The conversation [videorecording (Blu-ray)] / the Directors Company presents ; written, produced & directed by Francis Ford Coppola ; co-producer, Fred Roos.
Title from container. Allen Garfield, Gene Hackman, Harrison Ford, John Cazale. Requires Blu-ray player. Originally released as a motion picture in 1974. Release date: Oct. 25, 2011. Special features: Audio commentary with Francis Ford Coppola, with editor Walter Murch; Never-before seen: Interview with Francis Ford Coppola and composer David Shire, "Harry Caul's San Francisco" featurette, Archival audio of Francis Ford Coppola dictating the original script, dicussion with Francis Ford Coppola about this early films exercise, "No Cigar"; "Close-up on The Conversation" featurette: Archival on-set interview with Gene Hackman.
Summary:
Provoking mystery/thriller starring Gene Hackman as Harry Caul, an expert surveillance man. A routine wiretapping job turns into a nightmare when Harry hears something disturbing in his recording of a young couple in a park. His investigation of the tape and how it might be used sends Harry spiraling into a web of secrecy, murder, and paranoia. Set against the backdrop of San Francisco. A harrowing psychological thriller that symbolizes the uneasy line where technology and privacy cross.
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