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It's a new month and a new theme for the Watchcast, and this month Alex is foisting some of his all-time favorites on the rest of the cast, starting with Francis Ford Coppola's profoundly paranoid thriller, The Conversation! Join us as we uncover this deadly plot, marvel at Gene Hackman's performance, and swoon at just about the youngest Harrison Ford we ever did see.

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 167: The Conversation (1974)(00:00:40) - Intro.(00:01:56) - Beginning our conversation about The Conversation.(00:20:04) - Cast chat.(00:27:59) - The terrific and bewildering opening recording sequence.(00:42:09) - Break!(00:42:32) - We're back, and it's time to peek into Harry's home life.(00:54:10) - Harry gets his recording.(00:59:08) - A brief interlude with Teri Garr.(01:03:44) - Lookit baby Harrison Ford!(01:08:48) - Alienating Stan, and the last piece of the audio puzzle.(01:13:48) - Spycon '74.(01:23:22) - Never party with surveillance guys, for several reasons.(01:36:23) - Chastity is the only security you can rely on.(01:46:06) - Meeting the Director.(01:50:37) - Bugging the hotel.(01:55:21) - You ain't gonna win this one, Harry.(02:04:35) - Final thoughts.(02:11:59) - Next week's movie: Michael Mann's Thief!(02:15:14) - Outro.

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Zeenius

Fantastic film but the biggest surprise was discovering the influence for the Severance theme??? Well is "influence" right because the repeated lower octave chords are identical.

Joseph Tavano

Are we doing the John Cazale cinematic universe?? Local hero North of Boston

Michael Polston

As someone on the autism spectrum, there are certain character traits that Gene Hackman has that I share, that reads the character as spectrum-coded to me. Of course that wasn't really a thing in the early 70s (or rather. they didn't recognize it as such, the characters were just considered weird or quirky).

Nathan Martin

This seems like one of those movies that should have endless essays and breakdowns ala 2001, Alien, or The Shining, but there's shockingly little discussion.

Dan TenSpeed

One fan theory is that Gene Hackman is playing the same character 24 years later in Enemy of the State.