Godfather (77 page)

USC film school,
62
,
66
,
67
,
144

Valone, Raf,
136

Variety
magazine,
17
,
21
,
26
,
257

Veiller, Anthony,
30
,
31

Venice Film Festival,
320

Verdon, Gwen,
232

Vicario, John,
23

Vidal, Gore,
30
,
31
,
37

videotape,
64
,
174
,
189
,
207

Vietnam War,
69
,
142
,
143
,
156
,
171
,
173

Vincent, Elizabeth,
14

violence, cinematic: in
The Cotton Club
,
240
–
41
; in
Dementia
13
,
26
; in
The Godfather
,
101
,
109
; in
The Godfather III
,
139
–
40
; in
The Rainmaker
,
305

Virgin Suicides, The
(film),
319

Voight, Jon,
301
,
307

Von Stroheim, Erich,
75

Wagner, Fritz Arno,
298

Waits, Tom,
187
,
195
,
197
,
294

Wallach, Eli,
139

Wallens, Michele,
160

Walt Disney Pictures,
279
,
281
,
307

Warner, Jack,
45
,
192

Warner Brothers,
27
,
37
,
45
,
313
;
Apocalypse Now
and,
143
; directorial freedom and,
46
; name changes,
66
–
67
;
The Outsiders
and,
207
,
208
–
9
;
Pinocchio
lawsuit and,
316
,
317
; Script Repository,
205
; as Warner Communications, Inc.,
67

Warners-Seven,
38
,
44
,
45
,
49
,
56
,
73
; American Zoetrope and,
68
–
69
; Coppola's trade-off with,
83
; Lucas and,
51
,
57
; money lent to Coppola,
71
; young directors and,
53
.
See also
Seven Arts

Warshow, Robert,
128

“Waste Land” (Eliot poem),
163

Waters, Ethel,
229

Welles, Orson,
30
,
44
,
265
,
274

Wells, Frank,
68
,
69
,
71

Wenders, Wim,
186
,
198
–
201

West, Red,
307

West Side Story
(musical film),
219

Wexler, Haskell,
75
–
76

Whale, James,
247

White, Roger,
262

Whitworth, Johnny,
304
,
307

Wide Open Spaces, The
(nudie film),
13
,
14

Wilder, Billy,
176

Wilder, Thornton,
249
,
251

Wild One, The
(film),
220

Wilkinson, June,
15
,
16

Williams, Cindy,
76

Williams, Robin,
308
–
9
,
311

Williams, Tennessee,
10
,
20
,
28
–
29
,
53

Willis, Gordon:
The Cotton Club
and,
233
;
The Godfather
and,
97
–
98
,
99
,
100
,
235
,
318
;
The Godfather II
and,
116
,
117
,
118
;
The Godfather III
and,
132

Wilmington, Michael,
141
,
307
,
312

Wise, Naomi,
44
,
80

Witty, Stephen,
310

Wizard ofOz, The
(film),
46
,
50

Wolf, Leonard,
284

Wood, Natalie,
29

Wright, Teresa,
301
,
307

Writing with Light
(Storaro),
168

Wynn, Keenan,
46
,
50

Yablans, Frank,
73
,
108

Young Racers, The
(film),
20
–
21
,
23
,
26
,
56
,
214

You're a Big Boy Now
(Benedictus novel),
36
–
37
,
40

You're a Big Boy Now
(Coppola film),
9
,
10
,
37
–
44
,
47
,
70
–
71
; box-office returns,
69
; at Cannes International Film Festival,
54
; comparison with
Jack
,
312
; Coppola's career intentions and,
72
; credits,
354
; dress rehearsals and,
290
; editor of,
100
; financing of,
56
; location filming and,
58
,
59
,
75
; reviews,
63
; Warners backing for,
67

Ziesmer, Jerry,
151
–
52
,
154
–
55
,
169
,
171
,
191

Zinnemann, Fred,
103

Zinner, Peter,
100
,
106
,
107
,
116
,
120

Zoetrope Studios.
See
American Zoetrope

Zolotin, Adam,
310
,
311

Zuniga, Frank,
13