"Sessions"", the band also included Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, along with percussionists Airto Moreira, Greg Errico, Jim Loveless, and Jordan Amarantha, guitarist Mike Hinton, and vocalist Flora Purim. After attending a Grateful Dead concert, director Francis Ford Coppola asked Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann to record drum music for his film ""Apocalypse Now"", much of which takes place along a river in the jungle during the Vietnam War. Hart and Kreutzmann, along with seven other musicians, assembled many different drums and other percussion instruments at the Club Front recording studio in San Rafael, California. While a rough cut of"
"directed by Volker Schlöndorff. When the film screened at Cannes, he quipped: ""My film is not about Vietnam, it is Vietnam."" ""Apocalypse Now""'s reputation has grown in time and it is now regarded by many as a masterpiece of the New Hollywood era and is frequently cited as one of the greatest movies ever made. Roger Ebert considers it to be the finest film on the Vietnam War and included it in his list for the 2002 ""Sight & Sound"" critics' poll of the greatest movies ever made. In 2001, Coppola re-released ""Apocalypse Now"" as ""Apocalypse Now Redux"", restoring several"
"artist. In 1967, Arthur Penn called him to take charge of the artistic direction of ""Bonnie and Clyde"". Three years later, Penn called him once again to design ""Little Big Man"". But it was working with Francis Ford Coppola in 1972 on ""The Godfather"" that set the creative tone of his career. ""The Godfather Part II"" and ""The Conversation"", in 1974, consolidated their collaboration, and laid the way for what was to be their joint creative challenge: ""Apocalypse Now"", the film for which Tavoularis created a nightmare jungle kingdom, inspired by Angkor Wat. It was also on the set of"
"Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola (; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and film composer. He was a central figure in the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. After directing ""The Rain People"" (1969), he co-wrote the 1970 film ""Patton"", earning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay along with co-writer Edmund H. North. His directorial prominence was cemented with the release in 1972 of ""The Godfather"", a film which revolutionized movie-making in the gangster genre, earning praise from both critics and the public before winning three Academy Awards—including his second Oscar (Best Adapted Screenplay,"
"Walter Murch Walter Scott Murch (born July 12, 1943) is an American film editor and sound designer. With a career stretching back to 1969, including work on ""Apocalypse Now"", ""The Godfather I"", ""II"", and ""III"", ""American Graffiti"", ""The Conversation"", and ""The English Patient"", with three Academy Award wins (from nine nominations: six for picture editing and three for sound mixing), he has been referred to as ""the most respected film editor and sound designer in the modern cinema."" Murch was born in New York City, New York, the son of Katharine (née Scott) and Canadian-born Walter Tandy Murch (1907–1967), a"
"with Mario Puzo), Best Picture, and his first nomination for Best Director. He followed with ""The Godfather Part II"" in 1974, which became the first sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Highly regarded by critics, it brought him three more Academy Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture, and made him the second director, after Billy Wilder, to be honored three times for the same film. ""The Conversation"", which he directed, produced and wrote, was released that same year, winning the Palme d'Or at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. He next directed 1979's ""Apocalypse Now""."
"""Apocalypse Now"" that he met his future wife, French actress Aurore Clément. (Clément's role was eventually edited out of the final cut of the film, and only restored in the ""Apocalypse Now Redux"" version in 2001. From 1967 until 2001, he worked on over thirty movies and landed five Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction, one of which he won for ""The Godfather Part II"". For the 1982 release ""One from the Heart"" he recreated both the Las Vegas 'strip' and McCarran International Airport on the sound stages of Zoetrope Studios. The list of directors with whom he has"
"voiceovers and their likenesses, but Pacino did not. Francis Ford Coppola openly voiced his disapproval of the game. The Godfather The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. Ruddy, based on Mario Puzo's best-selling novel of the same name. It stars Marlon Brando and Al Pacino as the leaders of a fictional New York crime family. The story, spanning 1945 to 1955, chronicles the family under the patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando), focusing on the transformation of Michael Corleone (Pacino) from reluctant family outsider to ruthless mafia boss. Paramount Pictures obtained"
"included Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall (Best Supporting Actor), and Coppola for Best Director. ""The Godfather"" is widely regarded as one of the greatest films in world cinema and one of the most influential, especially in the gangster genre. It was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1990, being deemed ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"" and is ranked the second-greatest film in American cinema (behind ""Citizen Kane"") by the American Film Institute. It was followed by sequels ""The Godfather Part II"" (1974) and ""The Godfather Part III"" (1990). In 1945, at"
"and full-on warfare, comparing it to [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s 1979 [[Vietnam War]] epic ""[[Apocalypse Now]]"". A [[showreel]] was also shown during the event, which featured footage from the film, cut with behind-the-scenes shots and interviews with the director and cast members. The second trailer was shown publicly during a broadcast of the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] and received favourable media reviews; ""[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]"" stated that the trailer was ""littered with nostalgic throwbacks to the original trilogy"", while ""[[Rolling Stone]]"" described the CGI landscape shots seen in the footage as ""eye-poppingly gorgeous"". A further trailer released in October 2016 prompted ""The Hollywood"
"Fred Roos Frederick Ried ""Fred"" Roos (born May 22, 1934) is an American film producer. Fred Roos was born on May 22, 1934 in Santa Monica, California, the son of Florence Mary (née Stout) and Victor Otto Roos. He started his career in television as a casting director for ""The Andy Griffith Show"". Later, he went on to produce most of Francis Ford Coppola's films subsequent to ""The Godfather"", including ""Apocalypse Now"" and ""Youth Without Youth"". Roos won the Oscar for Best Film for producing ""The Godfather Part II"". In 2007, he was a member of the jury at the"
"The Godfather The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. Ruddy, based on Mario Puzo's best-selling novel of the same name. It stars Marlon Brando and Al Pacino as the leaders of a fictional New York crime family. The story, spanning 1945 to 1955, chronicles the family under the patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando), focusing on the transformation of Michael Corleone (Pacino) from reluctant family outsider to ruthless mafia boss. Paramount Pictures obtained the rights to the novel for the price of $80,000, before it gained popularity. Studio executives had trouble"
"Carmine Coppola Carmine Valentino Coppola (June 11, 1910 – April 26, 1991) was an American composer, flautist, editor, musical director, and songwriter who contributed original music to ""The Godfather"", ""The Godfather Part II"", ""Apocalypse Now"", ""The Outsiders"", and ""The Godfather Part III"", all directed by his son Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola was born in New York City, the son of Marie (née Zasa) and Agostino Coppola. His brother is opera conductor and composer Anton Coppola. He was the father of August Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola, and Talia Shire, and grandfather of Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman and"
"worked includes: Michelangelo Antonioni (""Zabriskie Point"", 1970), Wim Wenders (""Hammett"", 1982), Warren Beatty (""Bulworth"", 1998) and Roman Polanski (""The Ninth Gate"", 1999). Dean Tavoularis Dean Tavoularis (; born May 18, 1932) is a Greek American motion picture production designer whose work appeared in numerous box office hits such as ""The Godfather"" films, ""Apocalypse Now"", ""The Brink's Job"", ""One from the Heart"" and ""Bonnie and Clyde"". Although born in Lowell, Massachusetts, to Greek immigrant parents, Tavoularis spent his entire childhood and teenage years in Los Angeles, in the shadow of the Hollywood studios. He studied architecture and painting at different art"
"III"" DVD, Francis said that his father missed a cue during the shooting of that film's opening wedding reception—something he never did in his prime. At that point, Francis realized that his father had little time left. As it turned out, Carmine died less than four months after ""Part III"" premiered, of a stroke. Carmine Coppola Carmine Valentino Coppola (June 11, 1910 – April 26, 1991) was an American composer, flautist, editor, musical director, and songwriter who contributed original music to ""The Godfather"", ""The Godfather Part II"", ""Apocalypse Now"", ""The Outsiders"", and ""The Godfather Part III"", all directed by his"
"the young Vito sequences of ""The Godfather Part II"". Many films since then have copied this cinematic technique when depicting pre-World War II America. Gordon Willis Gordon Hugh Willis, Jr., ASC (May 28, 1931 – May 18, 2014) was an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work on Francis Ford Coppola's ""The Godfather"" series as well as Woody Allen's ""Annie Hall"" and ""Manhattan"". Fellow cinematographer William A. Fraker called Willis's work a ""milestone in visual storytelling"", while one critic suggested that Willis ""defined the cinematic look of the 1970s: sophisticated compositions in which bolts of light and black"
"the war film ""Apocalypse Now"". Apart from his still photographs, his contribution to the film was the suggestion, during a lunch with Francis Ford Coppola regarding the scene where a TV correspondent (played by Francis Ford Coppola) yells at some passing soldiers, ""Don’t look at the camera."" ""..that if Francis wanted to mock TV correspondents in South Vietnam he should create a photojournalist because, ""we were all crazy."" A couple of days later, after the arrival of Dennis Hopper, Chas was asked by Jerry Ziesmer to report to Francis Ford Coppola: ""on how to dress a combat photographer."" From that"
"30th Golden Globe Awards The 30th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1972 films, were held on 28 January 1973. ""' Marlon Brando - ""The Godfather"" ""' Jack Lemmon - ""Avanti!"" ""' Liv Ullmann - ""The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)"" ""' Liza Minnelli - ""Cabaret"" ""' ""The Godfather"" ""' ""Cabaret"" ""' Francis Ford Coppola - ""The Godfather"" ""' ""Elvis on Tour"" <br> ""' ""Walls of Fire"" ""' ""Young Winston"" ""' ""The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)"", Sweden <br> ""' ""The New Land (Nybyggarna)"", Sweden The Godfather- Nino Rota ""Ben"" by Michael Jackson – Ben ""' ""The Godfather"" - Francis Ford"
"time in Siu-Pang Chan's ""The Magnificent"" in 1979 and again in his own ""Mr. X"" in 1995 (in the role of Godfather Ho). Godfrey Ho Godfrey Ho (Chinese language: 何志强 or 何致强, born 1948) is a former Hong Kong-based prolific film director and screenwriter, sometimes considered the Ed Wood of Hong Kong cinema. Ho is believed to have directed more than one hundred films, including over 80 movies from 1980 to 1990, but only one film since 1995, apparently retiring from film-making in 2000. Many of his works are now regarded cult films by aficionados of Z movies as being"
"The Godfather Part III The Godfather Part III is a 1990 American crime film written by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, and directed by Coppola. A sequel to ""The Godfather"" (1972) and ""The Godfather Part II"" (1974), it completes the story of Michael Corleone, a Mafia kingpin who attempts to legitimize his criminal empire. The film also includes fictionalized accounts of two real-life events: the 1978 death of Pope John Paul I and the Papal banking scandal of 1981–82, both linked to Michael Corleone's business affairs. The film stars Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, and Andy García, and"
"their first movies was going to be ""East of Suez"", written and directed by Milius. It was not made. However, the following year saw the release of ""Apocalypse Now"", directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola rewrote the script, which Milius disliked. ""He wanted to ruin it, liberalize it, and turn it into ""Hair"","" said Milius in 1976. ""He sees himself as a great humanitarian, an enlightened soul who will tell you such wonderful things as he does at the end of GODFATHER II-that crime doesn't pay ... Talent-wise, he's no John Ford; character-wise, he's no Steve Spielberg. Francis can't stand"
"was originally offered to direct ""The Godfather"" by producer Albert S. Ruddy, but he left the job early in pre-production due to budget disputes, being replaced by Francis Ford Coppola due to the producers' desire to keep the film ""ethnic to the core."" The film would go on to become a massive critical and financial success, winning the Best Picture Oscar and spawning two sequels. Furie's 1981 horror movie ""The Entity"" was declared by Martin Scorsese to be one of the ""scariest movies of all time."" Furie wrote and directed the 1986 action war film ""Iron Eagle"", adapting a screenplay"
"make ""Star Wars"", and declined the offer to direct ""Apocalypse Now"". Coppola was determined to make the film and pressed ahead himself. He envisioned the film as a definitive statement on the nature of modern war, the difference between good and evil, and the impact of American society on the rest of the world. The director said that he wanted to take the audience ""through an unprecedented experience of war and have them react as much as those who had gone through the war"". In 1975, while promoting ""The Godfather Part II"" in Australia, Coppola and his producers scouted possible"
"in California and went back to work with a Hollywood studio. He died at age 84 of complications of emphysema and pneumonia. All three were in the category of Best Visual Effects. With one being a Special Achievement win. A. D. Flowers A. D. Flowers (February 22, 1917July 1, 2001) was an American special effects artist who was perhaps best known for his work on ""Tora! Tora! Tora!"". For which he won an Academy Award. He also ""created memorable scenes"" for the films ""The Godfather"" and ""Apocalypse Now"". He was born in Texas, but raised in Oklahoma. After high school,"
"Ford Coppola's ""The Godfather"" was released. The epic story of the Corleone family, its generational transition from post-prohibition to post-war, its fratricidal intrigues, and its tapestry of mid-century America's criminal underworld became a huge critical and commercial success. It accounted for nearly 10% of gross proceeds for all films for the entire year. It won the Oscar for Best Picture, as well as the award for Best Actor for Marlon Brando and is widely considered one of the greatest American films of all time. Two years later, ""The Godfather Part II"" became the fifth-highest-grossing film of the year and garnered"
"Last Christmas"", were written under the pseudonym Mario Cleri. Mario Puzo Mario Gianluigi Puzo (; October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author, screenwriter and journalist. He is known for his crime novels about the Mafia, most notably ""The Godfather"" (1969), which he later co-adapted into a three-part film saga directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the first film in 1972 and ""Part II"" in 1974. Puzo also wrote the original screenplay for the 1978 ""Superman"" film. His novel ""The Family"", was released posthumously in 2001. Puzo was"
"French theorist Jean Baudrillard dedicated a chapter to ""Apocalypse Now"" in his 1981 treatise ""Simulacra and Simulation"". Baudrillard accuses the Vietnam War, a non-event, of having become ""film"" and Coppola of having made the Vietnam War an actual event and a victory through the film ""Apocalypse Now"": The first home video releases of ""Apocalypse Now"" were pan-and-scan versions of the original Technovision anamorphic 2.35:1 print, and the closing credits, white on black background, were presented in compressed 1.33:1 full-frame format to allow all credit information to be seen on standard televisions. The first letterboxed appearance, on Laserdisc on December 29,"
"include ""The Way We Were"", ""Close Encounters of the Third Kind"", ""Scarface"", ""Illegally Yours"", ""Midnight Run"", ""History of the World, Part I"", ""Annie"", ""Say Anything"", ""Almost Famous"", and ""Jerry Maguire"". He took small acting parts in some of his films, for example playing a pilot in ""Blue Thunder"" and a salesman in ""Rocky II"". His most famous role is as a civilian intelligence officer named Jerry in Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam War film, Apocalypse Now, in which he utters what some call the film's most memorable line, ""Terminate, with extreme prejudice"", to instruct the film's lead character to carry out"
"the world of cinema, Martin Scorsese mentions: ""His work is in the company of that of living contemporaries like Ingmar Bergman, Akira Kurosawa and Federico Fellini."" Director of classics like ""The Godafther"" and ""Apocalypse Now"", Francis Ford Coppola cited him (Ray) to be a major influence in life. With deep words of praise for Ray's 1960 classic ""Devi"", what he had considered to be his best work and a ""cinematic milestone""; he further admitted to know of Indian cinema through Ray's works. Recently, on a visit to India, celebrated filmmaker Christopher Nolan expresses his admiration for Ray's first film, ""Pather"
"Andy García Andrés Arturo García Menéndez (born April 12, 1956), professionally known as Andy García, is a Cuban American actor and director who became known in the late 1980s and 1990s, having appeared in successful Hollywood films, including ""The Godfather Part III"", ""The Untouchables"", ""Internal Affairs"" and ""When a Man Loves a Woman"". In the 2000s, he starred in ""Ocean's Eleven"" and its sequels:, ""Ocean's Twelve"" and ""Ocean's Thirteen"", and in ""The Lost City"". García was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Vincent Mancini in ""The Godfather Part III"". He was Emmy Award-"
"The Great Movies, stating: """"Apocalypse Now"" is the best Vietnam film, one of the greatest of all films, because it pushes beyond the others, into the dark places of the soul. It is not about war so much as about how war reveals truths we would be happy never to discover"". Various commentators have debated whether ""Apocalypse Now"" is an anti-war or pro-war film. Some commentators' evidence of the film's anti-war message include the purposeless brutality of the war, the absence of military leadership, and the imagery of machinery destroying nature. Advocates of the film's pro-war stance, however, view these"
"Gordon Willis Gordon Hugh Willis, Jr., ASC (May 28, 1931 – May 18, 2014) was an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work on Francis Ford Coppola's ""The Godfather"" series as well as Woody Allen's ""Annie Hall"" and ""Manhattan"". Fellow cinematographer William A. Fraker called Willis's work a ""milestone in visual storytelling"", while one critic suggested that Willis ""defined the cinematic look of the 1970s: sophisticated compositions in which bolts of light and black put the decade's moral ambiguities into stark relief"". When the International Cinematographers Guild conducted a survey in 2003, they placed Willis among the ten"
"Coppola, director of ""The Godfather"", made ""Apocalypse Now"", another three-hour epic which garnered some favorable reviews and is now considered one of his best. The film had a difficult production history, and after five years of production it premiered in a U.S. reserved seat engagement in 70mm. It became a great financial success, and made even more money years later when the director's cut was released. Cimino's next film in 1980 was ""Heaven's Gate"", which is infamous for being one of the biggest box office bombs ever. It had a roadshow release and premiered in a 70mm version with an"