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Personal Details
Other Works:
Print advertisement for Louis Vuitton quality luggage (with daughter
Sofia Coppola). Setting: Buenos Aires, Argentina. Slogan: Inside every story, there is a beautiful journey (2008).
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Publicity Listings:
16 Print Biographies
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1 Portrayal
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19 Interviews
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27 Articles
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1 Pictorial
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1 Magazine Cover Photo
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Alternate Names:
Thomas Colchart | Francis Coppola | Mom & Dad | Dada | Dad | Francis
Height:
5' 10½" (1.79 m)
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Personal Quote:
The trouble with American filmmaking is that producers don't allow the risk of failure. If a good film can't risk being a failure, it won't be really good.
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Trivia:
His first two Oscar-winning screenplays were for
Patton (1970) and
The Godfather (1972), both movies also won for Best Actor. In both of these films, both leading actors -
George C. Scott and
Marlon Brando, respectively - turned down their awards (although it was the second Oscar which Brando won).
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Trademark:
Often casts his own real-life extended family members in his films. In the case of the Godfather films, their characters' relationships to "Michael Corleone" often paralleled their real-life relationship to Coppola. He cast his sister,
Talia Shire, as Michael's sister Connie, and his daughter,
Sofia Coppola, as Michael's daughter Mary - named for Coppola's other daughter. In addition,
Diane Keaton...
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