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Feb 4, 2001 · Powered by JustWatch. His colleagues in the surveillance industry think Harry Caul is such a genius that we realize with a little shock how bad he is at his job. Here is a man who is paid to eavesdrop on a conversation in a public place. He succeeds, but then allows the tapes to be stolen.
97% Tomatometer 72 Reviews 89% Audience Score 25,000+ Ratings Surveillance expert Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) is hired by a mysterious client's brusque aide (Harrison Ford) to tail a young couple...
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Jan 27, 2022 · Review: Gene Hackman is listening and 1974’s ‘The Conversation’ is more relevant than ever. Gene Hackman in the movie “The Conversation.” (Rialto Pictures) By Kenneth Turan. Jan. 27, 2022...
Apr 17, 2024 · Arriving during a particularly fertile era for American film, The Conversation was not a hit, but it is one of the period’s most subtle and shattering features. Half a century later, it resounds...
The film has a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 68 reviews, with an average rating of 8.80/10. The site's critics consensus reads "This tense, paranoid thriller presents Francis Ford Coppola at his finest—and makes some remarkably advanced arguments about technology's role in society that still resonate today."
Apr 8, 2024 · 'The Conversation' Courtesy Everett Collection. Until recently, if one were asked to name some of the best films of preeminent 1970s filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, it would be easy to pick the...
Roger Ebert January 01, 1974. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. As he is played by Gene Hackman in “The Conversation,” an expert wiretapper named Harry Caul is one of the most affecting and tragic characters in the movies; he ranks with someone like Willy Loman in “Death of a Salesman” or the pathetic captives of the middle ...
