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Know what this trio of names has in common -- Tom Waits, Crystal Gayle, and Francis Ford Coppola? They collaborated on the music for Coppola's 1982 film One from the Heart. Waits was the creative mind behind the film's music, he performed a number of duets with the country singer, and he also earned an Academy Award nomination for his efforts.
However, that was about all the notoriety the film got. As Roger Ebert wrote in his review some...
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Actor Nicolas Cage's father died last week at the age of 75. August Coppola, brother of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, died of a reported heart attack. The death of Nicolas Cage's father adds to the actor's woes with rumors of financial problems. Cage has reportedly decided to back out of his work and future public appearances to mourn his father’s death.
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An 18-year-old American named Bennie (Alden Ehrenreich) tracks down his long-lost older brother, Tetro (Vincent Gallo), now living as a failed writer in a Buenos Aires artist colony. Bitter conversations and flashbacks gradually sketch what separated the brothers -- a deeply dysfunctional family of creatives (musicians, writers, singers, dancers) that proved to be more destructive than supportive. ("There is only room for one genius.") Can...
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From pittsburghcitypaper.ws
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From Bloomberg’s “Francis Ford Coppola Sees Cinema World Falling Apart: Interview” (12 October 2009):
“The cinema as we know it is falling apart,” says Francis Ford Coppola.
“It’s a period of incredible change,” says the director of “The Godfather” and “Apocalypse Now.” “We used to think of six, seven big film companies. Every one of them is [...]
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