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- 1974
- Francis Ford Coppola
- 109 mins
- 12A
Summary
Classic psychological thriller starring Gene Hackman. Harry Caul is a professional eavesdropper, a wire-tapper and industrial spy for hire. He is also an intensely neurotic man, obsessed by his work and his own privacy. Following a particularly difficult surveillance job in San Francisco, he believes a young couple are about to be murdered. Gradually Caul becomes embroiled in a mystery even more complex and dangerous than he anticipates.
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A star rating of 5 out of 5.
Tom Hutchinson
In this small masterpiece from director Francis Ford Coppola, Gene Hackman gives a superb performance as the lonely surveillance expert tracking the movements and voices of Frederic Forrest and Cindy Williams, only to find that the marital infidelity he supposes he is observing could be part of a murder plot. Coppola tweaks the idea to surreal effect, while editor Walter Murch orchestrates the eavesdropping to produce a uniquely baffling wall of sound. Made two years after Coppola's The Godfather, this haunting thriller skilfully taps into post-Watergate paranoia resulting in an intensely fascinating study of a perpetrator turned victim of the surveillance society.
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rolenameHarry CaulGene HackmanStanJohn Cazale"Bernie" MoranAllen GarfieldMarkFrederic ForrestAnnCindy WilliamsPaulMichael HigginsMeredithElizabeth MacRaeAmyTeri GarrMartin StettHarrison FordReceptionistMark WheelerMimeRobert ShieldsLurleenPhoebe AlexanderThe DirectorRobert Duvall
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rolenameDirectorFrancis Ford Coppola
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Released on
2002-03-01
Languages
English
Guidance
some violence, swearing
Available on
video, DVD and Blu-ray
Formats
Colour
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