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Connection (Motion picture : 1962)

"Eight drug addicts are gathered in a Manhattan loft apartment belonging to Leach. In order to pay their 'connection' when he arrives with heroin, the men have agreed for a fee to allow Jim Dunn, a would-be documentary filmmaker, and his cameraman, J.J. Burden, to photograph them. While they are waiting for their 'fix, ' four of the men play jazz; the others somewhat self-consciously relate anecdotes about themselves and their backgrounds. Eventually the 'connection, ' a black named Cowboy, arrives. He is accompanied by a street salvationist; he has brought her along to distract the police. As the addicts file into the bathroom one by one for their shots, the bewildered old woman begins to suspect that they are drinking. She so accuses them and is politely but firmly ushered from the loft. The men then persuade Dunn to try some heroin so that he will have a deeper understanding of the subject of his film. After taking the drug, he becomes violently ill and tells J.J. to take over. While Dunn is sleeping, Leach gives himself an overdose of heroin and goes into a coma. After Cowboy has given physical aid, Dunn awakens. Realizing his experiment is a failure, he tells J.J. to keep the footage"--AFI catalog, 1961-1970.

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