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- Francis Ford Coppola graduated with a degree in drama from Hofstra University, and did graduate work at UCLA in filmmaking. He was training as assistant with filmmaker Roger Corman, working in such capacities as sound-man, dialogue director, associate producer and, eventually, director of Dementia 13 (1963), Coppola's first feature film.
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Francis Ford Coppola graduated with a degree in drama from Hofstra University, and did graduate work at UCLA in filmmaking. He was training as assistant with filmmaker Roger Corman, working in such capacities as sound-man, dialogue director, associate producer and, eventually, director of Dementia 13 (1963), Coppola's
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- The Bellboy and The Playgirls
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- You’Re A Big Boy Now
- Finian’s Rainbow
- The Rain People
- The Godfather
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- The Godfather Part II
Few figures in the world of cinemacast a shadow as long as Francis Ford Coppola’s. He’s a giant of the art form, with a handful of movies that have redefined film as we know it. His inherent genius, which has cost him considerable grief throughout his career, is abundant enough to be passed down to his offspring. Indeed, the Coppola family dynasty ...
His next work, however, exists in bits and pieces around the internet. Also shot in 1962, THE BELLBOY AND THE PLAYGIRLS was more of an editing job than a directing one. However, recutting and adding new footage to German director Fritz Umgelter’s film MIT EVA FING DIE SUNDE AN earned him a full director’s credit. The film, shot in black and white, ...
That same year, Coppola found work as an assistant to legendary B-movie producer Roger Corman. Coppola’s first task under Corman was a daunting one: westernize an existing Soviet sci-fi film entitled NEBO ZOVYOT for American audiences. Coppola’s take on the material, subsequently retitled BATTLE BEYOND THE SUN, became a schlocky monster film, albei...
In 1963, director Francis Ford Coppola was deep into his apprenticeship with schlock mogul Roger Corman. That year also found Coppola in Ireland, working as the sound man for Corman’s feature THE YOUNG RACERS. When filming was finished, Corman found that he had a substantial amount of money leftover in the budget. He may not have been a great film ...
It’s an inarguable fact that director Francis Ford Coppola benefited greatly from the nascent days of the film school institution. Making a film wasn’t as commonplace as it was now– back in the 60’s, your film was remarkable for the fact that you even made it. Coppola was a different force altogether– before he had finished his master’s degree at U...
Full disclosure- I’m not a big fan of musicals. Something about people spontaneously bursting into song and dance makes me profoundly uncomfortable, and I can’t explain it. Naturally, I approached my viewing ofFINIAN’S RAINBOW(1968), director Francis Ford Coppola’s third true feature film, with a large degree of hesitation. While I don’t plan on wa...
A year after releasing his first big-budget studio film (1968’s FINIAN’S RAINBOW), director Francis Ford Coppola was back in theaters with a markedly different feature film. Channeling the experimental sensibilities and understated narratives of the French New Wave, 1969’s THE RAIN PEOPLEwas a subtle, introspective road picture that eschewed all th...
What more is there to possibly say about 1972’s THE GODFATHERthat hasn’t already been said? It is undoubtedly, inarguably one of the greatest films ever made. It’s a goddamn institution of cinema that dares you to find fault with it. Yes, you could say it’s overlong, convoluted, even boring– but by no means can you not respect it. I suspect that di...
I have a strange, contentious relationship to director Francis Ford Coppola’s feature film THE CONVERSATION(1974). It is widely regarded amongst film circles as a masterpiece in its own right, and I tend to agree. However, there’s something intangible that I find alienating on a personal level. I don’t know what it is, so I can’t really explain it....
As a general rule, sequels are pale imitations of the original films whose stories they continue. In the modern Hollywood climate where franchised properties rule supreme (and nine out of ten films are a sequel, prequel or remake), it’s almost unfathomable to think of a time when sequels were looked down upon with disdain. It would take nothing les...
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Nov 16, 2016 · Francis Ford Coppola signed on to direct The Godfather when he was just 29 years old. The film centers on a fictional Sicilian crime family in New York City and Coppola knew nothing about...
Francis Ford Coppola. When he was a largely unproven 32-year-old directing his second big movie, Francis Ford Coppola feared the studio might replace him. As it turned out, he needn’t have worried. The Godfather (1972) would win three Oscars, claiming a revered place in motion picture history.
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Mar 2, 2022 · Coppola, now 82, said he never tired of scrutinizing of the film. But naturally any time he spends reflecting on The Godfather brings back a range of emotions and memories – the pain of its ...
Mar 16, 1997 · In 1972, a thirty-two-year-old Italian-American director, Francis Ford Coppola, made his name with a gangster movie called “The Godfather.” It grossed more money more quickly than any previous...
