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* VitriolicBestBuds: He and Creator/GeorgeLucas met in 1967 as two filmmakers in their twenties just starting to get a foothold in the business, and teamed up to create Zoetrope International Pictures, intended to be a place where young new filmmakers could do their stuff without any ExecutiveMeddling. Unfortunately, the disastrous performance of their first release, Lucas' ''THX 1138'', killed the idea and they've had a quite tempestuous relationship ever since. On the one hand Coppola has described Lucas as [[TrueCompanions "a kid brother"]] a sentiment shared by Lucas. On the other hand [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Lucas based Han Solo on Coppola]] with the understanding that Solo is [[TakeThat a headstrong fool that was too reckless.]] Likewise [[SiblingYinYang Coppola and Lucas have different philosophies on filmmaking]], while both were pioneers and enthusiasts of digital technology, Coppola was much more interested in utilizing it for pre-production to Lucas being more fascinated by it's use for post-production.

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* VitriolicBestBuds: He and Creator/GeorgeLucas met in 1967 as two filmmakers in their twenties just starting to get a foothold in the business, and teamed up to create Zoetrope International Pictures, intended to be a place where young new filmmakers could do their stuff without any ExecutiveMeddling. Unfortunately, the disastrous performance of their first release, Lucas' ''THX 1138'', killed the idea and they've had a quite tempestuous relationship ever since. On the one hand Coppola has described Lucas as [[TrueCompanions "a kid brother"]] a sentiment shared by Lucas.Lucas, and both have described their relationship as one of the closest relationships they've ever had with anyone. On the other hand [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Lucas based Han Solo on Coppola]] with the understanding that Solo is [[TakeThat a headstrong fool that was too reckless.]] Likewise [[SiblingYinYang Coppola and Lucas have different philosophies on filmmaking]], while both were pioneers and enthusiasts of digital technology, Coppola was much more interested in utilizing it for pre-production to Lucas being more fascinated by it's use for post-production.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: He and Creator/GeorgeLucas met in 1967 as two filmmakers in their twenties just starting to get a foothold in the business, and teamed up to create Zoetrope International Pictures, intended to be a place where young new filmmakers could do their stuff without any ExecutiveMeddling. Unfortunately, the disastrous performance of their first release, Lucas' ''THX 1138'', killed the idea and they've had a quite tempestuous relationship ever since, though Lucas still describes it as the closest relationship he's ever had with ''anyone''.

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* VitriolicBestBuds: He and Creator/GeorgeLucas met in 1967 as two filmmakers in their twenties just starting to get a foothold in the business, and teamed up to create Zoetrope International Pictures, intended to be a place where young new filmmakers could do their stuff without any ExecutiveMeddling. Unfortunately, the disastrous performance of their first release, Lucas' ''THX 1138'', killed the idea and they've had a quite tempestuous relationship ever since, though since. On the one hand Coppola has described Lucas still describes it as [[TrueCompanions "a kid brother"]] a sentiment shared by Lucas. On the closest relationship he's ever had other hand [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Lucas based Han Solo on Coppola]] with ''anyone''.the understanding that Solo is [[TakeThat a headstrong fool that was too reckless.]] Likewise [[SiblingYinYang Coppola and Lucas have different philosophies on filmmaking]], while both were pioneers and enthusiasts of digital technology, Coppola was much more interested in utilizing it for pre-production to Lucas being more fascinated by it's use for post-production.
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After doing low-budget films in the 1960s and early '70s, his breakthrough was winning an Academy Award for his screenplay of ''Film/{{Patton}}''. Creator/GeorgeLucas was hired to be his assistant. The two became fast friends and founded Zoetrope International Pictures together in 1971. Coppola's directing breakthrough was 1969's ''Film/TheRainPeople'', which was a box office flop, but impressed Paramount executives enough to tap him as director for ''Film/TheGodfather''.

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After doing low-budget films in the 1960s and early '70s, his breakthrough was winning an Academy Award for his screenplay of ''Film/{{Patton}}''. Creator/GeorgeLucas was hired to be his assistant. The two became fast friends and founded Zoetrope International Pictures together in 1971. Coppola's directing breakthrough was 1969's ''Film/TheRainPeople'', which was a box office flop, BoxOfficeBomb, but impressed Paramount executives enough to tap him as director for ''Film/TheGodfather''.
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* GenreRoulette: Even in TheSeventies, Coppola wrote screenplays for a war film (''Patton''), a literary adaptation (''The Great Gatsby''), directed a paranoid thriller (''The Conversation''), a war movie (''Apocalypse Now'') and two gangster movies [[GenreAdultery that are more like]] HistoricalFiction period and family dramas than actual crime movies. He has become even more diverse by making Teen/YA movies, period {{Biopic}}, musicals, a Dracula movie and recently, he's moved into actual experimental movies.

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* GenreRoulette: Even in TheSeventies, Coppola wrote screenplays for a war film (''Patton''), a literary adaptation (''The Great Gatsby''), directed a paranoid thriller (''The Conversation''), a war movie (''Apocalypse Now'') and two gangster movies [[GenreAdultery that are more like]] like HistoricalFiction period and family dramas than actual crime movies. He has become even more diverse by making Teen/YA movies, period {{Biopic}}, musicals, a Dracula movie and recently, he's moved into actual experimental movies.
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Although he has a long-standing reputation as an auteur who makes serious, artistic cinema, Coppola says his interests as a filmmaker stretch much farther and that he's perfectly happy making lighthearted family movies as he is making gritty dramas.

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* AuthorAppeal: His main reason for making ''Film/TuckerTheManAndHisDream'' was his father owned a Tucker. Creator/GeorgeLucas produced it for, surprisingly, the same reason - his father also owned a Tucker[[note]]Considering how rare actual Tucker Torpedo cars are (only 51 were made), this is pretty impressive[[/note]].

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His main reason for making ''Film/TuckerTheManAndHisDream'' was his father owned a Tucker. Creator/GeorgeLucas produced it for, surprisingly, the same reason - his father also owned a Tucker[[note]]Considering how rare actual Tucker Torpedo cars are (only 51 were made), this is pretty impressive[[/note]].



* BerserkButton: In the DVDCommentary, Coppola is ''very'' defensive of his choice to cast his daughter Sofia in the third ''Godfather'' film. The much-criticized casting choice was due to Creator/WinonaRyder ducking out of the role a day before shooting began (and Coppola having hard demands to stay on time and budget), and Coppola had to scramble to fill it. It's said to be a poor idea to bring it up in his presence.

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In the DVDCommentary, Coppola is ''very'' defensive of his choice to cast his daughter Sofia in the third ''Godfather'' film. The much-criticized casting choice was due to Creator/WinonaRyder ducking out of the role a day before shooting began (and Coppola having hard demands to stay on time and budget), and Coppola had to scramble to fill it. It's said to be a poor idea to bring it up in his presence.
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In 2021, he announced a return to filmmaking with his long gestated movie ''Megalopolis'', a story about the aftermath and reconstruction of New York City after a mega-disaster. A passion project of his since he was a teenager, the project was delayed multiple times due to financing problems as well as studios not wanting to touch it after the events of September 11th. Coppola paid $120 million of his own money and sold a significant share of his wine empire to finance the film, which started filming in November 2022 and has an AllStarCast consisting of Creator/AdamDriver, Creator/NathalieEmmanuel, Creator/LaurenceFishburne, Creator/ForestWhitaker, Creator/JasonSchwartzman, Creator/AubreyPlaza, Creator/ShiaLabeouf, Creator/DustinHoffman, Creator/JonVoight, and Creator/GiancarloEsposito, as well as many more. It wrapped filming in March 2023 and is set to release sometime in late 2024.
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Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a famed American film director/screenwriter/producer, one of the paragons of The UsefulNotes/NewHollywood and best known for such works as the ''[[Film/TheGodfather Godfather]]'' trilogy and ''Film/ApocalypseNow''.

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Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a famed American film director/screenwriter/producer, director/screenwriter/producer of Italian descent, one of the paragons of The UsefulNotes/NewHollywood and best known for such works as the ''[[Film/TheGodfather Godfather]]'' trilogy and ''Film/ApocalypseNow''.

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* ''Film/TooSoonToLove'' (writer only)

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* ''Film/{{Patton}}'' (Screenwriter only - He shared the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay with Edmund H. North)

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* ''Film/{{Patton}}'' (Screenwriter only - -- He shared the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay with Edmund H. North)


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* ''Film/CaptainEO''
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* HeAlsoDid: In addition to filmmaking, Coppola runs a vineyard in Northern California that has been extremely successful with him even stating that he made more money from it than he ever did film making.
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* RaisedCatholic: Like most Italian-Americans of his generation, though religion did not make as big a mark on him as it did on Creator/MartinScorsese. Harry Caul's lingering issues with his Catholic upbringing were autobiographical reflections on Coppola's part.
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* ''Film/ThisPropertyIsCondemned'' (Screenwriter only)

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* ''You're a Big Boy Now''

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* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: Coppola felt that Mario Puzo deserved most of the credit for ''Film/TheGodfather'', so it's known as ''Mario Puzo's The Godfather''. He also named his ''Dracula'' adaptation ''Bram Stoker's Dracula''. This is also, as he explains, driven by his desire to distinguish his original screenplays(which he feels are more personal) from adaptations. One exception seems to be ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' which is an adaptation of Creator/JosephConrad's ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness'' but is retitled and regarded as a Coppola movie.

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* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: Coppola felt that Mario Puzo deserved most of the credit for ''Film/TheGodfather'', so it's known as ''Mario Puzo's The Godfather''. He also named his ''Dracula'' adaptation ''Bram Stoker's Dracula''. This is also, as he explains, driven by his desire to distinguish his original screenplays(which screenplays (which he feels are more personal) from adaptations. One exception seems to be ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' which is an adaptation of Creator/JosephConrad's ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness'' but is retitled and regarded as a Coppola movie.
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* AuthorAppeal: His main reason for making ''Film/TuckerTheManAndHisDream'' was his father owned a Tucker. Creator/GeorgeLucas produced it for, surprisingly, the same reason - his father also owned a Tucker.

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* AuthorAppeal: His main reason for making ''Film/TuckerTheManAndHisDream'' was his father owned a Tucker. Creator/GeorgeLucas produced it for, surprisingly, the same reason - his father also owned a Tucker.Tucker[[note]]Considering how rare actual Tucker Torpedo cars are (only 51 were made), this is pretty impressive[[/note]].
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His father Carmine Coppola was the first flautist for the UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} Symphony Orchestra, and won an Oscar scoring ''The Godfather Part II''. His daughter Creator/SofiaCoppola became an acclaimed director (despite an ill-fated acting gig in ''The Godfather Part III''). His sister Talia Shire was cast by him as Connie Corleone, and later became Franchise/{{Rocky}}'s wife Adrian, and her sons Creator/{{Jason|Schwartzman}} and Robert Schwartzman are also in the 'biz. His brother August is the father of Creator/NicolasCage. Along with the Hustons ([[Creator/WalterHuston Walter]], [[Creator/JohnHuston John]] and [[Creator/AnjelicaHuston Anjelica]]), they are the only family to feature three generations of Oscar-winners.

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His father Carmine Coppola was the first flautist for the UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} Symphony Orchestra, and won an Oscar scoring ''The Godfather Part II''. His daughter Creator/SofiaCoppola became an acclaimed director (despite an ill-fated acting gig in ''The Godfather Part III''). His sister Talia Shire Creator/TaliaShire was cast by him as Connie Corleone, and later became Franchise/{{Rocky}}'s wife Adrian, and her sons Creator/{{Jason|Schwartzman}} and Robert Schwartzman are also in the 'biz. His brother August is the father of Creator/NicolasCage. Along with the Hustons ([[Creator/WalterHuston Walter]], [[Creator/JohnHuston John]] and [[Creator/AnjelicaHuston Anjelica]]), they are the only family to feature three generations of Oscar-winners.
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Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a famed American film director/screenwriter/producer, one of the paragons of The UsefulNotes/NewHollywood and best known for such works as ''Film/TheGodfather'' trilogy and ''Film/ApocalypseNow''.

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Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a famed American film director/screenwriter/producer, one of the paragons of The UsefulNotes/NewHollywood and best known for such works as ''Film/TheGodfather'' the ''[[Film/TheGodfather Godfather]]'' trilogy and ''Film/ApocalypseNow''.

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