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Movie • 1974 • Thriller  

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Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired by a mysterious client's brusque aide to tail a young couple. Tracking the pair through San Francisco's Union Square, Caul and his associate Stan manage to record a cryptic conversation between them. Tormented by memories of a previous case that ended badly, Caul becomes obsessed with the resulting tape, trying to determine if the couple are in danger.
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Does the dog die?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is there body horror?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Are there nude scenes?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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Is someone stalked?
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geillis
Main theme of the film is people being listened to or watched without their knowledge.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Are animals abused?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is there pedophilia?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone restrained?
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Does a non-human character die?
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Does someone die?
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Disability
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Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
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petezaparti
It's kind of the crux of the plot
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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vlixxord
When Harry goes to open the curtain in the balcony of the hotel.
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there razors?
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Are there mannequins?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is there farting?
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Is someone eaten?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Does someone spit?
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Large-scale Violence
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petezaparti
This movie was released decades before 9/11
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone self harm?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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antlersantlers
He has some stress dreams/anxiety attacks throughout the film.
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
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antlersantlers
The main character tells a homophobic joke with the f slur.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Sex
Is there bestiality?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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antlersantlers
A woman gets naked and lays down in bed with Harry, but you don't see them have sex.
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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Is someone homeless?
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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No but the main character tells how, when he was younger and was partially paralyzed, he was in a tub and started slipping down. He asphyxiated to the point of unconsciousness, but is now fine.
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Is there blood/gore?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there gun violence?
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