The conversation [videorecording] / Paramount ; the Directors Company presents ; written by Francis Ford Coppola ; produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, c2000.
ISBN: 0792160878
Description: 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Series: Widescreen DVD collection
Subject: Wiretapping Drama.
Murder Drama.
Privacy Moral and ethical aspects Drama.
Detective and mystery films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Credits: Editor, Richard Chew ; music, David Shire ; director of photography, Bill Butler.
Performers: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest, Robert Duvall.
Notes: English or French language with English subtitles available.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Widescreen format.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1974.
Special features include: Close-up on The conversation featurette ; commentary by Francis Ford Coppola and Walter Murch ; interactive menus ; scene selection ; theatrical trailer.
Summary: A provoking mystery-suspense drama explores the morality of privacy in the story of Harry Caul, a surveillance expert, who conducts a routine surveillance job only to later find himself suspicious that he has become an unwitting player in murder scheme.
