The Conversation
September 16 - 27, 2024
In this masterful conspiracy thriller from 1974, a paranoid and secretive surveillance operative has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that a couple he is spying on will be murdered. Eventually he discovers that he has become the victim of his own expertise. 50th anniversary 4K Restoration.
Lonely wiretapping expert and devout Catholic Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) is hired to record a seemingly innocuous conversation in San Francisco's Union Square between two lovers. Upon re-hearing the tapes, however, Caul believes he may be putting the couple in danger if he turns the material over to his client (Robert Duvall). But what one hears can ultimately turn out to be quite different from what was actually recorded.
- Director: Francis Ford Coppola
- Principal Cast: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Teri Garr, Harrison Ford, Alan Garfield
- Country: USA
- Year: 1974
- Running Time: 117 min.
- Producer: Francis Ford Coppola
- Screenplay: Francis Ford Coppola
- Cinematographers: Bill Butler
- Editors: Richard Chew
- Music: David Shire
- Filmography: Tetro (2009), Youth Without Youth (2007), The Rainmaker (1997), Jack (1996), Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), The Godfather Part III (1990), Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988), Gardens of Stone (1987), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), The Cotton Club (1984), Rumble Fish (1983), One From the Heart (1982), Apocalypse Now (1979), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Godfather (1972), The Rain People (1969), Finian’s Rainbow (1968), You’re a Big Boy Now (1967), Dementia 13 (1963)
- Language: English