The main entrance of Chapter in the distance, with some plants in the foreground.

Film

Out of their Depth: The Conversation (12A)

12A
  • 1974
  • 1h 54m
  • USA

Attributes

  • Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
  • Origin USA
  • Year 1974
  • Duration 1h 54m
  • Certificate 12A
  • Type Film

Between the heights of critical acclaim and box-office success of The Godfather parts 1 and 2 Francis Ford Coppola wrote and directed this intimate study of paranoia which spoke to the wider unease around the Watergate scandal. Gene Hackman provides one of his most iconic performances as Harry Caul, a surveillance expert who has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that a couple he is spying on will be murdered.

Working again with legendary sound editor Walter Murch, Coppola crafts an increasingly tense film which filters America’s political anxiety through a man who uncovers what is going on but is powerless to do anything about it.

+ Q&A with Indoor Drive-in and Dan Thomas on Sunday 9 February.

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