The Conversation

The Conversation

  • Director: Francis Ford Coppola
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: April 12, 1974
  • Runtime: 1h 53min
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Der Dialog
  • "The Conversation" is a 113-minute suspenseful film produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Francis Ford Coppola , starring Eugene Allen Hackman , and was released in New York, USA on April 7, 1974.
    The film tells that Harry, who specializes in eavesdropping on other people’s conversations, confessed to the priest because he was worried that the young men and women he eavesdropped on would be killed, but he was easily eavesdropped by others without realizing it   .

    Details

    • Release date April 12, 1974
    • Filming locations American Roofing Co. Building - 297 Kansas Street, Potrero Hill, San Francisco, California, USA
    • Production companies The Directors Company, The Coppola Company, American Zoetrope

    Box office

    Budget

    $1,600,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $4,420,000

    Gross worldwide

    $4,432,180

    Movie reviews

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    • By Christopher 2022-03-25 09:01:09

      Dialogue: The Mirror in the Mirror

      "Rashomon" is a short story written by the Japanese writer Akutagawa Ryunosuke in 1915. It was later adapted into a film by Akira Kurosawa and became known to the world. It gradually became a proper noun with a special meaning, meaning "every Individuals can only see part of the truth." Coppola's "Conversation" (also translated as "The Great Conspiracy of Eavesdropping"), because of the rich connotation and allegorical orientation of the film text, is enough to extend from the inside...

    • By Billie 2022-03-25 09:01:09

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      Carl is a well-known eavesdropping expert in half America. He was hired by a company chairman to help him detect an extramarital affair. The pair of cheating men and women in the eavesdropping tape left an important message: at 3 o'clock, a hotel's Room 773. Carl took the tape to the director, who was furious. For some reason, Carl found out in his conscience that he felt that he always sold out other people's secrets and killed others indirectly. full of blood on the glass...

    • By Leo 2022-03-25 09:01:09

      first impression presets

      It's been two weeks since I watched the movie, and sometimes I think about it unconsciously. I had a collision with Keigo Higashino's work today and found an interesting point.

      The dialogue at the beginning of the movie caused us to misunderstand, on the one hand, it was due to the effort to decipher what the man said at the time, and there was a repeated scene where the woman made a sympathetic evaluation of the homeless person at that time, which was easy for people to disagree with....

    • By Emmanuel 2022-03-25 09:01:09

      first impression presets

      It's been two weeks since I watched the movie, and sometimes I think about it unconsciously. I had a collision with Keigo Higashino's work today and found an interesting point.

      The dialogue at the beginning of the movie caused us to misunderstand, on the one hand, it was due to the effort to decipher what the man said at the time, and there was a repeated scene where the woman made a sympathetic evaluation of the homeless person at that time, which was easy for people to disagree with....

    • By Colten 2022-03-23 09:01:55

      We'll be listening to you.

      Coppola wrote and directed the film in the same year (before) that "The Godfather 2" was made. Cannes Palme d'Or winner. Oscar nomination for Best Picture.
      It tells the story of a master eavesdropper who struggles between morality and professionalism. Sounds mundane, but in plot it wraps a murderous conspiracy and unexpected ending, in theme it highlights the sinister nature of technological advancements, and in rhythm it's full of Hitchcock-esque suspense, On the camera, there are many...

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    • By Maggie 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      In addition to the lengthy Coppola signature in front, I shudder in the...

    • By Willa 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      The ending is good. If you want to do some special industries, you have to be a little professional. You don't get involved in personal...

    • By Caitlyn 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      I met Mike's eldest brother, the one who later became ill and died. It turned out that he had been playing...

    • By Krystal 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      Watching this world with "Zoom" is so...

    • By Ezequiel 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      Terrifying Awakening Records, Four and a Half...

    Movie plot

    Harry has no quirks, just likes to use electronic devices to eavesdrop on other people's conversations. The FBI took a fancy to him and hired him at a high price to eavesdrop on the conversations of so-called suspicious individuals. So Harry went incognito and went to work. But the business itself is despicable and lowly, full of blood, and those who have been tapped have suffered endlessly. Among them, an accountant and his wife and...
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    Evaluation action

    The theme of "The Conversation" is very clear, condemning the reality of society without privacy makes people more lonely and more suspicious. The film reveals the reality of American society, no matter who it is, can not escape the fate of being monitored. In fact, the film also brings a question worth pondering for the audience: when people rely too much on high technology, they will find that these technologies bring not only...
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    Movie quotes

    • [first lines]

      Passerby: Well, I want to go over to my place and start, you know, getting it on...

      Ann: Oh, that's terrible.

      Mark: Yeah. Do you ever, uh... ballet?

      Ann: Be thankful. Do you have a quarter for them?

      Mark: Yes, I do.

      Ann: [gives it to street band]

      Ann: What about me?

      Mark: You'll see.

      Ann: A lot of fun you are. You're supposed to tease me, give hints, make me guess, you know.

    • Ann: I can't stand it. I can't stand it any more.

    • Harry Caul: [upset, walking over to Martin seated] What are you doing here?

      Martin Stett: Take it easy I'm just a messenger. I brought you a drink.

      Harry Caul: I don't want your drink. Why are you following me?

      Martin Stett: I'm not following you. I'm looking for you, big difference.