Yeah, Friedkin did this release.
What was wrong with "Connection"?
This is NOT the version that became a classic...this is NOT the version that was Nominated for 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture and this is NOT the version that WON "BEST PICTURE" Golden Globes....and we HAVE all seen it!
He should have done a DIRECTOR'S CUT with just a couple of things added to it and all those stupid, obvious stills of Captain Howdy flashing at you removed.
This movie WINS "BEST SOUND" that year and he replaces the soundtrack with another person's work...pretty rude.
I heard he's taken a B&W print for the Exorcisim and mixed it with a blueish one...huh?
But, I'll buy it...damn it!