Answer Wiki. All counterpoint is harmony, but not all harmony is counterpoint. What I mean is, it's true to say that a counterpoint harmonizes a melody, but there are other ways to harmonize a melody that do not follow the very specific rules of counterpoint.
The French Connection (film) The French Connection is a 1971 American crime thriller film directed by William Friedkin and produced by Philip D'Antoni. It stars Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, and Roy Scheider. The film was adapted and fictionalized by Ernest Tidyman from the 1969 non-fiction book by Robin Moore.
The Best Actor award at the 1972 New York Film Critics awards was a tie between Gene Hackman for The French Connection (1971) and Peter Finch for Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971). The critics conducted a recount and the award went to Hackman.