The Conversation
12A

1h 53m

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Contains infrequent moderate violence and language

Selected by the Sound Branch, Everyman presents: The Conversation Surveillance expert Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) is hired by a mysterious client's brusque aide (Harrison Ford) to tail a young couple, Mark (Frederic Forrest) and Ann (Cindy Williams). Tracking the pair through San Francisco's Union Square, Caul and his associate Stan (John Cazale) manage to record a cryptic conversation between them. Tormented by memories of a previous case that ended badly, Caul becomes obsessed with the resulting tape, trying to determine if the couple are in danger. Francis Ford Coppola wrote and directed this unnerving paranoid thriller between production of his two Godfather films, with Gene Hackman as a San Francisco surveillance expert who accidentally uncovers evidence of an imminent murder. Few films have featured sound as such a key component of their storyline, and three-time Oscar winner Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now, The English Patient) served as both supervising film editor and sound mixer, working in both capacities to build remarkable tension. The film earned Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Coppola’s original screenplay, and Sound (Murch, Arthur Rochester). Presented in 4k, the feature returns to the big screen at Everyman at The Whiteley on Thursday, 4 December.

Cast: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Frederic Forrest, Harrison Ford, Teri Garr, Cindy Williams, Robert Duvall, Phoebe Alexander, Robert Shields

Director(s): Francis Ford Coppola

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