Francis Ford Coppola

Winemaker and movie director Francis Ford Coppola is suing bottle maker Vinocor USA Inc. for ruining 55,000 cases of his vineyard's wine. Bloomberg reports: Coppola's wine company, Francis Ford Coppola Presents LLC, hired Vinocor in 2007 to make custom bottles at $8.76 a case and oversized screw caps at $43.25 per 1,000 for "Encyclopedia" wines, according to a lawsuit filed Nov. 23 in California court. Vinocor was paid about $685,000 last...  

LONDON: Veteran filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola's war movie 'Apocalypse Now', has been voted the best film of the last 30 years by the top critics. The 1979 drama, starring Marlon Brando and Mart...  

A company created by film director Francis Ford Coppola is suing Suberus-owned packaging supplier Vinocor USA over allegations its wine bottles and screwcaps were faulty.  

Filed under: Celebrity Baby, Famous Couples, Good News, Movie News, Music News Director Sofia Coppola, daughter of Hollywood luminary Francis Ford Coppola, is expecting her second child with musician Thomas Mars, reports PEOPLE. Mars, frontman for alternative rock band Phoenix, confirmed the news during an interview with ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments  

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...  

Francis Ford Coppola's nightmarish vision of the Vietnam war is named best film of the past three decades, beating Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List to the top spotApocalypse Now was today named as the best film of the past three decades by the London Film Critics' Circle (LFCC). Francis Ford Coppola's nightmarish vision of the Vietnam war beat out Steven Spielberg's 1994 holocaust drama Schindler's List to take top spot in the poll, held to...  

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...  

Former professor blended creative arts, sensory experiencesDaily 49erHe is survived by a brother, filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola; a sister, Talia Shire; sons Christopher Coppola, Marc Coppola and Cage; and six grandchildren.  

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 [...]  

Francis Ford Coppola shines at Beirut Intl Film Festival but he Sees Cinema Falling Apart“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 under great stress now. Probably two or three will go out of business and the others will just make certain kind of...  

LOS ANGELES - August Coppola, a former literature professor and the father of actor Nicolas Cage and the brother of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire, died Oct. 27 in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack. He was 75.  

Examiner.comXzibit, Nicolas Cage to star in 'Bad Lieutenant'Examiner.comCage, 45, was born Nicolas Kim Coppola in Long Beach and is the nephew of acclaimed director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire of Rocky and ...and more »  

Francis Ford Coppola was a pivotal figure at the 22nd Panorama of European Cinema, where he gave a master class last Friday and also received an award at Sunday's closing ceremony. The master class, which took place at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation in... ...  

Two people penned the screenplays to the most best-picture champs at the Academy Awards: three. One of them was Francis Ford Coppola: "Patton" (1970), "The Godfather" (1972), "The Godfather, Part II" (1974). Who was the other? To see the answer, click here! ANSWER: C.) Alan Jay Lerner wrote the screenplays to three Oscar best-picture winners: "An American in Paris" (1952), "Gigi" (1958) and "My Fair Lady" (1964). He only won Oscars for two of...  

Um ... probably not. But the folks over at Market Saw seem to believe that they've uncovered secret galactic plans to create a brand new big-screen Star Wars trilogy in 3D. However, they claim these films wouldn't be directed by George Lucas -- instead, he'd pass them off to other directors like Steven Spielberg or Francis Ford Coppola (who Market Saw claims their source mentioned directly as a potential candidate). Yeah, definitely let me...