Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 seminal neo-noir thriller The Conversation symbolises the uneasy line between technology and privacy – a topic more relevant than ever today. Nominated for 3 Academy Awards and winner of the prestigious 1974 Cannes Film Festival Palme D’or The Conversation is a tense, paranoid thriller, regarded as one of Coppola’s greatest films. Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) is an expert surveillance expert in San Francisco. His routine wiretapping job turns into a nightmare when he hears something disturbing in his recording of a couple; he may have captured something a lot more important than adulterous goings-on. His investigation of the tape and how it might be used sends Harry spiralling into a web of secrecy, murder and paranoia.
Extras
Brand new artwork by Laurent Durieux
2- disc Collector's edition
Rigid box packaging with magnetic closing
64-page booklet with 4 new essays
Original soundtrack cassette tape
Orignal and new posters
Q&A with Walter Murch, filmed at Curzon Soho, 2017
Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery
50th Anniversary trailer
Feature commentary with writer/director Francis Ford Coppola Feature
Commentary with Editor Walter Murch
Close-up on 'The Conversation' Coppola dictates script:
- Opening Sequence
- The Life of Harry Caul
- The Convention
- Introduction to Frank Lovista
- Jack Tar Hotel
- Police Station Ending
Harrison Ford screen test
Composer David Shire interviewed by Francis Ford Coppola
Interview with Gene Hackman (1973)
Harry Caul's San Francisco: Locations Then & Now No Cigar (1956 short, Francis Ford Coppola)
