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)
Plot summary
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Gene Hackman, Frederic Forrest, Allen Garfield, John Cazale
Harry Caul, A Surveillance man, is hired by the manager of a large company to record a conversation between a man and a woman walking in the park. But as Harry Caul listens to the conversation from its beginning to the end, he becomes convinced that the young couple whom he was recording is about to be murdered. The same event occured before, as 3 people whom Harry recorded were brutally murdered. With only a few remarks about the location of the murder - Jack Tarr Hotel, Room 773 - Harry sets off in order to save the young lives of the couple.
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Trivia: The dream sequence in which Harry tries to talk to Ann was originally meant to take place in real life (within the film, that is). The production didn't have time to finish the scene and the fog effects looked too phony. But rather than scrap the scene entirely, editor Walter Murch came up with the idea to include the footage as a dream.
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.