Francis Ford Coppola
Also Known As: Фрэнсис Форд Коппола, فرانسيس فورد كوبولا, 弗朗西斯·科波拉, ฟรานซิส ฟอร์ด คอปโปลา, フランシス・フォード・コッポラ, 프랜시스 포드 코폴라, Francis Coppola, 프란시스 포드 코폴라, 프랜시스 코폴라, 프란시스 코폴라, Френсіс Форд Коппола, فرانسیس فورد کاپولا
Biography: Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is widely acclaimed as one of Hollywood's most celebrated and influential film directors. He epitomized the group of filmmakers known as the New Hollywood, which included George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, Woody Allen and William Friedkin, who emerged in the early 1970s with unconventional ideas that challenged contemporary filmmaking. He co-authored the script for Patton, winning the Academy Award in 1970. His directorial fame escalated with the release of The Godfather in 1972. The film revolutionized movie-making in the gangster genre, garnering universal laurels from critics and public alike. It went on to win three Academy Awards, including his second, which he won for Best Adapted Screenplay, and it was instrumental in cementing his position as one of the prominent American film directors. Coppola followed it with an equally successful sequel The Godfather Part II, which became the first ever sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. The film received yet higher praises than its predecessor, and gave him three Academy Awards—for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture. In the same year was released The Conversation, which he directed, produced and wrote. The film went on to win the Palme d'Or at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. His next directorial venture was Apocalypse Now in 1979, and it was as notorious for its lengthy and troubled production as it was critically acclaimed for its vivid and stark depiction of the Vietnam War. It won his second Palme d'Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. Although some of Coppola's ventures in the 1980s and early 1990s were critically lauded, Coppola's later work has not met the same level of critical and commercial success as his '70s films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Francis Ford Coppola, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Birthday: April 07, 1939
Age: 86 years old
Gender: Male
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It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
Overview: Mary Shelley created a monster in 1818, and writers, actors and filmmakers haven't been able to get enough of it ever since. The history of the creature on and off the screen includes clips from Thomas Edison's 1910 filmization to Kenneth Branagh's 1994 treatment, plus interviews with Robert De Niro, Mel Brooks, Roger Corman and others. Hosted by Roger Moore; narrated by Eli Wallach.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-25
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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Overview: A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-27
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A Conversation with Martin Sheen
Overview: Conversation between Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Sheen about their experiences making Apocalypse Now.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-20
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A Conversation with Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola
Overview: A Conversation with Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-21
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The Kid Stays in the Picture
Overview: Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans, based on his famous 1994 autobiography.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-16
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I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Overview: John Cazale was in only five films – The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather: Part II, Dog Day Afternoon and The Deer Hunter – each was nominated for Best Picture. Yet today most people don't even know his name. I KNEW IT WAS YOU is a fresh tour through movies that defined a generation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-16
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Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
Overview: After the war, almost by chance, Alfonso Sansone starts to produce documentary films and moves from Palermo to Rome, the city of film.
Genres: History Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2014-09-10
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Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son
Overview: Journalist and critic F. X. Feeney talks with the Coppolas about the production with specific details and interpretations of the original story.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-08
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Reflections in Blood: Francis Ford Coppola and Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Overview: Francis Ford Coppola expanding his love of the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-08
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Coda: Thirty Years Later
Overview: A behind-the-scenes look at the trials and tribulations of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola directing his first film in ten years, Youth Without Youth (2007).
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-09
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Fog City Mavericks
Overview: Fog City Mavericks: The Filmmakers of San Francisco is a compelling exploration of the legendary filmmakers who call the San Francisco Bay Area home including George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood, Chris Columbus and producer Saul Zaentz. The special weaves interviews, commentaries and unforgettable moments from some of the most visionary movies ever created such as American Graffiti, the Star Wars film series, the Indiana Jones film series, The Godfather trilogy, Apocalypse Now, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, Toy Story, The Incredibles, Lost in Translation, Flags of Our Fathers and many others. It also features interviews with those who have worked with Bay Area mavericks: Steven Spielberg, Michael Douglas, Anthony Minghella, Milos Forman and Frank Darabont.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-24
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The Family
Overview: Two intertwined families who have made half a century of cinema. La Grande Bouffe, We won’t grow old together, Tchao Pantin, Apocalypse Now, Bienvenue Chez les Ch’tis, The Artist. At the center of this family, an unknown to the general public: Paul Rassam. His brother and his brother-in-law are more famous: the sulphurous Jean-Pierre Rassam and Claude Berri. It is a story peppered with drama, and today, a new generation has taken over. Thomas Langmann – son of Claude Berri – and Dimitri Rassam, son of Carole Bouquet and Jean-Pierre Rassam.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-05-17
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The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'
Overview: This documentary has interviews with actors and the director as they arrive for the 1968 New York world premiere of "Finian's Rainbow."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Overview: A documentary on the making of the three Godfather films, with interviews and recollections from the film makers and cast. This feature also includes the original screen tests of some of the actors for "The Godfather" film, and some candid moments on the set of "The Godfather: Part III."
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-07-12
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The Making of Captain EO
Overview: Documentary of the making of Michael Jackson's Captain EO film for the Disney theme parks.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-12
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Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa
Overview: Directors George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola discuss [Akira] Kurosawa and their roles as executive producers of Kagemusha.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-29
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Cannoli
Overview: Francis Ford Coppola discusses childhood memories of this scrumptious and genuinely Italian desert.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-23
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Clemenza
Overview: A reading from the book How to Really Watch the Godfather: Capos, Cannolis, Consiglieres, and the Truth About the Corleones.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-23
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Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Overview: A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Seduced and Abandoned
Overview: SEDUCED AND ABANDONED combines acting legend Alec Baldwin with director James Toback as they lead us on a troublesome and often hilarious journey of raising financing for their next feature film. Moving from director to financier to star actor, the two players provide us with a unique look behind the curtain at the world's biggest and most glamourous film festival, shining a light on the bitter-sweet relationship filmmakers have with Cannes and the film business. Featuring insights from directors Martin Scorsese, 'Bernando Bertolucci' and Roman Polanski; actors Ryan Gosling and Jessica Chastain and a host of film distribution luminaries.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-20
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Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro
Overview: Documentary about Vittorio Storaro, cinematographer of Apocalypse Now, The Last Emperor, Reds, Il Confimista, 1900. Vittorio Storaro talks about his work, along with collaborators like Warren Beatty and Bernardo Bertolucci and peers like Nestor Almendros. On-set footage from Dick Tracy and The Sheltering Sky. Storaro explains his zany theories about light and colour, and gives a potted history of lighting in the cinema. Sublime.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
Overview: A fascinating chronicle of the birth and rise of the radically different independent studio founded by director Francis Ford Coppola.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-14
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Milius
Overview: The life story of ‘Zen Anarchist’ filmmaker John Milius, one of the most influential storytellers of his generation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-09
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Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Overview: Hopkins’ career has spanned several decades, which is why we will also use many interviews that he gave throughout his life, allowing us to put him back into the context of each period and will be helpful in understanding his role in the history of cinema, because he was far from following the trends. He never belonged to any film movement; he is a chameleon that has always preferred natural acting, ‘non-acting’ when method acting was the fashion.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-26
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George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Overview: A Biography of George Lucas.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-27
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Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Overview: The Making of feature for the George Lucas movie 'THX 1138'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-14
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The Godfather Comes to Sixth St.
Overview: Presents what happens to a neighborhood on the Lower East Side in New York City when a Hollywood film crew takes over the area to film part of The Godfather Part 2. Includes interviews with the residents, film director Francis Ford Coppola, and members of the block association.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-23
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The Dream Studio
Overview: A documentary about the making of Francis Ford Coppola's 'One From the Heart'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Overview: A portrait of the actress Winona Ryder, the great muse of nineties cinema, who, although she has had an atypical and somewhat erratic career, has always offered performances as sensitive as they are honest.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2022-04-09
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Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Overview: The film features a conversation between Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola, producer of THX 1138. They discuss Lucas' vision for the film, including his ideas about science fiction in general and in particular his concept of the "used future" which would famously feature in his film Star Wars. Intercut with this discussion is footage shot prior to the start of production of THX 1138 showing several of its actors having their heads shaved, a requirement for appearing in the film. In several cases the actors are shown being shaved in a public location. For example, Maggie McOmie is shaved outside the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, while Robert Duvall watches a sporting event as his hair is cut off. Another actor, Marshall Efron, who would later play an insane man in the film, cut off his own hair and was filmed doing so in a bathtub.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-01
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Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
Overview: Hollywood's controversial creative genius, whose career spans multiple generations of moviegoers, is profiled in "Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper."
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-17
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The Godfather Legacy
Overview: THE GODFATHER LEGACY goes deep inside Francis Ford Coppola's epic saga about the Corleone crime family and reveals how the Academy Award-winning film and its sequels became one of the most acclaimed franchises in Hollywood history. Featuring iconic scenes from all three films, never before seen home movies and insightful interviews with filmmakers (Francis Ford Coppola, All Ruddy and Peter Bart), actors (Al Pacino, James Caan, Talia Shire, Joe Mantegna, et al.), law enforcement officials and even former Mafia members. This feature length documentary illustrates why The Godfather trilogy continues to entertain and fascinate audiences and how it continues to impact the way society views everything from capitalism to crime.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-12
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Vem Var Dracula
Overview: A look at "Dracula" in the arts and his supposed real-life inspiration Vlad Tepes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-02
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The People vs. George Lucas
Overview: The passion the original Star Wars trilogy inspires in its fans is unparalleled; but when it comes to George Lucas himself, many have found their ardor has cooled into a complicated love-hate relationship. This hilarious, heartfelt documentary delves deep into Lucas’s cultural legacy, asking all the tough questions. Has Lucas betrayed his masterwork? Should he just have left the original trilogy alone? Is The Phantom Menace so bad it should carry a health warning? Utilizing interviews taken from over 600 hours of footage, and peppered with extraordinary Star Wars and Indiana Jones recreations lovingly immortalized in song, needlepoint, Lego, claymation, puppets and paper-mâché, above all this film asks the question: who truly owns that galaxy far, far away—the man who created it, or the fans who worship it?
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-14
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War Hunt
Overview: Dispatched to the front lines during the Korean War, an idealistic American soldier discovers the horrors of combat and comes at odds with a psychopathic member of his platoon.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-05-01
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Filmmaker
Overview: A behind-the-scenes documentary by George Lucas about 29-year-old Francis Ford Coppola and his crew creating the 1969 film "The Rain People."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-01
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Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Overview: The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-25
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Becoming Al Pacino
Overview: A journey through the meteoric rise and tempestuous story of the legendary American actor Al Pacino, from the Bronx of New York to worldwide stardom.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-02-06
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Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-12-08
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What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Overview: Pauline Kael (1919–2001) was undoubtedly one of the greatest names in film criticism. A Californian native, she wrote her first review in 1953 and joined ‘The New Yorker’ in 1968. Praised for her highly opinionated and feisty writing style and criticised for her subjective and sometimes ruthless reviews, Kael’s writing was refreshingly and intensely rooted in her experience of watching a film as a member of the audience. Loved and hated in equal measure – loved by other critics for whom she was immensely influential, and hated by filmmakers whose films she trashed - Kael destroyed films that have since become classics such as The Sound of Music and raved about others such as Bonnie and Clyde. She was also aware of the perennial difficulties for women working in the movies and in film criticism, and fiercely fought sexism, both in her reviews and in her media appearances.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-22
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The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
Overview: A behind the scenes look at "The Godfather" from 1971.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Overview: Working largely uncredited in the Hollywood system, storyboard artist Harold and film researcher Lillian left an indelible mark on classics by Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Mel Brooks, Stanley Kubrick, Roman Polanski and many more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-01
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Coppola, un hombre y sus sueños
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1999-02-22
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Brando
Overview: The life and legacy of Marlon Brando and how he changed acting.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-01
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Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.
Overview: Short documentary on the making of Francis Ford Coppola's "Dracula" (1992).
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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The Young Racers
Overview: A former race car driver-turned-writer attempts to expose a ruthless, womanizing Grand Prix racer. A film constructed around footage shot of actual Grand Prix races in Europe.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Megadoc
Overview: A behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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The Making of 'American Graffiti'
Overview: Documentary that features many interviews and other footage of the cast and crew for the film American Graffiti (1973)
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-15
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The New Cinema
Overview: Between the French La Nouvelle Vague and the Italian Neorealismo, Europe had been undergoing a continuous cinema transformation since the 1950s, while the ailing American studio system groaned under its own weight and inertia. New Hollywood had arrived with Bonnie and Clyde in 1967, and already by 1968 it was changing how Hollywood thought and acted. The student film scene was getting ready to explode, and it knew it.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Inside the Coppola Personality
Overview: Monte Hellman's short portrait of Francis Ford Coppola discussing business and craft at home and on the set of his Zoetrope Studios.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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The Godfather and the Mob
Overview: The Godfather And The Mob reveals the true life story of murder, mafia and mayhem that occurred behind the scenes of the most iconic gangster film ever made.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-25
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Apocalypse Now
Overview: At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-19
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Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-09-08
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A Decade Under the Influence
Overview: A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-25
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Listen to Me Marlon
Overview: With exclusive access to his extraordinary unseen and unheard personal archive including hundreds of hours of audio recorded over the course of his life, this is the definitive Marlon Brando cinema documentary. Charting his exceptional career as an actor and his extraordinary life away from the stage and screen with Brando himself as your guide, the film will fully explore the complexities of the man by telling the story uniquely from Marlon's perspective, entirely in his own voice. No talking heads, no interviewees, just Brando on Brando and life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-29
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Five Came Back
Overview: The extraordinary story of how Hollywood changed World War II – and how World War II changed Hollywood, through the interwoven experiences of five legendary filmmakers who went to war to serve their country and bring the truth to the American people: John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra, and George Stevens. Based on Mark Harris’ best-selling book, “Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War.”
Genres: Documentary War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-31
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Rendez-Vous Video Magazine
Overview: This 1981 video magazine “For the Man Who Wants More…” contains Monte Hellman’s short portrait of Francis Ford Coppola discussing business and craft at home and on the set of his Zoetrope Studios, “Inside the Coppola Personality” (aka “Coppola: A Profile”). Also inside is “Modesty”, a self-portrait by Bob Rafelson, shot by Bruno Nuytten; a portrait of a pubic hair dye specialist; a travelogue on Bangkok; a candid camera with a planted hussie at a gas station. a.o.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Spielberg
Overview: A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-05
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Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
Overview: Wim Wenders's atmospheric testimony about the problems he encountered while working on HAMMET(1982) with Francis Ford Coppola, and the differences between the film-making process in Europe and the States.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-15
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Martin Scorsese Directs
Overview: Providing behind the scenes footage of the director on set with clips from his own films, Martin Scorsese Directs depicts to riveting effect the way Scorsese brings the written story to life on the big screen. Additional interviews with the likes of Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Thelma Schoonmaker, the director’s own parents, and others build a perception of Scorsese that not everybody knows.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-06-16
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Trespassing Bergman
Overview: In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, and left Stockholm to live there. When he died, the house was preserved. A group of very special film buffs, came from all over the world, travel to Fårö in search of the genius and his legacy. (An abridged version of Bergman's Video, 2012.)
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-28
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American Dream: Detroit
Overview: The comeback of Detroit is poised to be the greatest turnaround story of American history.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-01
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The Family Whistle
Overview: The famed Coppola family of filmmakers and musicians descends from Agostino Coppola, a poor immigrant from an impoverished village in Southern Italy. Interviews and archival footage portray how the family history has inspired these artists, and how they continue to renew their ties to the land of their origin.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-05-19
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Central Park
Overview: CENTRAL PARK is a film about the famous New York City landmark and the variety of ways in which people make use of it: running, boating, walking, skating, music, theatre, sports, picnics, parades and concerts. The film also illustrates the complex problems the New York City Parks Department deals with in order to maintain and preserve the park and keep it open and accessible to the public.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-01
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Friedkin Uncut
Overview: An introspective insight into the life and artistic journey of William Friedkin, an extraordinary and offbeat director of cult films such as The French Connection, The Exorcist, Sorcerer, Cruising, To Live and Die in L.A. and Killer Joe. For the first time Friedkin opens up, guiding the audience on a fascinating journey through the themes and the stories that have influenced his life and his artistic career.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-05
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Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto
Overview: Jacqui Getty's behind-the-scenes look at Gia Coppola's directorial debut Palo Alto, starring Emma Roberts, James Franco, Jack Kilmer, Nat Wolff, and Val Kilmer.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-28
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Godfather I
Overview: A short film by Maria Lassnig, shot in 1974.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-29
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Hollywood Mavericks
Overview: A documentary focusing on seventeen maverick directors who were not afraid to break the rules of filmmaking to advance their art. Among the classic directors profiled are D.W. Griffith, Josef von Sternberg, Erich Von Stroheim, and Preston Sturges up until more current filmmakers like David Lynch, Robert Altman, and Martin Scorsese..
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-07
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Art Never Sleeps
Overview: Acclaimed director Francis Ford Coppola, with the help of a passionate team of film students with a shared dream for the artistic potential of live digital cinema, work towards realising the director's 'Distant Visions' live-cinema experiment.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig
Overview: Documentary about the creation of the stage musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" and its subsequent film adaptation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-07
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Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'
Overview: We hear from Coppola, Spielberg, director of photography Gordon Willis, consulting restoration cinematographer Allen Daviau, film archivist Robert A. Harris, Paramount Post Production executive VP Martin Cohen, MPI senior technical advisor Daniel Rosen, MPI scanning technician Chris Gillaspie, senior digital artist Steven A. Sanchez, digital artist Valerie V. McMahon, and MPI technical director and senior colorist Jan Yarbrough as they offer interesting facts about the original cinematography, details on the restoration of the three films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-23
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The Making of The Virgin Suicides
Overview: While Sofia Coppola directed her first feature, her mother, the artist and filmmaker Eleanor Coppola, was there to document the experience.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-19
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And the Oscar Goes To...
Overview: The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-01
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Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Overview: In his early days as an actor, Marlon Brando (1924-2004) was a shy young man with theatrical ambitions, like many others; but his charisma and superb acting skills made him truly unique, so that the doors to the starry sky of Hollywood opened for him. However, his peculiar manners, political commitment and complicated love life always overshadowed his artistic success.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-09-20
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Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Overview: An examination of the craft of Marlon Brando, narrated by professionals of the film industry. The film follows his career from the stage with "A Streetcar Named Desire", through the Actors Studio and professional relationships with Elia Kazan and Stella Adler to Hollywood. An actor who redefined the limits to which a professional may go in becoming the character not only intellectually but emotionally, Brando changed the meaning of film acting.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-11
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Francis Ford Coppola's Live Cinema
Overview: An insider's look into Francis Ford Coppola's latest Live Cinema project, Distant Vision.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-10
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The Making of 'One from the Heart'
Overview: A short documentary on the Francis Ford Coppola musical One From the Heart.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-08-14
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The World of Jim Henson
Overview: In this episode of PBS' Great Performances, the history and legacy of puppeteer Jim Henson is explored, from his six-second commercial beginnings to a five-season run on ABC of The Muppet Show to several theatrically released films, including five Muppet movies, The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-23
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Henri Langlois vu par...
Overview: Thirteen filmmakers talk about Henri Langlois and their relationship with him.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-07-27
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Twixt: A Documentary
Overview: The making of Francis Ford Coppola's "Twixt," directed by his granddaughter Gia.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-07-23
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Palo Alto
Overview: A lack of parental guidance encourages teens in an affluent California town to rebel with substance abuse and casual sex.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-29
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Lights, Action, Music
Overview: A wonderful journey through the meaning and relevance of film music composition. Featuring great, albeit brief, insights from some of the modern greats.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-06
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The Making of Marie Antoinette
Overview: A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-02
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Wim Wenders, Desperado
Overview: "Wings Of Desire" and "Buena Vista Social Club", "Paris, Texas" and "The State Of Things": Wim Wenders is considered one of the pioneers of New German Cinema and one of the most important and influential representatives of contemporary cinema. With never before shown archive material and extraordinary encounters with companions and contemporary witnesses such as Francis Ford Coppola, Willem Dafoe, Andie MacDowell, Hanns Zischler, Patti Smith and Werner Herzog, this documentary provides unique insights into the life and work of one of the most multifaceted artists of our times. Renowned documentary filmmaker Eric Friedler ("It Must Schwing. The Blue Note Story") and his co-director Andreas Frege were given the exclusive opportunity to portray Wenders for this film. From Dusseldorf to Paris, and all the way to the desert of Texas, the film traces iconic locations and decisive moments in Wenders' work as director, producer, photographer and author.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2020-07-16
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Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Overview: Maurice Hines, a charming, gay African-American entertainer navigates the complications of show business while grieving the loss of his more famous, often estranged younger brother, tap dance legend Gregory Hines.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-10
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R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Overview: Mockumentary telling the never before told life story of the fictional robot R2-D2 from the Star Wars film series. The movie was made as a fun project by the cast and crew of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Using interviews, fake archive photos, film clips, and behind the scenes footage the "true" story was told of Artoo's life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-25
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The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka
Overview: Documentary from the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ – about the costume designs of the film. Featured on the 2-Disc Collector's Edition and Blu-Ray DVDs for Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), released in 2007.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-02
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In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Overview: Director Francis Ford Coppola and production staff reveal the secrets behind the 1992 masterpiece.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-02
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The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Overview: Director Francis Ford Coppola, cast and production crew explore the making of the 1992 masterpiece.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-08
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Method and Madness: Visualizing 'Dracula'
Overview: Behind the scenes of the 1992 masterpiece with director Francis Ford Coppola.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-02
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The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped
Overview: Members of the crew recall the post-production process on the three 'Godfather' movies.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-23
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The Last Days of Marlon Brando
Overview: July 1, 2004, Hollywood lost one of its biggest stars - Marlon Brando. He succumbs to pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 80. Even during his lifetime, the versatile actor was a legend. Surrounded by a unique aura and blessed with great talent, he advanced to become a celebrated star. But his private life resembles a Greek tragedy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-03-01
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Sodankylä Forever
Overview: The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded by Aki and Mika Kaurismäki along with Anssi Mänttäri and Peter von Bagh in 1985, the festival has played host to an international who’s who of directors and each day begins with a two-hour discussion. To mark the festival’s silver anniversary, festival director Peter von Bagh edited together highlights from these dialogues to create an epic four-part choral history of cinema drawn from the anecdotes, insights, and wisdom of his all-star cast: Coppola, Fuller, Forman, Chabrol, Corman, Demy, Kieslowski, Kiarostami, Varda, Oliveira, Erice, Rouch, Gilliam, Jancso — and 64 more. Ranging across innumerable topics (war, censorship, movie stars, formative influences, America, neorealism) these voices, many now passed away, engage in a personal dialogue across the years that’s by turns charming, profound, hilarious and moving.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2010-08-05
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The Lion Roars Again
Overview: A chronicle of the 1975 International Press Conclave hosted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over two days in May 1975.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Tying the Knot
Overview: A look at the debate over same sex marriage in the USA. The reasons behind it are illustrated with real life couples that have run afoul of current laws despite varying levels of planning. Also, the reasons against it are debunked by proponents.
Genres: Documentary Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-01
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Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Overview: Several aspects of Ridley Scott's masterpiece Hannibal (2001) are examined through interviews with the cast and crew, and behind the scenes footage. We are even taken to two premieres and get to see some of the audience's reactions while they're watching the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-21
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Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Overview: Hawaii, May 1977. After the success of Star Wars, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg meet to find a new project to work on together, the former as producer, the latter as director. The story of how the charismatic archaeologist Indiana Jones was born and how his first adventure, released in 1981, triumphed at box offices around the world.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-05-07
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The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
Overview: On the 35th anniversary of the release of the landmark film "The Godfather," (March 15, 1972) we look back at the time and place of the film's conception and shooting.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-06-03
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Dare la vita - Conversazione con Francis Ford Coppola
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2021-08-07
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Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
Overview: Join director Francis Coppola and his remarkable cast as they reminisce about their experiences shooting "The Outsiders" in 1982 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-20
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Inside Mishima
Overview: Short report on the making of Paul Schrader's film Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, aired as part of the VISIONS: CINEMA programme in 1985.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-23
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Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa
Overview: Directors George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola discuss [Akira] Kurosawa and their roles as executive producers of Kagemusha.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Lumière! The Adventure Continues
Overview: The sequel to Lumière! L'aventure commence (Lumière! The Adventure Begins) reveals another hundred Lumière films, all immaculately restored, and aims above all to explore more deeply the history of the invention and affirmation of cinema in the world. This new feature-length film, following the great success and worldwide release of its predecessor, will confirm to audiences everywhere that the roots of the greatest and most beautiful works in the history of cinema lie in its origins, which are both profoundly French and truly international.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-11-22
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Artistry/Technology
Overview: The film gives an insight into the minds of leading creative figures of our time and their thoughts on the relationship between technology and creativity and the impact the arts and technology have had on one another in recent years, and how technology has influenced their life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-04
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