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1 day ago · Apocalypse Now. Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay, co-written by Coppola, John Milius, and Michael Herr, is loosely inspired by the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, with the setting changed from late 19th-century Congo to the Vietnam War.
- Frederic Forrest
Frederic Fenimore Forrest Jr. (December 23, 1936 – June 23,...
- Apocalypse Now Redux
Apocalypse Now Redux is a 2001 American extended version of...
- Sam Bottoms
Early life. Bottoms was born in Santa Barbara, California,...
- Jerry Ziesmer
Jerry Ziesmer (May 31, 1939 – August 1, 2021) was an...
- Macv-Sog
The Studies and Observations Group (also known as SOG,...
- Colonel Kurtz
Colonel Walter E. Kurtz, portrayed by Marlon Brando, is a...
- G. D. Spradlin
Gervase Duan Spradlin (August 31, 1920 – July 24, 2011) was...
- Albert Hall
Early life and education. Hall was born and raised in...
- Larry Fishburne
Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961, usually...
- Frederic Forrest
3 days ago · Carmine Coppola, his father, appeared in the film as an extra playing a piano during a scene. Coppola's wife, mother, and two sons all appeared as extras in the picture. Several smaller roles, like Luca Brasi, were cast after the filming had started.
5 days ago · Coppola’s father, Carmine, a frustrated composer who played flute in several orchestras, including Arturo Toscanini’s NBC Symphony orchestra, settled his family in the New York City area. Coppola grew up in and around Queens and in Great Neck , on Long Island.
- Michael Barson
4 days ago · The film was shot on location in New York and Sicily, with filming completed ahead of schedule. The music was composed by Nino Rota, with assistance from Carmine Coppola. The film premiered on March 14, 1972, in New York. With an estimated gross between $250 and $290 million, it became the highest-grossing film of all time at its release.
4 days ago · Anthony Perkins not only auditioned for Sonny, but also for Tom Hagen. Originally Caan was to be cast as the main character Michael Corleone (Sonny's youngest brother), while Carmine Caridi was signed as Sonny. However Coppola demanded that the role of Michael be played by Al Pacino instead.
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2 days ago · Months into shooting, Coppola had turned his attention from quieter scenes featuring family patriarch Don Corleone ( Marlon Brando) to the bloodshed resulting from his assassination. On June 28 ...
1 day ago · The Buffalo crime family, also known as the Magaddino crime family, the Todaro crime family, the New York State crime family, the Buffalo Mafia, the Upstate New York Mafia, and The Arm, [4] is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Buffalo, New York. Criminal investigators assert that the family operates throughout Western New York ...