Stars: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Summary: A professional surveillance expert trails a young couple and finds himself getting personally involved in the case, wondering if they are planning a murder or if they are the intended victims instead.

Gene Hackman stars in THE CONVERSATION as Harry Caul, a surveillance expert whose job is taping the lives and conversations of others. With the character of Caul, director Francis Ford Coppola has created a complex role for which Hackman is perfect--a man in complete control on the outside but breaking down within. Teri Garr, Harrison Ford, and Elizabeth MacRae co-star, but Hackman, in top form in every scene, is the real reason to watch this true classic.The stirring, classic opening shot of the film is a long, slow zoom into Union Square in San Francisco. A young couple, Mark (Frederic Forrest) and Ann (Cindy Williams), are having what seems like a mundane conversation while Harry and his assistant Stanley (John Cazale) eavesdrop from a nearby van. But when Harry carefully analyses his tape, he uncovers bits of unsettling dialogue. Suspicious of his client's motives for wanting the tape, he becomes uncharacteristically worried about the people he may have endangered.

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Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Commentary - 1. Francis Ford Coppola - Director, 2. Walter Murch - Editor, Sound, Featurette - 1. CLOSE UP ON 'THE CONVERSATION', Original Trailer
Year:	1974
Release Date:	August 1, 2005
Runtime:	108 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	B E D 881219
Keywords:	General, Conversation, Thriller, Elevation
Genre:	Thriller