--- title: 'The Connection (1961)' type: 'film' director: 'Shirley Clarke' released: '1961-01-01' runtime_minutes: 110 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-connection-1961' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054763/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Connection (1961) 1961 · 110 min · Drama · United States ## Synopsis The Connection is a 1961 feature film directed by the American experimental filmmaker Shirley Clarke. The film was Clarke's first feature; she had made several short films over the previous decade. Jack Gelber wrote the screenplay, adapting his play of the same name. The film was the subject of significant court cases regarding censorship. It is the first known movie shot in the found footage format and beginning with a found footage title card. ## Credits - **Director:** [Shirley Clarke](https://cinepixo.com/people/shirley-clarke) - **Producer:** [Shirley Clarke](https://cinepixo.com/people/shirley-clarke), [Lewis M. Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-m-allen) - **Editor:** [Shirley Clarke](https://cinepixo.com/people/shirley-clarke) - **Screenplay:** [Jack Gelber](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-gelber) - **Original Music Composer:** [Freddie Redd](https://cinepixo.com/people/freddie-redd) - **Director of Photography:** [Arthur J. Ornitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-j-ornitz) ## Cast - [Warren Finnerty](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-finnerty) - [Linda Veras](https://cinepixo.com/people/linda-veras) - [Roscoe Lee Browne](https://cinepixo.com/people/roscoe-lee-browne) - [William Redfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-redfield) - [Jackie McLean](https://cinepixo.com/people/jackie-mclean) - [Garry Goodrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/garry-goodrow) - [Carl Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-lee) - [James Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-anderson) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-connection-1961 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2993435); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.