Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield
A lone surveillance expert, with a meticulous devotion to his work and a policy of never getting personally involved in the jobs he's given, finds himself slowly drawn into an assignment that he start...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 12, 2000
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Flixster Reviews (1,490)
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September 30, 2009A classic, Hackman is great as Harry Caul and Coppola directs beautifully as always. A real 70's thriller I find hard to tire of.
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May 20, 2009the only thing better than the movies are the Murch and Coppola commentaries
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March 28, 2009This is a hard film to rate, it feels like the type of film which will be highly rated among big film buffs and yet, I found it painful to endure until about 15 minutes from the end, when in complete contrast the film becomes really enjoyable.
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September 2, 2008The Conversation is one of those suspense films that does something rather rare. You see it once and then after that you want to see it a second time. In all honestly I have seen this film about 3 times this weekend and every time I always find something new that just adds to thi...( read more)
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July 26, 2008San francisco, California. where some of the greatest thrillers in film history have taken place, is the location of one of the most haunting and painstaking character studies in the genre. Gene Hackman is simply brilliant in his personification of a surveillance expert sunk by g...( read more)
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November 4, 2009great intelligent thriller and character study film with even greater ending, without a slightest doubt this is one of the best ending ive seen recently.,
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October 14, 2009I know this is supposed to be a classic, but I think this just shows how far movies have come along in recent years... I don't just mean effects, I mean the whole package including acting and scripts.
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September 22, 2009Coppola's chilling and totally original masterpiece unfolds slowly in a perfect and adequate way. We really get to know the actual thoughts, emotional state and traumas of the main character. Gene Hackman is awesome. Nice cast and a solid storyline with a strong script make of th...( read more)
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September 2, 2009A masterpiece, plain and simple. Francis Ford Coppola?s most genuinely suspenseful film. Possibly also Gene Hackman?s greatest work as an actor. I can?t recommend it enough.
Critic Reviews
February 27, 2001
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
February 13, 2001
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Part of the reason Francis Ford Coppola's 1974 The Conversation works so well is that it makes paranoia so poignant. full review
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December 15, 2006I Love Harrison Ford But I Aint Seen Dis Film.
Im Harrison Fords Biggest fan Without a doubt :D
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