Burum, Steve, 11, 12; The Outsiders and, 206, 209, 212; Rumble Fish and, 215–16, 217, 224
Busch, Anita, 73
Butler, Bill, 58, 62, 75
Caan, James: in Gardens of Stone, 174, 178; in The Godfather, 96, 103; in The Godfather II, 127; at Hofstra University, 10, 55; in The Rain People, 55, 57, 63
Cage, Nicolas (nephew of Francis F. Coppola): in The Cotton Club, 232, 236; in Peggy Sue Got Married, 250, 256–57; as producer, 298; in Rumble Fish, 214
Cahir, Linda, 148
Calloway, Cab, 229
Calvi, Roberto, 136, 139
Camelot (musical film), 48
Campbell, William, 21, 23, 24
Candy (film), 94
Cannes International Film Festival, 8, 108; Apocalypse Now at, 156, 161–62, 168, 193, 265; The Conversation at, 83; Hammett at, 199; The Rainmaker at, 300; You’re a Big Boy Now at, 43, 54
Canonero, Milena, 269
Capone, Al, 87, 131
Capote, Truman, 33
Caro, Mark, 315
Carradine, John, 250, 255
Carrey, Jim, 252, 257
Castellano, Richard, 91, 117
Castro, Fidel, 117
Catholicism: in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, 293, 295; in The Conversation, 74, 77, 79; in the Godfather films, 105–6, 118, 121, 122, 133–34, 136
Cawelti, John, 110
Cazale, John, 76, 116
Chaillet, Jean-Paul, 14
Champlin, Charles, 44
Chandler, Raymond, 7, 35, 36, 72
Chapman, John, 98
Chew, Richard, 80
Chinatown (film), 226, 230
Chiu, Tony, 162
Chown, Geoffrey, 3, 4, 42
Citizen Kane (film), 265, 274
Citti, Franco, 139
civil rights themes, 47
Clark, Patricia, 46
Clark, Petula, 49
Clayton, Jack, 33, 34, 35
Clément, Aurore, 170
Clément, René, 29, 30
Coe, Fred, 28, 29
Cohn, Harry, 1
Colby, Ronald, 10
Coll, “Mad Dog” (gangster), 236, 240
Columbia Pictures, 194, 198, 287, 292, 298, 313, 317
Columbo, Joseph, 93
Comden, Betty, 266
computer-generated images (CGI), 290–91
Conrad, Joseph, 144, 146, 147, 151, 154, 160, 171
Conte, Richard, 96
Conversation, The (Coppola film), 3, 9, 34, 72–83; cinematographer, 58; comparison with The Rainmaker, 305; Coppola’s early films and, 13, 16; Coppola’s self-bugging and, 118, 154; credits, 356; as cult film, 71; in Library of Congress, 320; Oscar nominations, 129; Palm d’Or prize for, 161; screenplay for, 45, 69, 72; script rights for, 71
Copeland, Stewart, 216–17, 225
Coppola, August (brother of Francis), 8, 9, 214
Coppola, Carmine (father of Francis), 8, 14, 19, 216; Apocalypse Now and, 150; Finian’s Rainbow and, 46, 47, 48; Gardens of Stone and, 174; The Godfather and, 90, 107; The Godfather II and, 117, 129; The Godfather III and, 132; “Life without Zoe” and, 279; The Outsiders and, 205–6, 212–13, 217; The Rain People and, 55; Tucker automobiles and, 262, 263, 275
Coppola, Eleanor (wife of Francis), 118, 137, 141, 149; Bram Stoker’s Dracula and, 288–89, 298; as documentarian, 319; Francis’s affair with another woman and, 158; on Francis’s friendship with Lucas, 272; making of Apocalypse Now and, 150, 153, 154, 156
Coppola, Francis Ford: American Zoetrope and, 64–72, 183–87; appearances in films by others, 57–58; artistic collaborators and, 48, 52, 190; artistic control and, 45, 46, 113, 130, 233, 315; as auteur, 2–3, 44, 53–54, 115, 242, 278; autobiographical elements in films of, 40–41, 74, 78, 250, 277, 307; awards and prizes, 8, 161, 168, 320, 321; black community and, 228; cameo appearance in Apocalypse Now, 151; casting and, 95–96, 116, 124, 141, 232, 250, 257, 301; Catholicism and, 74, 118, 125; as “cinematic hired gun,” 201, 247, 299; on cinematography, 42; craftsmanship of, 124; early years, 8–22, 203, 262; film genres and, 318; on filmmaking, 2; friends of, 11, 271–72; Hollywood film industry and, 313–23; improvisation and, 152; Italian ancestry, 88, 89, 105, 115, 142; journalists and, 155–56, 186, 194; Mafiosi and, 236–37; male camraderie in films of, 210–11; move to Hollywood, 36–37; musical genre and, 44, 45, 46, 47; Napa estate of, 171, 302, 308; on-location shooting and, 39, 40, 48; personal crises, 156–58, 160; as popular entertainer, 4; production process techniques, 188–90; relations with actors, 60–61, 97, 110, 208, 234, 290; relations with other directors, 51–52, 73, 75, 145, 199; relations with production crew, 97–98, 107, 132, 137, 191; reputation, 44, 71, 323; as screenwriter, 19–20, 27–35; on Vatican banking scandal, 135–36; visual sense, 310; winery owned by, 298, 311, 318–19; on working with studios, 37. See also family, as theme in Coppola’s films; studio executives, Coppola’s conflicts with
Coppola, Gian-Carla “Gia” (granddaughter of Francis), 175, 311
Coppola, Gian-Carlo “Gio” (son of Francis), 101, 174, 175, 266, 277, 311
Coppola, Italia (mother of Francis), 8, 55, 158
Coppola, Nicolas. See Cage, Nicolas (nephew of Francis F. Coppola)
Coppola, Roman (son of Francis), 175, 290–91, 319
Coppola, Sofia (daughter of Francis), 134, 140–41, 250, 279, 319, 323
Coppola, Talia. See Shire, Talia Coppola (sister of Francis)
Coppola (Cowie), 4
Corliss, Richard, 196, 210, 296–97
Corman, Roger, 17–22, 40, 56, 114, 214; Apocalypse Now character named after, 150; Coppola’s early career and, 258, 320; Dementia 13 and, 22–23, 24, 26; film school students and, 66; in The Godfather II, 124; influence on Coppola, 237
Corsitto, Salvatore, 94–95
Cosby, Bill, 309, 311
Costello, Frank, 88, 95
Cotton Club, The (Coppola film), 4, 226–43, 248, 251, 311, 359–60
Cotton Club, The (Haskins book), 226–27
Cowie, Peter, 4, 27, 138
CQ (film), 319
Craig, John, 297
Craig’s Wife (film), 12
critical reviews: Bram Stoker’s Dracula, 291; The Cotton Club, 240–41, 242, 243; Dementia 13, 26; Gardens of Stone, 178; The Godfather, 110–11; The Godfather II, 128; Jack, 311; One from the Heart, 197; Peggy Sue Got Married, 256–57; The Rainmaker, 307; The Rain People, 63–64; Tucker: The Man and His Dream, 278; You’re a Big Boy Now, 43–44
Cronenweth, Jordan, 178, 250, 256
Crosby, Floyd, 20
Cruise, Tom, 206, 207, 211, 213
Cukor, George, 45
Curtis, Mark, 257
Cusumano, Joey, 236, 237
Cyrano de Bergerac (play), 10
Daisy Miller (film), 73
Dallesandro, Joe, 240
D’Ambrosio, Franc, 134
Damon, Mark, 20, 301–2, 307
Dane, Eddie, 269, 274
Danes, Clare, 301
Darling Lili (film), 92
David Donatello Award, 110
Dean, James, 206
Deane, Hamilton, 285, 293
de Gaulle, Gen. Charles, 30
de la Fontaine, Jacqueline, 175
Dementia 13 (Coppola film), 22–27, 55, 214, 287; credits, 353; family theme in, 43; as film within a film, 42; original screenplay for, 72
Demme, Jonathan, 17
De Monaco, James, 307
De Niro, Robert, 116, 117, 129
Depardieu, Gérard, 319
Desperate Hours (film), 302
Devil in the Flesh, The (film), 30
DeVito, Danny, 301, 319
Dewey, Thomas, 240
Dick, Bernard, 88, 135
Dickos, Andrew, 109
Dillon, Matt, 209, 213, 217, 224
Directors Company, 72, 73
Dirty Dancing (film), 213
Dirty Harry (film), 320
Dispatches (Herr), 159
distribution, 44, 162, 209
Dolce Vita, La (film), 107, 169
Donahue, Troy, 116
Donnelly, Donnal, 134
Dor, Karen, 15
Douglas, Kirk, 30, 31, 88
Doumani, Ed and Fred, 229, 230, 236, 241; Coppola feud with Evans and, 238; investment in The Cotton Club, 227, 231, 235; rights to The Cotton Club and, 237
Dracula (Browning film), 9, 285, 287
Dracula (Stoker novel), 283–84, 287
Drescher, Fran, 310, 311
Drugstore Cowboy (film), 213
Dunn, Eithne, 23, 24, 25
Durbin, Karen, 96, 104
Dutchman (play), 54
Duvall, Robert, 57, 59, 68; in Apocalypse Now, 150, 168; in The Conversation, 75, 76; in The Godfather, 96; in The Godfather II, 116; The Godfather III and, 132–33
Duvall, Shelley, 257
Ebert, Roger, 277
Echoes (uncompleted screenplay), 54
editing: Apocalypse Now, 158–60; Bram Stoker’s Dracula, 290, 292; The Cotton Club, 237, 238, 239; The Godfather, 107–8; The Godfather II, 120, 128; The Outsiders, 207; Tucker: The Man and His Dream, 271
Ehrenstein, David, 223
Eisenhower, Dwight, 32
Eisenstein, Sergei, 10, 11, 12, 113, 289
Eliot, T. S., 163
Ellington, Duke, 228–29, 233, 238, 241
Elwes, Cary, 298
Estevez, Emilio, 206, 208, 211, 213
Euripides, 186
Evans, Robert: The Cotton Club and, 225, 226–31, 235, 241–42, 250; The Godfather and, 87–88, 92, 93, 94, 95, 101, 107–9, 235, 250; The Godfather II and, 113; The Great Gatsby and, 33; as material witness in murder case, 230
exploitation films, 12–17, 18, 19, 23
expressionism, cinematic, 215–16, 225
Faerie Tale Theater (cable TV series), 257, 259, 260
family, as theme in Coppola’s films: Apocalypse Now, 166; The Cotton Club, 242; Dementia 13, 27, 43; Gardens of Stone, 172, 178; the Godfather films, 110, 126; “Life without Zoe,” 280; The Outsiders, 203, 204; The Rain People, 62; Tucker: The Man and His Dream, 268, 277; You’re a Big Boy Now, 43
Farber, Stephen, 214–15
Farrow, Mia, 33
Faski, Beth, 73
Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 288
Fat Spy (film), 56
Faulkner, William, 202, 313
Fehr, Rudi, 192
Feldman, Phil, 37, 38, 124
Fellini, Federico, 107, 169
feminism, 64
Ferguson, Sen. Homer, 263, 269, 270, 271, 275, 276
Ferguson, Jay, 213
film budgets: Apocalypse Now, 151, 155, 186; The Conversation, 258; The Cotton Club, 231, 236, 237; Dementia 13, 22; Finian’s Rainbow, 45, 53; Gardens of Stone, 176; The Godfather, 92; The Godfather II, 118; The Godfather III, 138; One from the Heart, 188; The Outsiders, 206; The Rain People, 62, 258; Rumble Fish, 258; THX 1138, 67; Tucker: The Man and His Dream, 267; You’re a Big Boy Now, 37, 38, 44
Film Comment (journal), 193
film festivals, 64
filmmaker: a diary by George Lucas (documentary film), 57–58, 68
filmmaking: Coppola on, 313, 314–15; as corporate effort, 2; crew members arrested by police, 76; extras, 57, 76, 118; high-speed color film, 40; homages to other directors and films, 78, 251; killing of animals and, 102, 153, 167; natural disasters and, 151; on-location shooting, 80, 92–93, 136–37, 149–50; political problems, 93, 102; rehearshals, 174, 207, 233, 289–90; special effects, 290–91; storyboard sketches, 137, 188–89; technical equipment, 54, 68, 70; as “therapy,” 188; unbroken takes, 190. See also editing; “previsualization”
Finian’s Rainbow (Coppola film), 44–52, 72, 74, 83, 190, 192; black community and, 228; box-office earnings, 53; as commercial compromise, 89; credits, 354
Firm, The (film), 300
Fishburne, Larry, 174, 217, 232
Fisher, Lucy, 185
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 1, 33, 35, 73, 283
Flynn, Errol, 9, 152
Flynn, Sean, 152
Ford, Harrison, 77, 145, 158
Ford, Henry, 261, 264
Ford, John, 176
Forrest, Frederic, 76, 81, 188, 199, 200, 269
Fox, The (film), 22
Francis Ford Coppola (Johnson), 4
Francks, Don, 46, 50
Frazer, James, 166
Freudianism, 22–23, 25
Friedkin, William, 72, 73
Fritsch, Willy, 15
From Here to Eternity (film), 103
Frost, Robert, 210
Fruchtman, Lisa, 137, 158
Fry, Carol, 297
Galati, Frank, 316
Gallo, Fred, 100
Gallo, Joey, 137
“Gangster as Tragic Hero, The” (Warshow), 128
Garcia, Andy, 133, 137, 141, 142
Gardens of Stone (Coppola film), 171–79, 299, 361
Garfield, Allen, 200
Garr, Terri, 80, 188, 189
Gasso, Michael V., 116
Gayle, Crystal, 187, 195
Gere, Richard, 227, 228, 230, 231; conflict with Coppola, 229, 234; enhanced role in The Cotton Club, 232
Giannini, Giancarlo, 280
Gidget (musical), 319
Gilbey, Ryan, 320
Glover, Danny, 305
Glynn, Carlin, 174
Godfather, The (Coppola film), 3, 33, 90–111, 228, 302; actors in, 10; as cinema classic, 169, 321; as commercial venture, 73; comparison with The Cotton Club, 239, 240; credits, 355; in Library of Congress, 320; Mafia response to, 236; popularity of, 4; scenes foreshadowed in earlier films, 55; screenwriters, 20; success of, 71, 112, 119, 129; violence in, 26
Godfather, The (Puzo novel), 87
Godfather Legacy, The (Lebo), 4
Godfather Papers, The (Puzo), 87
Godfather Part II, The (Coppola film), 71, 73, 98, 113–31, 232; as cinema classic, 169, 321; credits, 356–57; in Library of Congress, 320; preproduction, 80
Godfather Part III, The (Coppola film), 118, 130–2, 283, 300, 362–63
“Godfather Saga, The” (TV mini-series), 129
Godfather Trilogy, The (DVD): Godfather II, 113, 114, 117, 118, 119, 120, 123, 125, 128, 129; Godfather III, 130, 133, 135, 138, 140
“Godfather Waltz, The,” 107
Gods and Monsters (film), 247
Goldblatt, Stephen, 234
Golden Bough, The: A Study of Magic and Religion (Frazer), 166
Gone with the Wind (film), 7, 206, 212
GoodFellas (film), 288
Goodwin, Michael, 44, 80
Goursaud, Anne, 207, 290
“Gower Gulch” studios, 17
Graetz, Paul, 30, 31
Grandma’s Boy (film), 184
Gray Stationwagon, The (uncompleted screenplay), 54
Great Gatsby, The (film), 33–35
Great Gatsby, The (Fitzgerald novel), 73
Greed (film), 75
Greenberg, Gerald, 158
Greene, Adolph, 266
Greene, Graham, 202
Greene, Naomi, 106
Griffith, D. W 201
Grisham, John, 300, 307
Gulf and Western company, 72, 95, 117
Gurion, Paul, 248, 250
Gwynne, Fred, 232, 233
Hall, Albert, 169
Haller, Scott, 189
Hamilton, George, 133
Hammett, Dashiell, 198, 200
Hammett (film), 186, 198–201
Hampton, Howard, 164
Hancock, Barbara, 47
Hanks, Tom, 309
Harburg, E. Y., 46, 50
Harris, Barbara, 250
Harris, Julie, 38, 39, 43
Harrison, Barbara, 137
Hart, James, 283, 285, 287, 296
Hartman, Elizabeth, 38, 39, 44
Harvey, James, 160
Harvey, Rodney, 213
Haskins, James, 226, 227, 233, 241
Hayden, Sterling, 103
“Heart of Darkness” (Conrad novella), 144, 146, 147–48, 1
53, 160; comparison with Apocalypse Now, 167; Coppola as auteur and, 171
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (documentary film), 150, 153, 154, 157, 170–71
Hello Dolly! (musical film), 190
Hepburn, Katharine, 300
Herr, Michael, 159, 300, 303, 307
Hickenlooper, George, 150
High Noon (film), 20
Hill, Jack, 11, 15, 16, 26
Hill, Walter, 320
Hines, Gregory, 227, 228, 230, 231, 235, 243
Hines, Maurice, 232, 243
Hinson, Hal, 297
Hinton, S. E.: The Outsiders and, 203, 204, 206, 208; Rumble Fish and, 214–15, 218, 221, 222, 224, 235
Hirsch, Barry, 154
Hirsch, Foster, 79
Hitchcock, Alfred, 22, 78, 251
Hofstra University, 10, 11, 12, 28, 40, 319; film footage shot at, 55–56; musical show at, 46
Holly, Buddy, 248, 251
Hollywood Auteur: Francis Coppola (Chown), 3
Hollywood film industry: apprenticeships in, 12, 48; artistic integrity and, 7; distribution and, 113; “factory system,” 2; gossip and, 154, 157; lettered rating system, 17, 292, 320; movies made outside of, 54, 57, 65–66; Poverty Row, 17; Screen Writers Guild, 30–31, 205, 268; state of the artist in, 313–23; television’s impact on, 36; university film students and, 48. See also filmmaking; specific studios Hollywood General Studios, 183, 185
Hook (film), 288
Hopkins, Anthony, 289, 290, 292
Hopper, Dennis, 152, 157, 217, 218
Horne, Lena, 229
Horner, William, 65
horror films, 297–98
Hoskins, Bob, 232, 236
Howell, C. Thomas, 209, 213
Hughes, Howard, 269, 274–75
Humoresque (film), 143
Hunt, Helen, 257
Huston, Anjelica, 174
Huston, John, 28
Hyman, Eliot, 45
Hyman, Ken, 45, 46, 53, 56
Immobilare company, 134, 135–36, 138
In the Heat of the Night (film), 113
Irving, Washington, 257, 258
Ishioka, Eiko, 258, 288, 298
Is Paris Burning? (film), 28, 29–31, 37
It Don’t ‘Worry Me (Gilbey), 320
Ivan the Terrible (film), 10
Ivan the Terrible Part II (film), 113
Jack (Coppola film), 9, 307–12, 319, 363–64
Jacobs, Elaine, 230
Jaffe, Stanley, 94, 108
Jakob, Dennis, 11
James, Henry, 73
Jameson, Richard, 193, 196
Johnson, Merle, 116
Johnson, Robert, 4, 62
Jones, Kent, 303, 322
Jones, Le Roi, 54
Julia, Raul, 188, 195
Kael, Pauline: on The Cotton Club, 242; on Finian’s Rainbow, 51; on The Godfather, 91–92, 110, 123–24; on The Godfather II, 120–21, 128; on One from the Heart, 197; on The Rain People, 63