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. THE CONVERSATION is a harrowing psychological thriller that co-stars Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest and Harrison Ford.

EXTRAS: 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)

Theatrical Trailer