movie. I was 16 in 1971. Can’t believe all the scenes are still there, albeit cleaned up a lot in the the last 50 plus years.

@giarc888 9 ай бұрын

Hasn't changed much in 50 years,good filming.

@kennyhoward9041 9 ай бұрын

This is awesome! Only us old timers could appreciate the classic movies from back in the day.

@nyc1164 9 ай бұрын

9:25 - World Trade Center still under construction. What a sight. This is a great video!

@mrguystarr 9 ай бұрын

A lot of changes in 50+ years... miss those older cars... nostalgia.

@DarthMR Ай бұрын

Thanks for this video on one of my favorite films of all time! A true cinema classic that are not made anymore.

@christhorpe6719 10 ай бұрын

Your videos are fantastic. The research to find the locations, the shot matching, it's great stuff.

@sheldonhchambliss1385 9 ай бұрын

Man what a classic

@donaldleider7382 9 ай бұрын

Great movie, saw it when it first came out when I was in high school. Damn, Gene Hackman never ages!

@Mhel2023 9 ай бұрын

I grew up in NYC in the 70's and left for the military in 1986. I went back in 2020 (34 years later) and wondered why I felt like I was lost, although I knew where I was going. I know you can't go back again, and this video showed me why!! Great job and I've subbed for more 🥇

@mattcrooke8321 Ай бұрын

I’ve never been to NYC myself (I live in the U.K. just outside London). What I wouldn’t give to be able to walk around 70’s New York. The modern shots just seem so clinical compared to decades before.

@kevinharrington2078 9 ай бұрын

XLNT production , best then and now I've seen yet

@mattcrooke8321 Ай бұрын

I’ve watched so many of these ‘then and now’ style videos, but yours are just fantastic. You capture the shots perfectly, and really set the scene with the music and the freeze frames. Thank you for doing what you do!

@joseyeastwood 9 ай бұрын

Flawless the way you match the scene and the location and how it looks now is amazing.

@tomshea8382 9 ай бұрын

Still one of my favorite movies, and the depiction of NYC as an absolute hellscape is a great reason why. Well done.

@anthonyhauser3063 9 ай бұрын

Well done , gotta love 1971

@tracyyy99 9 ай бұрын

Fella...this was astounding...Good Work. Love this movie.

@jamesgraham446 9 ай бұрын

Phenomenal work. Thank you! You do not get nearly enough praise for your work. Absolutely brilliant and meticulous work.

@headsup2433 9 ай бұрын

So much has not changed in 50yrs, I am surprised, even some of the businesses still there. Really good video.

@JJJBRICE 9 ай бұрын

Amazing to see how much of NYC has changed and also remained the same .

@alfredneumann4429 8 ай бұрын

In a word: BRILLIANT! Well done for all the hard work.

@pjacobs13 9 ай бұрын

This is absolutely brilliant. Amazed how you knew and found all the NYC filming location, and your attention to detail, even duplicating the shooting angles. Well done.

@pod9538 9 ай бұрын

Super cool 😎 has to be one of my favorites of then and now. (FANTASTIC) 😊😊

@siddiqahmad5193 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for including that iconic scene @11:24 of the White Volvo crossing the French Restaurant

@tripmcneely6519 8 ай бұрын

Dude you lined up, synced up, and matched up everything better than a mirror could. Kudos.

@raymondortiz1113 9 ай бұрын

This was well done filming the areas in the city, what a difference fifthy years make, many of the areas look cleaner compared to when the movie was filmed, saw this when it came out, great movie, it showed the good and the bad of New York, how many times I probably walked those street back then, ex New Yorker that was the city I knew

@ogarcia515 9 ай бұрын

Excellent job of finding these locations and reproducing the camera work!

@Bullitt6801 3 ай бұрын

funny - I saw French Connection yesterday and now I find this clip. I have always been a sucker for movies like Bullitt and FC. San Francisco has changed a lot since Bullitt but it is nice too see how many location in FC have survived. Great video - thx a lot.

@dickiegreenleaf750 10 ай бұрын

Very cool. This channel is like having a time machine in our homes.

@thpass 10 ай бұрын

Great coverage. Love the subway and elevated station shots where the structures are still the same! Another vote for the Taking of Pelham 123. I think the subway parts for that were for the most part unused tracks but the coverage on the surface streets would be cool to see. Also, The Anderson Tapes would be another great NYC upper east side . Another film with similar locations would be the Seven-Ups. I guess I should contribute to Reshoots!

@yell0wberry 9 ай бұрын

The subway shots for the Warriors as well as death wish weren’t too bad either

@lambjack1 9 ай бұрын

The master of reshoots! Great one. Meticulously crafted.

@classiclife7204 9 ай бұрын

The best of this sort of thing I've seen. Fascinating. Amazing how similar much of it basically is; the location scout would probably think NYC had received a shave and a shoeshine, but not too much else, if suddenly dropped into 2023. This must've been very difficult, given that this movie was already notorious for being shot on every streetcorner in the greater New York area, including several Italian grandma's basements.

@martinedwards4522 9 ай бұрын

damn!... great work!.. amazing how nothing really changed in 50+ years

@mattcamacho5570 9 ай бұрын

This was awesome!! I ddnt realize how many of these places ive actually passed by on foot and in my car until seeing this. Love the soundtrack too. 🔥🔥🔥

@lisaaffect5872 9 ай бұрын

You deserve an award !🎉 this was absolutely amazing! Your attention to detail is flawless !❤️

@geofftefl 9 ай бұрын

Fantastic, amazing, riveting, addictive! Also, you've prompted me to find the movie for a rerun.

@AFMMarcelD 9 ай бұрын

@Reshoots, please know that as a film buff for many decades I wholeheartedly appreciate and love the work you do. The comparisons of then and now are flawless, the angles on every corner and street and alley are perfectly aligned. I just subscribed to your channel, thank you once again.

@adambarczi6305 5 ай бұрын

Amazing job. Thanks a lot for the fun watching it

@1223jamez 10 ай бұрын

One of my favorite all time movies! Thank you!

@jtcbrt 10 ай бұрын

This is excellent work. Congratulations. Just amazing. You should be proud of this and all your others.

@1A86L 9 ай бұрын

It's so amazing how much has drastically changed (for the better!) but how much has not changed in 52 years

@knockonolan 9 ай бұрын

Great footage and music choice! Respect from Delta Bravo Urban Exploration Team.

@logan5326 9 ай бұрын

Excellent editing…thanks for uploading the “before/after”.

@vittoriostoraro 9 ай бұрын

Fantastic work ! One of the best I've ever seen. I met Friedkin a few times, if only he were around to see this.

@dken4048 9 ай бұрын

This was well put together and the music was slamming. Good job

@cmans79tr7 9 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this. I experienced the challenge and reward of doing something like this. I had a 1908 paint-enhanced postcard of a picturesque street where i live, for which i tried to replicate the scene with my camera. I was in the street, backing up to the "right" spot, and I felt a slap on my back that made my hair stand on-end. Turns out I had backed into a 100-year-old oak tree that the 1908 postcard photographer obviously had used as a landmark to take his picture when the tree was a sapling, and I almost believe that the 1908 postcard photographer "slapped me on the back" as congratulations about finding his picture-taking spot.😊

@cameltoeinspector6015 10 ай бұрын

Very Well Done 👍👍

@CyberPin2001 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely magnificent work! It isn't easy as I have tried for some simple then and now photos - unsuccesfully. The motion shots are also so well done. Brilliant! Thank you 👍.

@DariusSarrafi 9 ай бұрын

Excellent job finding all those unknown locations. But even better was you precise perspectives. Thank you and kudos!

@JoeBilello1969 5 ай бұрын

I miss those little soda-fountain candy shops that used to be on the subway, i got candy and drinks from that very one back in the 70's 😮

@DansVintageBaseballPC 9 ай бұрын

This is an absolutely stunning piece of work. Thank you so much for answering so many questions I’ve had over the years about these locations. Outstanding.

@james-p 9 ай бұрын

Holy Crap, this is seriously impressive!

@AB-fm2zn 9 ай бұрын

Loved it! The time and effort you put into doing your research in comparing the past to present was mind-blowing. Thank you so much. Keep them coming.

@JV-gb2nc 10 ай бұрын

🙏 Willian Friedkin , Roy Scheider Félicitations pour le travail accompli 👏

@romulusnr 10 ай бұрын

A really good video! Also I like how most of the businesses in Little Italy (after 6:50) are still there.

@enochpowell27 9 ай бұрын

So much effort went into this. The best then and now compilation I've seen. Many thanks.

@stevejohnson2627 9 ай бұрын

Amazing result. Undoubtedly hard work.

@xstugee 9 ай бұрын

Very very very well done....excellent!

@NP-yh6nf 9 ай бұрын

This is one of my very favorite NYC films. I love films from 60s to 70s time period in NY. I love love love it. You did an amazing job on this; its fantastic. Whenever I watch the film I try to do the same in my head. Wonderful! New subscriber!

@georgezet.9615 9 ай бұрын

i love how the trees have growing

@jimred5700 9 ай бұрын

Superbly done. Excellent work.

@witblitsfilm 3 ай бұрын

As a great fan of TFC, honestly this is astounding and an amazing piece of work. Now go to Marseille and film the French bits :)!!!

@SrAJones-ns7sx 9 ай бұрын

I'm floored at your work thx for posting this🎉

@tomfermanian 10 ай бұрын

Just Fabulous WOW ! Thanks !!

@givonelli5239 9 ай бұрын

Increíble, impresionante, excelente !!!

@jimboc7249 10 ай бұрын

Wow. Just got back from NYC. Great work, AGAIN.

@JohnAlot 9 ай бұрын

I was just a tot in 1971 but I do remember a lot of those Manhattan locations in the 1980s. They looked the same as they did in 1971

@Kai0nTheMoon 9 ай бұрын

Damn, well done guys. And on a side note, I think this is nice footage showing just how badly our subway system needs some aesthetic updating, especially the EL.

@mohamad-ms2pb 9 ай бұрын

This video is a sombering reminder of how NYC was a major manufacturing and shipping hub. Look at the stark contrast of the Brooklyn Heights location in the scene where the car was being unloaded and today where the area is now a waterfront park.

@nedkelly5307 9 ай бұрын

Great work ! good to know so much remains in place after 52 years.

@DayBeforeTomorrow 9 ай бұрын

Great editing and great camera work to match!

@Qboro66 9 ай бұрын

I love how on certain areas, the streetlight poles of 1971, particularly the Donald Desky SLECo's have been replaced with Retro cast iron poles...

@wookkwon3985 9 ай бұрын

Enjoyed watching. Thanks!

@MultiSUPERLATIVO 9 ай бұрын

I always heard that this film was extraordinary. Well, I waited for years until the opportunity to watch it arrived. During the first hour into it, I couldn't believe why people considered it to be a good film. But then, when the mafia tried to kill the character played by Gene Hackman, having a sniper on top of a building, things changed. From that moment on, the film became spectacular, totally different from the first hour. I am also mad about filming locations.

@1967RTMOPAR 9 ай бұрын

This is Brilliant,, the attention to detail matching up the shots is probably the best I've ever seen before. Nice work 😉👍

@strollinwitu670 9 ай бұрын

This is pretty bloody awesome ! 👍🏾

@kairohrig5755 9 ай бұрын

Great video again! Amazing how you find all these places 🫵👍

@alvarocorral1576 9 ай бұрын

1971 looks more like stereotypical NYC to me. Great video!

@talmirnolasco4328 10 ай бұрын

I love this channel, hugs from Brazil 🇧🇷.

@Treman262 9 ай бұрын

this is what you would call a "Keeper". You did an astounding amount of work here. You have also answered a lot of location questions and this will settle old arguments on where a particular scene was shot. Thank you for your effort. And please stop picking your feet in Poughkeepsie.