Academy Awards, USA 1975
| Nominated Oscar | Best Picture Francis Ford Coppola |
| Best Writing, Original Screenplay Francis Ford Coppola | |
| Best Sound Walter Murch Art Rochester |
Cannes Film Festival 1974
| Won Palme d'Or | Francis Ford Coppola |
| Won Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention | Francis Ford Coppola |
Paramount Pictures
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
My rating: 4 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Lionsgate)
Security expert Gene Hackman makes his living by secretly recording conversations. He is hired by a mysterious "director" to record conversations between a man and a woman at a park in San Francisco. He does not know what they are suspected of doing or why he has been hired, however when he overhears them saying they might be killed he begins to fear for their safety. A brilliant character study of a lonely man unable to connect with people despite a job in which he listens to their most intimate conversations. It is also a shocking thriller with a clever plot twist that revolves around the inflection of just one spoken word.
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