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Jones regrets snubbing Coppola offer -
30 May 2011
-Singer/songwriter Rickie Lee Jones regrets turning down Francis Ford Coppola's offer to pen tracks for One From The Heart because she's been shunned by movie-makers ever since.-The Chuck E.'s In Love hitmaker was approached by the legendary director to work on the soundtrack
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Coppola to receive Thalberg Award -
26 August 2010
-Moviemaker-turned-vineyard owner Francis Ford Coppola is to be honoured with the coveted Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' second annual Governors Awards.-
-The Godfather director will join film historian Kevin Brownlow, di
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Top 10 Francis Ford Coppola -
1 July 2010
-Famous for classics such as The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola is one of cinema's most revered directors. Beginning his career in the seventies - a decade which welcomed a new era of heavyweight directors - Coppola accompanied the likes of Martin Scorses
Francis Ford Coppola - what members say
review by ThomasKus from Cardiff
A stylish version of the book 3 June 2004
review by from Kent
It reveals something new everytime you watch it! 18 October 2003
review by from Colchester, England
You never know who's listening ... 6 December 2004
Francis Ford Coppola - filmography
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Twixt
(2011)
Starring: Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, Elle Fanning
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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A writer with a declining career arrives in a small town as part of his book tour and gets caught up in a murder mystery involving a young girl. That night in a dream, he is approached by a mysterious young ghost named V. He's unsure of her connection to the murder in the town, but is grateful for ..read more »
 
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Youth Without Youth
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola returns to the screen with this drama that raises questions of life and love. This philosophic film stars Tim Roth as Dominic Matei, a 70-year-old in 1938 Romania who is changed into a young man by an accident.
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John Grisham's The Rainmaker
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Matt Damon, Danny De Vito, Claire Danes
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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John Grisham's novel comes to life in Francis Ford Coppola's courtroom drama pitting the little guy against a large corporation. Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon), an inexperienced Memphis lawyer, and his legal sidekick, Deck Schifflet (Danny DeVito), defend a leukemia victim against an insurance company ..read more »
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Jack
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Jennifer Lopez
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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This bittersweet story of childhood innocence and friendship stars Robin Williams as Jack Powell, a boy who grows four times faster than normal--by the time Jack reaches his 10th birthday, he looks like a 40-year-old man. After years of being tutored at home by Mr. Woodruff (Bill Cosby), Jack ..read more »
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Based on Bram Stoker's classic 1897 novel, this film from Francis Ford Coppola and screenwriter James Victor Hart offers a full-blooded portrait of the immortal Transylvanian vampire. The major departure from Stoker is one of motivation as Count Dracula (Gary Oldman) is motivated more by romance ..read more »
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The Godfather Part 3
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Al Pacino, Richard Bright, Raf Vallone
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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One of the greatest sagas in movie history continues! In this third film in the epic Corleone trilogy, Al Pacino reprises the role of powerful family leader Michael Corleone. Now in his 60's, Michael is dominated by two passions: freeing his family from crime and finding a suitable successor. That ..read more »
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Tucker - The Man And His Dream
(1988)
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Christain Slater
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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The true story of the automobile designer Preston Thomas Tucker (Jeff Bridges), the American who built a revolutionary car, the 'Tucker Torpedo', 20 years ahead of its time. When industrial giants tried to stop him, he fought back. When they tried to break him, he became a legend.
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Peggy Sue Got Married
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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A charming twist on the Rip van Winkle fairy tale, Francis Ford Coppola's PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED tells the story of Peggy Sue Bodell (Kathleen Turner), a 43-year-old wife and mother who, while attending her high school reunion, faints and wakes up back in 1960. Peggy Sue lives with her mom and dad, ..read more »
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The Cotton Club
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Bob Hoskins
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Combining electric song and dance performances with drama (both on and off screen), Francis Ford Coppola's The Cotton Club (1984) looks back to the 1920s-1930s peak of the legendary Harlem nightclub where only blacks performed and only whites could sit in the audience. Mixing historical figures ..read more »
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Rumble Fish
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Dennis Hopper
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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One of two S.E. Hinton novels Francis Ford Coppola directed in 1983, Rumble Fish is a stylized black-and-white film about the death of gang culture in a rough-and-tumble town full of stunted youths. The central character is the strutting Rusty James (Matt Dillon), a foul-mouthed lunkhead clad in ..read more »
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The Outsiders - Blu-ray
(1983)
Starring: C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Teen rivalry in a small Southern town sets the stage for this dramatic interpretation of the novel by S.E. Hinton. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, THE OUTSIDERS tells the story of the ongoing conflict between the Greasers and the Socs in rural Oklahoma. C. Thomas Howell stars as Ponyboy, the ..read more »
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One From The Heart
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Nastassja Kinski, Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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After completing Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola initially planned for his next picture to be an intimate romantic musical shot on a low budget in Las Vegas. Three years later, One from the Heart had mushroomed into a big-budget spectacular, shot on strikingly stylized sets at his newly opened ..read more »
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Apocalypse Now - Blu-ray
(1979)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Francis Ford Coppola's masterful film about the moral madness of the Vietnam War was inspired by Joseph Conrad's novella, HEART OF DARKNESS. Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) is sent into the Cambodian jungle to terminate with extreme prejudice Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), who has become insane and ..read more »
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Apocalypse Now Redux
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Released in August 2001, APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX, a restored and updated version of the 1979 film, includes 49 minutes of never-before-seen footage, a Technicolor enhancement, and a six-channel soundtrack.Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam epic, loosely based on HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad, tells ..read more »
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The Godfather Part 2
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
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The Conversation
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Made between The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974), and in part an homage to Michelangelo Antonioni's art-movie classic Blow-Up (1966), The Conversation was a return to small-scale art films for Francis Ford Coppola. Sound surveillance expert Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) is hired to ..read more »
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The Godfather
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Richard Conte, James Caan
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Francis Ford Coppola's epic masterpiece features Marlon Brando in his Oscar winning role as the patriarch of the Corleone family. Director Coppola paints a chilling portrait of the Sicilian clan's rise and near fall from power in America, masterfully balancing the story between the Corleone's ..read more »
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Finian's Rainbow
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Nearly 20 years after it opened on Broadway, the E.Y. Harburg/Fred Saidy musical Finian's Rainbow was committed to film. Set in the mythical southern state of Missitucky, the story involves the whimsical Irishman Finian (Fred Astaire) and his daughter Sharon (Petula Clark) arriving in the community ..read more »
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You're a Big Boy Now
(1966)
Starring: Elizabeth Hartman, Geraldine Page, Peter Kastner
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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A man strives to free himself from his strict moral upbringing, meeting a man-hating actress and a girl who tries to seduce him, as well as having to deal with his landlady along the way. Comedy, starring Peter Kastner, Elizabeth Hartman, Geraldine Page and Julie Harris
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Dementia 13
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Luana Anders, William Campbell, Bart Patton
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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A young Francis Coppola was given the job of directing this moody low-budget chiller after begging producer Roger Corman for the opportunity to reuse the sets for another film which Corman was shooting in Ireland. The story centers on the dysfunctional Haloran family, who live in a state of ..read more »
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Francis Ford Coppola facts
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...Unlike many other Dracula films Francis Ford Coppola has gone back to the book to produce a film that is is both atmosperic and stylish. Gary Oldman is superb as Dracula and Anthon...
