Francis Ford Coppola Profile – Episode #11 (October 21st, 2014)

Profiles

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4.9 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2014

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Popcorn Talk Network proudly presents Profiles with Malone and Mantz! In this vodcast series hosts Alicia Malone and Scott "Movie" Mantz break down and focus on some of the most prolific Hollywood directors, writers and actors in the entertainment industry - past & present. In today's episode it's all about Francis Ford Coppola! Talk about an offer you can’t refuse! Our best Profiles yet, dedicated to the movies of FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, with special guest… FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA himself!! (Yes, he called in to speak with Malone and Mantz!) Francis Ford Coppola was born in 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in a New York suburb in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His father, Carmine Coppola, was a composer and musician. His mother, Italia Coppola (née Pennino), had been an actress. Francis Ford Coppola graduated with a degree in drama from Hofstra University, and did graduate work at UCLA in filmmaking. He was training as assistant with filmmaker Roger Corman, working Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	From the Schmo's No Network Studios in Los Angeles, California, it's time for Profiles
0:13.3	with your host, Alicia Malone, and Scott Mant.
0:18.5	Hello, Shmovell.
0:21.6	Welcome to episode 11 of profiles.
0:24.7	And boy, have we got an offer?
0:27.3	You can't refuse.
0:29.0	Our spotlight today is Francis Ford Coppola.
0:34.1	What a life, what a career.
0:36.0	What great movies.
0:37.0	What a great winemaker.
0:38.2	Yes.
0:39.0	Among other things, right?
0:40.6	Among other things.
0:41.7	He, of course, is one of the most influential filmmakers in the world.
0:45.6	He shaped American cinema.
0:47.5	Part of the new Hollywood wave that happened in the late 60s, early 70s, towards the almost to the 80s.
0:54.4	And he always bended the rules, pushed the boundaries creatively and with use of technology.
1:00.9	So interesting, his stories and his movies I find are often about families.
1:06.4	Of course, there's the obvious family, the godfather.
1:09.0	But then there's also the family that you are, you know, you're not born into,
1:14.1	one that happens by circumstance, like in war, like Apocalypse Now,
1:18.2	or a family that's bred from social classes, like the outsiders.
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