AMC, the wonderful channel that brought us all Mad Men, has another idea up their sleeve, and I can’t help but think that it will be awesome or awful. They plan on adapting the Francis Ford Coppola classic, The Conversation into a television show.

It’s pretty easy to see how this could be awful. The Conversation is a great film and should probably be left alone. How could it be awesome you ask? According to Tony Krantz, the producer, “It gives us an opportunity to look back at the 1970s through the filter of 2009. The issues of privacy and individuality, and issues of spying and listening, are as relevant now as they’ve ever been. This is the perfect vehicle to tell those stories.” [Variety]

I’m always up for a little political commentary, especially something that takes on the Patriot Act. Let’s hope AMC doesn’t mess this up. I also wonder who they’ll get to replace Gene Hackman. Who would you pick?

It seems to me that Hackman is pretty irreplaceable. Just go after the jump to witness his stellar work in The Conversation and takepart to learn how you can reform the Patriot Act with the ACLU.