"THE CONVERSATION" (1974) 50TH ANNIVERSARY 4K RESTORATION
Sunday, August 18, 2024 1pm to 3pm
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5030 Brunson Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146
Join us for the Florida premiere of the brand-new 4K restoration of Francis Ford Coppola's 1974 award-winning classic THE CONVERSATION, starring Gene Hackman as a surveillance expert who makes a shocking discovery while working one of his cases.
THE CONVERSATION | 1974 | WRITER-DIRECTOR: Francis Ford Coppola | WITH: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Harrison Ford, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Robert Duvall | RUNNING TIME: 1H 53M | RATED PG for vulgar language, violence, brief nudity, adult themes | 4K DCP PROJECTION
Winner of the Palme D'Or at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for three Academy Awards (including Best Picture), Coppola's Watergate-era thriller focuses on a surveillance expert (Hackman) who suffers a crisis of conscience after he discovers the couple he is spying on may have been targeted for murder.
“The Conversation” comes from another time and place than today’s thrillers, which are so often simple-minded. This movie is a sadly observant character study, about a man who has removed himself from life, thinks he can observe it dispassionately at an electronic remove, and finds that all of his barriers are worthless.
"The cinematography is deliberately planned from a voyeuristic point of view; we are always looking but imperfectly seeing. Here is a man who seeks the truth, and it always remains hidden. He plays the conversation over and over, but does Mark really say, “He’d kill us if he had the chance?” -- Roger Ebert
Tickets are $5 and available at link above. UM students use code UMSTUDENT at checkout for free admission. Cane card must be shown at the door.
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