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The Conversation

1974Movie1 h 55 minPG

85

ExcellentGoodWatch score

85

ExcellentGoodWatch score

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Rotten Tomatoes

Summary

A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.

Good for

Friends night
Thought-provoking
Adults

Skip it if

You need an uplifting mood
You want fast pacing

Where to watch

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Fingerprint

Pulls you in.
Feels like real life.
Gets under your skin.
Puts you inside a crime.
Keeps you guessing.

Not for warmth, comfort or laughs.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+9)
Critics 91Audiences 82GoodWatch 86
Tomatometer94%
Metascore88
Audience score89%
Letterboxd · 294 K ratings4.1/5
User score7.9
IMDb7.7
Box office
3.0×its budget
Budget
$2 M
Worldwide
$5 M
Worldwide it earned $3 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 55 min
A typical length for crime movies, +9 min on the typical 106
typical 106115
Half of all crime movies run 95–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 15 countries, rent or buy in 40 more
+5
Released
1974
April 12, 1974
52 years ago
Genres
CrimeDramaMystery
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- PGUnited States
Better for older viewers: it's rated PG in the United States for violence, strong language, and disturbing imagery, and the viewing guide lists it for adults.
What's in it
ViolenceMild
Gore, disturbing imagesMild
Frightening scenesModerate
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesStrong
Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchThought-Provoking
Not listed for kids or family movie night.
17 of 17
Directing · 3
Francis Ford Coppola Director, Writer, Producer
Charles Myers Assistant Director
Nancy Hopton Script Supervisor
Production · 5
Jennifer Shull Casting
Fred Roos Co-Producer
Alex Tavoularis Location Coordinator
Clark L. Paylow Production Manager
Mona Skager Associate Producer
Camera · 6
Haskell Wexler Director of Photography
Wilmer Butler Director of Photography
James Glennon Assistant Camera
Ralph Gerling Camera Operator
Keith Mason Key Grip
Thomas Laughridge Camera Operator
Editing · 2
Richard Chew Editor
Julie Zale Assistant Editor
Sound · 7
David Shire Original Music Composer
Walter Murch Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art Rochester Sound Recordist
Nathan Boxer Sound Recordist
Pete Horner Sound Editor
Michael Evje Sound Recordist
Art · 4
Dean Tavoularis Production Design
Doug von Koss Set Decoration
Wayne Fitzgerald Title Designer
Ted Moehnke Property Master, Creature Design
Costume & Make-Up · 1
Aggie Guerard Rodgers Costume Design
Lighting · 2
Joe Dunnigan Gaffer
Doug Finn Gaffer
Other crew · 2
Buddy Joe Hooker Stunts
Mona Houghton Administrative Assistant

Tropes

Sidekickin 117 titlesZigzagged with Stan, Harry's talkative, although somewhat less skilled assistant.Technology Pornin 277 titlesIn spades. Aligning playheads, long distance mikes re-mounted and aimed by snipers, and each multiple audio pass savored for its methodical slowness.All 60 tropes

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