Francis Ford Coppola
A Filmaker's Life
by Michael Schumacher
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Editions of Francis Ford Coppola
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Random House Inc |
Date 1999 |
Price $3.20 |
 Very Good |
Publisher Notes
Drawing on numerous interviews with friends, enemies, colleagues, and others, a fascinating portrait of the acclaimed filmmaker follows the turbulent career of a man known both for his film masterpieces and his remarkable flops, follies, and failures.
Media Reviews
"While he avidly enumerates Coppola's professional exploits, Schumacher treats even conspicuous personal matters with indifference...."
Excerpt
Francis's older brother, August, an enormous influence in Francis's life, had been born five years earlier, on February 16, 1934, and his sister, Talia, who, as Talia Shire, would become a successful actress, would arrive in 1946. Francis received his name from his maternal grandfather, Francesco Pennino, and from the sponsor of the "Ford Sunday Evening Hour," a radio program that employed Carmine Coppola as an assistant conductor and musical arranger. After her son had become an internationally known film director, Italia Coppola would remark that she had slight regrets about Americanizing Francis's name because he seemed the most deeply connected to his Italian heritage.
First Line
Francis Ford Coppola, the second of Carmine and Italia Coppola's three children, was born in the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, on April 7, 1939.
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