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  1. 2 days ago · The film is based on the 1966 book of the same name by author Thomas P. Cullinan about a wounded Union soldier in a Mississippi seminary during the American Civil War, and was made for under $10 million. The film exhibited elements of the thriller genre, another departure for Coppola.

  2. 3 days ago · Films. The Flowers of St. Francis, a 1950 film directed by Roberto Rossellini and co-written by Federico Fellini. Francis was played by Nazario Gerardi, a Franciscan friar from the monastery Nocera Inferiore.

  3. 3 days ago · Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay, co-written by Coppola, John Milius, and Michael Herr, is loosely inspired by the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, with the setting changed from late 19th-century Congo to the Vietnam War.

  4. Jun 23, 2024 · Francis Ford Coppola is an American motion-picture director, writer, and producer whose films range from sweeping epics to small-scale character studies. As the director of such films as The Godfather, The Conversation, and Apocalypse Now, he enjoyed his greatest success and influence in the 1970s.

  5. Jun 24, 2024 · Francis Ford Coppola is one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of all time just for The Godfather trilogy alone, but he's been quiet in recent years, not having directed a movie since 2016. That is going to change soon, as Coppola is expected to debut his passion project as part of the 2024 new movie slate, Megalopolis.

  6. 3 days ago · The making of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 Vietnam War movie masterpiece Apocalypse Now would make for a compelling TV miniseries. Screenwriter John Milius, the real-life inspiration for The Big Lebowski’s Walter Sobchak character, reimagined Joseph Conrad’s classic 1899 novella Heart of Darkness as the ultimate war picture. Milius switched out Conrad’s late-19th-century Congo setting ...

  7. Jun 18, 2024 · Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola’s new movie Megalopolis has finally set a release date, and it's coming sooner than you’d think. The Godfather helmer’s new sci-fi epic has been picked up...