A paranoid thriller about surveillance, wiretapping, and morality, embodying the rebellious spirit of the 1970s.
The Conversation
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14 May 2026
- Age restrictions
- 16+
1974, Francis Ford Coppola
United States
113 minutes, English with Russian subtitles
Starring: Gene Hackman, Cindy Williams, John Cazale, Harrison Ford
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Harry Caul is a surveillance and wiretapping specialist who gathers compromising material upon request. Yet another conversation he is hired to wiretap unsettles the professional: it seems he might be able to prevent a tragedy. Or might he not?

Shot from The Conversation, 1974
“The Conversation” perfectly encapsulates the disaffection, alienation, and paranoia infecting America’s body politic in the era of Watergate.
— Budd Wilkins, Slant Magazine
Woven into a mind-bending detective plot, the story of a man intruding on another’s private life gradually unfolds into a disarming commentary on guilt.