Francis Ford Coppola

Nicolas Cage is a Coppola by birth who legally swapped the surname to step out from his family's massive reputation. That lineage handed him the first big breaks, yet he spent decades making bold, unpredictable choices… Mostrar mais

What Coppola pulls off in THE GODFATHER (1972) is that the baptism stops being a sacrament and becomes Michael's last step into who he is. He's renouncing Satan on one side of the cut while a coordinated bloodbath runs… Mostrar mais

The pen prank is what gets me every time. Tony Cox was telling how Michael, in character as Hooter on Captain EO, kept wandering over mid-improv, cracking up and riffing with him, which somehow kept putting Tony on the… Mostrar mais

Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis is getting a theatrical re-release per Deadline

Megalopolis theatrical re-release

Francis Ford Coppola's MEGALOPOLIS is back in theaters on October 24, and this time there's a livestreamed Q&A with the director attached to the screening. The twist: audience members can text in questions before the… Mostrar mais

Megalopolis Coppola Q&A theatrical return

MEGALOPOLIS (2024) is Francis Ford Coppola going all in, no limits, no restraints. That's cinema.

Francis Ford Coppola made the casting list for THE GODFATHER in 1972.

THE GODFATHER 1972 casting list

Forty years of Captain EO, and the numbers behind it still surprise me. That $23 million budget put it among the priciest short films anyone had made at the time, and this was a 3D short that ran under 17 minutes. It… Mostrar mais

There's a moment in THE GODFATHER where you're right there with Michael, feeling his nerves crank up. Coppola uses the sound of an elevated train to mirror that panic, and the noise builds until it hits a peak right as… Mostrar mais

For APOCALYPSE NOW in 1979, the plan was for Marlon Brando to look gaunt and nearly skeletal as Colonel Kurtz. He arrived at filming significantly overweight though. Director Francis Ford Coppola largely kept Brando in… Mostrar mais

Shia LaBeouf and Francis Ford Coppola are clashing on Megalopolis (2024).

Harrison Ford recalled being discovered by George Lucas while working as a carpenter. He was installing doors for Francis Ford Coppola as a favor to his art director when Lucas cast him as Han Solo. Ford said he agreed… Mostrar mais

What makes Michael Corleone truly terrifying is the stillness that settles over him. By the closing scenes of Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 masterpiece, Al Pacino's performance no longer requires shouting or brandishing a… Mostrar mais

When Marlon Brando showed up to shoot 'Apocalypse Now' (1979), he was nowhere near the physical shape Francis Ford Coppola had in mind for Colonel Kurtz. But in the end, it didn't matter , Brando still turned in one of… Mostrar mais