The Conversation: 50th Anniversary
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola Run Time: 113 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1974
Starring: Allen Garfield, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest, Gene Hackman, John Cazale
Up next in our Francis Ford Coppola Retrospective is The Conversation, the director’s 1974 mystery-thriller, screening just in time for its 50th anniversary!
Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired by a mysterious client’s brusque aide to tail a young couple. Tracking the pair through San Francisco’s Union Square, Caul and his associate Stan manage to record a cryptic conversation between them. Tormented by memories of a previous case that ended badly, Caul becomes obsessed with the resulting tape, trying to determine if the couple is in danger.
Nominated for three Academy Awards, The Conversation also won the prestigious Grand Prix du Festival International du Film at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival.
Screenings include a new introduction by Francis Ford Coppola, only available in theaters.