Yes, THAT Coppola. This is a documentary-comedy about a box. Watch Sam P Whitehead brave incredible odds, bad luck, and colorful characters on his journey after ten years to return a box that belonged to famed director Francis Ford Coppola. Official Selection in the short film competition at the 2007 Dixie Film Festival in Athens, Georgia
From Wikipedia entry about Francis Ford Coppola:
Francis Ford Coppola at Cannes 2001
BornApril 7, 1939 (age 69)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Occupationfilm director, producer and screenwriter
Spouse(s)Eleanor Jessie Neil (1963-present)
Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award-winning American film director, producer and screenwriter. Away from showbusiness, Coppola is also a vintner, magazine publisher and hotelier. He is a graduate of Hofstra University where he studied theatre. He earned an M.F.A. in film directing from the UCLA Film School. He is most renowned for directing the highly regarded Godfather films, The Conversation, and the Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now.
1 Life
1.1 Childhood
1.2 Family
1.3 Recent
2 Career
2.1 1960s
2.2 Early 1970s
2.3 The Godfather and The Godfather Part II
2.4 THX 1138 and American Graffiti
2.5 The Conversation
2.6 Apocalypse Now
2.7 1980s
2.8 Napoléon restoration and One from the Heart
2.9 Hammett
2.10 The Outsiders
2.11 The Cotton Club
2.12 Captain Eo and Rip Van Winkle
2.13 New York Stories
2.14 1990s
2.15 The Godfather Part III
2.16 Dracula, Frankenstein and recent films
2.17 Zoetrope All Story
Coppola was born in Detroit, Michigan, from a family of Italian ancestry (his grandparents were immigrants from Bernalda, Basilicata).[1] He is son of Italia (née Pennino) and arranger/composer Carmine Coppola, who, at the time, was the first flautist for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He was the second of three children (his sister is actress Talia Shire). Two years later, Carmine became the first flautist for the NBC Symphony Orchestra and the family moved to New York City, finding a home in Woodside, Queens, where Francis spent the remainder of his childhood.
Coppola had poliomyelitis, or polio, as a boy, leaving him bedridden for large periods of his childhood, and allowing him to indulge his imagination with homemade puppet theater productions. Using his father's 8mm movie camera, he began making movies when he was 10. He studied theatre at Hofstra University and graduated from the University in 1960, prior to earning a Master of Fine Arts degree in film direction from UCLA Film School. There, he made numerous short films. While in UCLA's Film Department, Francis met Jim Morrison, whose music was used later in Apocalypse Now.
Coppola has often worked with family members on his films. His sister is "Rocky" actress Talia Shire. He cast his two sons in The Godfather as extras during the street fight scene and Don Corleone's funeral; his daughter, Sofia Coppola, appeared in all installments of the series (the first two movies with uncredited roles). His sister, Talia Shire, played Connie Corleone in all three Godfather films. His father Carmine, a composer and professional musician, co-wrote much of the music in The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and Apocalypse Now. His nephew, Nicolas Cage, starred in Coppola's film Peggy Sue Got Married and was featured in Rumble Fish and The Cotton Club.
His eldest son, Gian-Carlo Coppola, was in the early stages of a film production career when he was killed on May 26, 1986 in a speedboat accident. Coppola's surviving son, Roman Coppola, is a filmmaker and music video director whose filmography includes the feature film CQ and music videos for The Strokes, as well as co-writing the Wes Anderson film The Darjeeling Limited.
Coppola's daughter, Sofia Coppola, is an Academy Award-winning writer and nominated director. Her films include the critically acclaimed films The Virgin Suicides and Lost in Translation. In 2004, she became the first American woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, for Lost in Translation.
Other famous members of Coppola's family include his nephews Jason Schwartzman and Robert Schwartzman.
Coppola, with his family, expanded his business ventures to include winemaking in California's Napa Valley at the Rubicon Estate Winery in Rutherford, California. He produced his first batch in 1977 with the help of his father, wife and children stomping the grapes barefoot. Every year the family has a harvest party to continue the tradition.[2] His company, Francis Ford Coppola Presents, owns a winery in Geyserville, Sonoma County, California. The company also produces a line of pastas and pasta sauces, and it owns several cafes and resorts.
Coppola owns the Turtle Bay hotel in Placencia, Belize. He co-owns the Rubicon restaurant along with Robin Williams and Robert De Niro
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The Godfather - Talia Shire interview - Audience Productionsby audienceproductions30,892 views
is that george bush with long dark hair?
donjaime2000 2 years ago
that made me laugh out loud... yeah people say i look like him
chickenhow 2 years ago
agrillogigi says: Very amusing. Shows talent. I liked the philosophical ending. But why did you leave the box with anyone but FFCoppola?
dbs3i2d 3 years ago
Sam P Whitehead (Paul) here... It was a Sunday and the studios were closed so I gave the box to the Manager of Mr. Coppola's restaurant Zeotrope, which is downstairs from Zoetrope Studios. I gave her the box in front of several staff and our video camera. She assured me that it would be delivered to the correct studio and family representative, the Studio Archivist.
chickenhow 3 years ago