Authors: Gene D. Phillips
Godfather (71 page)
Screenplay: Arnold Schulman and David Seidler
Direction: Francis Ford Coppola
Photography (Technicolor, Technovision): Vittorio Storaro
Production Design: Dean Tavoularis
Art Direction: Alex Tavoularis
Costumes: Milena Canonero
Editing: Priscilla Nedd
Music: Joe Jackson
Sound Design: Richard Beggs
Cast: Jeff Bridges (Preston Tucker), Joan Allen (Vera), Martin Landau (Abe Karatz), Frederic Forrest (Eddie), Mako (Jimmy), Elias Koteas (Alex), Christian Slater (Junior), Nina Siemaszko (Marilyn Lee), Anders Johnson (Johnny), Corky Nemec (Noble), Marshall Bell (Frank), Jay O. Sanders (Kirby), Peter Donat (Kerner), Lloyd Bridges (Senator Ferguson), Dean Goodman (Bennington), John X. Heart (Ferguson's Aide), Don Novello (Stan), Patti Austin (Millie), Sandy Bull (Stan's Assistant), Joseph Miksak (Judge), Scott Beach (Floyd Cerf), Roland Scrivner (Oscar Beasley), Dean Stockwell (Howard Hughes), Bob Safford (Narrator), Larry Menkin (Doc), Ron Close (Fritz), Joe Flood (Dutch).
Produced by Fred Roos and Fred Fuchs for Lucasfilm Ltd., Zoetrope Studios, Paramount.
Executive producer: George Lucas. Associate producer: Teri Fettis. 111 minutes.
Premiere: August 12, 1988.
New York Stories
[1989])
Screenplay: Francis Ford Coppola and Sofia Coppola
Direction: Francis Ford Coppola
Photography (Technicolor): Vittorio Storaro
Production Design: Dean Tavoularis
Art Direction: Speed Hopkins
Costumes: Sofia Coppola
Editing: Barry Malkin
Music: Carmine Coppola
Sound Recording: Frank Graziadei
Songs: Kid Creole and the Coconuts
Cast: Heather McComb (Zoe), Talia Shire (Charlotte), Gia Coppola (Baby Zoe), Giancarlo Giannini (Claudio), Paul Herman (Clifford), James Keane (Jimmy), Don Novello (Hector), Bill Moor (Mr. Lilly), Tom Mardirosian (Hasid), Jenny Bichold (Lundy), Gia Scianni (Devo), Diane Lin Cosman (Margit), Selim Tlili (Abu), Robin Wood-Chapelle (Gel), Celia Nestell (Hillary), Alexandra Becker (Andrea), Adrien Brody (Mel), Michael Higgins (Robber), Chris Elliott (Robber), Thelma Carpenter (Maid), Carmine Coppola (Street Musician), Carole Bouquet (Princess Soroya), Jo Jo Starbuck (Ice Skater).
Segment producers: Fred Roos and Fred Fuchs for Touchstone Pictures. 34 minutes.
Premiere: February 26, 1989.
(1990)
Screenplay: Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola
Direction: Francis Ford Coppola
Photography (Technicolor): Gordon Willis
Production Design: Dean Tavoularis
Art Direction: Alex Tavoularis
Costumes: Milena Canonero
Editing: Barry Malkin, Lisa Fruchtman, and Walter Murch
Music: Carmine Coppola
Additional Music and Themes: Nino Rota
Sound Design: Richard Beggs
Cast: Al Pacino (Michael Corleone), Diane Keaton (Kay Adams), Talia Shire (Connie Corleone Rizzi), Andy Garcia (Vincent Mancini), Eli Wallach (Don Altobello), Joe Mantegna (Joey Zasa), George Hamilton (B. J. Harrison), Bridget Fonda (Grace Hamilton), Sofia Coppola (Mary Corleone), Raf Vallone (Cardinal
Lamberto), Franc D'Ambrosio (Anthony Corleone), Donal Donnelly (Archbishop Gliday), Richard Bright (Al Neri), Helmut Berger (Frederick Keinszig), Don Novello (Dominic Abbandando), John Savage (Andrew Hagen), Franco Citti (Calo), Mario Donatone (Mosca), Vittorio Duse (Don Tommasino), Enzo Robutti (Lucchesi), Michele Russo (Spara), Al Martino (Johnny Fontane), Robert Cicchini (Lou Pennino), Rogerio Miranda (Armand), Carlos Miranda (Francesco), Jeannie Linero (Lucy Mancini).
Produced by Francis Ford Coppola for Zoetrope Studios, Paramount Pictures. Executive producers: Fred Fuchs and Nicholas Gage. Coproducers: Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson, and Charles Mulvehill. Associate producer: Marina Gefter. 161 minutes (170 minutes, final version [2001]).
Premiere: December 26, 1990.
(1992)
Screenplay: James V. Hart
Direction: Francis Ford Coppola
Photography (Technicolor): Michael Ballhaus
Visual Effects: Roman Coppola
Production Design: Thomas Sanders
Art Direction: Andrew Precht
Costumes: Eiko Ishioka
Editing: Nicholas C. Smith, Glenn Scantlebury, and Anne Goursaud
Music: Wojciech Kilar
Sound: David Stone
Cast: Gary Oldman (Dracula), Winona Ryder (Mina/Elisabeta), Anthony Hopkins (Abraham Van Helsing), Keanu Reeves (Jonathan Harker), Sadie Frost (Lucy Westenra), Richard E. Grant (Dr. Jack Seward), Cary Elwes (Arthur Holmwood), Billy Campbell (Quincey Morris), Tom Waits (Renfield), Monica Bellucci (Dracula's Bride), Jay Robinson (Mr. Hawkins), I. M. Hobson (Hobbs), Laurie Frank (Lucy's Maid).
Produced by Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Fuchs, and Charles Mulvehill for American Zoetrope, Columbia Pictures. Executive producers: Michael Apted and Robert O'Connor. Coproducer; James V. Hart. Associate producer: Susie Landau. 123 minutes.
Premiere: November 13, 1992
(1996)
Screenplay: James DeMonaco and Gary Nadeau
Direction: Francis Ford Coppola
Photography (Technicolor): John Toll
Production Design: Dean Tavoularis
Art Direction: Angelo Graham
Costumes: Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Editing: Barry Malkin
Music: Michael Kamen
Sound: Agamemnon Andrianos
Cast: Robin Williams (Jack Powell), Diane Lane (Karen Powell), Jennifer Lopez (Miss Marquez), Brian Kerwin (Brian Powell), Fran Drescher (Dolores Durante), Bill Cosby (Lawrence Woodruff), Michael McKean (Paulie), Don Novello (Bartender), Allan Rich (Dr. Benfante), Adam Zolotin (Louis Durante), Todd Bosley (Edward), Seth Smith (John-John), Mario Yedidia (George), Jeremy Lelliott (Johnny Duffer), Rickey O'Shon Collins (Eric), Hugo Hernandez (Victor).
Produced by Ricardo Mestres, Fred Fuchs, and Francis Ford Coppola for American Zoetrope, Buena Vista. Executive producer: Doug Claybourne. 113 minutes.
Premiere: August 9, 1996.
(1997)
Screenplay: Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel by John Grisham; narration by Michael Herr.
Direction: Francis Ford Coppola
Photography (Deluxe): John Toll
Production Design: Howard Cummings
Art Direction: Robert Shaw, Jeffrey McDonald
Costumes: Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Editing: Barry Malkin
Music: Elmer Bernstein
Sound: Nelson Stoll
Cast: Matt Damon (Rudy Baylor), Claire Danes (Kelly Riker), Jon Voight (Leo F. Drummond), Mary Kay Place (Dot Black), Mickey Rourke (Bruiser Stone), Danny DeVito (Deck Schifflet), Dean Stockwell (Judge Harvey Hale), Teresa Wright (Miss Birdie), Virginia Madsen (Jackie Lemancyzk), Andrew Shue (Cliff Riker), Red West (Buddy Black), Johnny Whitworth (Donny Ray Black), Danny Glover (Judge Tyrone Kipler), Wayne Emmons (Prince Thomas), Adrian Roberts (Butch), Roy Scheider (Wilfred Keeley), Randy Travis (Billy Porter), Michael Girardin (Everett Lufkin), Randall King (Jack Underhall), Justin Ashforth (F. Franklin Donaldson), Michael Keys Hall (B. Bobby Shaw).
Produced by Michael Douglas, Steven Reuther, and Fred Fuchs for American Zoetrope, Paramount Pictures. Coproducer: Georgia Kacandes. Associate producer: Gary Scott Marcus.
Premiere: November 21, 1997.
(2001)
An expanded version of
Apocalypse Now
, with fifty-three minutes of additional footage.
Editor: Walter Murch
Supervising Sound Editor: Michael Kirchberger
Cast: The French Plantation: Christian Marquand (Hubert DeMarais), Aurora Clément (Roxanne Surrault).
Produced by Kim Aubry for American Zoetrope, Miramax Films. 202 minutes.
Premiere: August 15, 2001.
Abbott and Costello comedies,
113
Academy Awards,
8
,
38
,
43
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Apocalypse Now
,
148
;
Bram Stoker's Dracula
,
298
;
The Conversation
,
83
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The Godfather
,
110
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The Godfather II
,
118
,
129
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Patton
,
32
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71
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,
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Adventures of Pinocchio, The
(film),
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Albeck, Andreas,
160
Alexander Nevsky
(film),
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Allen, Joan,
269
American Film Institute,
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168
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American Film
(journal),
26
American Graffiti
(film),
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American Zoetrope,
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and,
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Black Stallion
and,
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
and,
287
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298
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323
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319
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Jack
and,
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145
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112
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One from the Heart
and,
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The Outsiders
and,
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The Rainmaker
and,
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80
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The Virgin Suicides
and,
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; Wenders's
Hammett
and,
198
Ames, Leon,
250
Anatomy of a Murder
(film),
307
Andrews, Julie,
92
Antonioni, Michelangelo,
82
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(Cowie),
4
Apocalypse Now
(Coppola film),
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,
11
,
69
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207
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318
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183
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186
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188
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191
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218
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315
; as cinema classic,
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,
168
â
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; comparison with
Gardens of Stone
,
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; comparison with
Rumble Fish
,
214
; credits,
357
; as dream project for Coppola,
315
; on list of greatest movies,
321
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Ardmore Studios (Dublin, Ireland),
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art house films,
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Ash, Rod,
257
audience response, in sneak previews:
Apocalypse Now
,
160
,
162
;
Bram Stoker's Dracula
,
291
â
92
,
296
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The Conversation
and,
83
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The Cotton Club
,
238
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239
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The Godfather II
,
125
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One from the Heart
and,
192
â
93
;
Peggy Sue Got Married
,
268
;
The Rain People
,
61
,
64
Aurenche, Jean,
30
Aymonn the Terrible
(Coppola student film),
12
Badham, Mary,
29
Bahr, Fax,
150
Ballhaus, Michael,
288
Barkleys of Broadway, The
(musical film),
48
Barry, John,
250
Bass, Ronald,
172
Battle Beyond the Sun
(film),
18
â
19
,
320
Beach, The
(film),
300
Beck, Julian,
232
Bellboy and the Playgirls, The
(early Coppola film),
14
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16
,
353
Belt Girls and the Playboy, The
(early Coppola film),
14
Benson, Sheila,
197
Bergan, Ronald,
225
Berger, Helmut,
136
Bernstein, Armyan,
187
Bernstein, Leonard,
266
Big Combo, The
(film),
96