The French Connection (1971) 2160p 4K AI SDR Upscale Blu-Ray x265 HEVC DTS-HD MA + Extras MONSTALOVA

The French Connection (1971) 4K AI Upscale (49.0GB)

Video: 4K 3840 x 2160 - MKV HEVC 10Bit BT.709
Audio: English - DTS-HD MA | AAC | Commentaries
Subtitles: English | Chinese

IMDB Rating 7.7
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067116/

Popeye Doyle, a ruthless and intense New York police detective, uncovers a drug ring which traces back to France.
This case will see him on all night stake outs, taking down small timers, tailing cars & drug lords, to a desperate car chase hunting down a hitman through the streets of Brooklyn. Popeye's obsession will only grow the further he gets involved.



Topaz AI Video - Using the time consuming Rhea preset for the best quality upscaling
(1080p to 2160p) H265 10Bit MKV - Bitrate Dynamic - Quality Level = High


MediaInfo
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 49.0 GiB
Duration : 1 h 43 min
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 67.5 Mb/s
Frame rate : 23.976 FPS
Movie name : The French Connection (1971) 4K AI SDR Upscale 2160p Blu-Ray HEVC MONSTALOVA
Encoded date : 2025-04-09 13:43:11 UTC
Writing application : mkvmerge v90.0 ('Hanging On') 64-bit
Writing library : libebml v1.4.5 + libmatroska v1.7.1
Cover : Yes
Attachments : cover.jpg

Video
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main 10@L5@Main
Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration : 1 h 43 min
Bit rate : 63.8 Mb/s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (23976/1000) FPS
Original frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.321
Stream size : 46.3 GiB (94%)
Title : The French Connection (4K AI Upscale Rhea)
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
VIDEOAI : Enhanced using rhea-1; mode: manual; revert compression at 5; recover details at 13; sharpen at 10; reduce noise at 32; dehalo at 6; anti-alias/deblur at 8; focus fix Off; and recover original detail at 23.
Changed resolution to 3840x2160

Aspect Ratio - 1.85 : 1 (16:9 Full Screen)

Run Time - 1:43:53

Audio 1 English - DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Channel - 2179 kbps (1.58GB)

Audio 2 English - AAC 5.1 Channel - Quality 4 Gain +1 - 1088 kbps (807MB)

Audio 3 English - AC3 2.0 Channel - 224 kbps (166MB) Commentary - William Friedkin

Audio 4 English - AAC 2.0 Channel - 93 kbps (69MB) Commentary - Gene Hackman & Roy Scheider
Gene Hackman - 00:01:00-00:26:30 | Roy Scheider 00:55:00-1:18:30

Subtitles PGS - English | Chinese (Traditional) | Chinese (Simplified)



Special Features:
Anatomy Of A Chase
Color Timing The French Connection
Cop Jazz - The Music Of Don Ellis
Deleted Scenes
Friedkin & Grosso Remember The Real French Connection
Hackman On Doyle
Introduction By William Friedkin
Making The Connection - The Untold Stories Of The French Connection
Rogue Cop - The Noir Connection
Scene Of The Crime
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle
The Real French Connection
Trailer

Thanks to Tigole - Special Features ripped from his torrent.

Source: The French Connection (1971) 1080p Blu-Ray Remux AVC DTS-HD MA 5.1 QuickIO (26.0GB)

I have included video samples of the 1080p Source & the 4K AI Upscale. For people who want to check and compare before downloading the full file.
I do recommend watching all these 4K AI upscales on high end, 10bit screens. Watching so close on my monitor I see a few issues with AI, banding, macroblocking etc. On my big screen TV playing from a Nvidia Shield, it looks so much better with hardly any issues.

Screenshots - 4K AI Upscale vs 1080p Source
Load pics in full screen to see the differences properly










Genre  - Action | Crime | Thriller
Rating - R (Violence | Language | Drug Content)
Release Date - October 9, 1971 (United States)

Budget
$1,800,000 (Estimated)
Box Office Gross Total - Worldwide
$51,705,847

Crew:
Director - William Friedkin
Writer - Ernest Tidyman
Producer - Philip D'Antoni
Music - Don Ellis

Cast:
Gene Hackman - Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
Roy Scheider - Buddy "Cloudy" Russo
Fernando Rey - Alain Charnier
Tony Lo Bianco - Sal Boca
Marcel Bozzuffi - Pierre Nicoli
Bill Hickman - Mulderig
Ann Rebbot - Marie Charnier
Eddie Egan - Simonson
Arlene Farber - Angie Boca

Production Companies:
20th Century Fox
Philip D'Antoni Productions
Schine-Moore Productions

Trivia:
Gene Hackman before filming the movie, spent weeks with detective and real life "Popeye Doyle" Eddie Egan, on drug busts and tailing criminals. Making arrests of his own and shaking down drug dealers.
That sort of method acting and training led to Hackman winning the best actor Oscar for this role.