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Francis Ford Coppola is an American filmmaker. He is considered one of the leading figures of the New Hollywood film movement and is widely considered one of the greatest directors of all time. Coppola is the recipient of five Academy Awards,six Golden Globe Awards,two Palmes d'Or,and a BAFTA Award.
The Conversation is a 1974 American neo-noir mystery thriller film written,produced,and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Gene Hackman,John Cazale,Allen Garfield,Cindy Williams,Frederic Forrest,Harrison Ford,Teri Garr,and Robert Duvall. Hackman portrays a surveillance expert who faces a moral dilemma when his recordings reveal a potential murder.
The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American epic crime film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola,loosely based on the 1969 novel The Godfather by Mario Puzo,who co-wrote the screenplay with Coppola. It is both a sequel and a prequel to the 1972 film The Godfather,presenting parallel dramas:one picks up the 1958 story of Michael Corleone,the new Don of the Corleone family,protecting the family business in the aftermath of an attempt on his life;the other covers the journey of his father,Vito Corleone,from his Sicilian childhood to the founding of his family enterprise in New York City. The ensemble cast also features Robert Duvall,Diane Keaton,Talia Shire,Morgana King,John Cazale,Marianna Hill and Lee Strasberg.
The Godfather Part III is a 1990 American epic crime film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from the screenplay co-written with Mario Puzo. The film stars Al Pacino,Diane Keaton,Talia Shire,Andy García,Eli Wallach,Joe Mantegna,Bridget Fonda,George Hamilton and Sofia Coppola. It is the third and final installment in The Godfather trilogy. A sequel to The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974),it concludes the fictional story of Michael Corleone,the patriarch of the Corleone family who attempts to legitimize his criminal empire. The film also includes fictionalized accounts of two real-life events:the 1978 death of Pope John Paul I and the Papal banking scandal of 1981–1982,both linked to Michael Corleone's business affairs.
Bram Stoker's Dracula is a 1992 American gothic horror film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and written by James V. Hart,based on the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. The film stars Gary Oldman,Winona Ryder,Anthony Hopkins,and Keanu Reeves,with Richard E. Grant,Cary Elwes,Billy Campbell,Sadie Frost,and Tom Waits in supporting roles. Set in 19th-century England and Romania,it follows the eponymous vampire (Oldman),who falls in love with Mina Murray (Ryder),the fiancée of his solicitor Jonathan Harker (Reeves). When Dracula begins terrorizing Mina's friends,Professor Abraham Van Helsing (Hopkins),an expert in vampirism,is summoned to bring an end to his reign of terror. Its closing credits theme "Love Song for a Vampire",was written and performed by Annie Lennox.
Sofia Carmina Coppola is an American filmmaker and former actress. She has won an Academy Award,a Golden Globe Award,a Golden Lion,and a Cannes Film Festival Award. She was also nominated for three BAFTA Awards,as well as a Primetime Emmy Award.
Lost in Translation is a 2003 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola. Bill Murray stars as Bob Harris,a fading American movie star who is having a midlife crisis when he travels to Tokyo to promote Suntory whisky. There,he befriends another estranged American named Charlotte,a young woman and recent college graduate. Giovanni Ribisi,Anna Faris,and Fumihiro Hayashi are also featured. The film explores themes of alienation and disconnection against a backdrop of cultural displacement in Japan. It defies mainstream narrative conventions and is atypical in its depiction of romance.
James Edmund Caan was an American actor. He came to prominence playing Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (1972) –a performance that earned him Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor. He received a motion-picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1978.
Jason Schwartzman is an American actor and musician. Schwartzman made his film debut in Wes Anderson's 1998 film Rushmore,and has since appeared in six other Anderson films:The Darjeeling Limited (2007),Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009),Moonrise Kingdom (2012),The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014),The French Dispatch (2021),and Asteroid City (2023). He also has co-writing credit on The Darjeeling Limited.
Alicia Coppola is an American actress. She became known for playing Lorna Devon in the soap opera Another World from 1991 to 1994. Afterwards,she made regular and guest star appearances in various television series,notably Jericho and Blood &Treasure,and appeared in films such as National Treasure:Book of Secrets.
Victor Ronald Salva is an American film director,screenwriter,and convicted sex offender. The self-described protégéof Francis Ford Coppola,he is best known for writing and directing the horror films Jeepers Creepers (2001),Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003),and Jeepers Creepers 3 (2017).
The Godfather is a 1972 American epic gangster film directed by Francis Ford Coppola,who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo,based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel. The film stars an ensemble cast including Marlon Brando,Al Pacino,James Caan,Richard Castellano,Robert Duvall,Sterling Hayden,John Marley,Richard Conte and Diane Keaton. It is the first installment in The Godfather trilogy,chronicling the Corleone family under patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando) from 1945 to 1955. It focuses on the transformation of his youngest son,Michael Corleone (Pacino),from reluctant family outsider to ruthless mafia boss.
Marie Antoinette is a 2006 historical drama film written,directed,and produced by Sofia Coppola. Based on the 2001 biography Marie Antoinette:The Journey by Antonia Fraser,the film covers the life of Marie Antoinette,played by Kirsten Dunst,in the years leading to the French Revolution.
Ferdinando Coppola is a former Italian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
The 116th Street Crew,also known as the Uptown Crew,is a faction of the Genovese crime family. In the early 1960s,Anthony Salerno became the caporegime of the 116th Street Crew and one of the most powerful captains in the Genovese family. Salerno based the crew in the Palma Boys Social Club located at 416 East 115th Street in East Harlem,Manhattan. By the late 1970s and early 1980s,the 116th Street Crew had absorbed and initiated many former members of the vicious East Harlem Purple Gang,an Italian-American murder for hire and drug trafficking gang operating in 1970s Italian Harlem and acting generally independently of the Mafia.
Manuel Coppola is an Italian former footballer who played as a midfielder.
The Godfather is a trilogy of American crime films directed by Francis Ford Coppola inspired by the 1969 novel of the same name by Italian American author Mario Puzo. The films follow the trials of the fictional Italian American mafia Corleone family whose patriarch,Vito Corleone,rises to be a major figure in American organized crime. His youngest son,Michael Corleone,becomes his successor. The films were distributed by Paramount Pictures and released in 1972,1974,and 1990. The series achieved success at the box office,with the films earning between $430 and $517 million worldwide. The Godfather and The Godfather Part II are both seen by many as two of the greatest films of all time. The series is heavily awarded,winning 9 out of 28 total Academy Award nominations.
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. The film follows a river journey from South Vietnam into Cambodia undertaken by Captain Willard,who is on a secret mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz,a renegade Special Forces officer who is accused of murder and presumed insane. The ensemble cast also features Robert Duvall,Frederic Forrest,Albert Hall,Sam Bottoms,Laurence Fishburne,Dennis Hopper,and Harrison Ford.
Michael "Trigger Mike" Coppola was a New York City mobster who became a caporegime of the 116th Street Crew of the Luciano family,which later came to be known as the Genovese family. Coppola headed many Genovese family criminal operations from the late 1930s until the early 1960s. He should not be confused with Michael "Mikey Cigars" Coppola,a later member of the Genovese crime family.
Somewhere is a 2010 drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola. The film follows Johnny Marco,a newly famous actor,as he recuperates from a minor injury at the Chateau Marmont,a well-known Hollywood retreat. Despite money,fame and professional success,Marco is trapped in an existential crisis and has an emotionally empty daily life. When his ex-wife suffers an unexplained breakdown and goes away,she leaves Cleo,their 11-year-old daughter,in his care. They spend time together and her presence helps Marco mature and accept adult responsibility. The film explores ennui among Hollywood stars,the father–daughter relationship and offers an oblique comedy of show business,particularly Hollywood filmmaking and the life of a "star".
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