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Harry Caul: The Series!!
AMC Developing 1970s-Set Drama Based on Francis Ford Coppola’s THE CONVERSATION!!

weird... by JimCurry	Aug 6th, 2008 10:16:05 PM
isn't this weird? PS Jendresen wrote OTIS!
Right on. by DarthCorleone	Aug 6th, 2008 10:25:28 PM
I would watch this. Love the film.
Heard about this project years ago... by JediRob	Aug 6th, 2008 10:28:22 PM
...figured it would never see the light of day, and was ok with that. But with AMC having proven themselves capable of period dramas, it seems like a slam dunk. The Conversation is one of my top 5 movies of all time, I will definitely pay attention to this.
Good movie. One of the Cazale Classics. by theredtoad	Aug 6th, 2008 10:50:55 PM
You know.. every movie John Cazale was in before he died is a classic. I think they were all Best Picture nominated actually. Anyways...this sounds like AMC is cashing in on their period-piece Mad Men fame. Good for 'em.
This might actually get me to watch TV again. by MistaSparkle88	Aug 6th, 2008 11:02:43 PM
Seriously, The Conversation is one of my all time favorite films. Done right, this could be an amazing series with just as much relevance today as when the film premiered. I haven't watched Mad Men, but I just hope that AMC doesn't try to take some sort of action approach over the brilliantly crafted mood of the original.
Good keeping it in the 70's. by Fred	Aug 6th, 2008 11:08:44 PM

Enemy Of The State by Derek Wildstarr	Aug 6th, 2008 11:18:20 PM
Was a sequel to the conversation, will smith starred in it, tony scott directed it, and theres nothing you can do about it.
I always do Conversation Enemy of the State double features by JediRob	Aug 6th, 2008 11:33:09 PM
They are very different but do work really well together. Mostly due to Hackman being Jesus.
better idea for amc by mikkoscassadine	Aug 6th, 2008 11:51:34 PM
how about a animated series based on ingmar bergman's The virgin spring
Good call on Ingmar Bergman... by theredtoad	Aug 7th, 2008 12:13:34 AM
My favorite film of his is The Seventh Seal. When I saw that movie it was like an epitomy. It encapsulated everything I feel about religion and God at the time I saw it. I could relate to Max von Sydow's Crusader more than any other character in any other film ever. I've got whole blocks of that film memorized. The Criterion DVD is sheer brilliance.
My favourite film by aversiontherapy2	Aug 7th, 2008 12:20:42 AM
Normally I'd be mortified, the character's appearance in Enemy of the State was bad, but this could be good as a well-produced tv series. Fingers crossed.
First! by Cruel_Kingdom	Aug 7th, 2008 12:23:37 AM
just kidding. :)
Ooh. by The-Duke-of-New-York	Aug 7th, 2008 12:36:53 AM
First of all, I think Harry Caul was only in Enemy of the State so much as Frank Martin was in Collateral. Second, this is awesome. I love The Conversation, even if it didn't turn out to be the kind of movie I thought it would be. I love Breaking Bad, and I've heard good things about Mad Men, so I think this will probably end up actually being very good. There's no limit to what they can do with this idea, really, especially since it's a period piece and they don't have to deal with the obsolescence of Caul's iconic methods.
If it is as good as... by codymr	Aug 7th, 2008 12:49:09 AM
and as well produced as Mad Men, then I am game.
Yeah, Cranston rocks by ciroslive	Aug 7th, 2008 07:26:40 AM
TV needs more Cranston
It hasn't been American Movie Classics for some time... by JediRob	Aug 7th, 2008 07:44:25 AM
They officially changed it to just AMC a while ago. Which is just as well when the likes of Halloween 5 were constantly being shown under the "Classics" banner.
Re: Cazale by skimn	Aug 7th, 2008 09:02:56 AM
What a list of classics...The Godfathers, Conversation, Dog Day Afternoon, Deer Hunter...to this day I'm amazed to know that he and Meryl Streep were engaged to be married before his untimely death. The key to this series will be the casting of Harry Caul. My dream casting would be James Gandolfini, who I feel is this generations Gene Hackman.
I fucking love how great AMC is becoming... by DanielKurland	Aug 7th, 2008 09:27:24 AM
Really, really, really wonderful program. When The Wire first started, a lot of the directors often watched "The Conversation" beforehand to try and have the show resemble that.
I'll check it out by INWOsuxRED	Aug 7th, 2008 09:38:42 AM
AMC gets a free pass for Breaking Bad and Mad Men. I'd probably watch the pilot of any new show they could come up with, even if it starred Sarah Jessica Parker or was written by that Ally McBeal guy.
AMC > HBO by fiester	Aug 7th, 2008 10:24:55 AM
Mainly because they are not run by a bunch of girls and homosexuals who treat the network like an issue of Cosmo.
I trust AMC to cast well by skimn	Aug 7th, 2008 11:38:04 AM
I had no idea who this Jon Hamm guy was prior to Mad Men. Did some bit parts here and there. Talk about a star making role. Nice to see television can still have such an impact on an actor's career. And I've seen Cranston in the occasional dramatic role (Saving Private Ryan, X-Files), but after years of the goofy dad on Malcolm, who could predict Breaking Bad? Nice job AMC.
Has anyone seen Sons Of Anarchy? by skimn	Aug 7th, 2008 11:39:20 AM
Ron Perlman + bikers = potential greatness.
I saw them filming that pilot in '94! by JustinSane	Aug 7th, 2008 11:54:35 AM
Downtown San Francisco. I was excited to see Kyle McLachlan, because Twin Peaks rules!
I picked up The Conversation for $6-7 last week by Nabakov	Aug 7th, 2008 12:28:58 PM
It's part of their dump-it-and-get-it-out-of-here sale. I couldn't resist, although I've seen the movie about a dozen times. As far as Bergman goes, I wish that someone, say Criterion, would release Face to Face. But Cries and Whispers is still my favorite. And the Seventh Seal is my favorite. And Scenes from a Marriage is also my favorite. And Saraband, that's my favorite too. And the Virgin Spring, and Through a Glass Darkly, and The Silence, and Winter Light, Hour of the Wolf, and Shame, and, of course, Fanny and Alexander is my favorite.
At Border's Books by Nabakov	Aug 7th, 2008 12:29:51 PM
I knew I left something off.
I'd love to see The Conversation get some attention as well... by JediRob	Aug 7th, 2008 12:45:59 PM
It's such a fucking gem and although people dig it, I always feel like it's overlooked for Coppola and Hackman's more famous work. It's such a great movie. With evil Harrison Ford to boot!!!
The Conversation is one of the most underrated classics by TVguy4566	Aug 7th, 2008 12:57:17 PM
But I don't know if I can get juiced for a TV series based on it. Hackman, Casale, and the rest of the cast were so brilliant and the style of movie isn't really done today since it was so understated. I just don't know how you can recreate that. Granted series based on TV shows have been able to be as good as their original work many times changing the tone. Look at MASH for example. So I guess this could work.
BTW by TVguy4566	Aug 7th, 2008 12:58:58 PM
Enemy of the State isn't so much a sequel as a homage to The Conversation. Hackman's role wasn't really Harry Caul, but obviously it was tribute to the character right down to the see-through overcoat.
So are we to assume this will focus on one by skimn	Aug 7th, 2008 01:04:24 PM
surveillance job and the complications/revelations that arrise..? With maybe the occasional secondary job as a subplot?
And if invasion of privacy and paranoia by skimn	Aug 7th, 2008 01:06:26 PM
aren't as relevent today as the early '70s, I don't know what is.
I hope they use David Shire's piano music again by Tacom	Aug 8th, 2008 10:53:19 AM
I love seeing old Union Square in the opeining and Alta Plaza Park in the dream sequence in that movie. Will they have the evil gay executive that Harrison Ford played in the movie?
Why the HBO attack? by JediRob	Aug 8th, 2008 02:29:23 PM
It has nothing to do with this. And yeah Gen Kill has got nothing on Gossip Girl.
Really you don't like True Blood? by Bass Ackwards	Aug 10th, 2008 03:43:19 PM
A show that doesn't even premiere for another month? How precogniscent of you! Yes I know there's a rough pilot to be downoaded here and there. Just pointing out that it's a silly thing to say, even if you've seen the pilot (especially being that Supernatural advocates on here always excuse the first SEASON of the show). Not that HBO gets any love from me after losing Deadwood, THAT was a great show.

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