Eleanor Coppola, an American filmmaker who won an Emmy for chronicling her husband Francis Ford Coppola‘s taxing 238-day production of “Apocalypse Now” in her documentary “Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse,” died Friday at her home in Rutherford, Calif. She was 87. Coppola’s death was confirmed in a statement by the Coppola family to the […]
The 1974 suspense thriller smartly predicted the increasing importance of technology and lack of privacy in our livesIn the 50 years since Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation was released in theaters, the evolution of technology and the devolution of political culture have combined to make it seem both prescient and quaint. The film’s hero, Harry Caul, fears the future his job as a professional wiretapper helps to create, one in which surveillance threatens to encroach on everyday life and...
Godfather director’s self-financed passion project, starring Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza and Dustin Hoffman, will show at the film festival in MayAfter months shrouded in controversy – and 40 years in the making – Francis Ford Coppola’s feature Megalopolis will debut at Cannes film festival in May.The film, a passion project, which the Godfather and Apocalypse Now director has funded with $120m of his own money, has been in development since 1983 when Coppola wrote the first version of the...
Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Giancarlo Esposito among cast.
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Eleanor Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola were married for 61 years.
Eleanor Coppola -- the filmmaker and wife of famed director Francis Ford Coppola -- has died according to a statement made by her family. The matriarch of the famous film family passed away Friday at her home in Rutherford, CA a small town…
Eleanor Coppola, who was married to Francis Ford Coppola for 61 years and
Eleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films, including the infamously tortured production of “Apocalypse Now,” and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died. She was 87. Coppola died Friday at home in Rutherford, California, her family announced in a statement. Eleanor, who grew in Orange County, California, met Francis while working as an assistant art director on his directorial debut, the Roger Corman-produced 1963 horror film...
Her documentary Hearts Of Darkness followed the making of Apocalypse Now. Directed by Francis, Apocalypse Now had an infamously turbulent production. Eleanor and Francis were married for over 60 years until her death
Francis Ford Coppola’s self-funded, forty years in the making epic Megalopolis is reportedly struggling to secure a distribution deal. Having screened for some major power players in the industry, including Warner Bros., Netflix, and Paramount, The Hollywood Reporter claims that the presentation was met with a muted response, with sources revealing to the outlet that […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post...
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