Continuity mistake: Gene Hackman returns a second cookie to Harrison Ford's dish that he hadn't taken - or perhaps it's the same cookie he picked up and returned a moment earlier. Either way, the cookie had suddenly appeared in Hackman's hands going from one shot to another. (00:30:35)
The Conversation (1974)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Gene Hackman, Frederic Forrest, Allen Garfield, John Cazale
The whole thing was a set up. The woman of the couple was actually the Director's wife, and her "boyfriend" is actually the lover. It wasn't the couple that was murdered - it was the Director himself. They brutally murdered him in the hotel and disguised the event as a car crash. Harry finds out about it right after he notices the young woman, whom he heard screaming from her hotel room, inside a black limo. As Harry returns home, he receives a phone call in which he's told that his house is wired, And all of his actions are heard. "We know you know, Mr Caul." says the caller, "For your own sake, don't get involved any further." Upon hearing the horrifying news, Harry tears down his house in search for recorders, but is unable to find them. Within the ruins of his house, Harry plays the saxophone as the credits roll.
D.R. Endings
More mistakes in The Conversation
Harry Caul: I'm not afraid of death, but I am afraid of murder.
Trivia: The final repetition of the line "He'd kill us if he had the chance" had its inflection changed because preview audiences became preoccupied with questions over whether Harry had misinterpreted the couple's conversation or if they were deliberately being misleading (or both). The ambiguity was initially intended, but appeared to work a little too well and distracted the audience from appreciating the rest of the ending, so this delivery of the line was made more definitive.
Question: What's the name of the piano solo music which can be heard throughout the movie? Since the movie has no soundtrack, can someone please give me its name and the place where it can be found?
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Answer: The Movie has a soundtrack, and that lovely piano solo music is actually the theme song, composed by composer David Shire. You can find it here, on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Conversation-David-Shire/dp/B000N4P5XA/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1202051411&sr=1-1.