Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation Returning To Cinema in 4K!
Francis Ford Coppola’s seminal neo-noir thriller, The Conversation is returning to UK Cinemas in 4K!
Studiocanal shared the news with us today the film will head back to cinemas a brand-new 4K restoration in July. Later the same month there will be a 2 disc 4K UHD Collector’s edition, celebrating the classic film’s 50th anniversary.
The film starred Gene Hackman (The French Connection, Unforgiven), John Cazale (Dog Day Afternoon, The Godfather), Allen Garfield (Nashville), Frederic Forrest (Apocalypse Now), Cindy Williams (American Graffiti) and Michael Higgins (Angel Heart) as well as featuring a notable early performance from Harrison Ford.
Coppola himself was involved in the restoration and he commented “As you will notice, I have never offered a new version of THE CONVERSATION, which is a film I have always been proud of, I’ve never felt the need to improve. It also features my wonderful collaboration with its editor (along with Richard Chew) and sound designer, Walter Murch which reinforces my belief that cinema is a collaborative effort. I am gratified to have made a film that has lived for 50 years.”
THE CONVERSATION focuses on Harry Caul (Gene Hackman), a detached and paranoid surveillance expert who finds himself becoming a victim of the same modern technology he uses to destroy others. It begins with a seemingly routine job trailing an unfaithful wife and her lover. But when Harry visits the husband’s office to deliver the incriminating tapes he’s made of the couple, his client’s assistant tries to intercept him. Harry refuses to hand over the recordings and suddenly discovers that he may have captured a conversation about something that’s a lot more important than adulterous goings on.
2-DISC 4K UHD COLLECTOR’S EDITION
-64-page booklet with new essays
-Exclusive tape cassette soundtrack
-2x posters of original artwork
Extras material:-
-Q&A with Walter Murch, filmed at Curzon Soho, 2017
-Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery
-Feature commentary with writer-director Francis Ford Coppola
-Feature commentary with editor Walter Murch
-Close-up on ‘The Conversation’
-Coppola script dictations
-Cindy Williams screen test
-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
-50th anniversary Trailer (2024)
The Conversation will return to UK cinemas on 5th July. The film will then be available to own via a special 2-disc 4K UHD Collector’s edition and on digital from 15th July [pre-order here].
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