The Conversation 1974

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 109 min

genre: mystery

theme: mystery thriller

director: Francis Ford Coppola

Score: 7 / 10

The Conversation is a 1974 American mystery thriller film written, produced, and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest, Harrison Ford, Teri Garr, and Robert Duvall. The film revolves around a surveillance expert and the moral dilemma he faces when his recordings reveal a potential murder.

Plot

Surveillance expert Harry Caul runs a private company in San Francisco offering wiretapping services. Caul, his colleague Stan, and some freelance associates are bugging the conversation of a couple as they walk through crowded Union Square.

Awards

Cast

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author	Francis Ford Coppola
award	BAFTA Award for Best Editing BAFTA Award for Best Sound National Board of Review Award for Best Actor National Board of Review Award for Best Director National Board of Review Award for Best Film National Board of Review: Top Ten Films National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director Palme d'Or
contentLocation	San Francisco
director	Francis Ford Coppola
editor	Richard Chew Walter Murch
events	Cold War guilt paranoia power privacy responsibility social alienation
genre	mystery thriller
keywords	being followed build burglar alarm car accident catholic church catholicism filter follow hotel room kill listening device meet murder newspaper headline nothing obsess pay phone phone call record sense of guilt street musician turn wiretapping
musicBy	David Shire
nomination	Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role BAFTA Award for Best Direction BAFTA Award for Best Editing BAFTA Award for Best Sound Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Director Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
producer	Francis Ford Coppola
productionCompany	The Directors Company
publisher	Paramount Pictures
recordedAt	San Francisco
theme	mystery thriller neo-noir security and surveillance trick