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Thank you!

Why not something science fiction next week? #hatm

We should compare this movie to The Lives of Others. #hatm

And now all his training as a wire-tapper will come to naught when he can't find out how he - the best in the business - was himself bugged. #hatm

Final Thoughts: The Conversation is a fascinating film about the lives of wiretappers. Harry Caul is asked to record two people conversing, little knowing it would lead him to a murder. Brilliantly cast, scripted, cut, and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, it's a fascinating film. #hatm

He went out in a terrible way. His wife dying suddenly, and his advanced Altzheimer's making him unable to do anything about it. #hatm

A year apart. Hackman in 2025, Duvall in 2026. #hatm

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Hackman was huge at the time having just win Best Actor for The French Connection. Duvall had a strong career as a character actor boosted by The Godfather. But Ford? He was a nobody. In time, he would out-do them by being TWO of the screen's greatest heroes: Han Solo and Indiana Jones #hatm

Wire-tapping and Catholic guilt don't mix. #hatm

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Even for 1960, that's too much. #hatm

Hackman likely prepared for weeks to use the tools convincingly. #hatm

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Sean Connery was in it - after Bond but before Zardoz ;) #hatm

The Jack Tar Hotel was one of San Francisco's nicer hotels when built in 1960. It had a distinctly modern appearance. It was torn down in 2013. #hatm

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BTW Harrison Ford would also be in Apocalypse Now - a brief role as the general's aide. He made it just before he flew off to Britain to make that "science movie" with George Lucas. #hatm

Anderson Tapes too. #hatm

I always thought that The Parallax View had the oddest title of all time. But it was actually a good movie. #hatm

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And guess who plays The Director? It's another Coppola regular. That's right! Tom Hagen himself. or Colonel Kilgore. It's the late great Robert Duvall. #hatm

Im guessing that they added the smoke effects in post-production. #hatm

Harry just doesn't know when to switch off. #hatm

one would think that secrecy was the best policy. But there are so many more ways to collect information thanks to wireless and wi-fi. #hatm

And to think that back then, tapping required actual physical devices to record conversations. Now all one needs is a few clicks on a computer. #hatm

I had a moped in high school. Death trap. Wear a helmet! #hatm

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Totally! #hatm

Budding film student John Schwartzman bet his uncle and friend, both in the movies, if he beat them at backgammon, they would recommend him for film school. Uncle was Coppola, friend was Lucas. He got into school, became a cinematographer on Pearl Harbor, Seabiscuit, and others. #hatm

Stockholm is just lovely, highly recommended for many reasons. #hatm

He's very close minded. #hatm

Richard Nixon probably rued the day he installed the microphones into the Oval Office after seeing this movie. #hatm

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Steve McQueen likes this scene ;) #hatm

Delivering by hand is actually a good idea. Most secure. Iran found this out recently. If they used email or text, they'd be attacked. #hatm