Close also opened the Broadway production in November, 1994, and the show received seven Tony Awards in 1995 - but its successful run ended in 1997.You understand?" The image again freeze-frames as the postman""s head is shoved into the hot oven of the neighborhoodLa Bella Vistapizzeria.I don""t understand him.I never have.Aron I""ve understood since he was a child."It was no surprise, then, that the embittered Cal strongly believed that he was the unfavored son of his stiff, self-righteous father - who biasedly doted on Aron.BackgroundThe French Connection(1971) is director William Friedkin""s brilliant, fast-paced, brutally-realistic police/crime film - his commercial break-through film ("The time is just right for an out and out thriller like this").In a close-up view of Freddy""s face, he winked -- and maniacally laughed.Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)The first cross-over film in the series, in which two of the most remembered 80s slasher film icons, a nightmarish figure and a serial killer, clashed together on the big screen.