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The Conversation (DVD)

 
Description: Genre: Crime & Thriller / Theatrical Release: 1974 / Suitable for 12 years and over / Director: Francis Ford Coppola / ... more
The Conversation (DVD) ... Actors: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Frederic Forrest, Cindy Williams ... / DVD released 2005-08-01 at Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Features of the DVD: PAL

Newest Review: ... The film is largely influenced by Michelangelo Antonioni's Blowup, which dealt with similar issues but chose photographs ... more

 ... instead of audio. Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) is a surveillance expert who runs his own firm, and lives a fairly secluded life due to the nature of his work: he is uncomfortable around other people, and does not particularly enjoy human contact. He and his friend Stan (John Cazale) are working on a job at the start of the film that sees them surveilling a couple (Cindy Williams and Frederic Forrest), but the content of the conversation leads Caul to believe that something bad might happen if the tape is handed over to t...more

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The Conversation [DVD] [1974]
Release Date: 2005 - 08 - 01, Rating Suitable for 12 years and over,
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shaneo632
Premium Review The Conversation (DVD): Brilliant (303 words)
by - written on 23/11/09 ()
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The Conversation is a seminal classic of American cinema and one of the many great American films from the 1970s in the wake of the counter-cultural upheaval, such as All the President's Men, that deals with sensitive political issues, and in this case, is also scarily prescient in its examination of the surveillance society that is now prevalent in our society. The film is largely influenced by Michelangelo Antonioni's Blowup, which dealt with similar issues but chose photographs instead of audio. Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) is a surveillance expert who runs his own firm, and lives a fairly secluded life due to the nature of his work: he is uncomfortable around ...  Read the complete review

Barkers101
Premium Review The Conversation (345 words)
by - written on 03/08/09 (Very useful, 1 readings)
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To me this film i a real gem and although dwarfed by Coppola's 'Apocalypse Now' and 'The Godfather' i still rank it in my top 100 films of all time if not just for the originality of it. The Conversation was filmed around the same time as the Watergate scandal, which left the public all the more aware of the ideas of surveillance and just how affective it can be at eavesdropping in on your life. With these themes and some brilliant acting from Gene Hackman comes some fantastic scenes and too me, although the film looks technically stunning, The Conversation's biggest quality is its sounds. From the beginning scene where Hackman's character Harry is listening ...  Read the complete review

bergkamp10
Premium Review The Conversation (DVD): The Conversation Review (463 words)
by - written on 22/07/09 (Very useful, 15 readings)
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*Contains spoilers* This review was originally written by myself, here: www.fritzlfan.wordpress.com It is indeed the case that The Conversation is an often overlooked film due to Francis Ford Coppola's bigger budget efforts, namely The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now. However, with Gene Hackman's performance greatly helping, The Conversation is in my eyes, and many others', up there in terms of quality with the aforesaid large budget films. Made in between the first two Godfather films, it focuses on a man, Harry Caul, who spends his days listening to the conversations of others. The fact that Caul is an extremely private man is ...  Read the complete review

 
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