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NEWS ABOUT: Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola stories: 5 news summaries


 Actor 
 Sam Bottoms 
 Dead at 53 

Appeared in Apocalypse Now, Outlaw Josey Wales

Dec 19, 08 8:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Actor Sam Bottoms, who appeared in Apocalypse Now and some 30 other films, died at his LA home this week of brain cancer at age 53, the Los Angeles Times reports. Bottoms began his film career at age 15 in The Last Picture Show and was cast as surfer Lance... More »

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television • film • obituary • Francis Ford Coppola • actor

 17 Best Peace-Loving War Films  

Stop-Loss latest in a long line of anti-combat movies

Apr 2, 08 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stop-Loss is hardly the first blockbuster to take a hard line on war. Entertainment Weekly lists 17 of the best anti-war films of all time.
  1. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930): One of the earliest anti-war films follows naïve German troops into battle in WWI.
  2. Paths
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Steven Spielberg • peace • Francis Ford Coppola • movie industry • movies • Robert Altman • Stop-Loss • Three Kings • Platoon • anti-war movies • Das Boot • M*A*S*H • Paths of Glory • All Quiet on the Western Front

 Top 10 Musical Movie Moments 

The perfect sound clip can make a scene unforgettable

Mar 25, 08 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forget soundtracks. CNN zeros in on fleeting scenes that use image and sound to send a shiver down your spine. The top 10 marriages of audio and video:
  1. “Born to Be Wild” blasting while Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper ride down the highway in Easy Rider (1969)
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music • Hollywood • film • Quentin Tarantino • list • song • soundtrack • Martin Scorsese • The Doors • Francis Ford Coppola • ABBA • movies

Peggy Sue Got...Sued for Libel by Charlie

Nicolas Cage sues former co-star Kathleen Turner over claims in new book

Feb 13, 08 3:43 AM CST
(Newser) - National Treasure star Nicolas Cage is suing siren Kathleen Turner for libel over a passage in her autobiography, "Send Yourself Roses," in which she claims her co-star was drunk and difficult on the set of the 1986 movie Peggy Sue Got Married. Cage filed the lawsuit in London... More »

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libel • defamation • Francis Ford Coppola • Nicolas Cage • Kathleen Turner • Peggy Sue Got Married • High Court • dog • chihuahua

Coppola Turns to Youth

Winemaker-auteur makes his first  film in
a decade, with no 'commercial calculation'

Dec 8, 07 11:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Francis Ford Coppola’s first film in a decade is about an elderly character returned to youth by a lightning strike; indeed Youth Without Youth finds the director making the kind of "personal" film he wanted to at age 25. Having wallowed for 30 years in less than stellar... More »

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independent film • Orson Welles • The Godfather • Francis Ford Coppola • Youth Without Youth

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