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• Movie Trailer: Francis Ford Coppola's Youth Without Youth

  Published: September 14, 2007, 2:31 am

  Tags: Sony Classics, Adaptation, Movie Marketing, Thriller, Romance, Movie Trailers, Francis Ford Coppola, Tim Roth, Youth Without Youth

  for Youth Without Youth, Francis Ford Coppola’s first new film in 10-years, is now online. Coppola adapted, produced and directed the movie based on the 1976 novel by Romanian-born religious historian Mircea Eliade. The short teaser trailer looks interesting, but doesn’t really show much, or at least it doesn’t show much in

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• International Police Blotter

  Published: September 27, 2007, 2:00 pm

  Tags: Defamer Hollywood, Francis Ford Coppola, Tbrief

  Francis Ford Coppola's Argentine office was looted by armed bandits, who made off with a computer containing the screenplay for an upcoming Matt Dillon project that doesn't sound very interesting. There's a bad indie movie premise in here somewhere, to eventually be titled Robbing Coppola. [CNN.com]

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• Thieves Steal Francis Ford Coppola's Everything

  Published: September 29, 2007, 7:02 am

  Tags: Before The Devil Knows You Re Dead, Beforethedevilknowsyou Redead, Cinematical, El Pasado, Elpasado, Film, Francis Ford Coppola, Francisfordcoppola, Juno, Lions For Lambs, Lionsforlambs, Movie, Reservation Road, Reservationroad, Rome Film Festival, Romecinemafest, Romefi

  that a laptop owned by Francis Ford Coppola had been stolen from an office in Buenos Aires, where Coppola's Zoetrope Argentina was set up to do pre-production work on the filmmaker's next project, Tetro. The robbery happened Wednesday night, involved the tying up of Zoetrope employees, one of whom was cut by a knife, and apparently also

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• Crime: Filmmaker and winemaker Francis Ford Coppola ...

  Published: October 1, 2007, 5:23 pm

  Tags: Backups, Crime, Francis Ford Coppola

  and winemaker Francis Ford Coppola lost 15 years worth of data when thieves broke into his house and stole his computers. Luckily, copies of the script for his next film were saved elsewhere. "If I could get the backup back, it would save me years [of] all the photographs of my family, all my writing." Sorry, Francis, maybe next time,

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• When In Rome Visit The Film Festival

  Published: October 12, 2007, 10:19 am

  Tags: Rome Film Festival, Hotels In Rome, Francis Ford Coppola

  Without Youth’ - Francis John Ford Coppola's first characteristic movie in a decade. The movie is about a timid Rumanian professor who goes immature again after being hit by lightning. The five-time Oscar-winning manager wrote the movie based on a novelette by Rumanian philosopher-author Mircea Eliade and have been described as his

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• Francis Ford Coppola Exposes De Niro, Nicholson and Pacino!

  Published: October 17, 2007, 12:54 pm

  Tags: Robert Deniro, Al Pacino, Francis Ford Coppola, That S Hollywood, Interviews, Magazines, Funny Shit, Keeping It Real, Jack Nicholsen

  Coppola: “They all live off the fat of the land.” Francis Ford Coppola says he’s lost faith in what some would consider the greatest actors in the world. Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson and Al Pacino all had their asses handed to them in the latest issue of GQ magazine where the world renowned director exposed them for what they

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• Coppola Chides De Niro, Pacino and Nicholson For Being Lazy Old Men

  Published: October 17, 2007, 12:32 pm

  Tags: Al Pacino, Alpacino, Francis Ford Coppola, Francisfordcoppola, Jack Nicholson, Jacknicholson, Robert De Niro, Robertdeniro, Youth Without Youth, Youthwithoutyouth

  of GQ, erstwhile filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola -- we'll see what Youth Without Youth does for his ailing career -- goes off on an impressively long and specific rant against three of today's geriatric acting legends for not showing passion for their craft anymore. "I met both Pacino and De Niro when they were really on the come," Coppola says.

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• Let's Forget That 'Jack' And 'The Rainmaker' Ever Happened

  Published: October 17, 2007, 4:45 pm

  Tags: Al Pacino, Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro

  GQ, Francis Ford Coppola speaks truth to scene-chewing-actor power by lamenting how the careers of once-hungry artists Al "Two for the Money" Pacino, Meet the Fockers star Robert DeNiro, and Jack Nicholson (still kind of awesome) have turned out: "I met both Pacino and De Niro when they were really on the come," Coppola tells GQ's Nate Penn.

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• The End of the Family Farm in Ireland?

  Published: October 19, 2007, 5:14 am

  Tags: Music, Seesmic, Economics, Society, Farming, Francis Ford Coppola

  Economics, Society, farming,

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• Rome Film Fest Kicks Off in High Style

  Published: October 19, 2007, 2:02 pm

  Tags: Alain Corbeau, Cate Blanchett, Cateblanchett, Cinematical, Daniel Auteuil, Film, Francis Ford Coppola, Lions For Lambs, Meryl Streep, Monica Bellucci, Monicabellucci, Movies, Robert Redford, Second Wind, Tom Cruise, Youth Without Youth

  is for the world premiere of Francis Ford Coppola's Youth Without Youth. On Saturday afternoon (October 20), Coppola will attend a screening of his wife's documentary Coda: Thirty Years Later, "participate in a public encounter" (evidently a conversation with a moderator), and then proceed to the public unveiling of his first film in a decade.

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• Bruce Dern to Direct Laura Dern in 'Hart's Location'

  Published: October 19, 2007, 12:32 pm

  Tags: Alice Doesn T Live Here Anymore, Alicedoesn Tlivehereanymore, Ashley Reed, Ashleyreed, Bruce Dern, Brucedern, Cinematical, Diane Ladd, Dianeladd, Film, Francis Ford Coppola, Francisfordcoppola, Gwyneth Paltrow, Gwynethpaltrow, Hart S Location, Hart Slocation, It Runs In

  at Work. And sometimes the Coppolas do well with one another -- Talia Shire in her brother's Godfather movies, for example. But often it is a bad idea to work with or cast family members. The most obvious case is Sofia Coppola (Shire's niece) being in her father's The Godfather: Part III. Just recently Jake Paltrow received a paltry reception

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• Francis Ford Coppola's Youth Without Youth Disappoints

  Published: October 22, 2007, 4:42 am

  Tags: The Buzz, Film Festivals, Foreign Language, Drama, Francis Ford Coppola, Youth Without Youth

  while disappointing Coppola’s fan base.” Jay Weissberg of Variety: “Not just fans of Francis Ford Coppola will be disappointed by the mishmash plotting and stilted script of Youth Without Youth.”"Attempting to harness multiple genres, pic is brought down by ponderous dialogue (much of it dubbed) and an inability

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• Apocalypse Cash Cow! Coppola Takes Doc About His Magnum Opus to DVD; Its Director Pouts

  Published: October 23, 2007, 6:59 pm

  Tags: The City, Francis Ford Coppola, George Hickenlooper

  director Francis Ford Coppola is being accused of hypocrisy and corporation -like behavior by fellow filmmaker George Hickenlooper (Factory Girl). For the past four years, Mr. Hickenlooper who along with his partner, Fax Bahr, wrote and directed the 1991 Emmy-winning authorized documentary Hearts of Darkness, which chronicled the

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• Some Inspiration from Director Terry Gilliam

  Published: November 6, 2007, 11:02 am

  Tags: A Good Year, Cinematical, Clint Eastwood, Francis Ford Coppola, Hook, Jack, Lady In The Water, M Night Shyamalan, Ridley Scott, She Hate Me, Spike Lee, Steven Spielberg, Terry Gilliam, Tideland

  Also on their list are Francis Ford Coppola (Jack), Steven Spielberg (Hook, though he should've been on there for 1941), Spike Lee (She Hate Me), Guy Ritchie (Swept Away), M. Night Shyamalan (Lady in the Water), Sidney Lumet (The Wiz), Ridley Scott (A Good Year) and Clint Eastwood (the years 1996-2002). Some of these films were loved by

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• Francis Ford Coppola Likes 5 of His Movies More Than Any of 'The Godfather' Trilogy

  Published: November 9, 2007, 7:32 am

  Tags: Al Pacino, Alpacino, Apocalypse Now, Apocalypsenow, Captain Eo, Captaineo, Cinematical, Film, Francis Ford Coppola, Francisfordcoppola, Jack, Jack Nicholson, Jacknicholson, Movie, Robert Deniro, Robertdeniro, Rome Film Festival, Romefilmfestival, Rumble Fish, Rumblefish, Tet

  not much of a secret that Francis Ford Coppola did The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II in order to work on more personal films, particularly The Conversation. So, it isn't that surprising to find out neither those two nor The Godfather: Part III are among his personal favorites. According to Page Six, Coppola considers his five best films

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