Samuel LoveFrancis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece of paranoia The Conversation celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, and StudioCanal are marking the occasion with this utterly beautiful Limited Edition 4K UHD Blu-ray release that even includes the film’s soundtrack…on cassette! Releases like this are wonderful reminders of how physical media continues to thrive in a digital landscape, and are catnip to collectors. The film looks and sounds better than ever in a wonderful new restoration, and this release also includes two posters and a fascinating booklet packed with valuable insight into the film across four new essays. Expect to see this release on many Top 10s at the end of the year for physical media.
Synopsis
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.
Special Features
- 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
- 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
Limited Edition contents
- Brand new artwork by Laurent Durieux
- 2- disc Collector’s Edition
- Rigid box packaging with magnetic closing
- 64-page booklet with 4 new essays
- Original soundtrack cassette tape
- Orignal and new posters
THE CONVERSATION is available on Limited Edition 4K UHD Blu-ray from StudioCanal on July 15 2024
