How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from The French Connection.
Quote #4
SIMONSON: You're wasting your time; this guy is selling nickel and dime bags.
DOYLE: I wouldn't be infringing on your coffee breaks, Simonson, if I thought this guy was a nickel-and-dimer.
We do wonder why Popeye is so interested in turning out the pockets of every dude in Brooklyn, if his Captain doesn't care about minor drug arrests.
Quote #5
CHEMIST: Blast off, 1-8-0... 200, Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. 210, U.S. government certified. 220, lunar trajectory. Junk of the Month Club sirloin steak. 230. Grade "A" Poison. Absolute dynamite.
Between this "lunar trajectory" and that nightclub scene where the Three Degrees sing "Everybody Gets to Go to the Moon," this movie is straight up obsessed with the moon. Makes sense, though. The first manned lunar landing was in 1969, around the time this movie was set.
Quote #6
CHEMIST: 89% pure dope. Best I've ever seen. If the rest is like this, you'll be dealing on this load for two years.
It's super interesting to think about how a single deal can affect a city for as long as two years, and all of the people, from drug dealers to addicts to law enforcement, whose lives would change as a result, in big and small ways.