Kaiser, Henry, 117
Karate Kid, The (film), 213
Karatz, Abe, 269, 273, 275
Kastner, Peter, 37, 38, 39, 41, 44
Kaufman, Victor, 171
Kazan, Elia, 88, 96, 302
Kazan, Lainie, 10, 195
Keaton, Diane, 106, 116, 132
Kefauver, Senator, 88, 95, 124
Keitel, Harvey, 150, 151
Kelly, Gene, 187, 190
Kennedy, John F., 130
Kennedy, William, 231–32, 234, 235, 237
Kenney, Donald, 13, 15
Kerner, Otto, 263
Kershner, Irvin, 73
Kestner, Steve, 100
Kid Stays in the Picture, The (documentary film), 108, 230
Kilar, Wojciech, 289
Killer’s Kiss (film), 42
King, Morgana, 122
Kingpin (television series), 318
Kinney National Service, 67
Kinski, Nastassia, 188, 190, 195
Kirby, Bruno, 117
Kirby, William, 263
Kleinhans, Chuck, 3
Klute (film), 97
Knight, Shirley, 54, 55, 57, 61, 63
Korshak, Sidney, 93
Korty, John, 64
Kubrick, Stanley, 11, 41–42, 288
Kuze, Evelyn Griffith, 201
Landau, Martin, 269
Landon, Joseph, 45–46
Lane, Burton, 46
Lane, Diane, 211, 217, 232, 236, 308
Lansky, Meyer, 116
Last Picture Show, The (film), 17
Laszlo, Andrew, 40–41
Lathrop, Philip, 200
Lebo, Harlan, 4, 104, 107, 141
Legends of the Fall (film), 301
Leichtling, Jerry, 248, 249
Lettieri, Al, 103
Levant, Oscar, 241
Levy, Michael, 172
Lewis, Jon, 185, 207, 243
liberal politics, 47, 51
“Life without Zoe” (Coppola short film), 279–81, 307, 308, 362
Lindsay, John, 39
Lipset, Hal, 74
Little Boy Blue (film), 63
Lloyd, Harold, 184
Locatelli, Albert, 15, 23
Lopez, Jennifer, 309
Lost in Translation (film), 323
Lovell, Dyson, 233
Lovett, Robert, 238
Lowe, Rob, 206, 209
Lucas, George, 51–52, 186; American Zoetrope and, 64, 66, 67, 68, 89–90, 266; Apocalypse Now and, 143, 144–45, 157; on artistic independence, 72; “Black Thursday” and, 71; failed film of, 201; on friendship with Coppola, 192; on The Godfather II, 119; independent film company of, 184; The Rain People and, 55, 56, 57, 62; Tucker: The Man and His Dream and, 265, 266–68, 271–72
Luciano, Charles “Lucky,” 240
Lugosi, Bela, 9, 285, 287, 290
Macchio, Ralph, 206, 209, 213
Macksey, Richard, 267
Madden, Owney, 229, 232, 240
Madonna, 140
Mafia: The Cotton Club and, 227, 232, 236–37, 240; in Cuba, 117; The Godfather and, 71, 83, 87–88, 91, 93, 103, 109, 111; The Godfather II and, 121, 123; on The Sopranos, 318; Vatican Bank scandal and, 131, 134, 135–36, 138
Magee, Patrick, 23, 24, 25
Magnolia (film), 247
Malkin, Barry: Apocalypse Now and, 158; The Cotton Club and, 234, 238–39; Gardens of Stone and, 174, 176; The Godfather II and, 116, 120; The Godfather III and, 137; “Godfather Saga” and, 129; Jack and, 308; “Life without Zoe” and, 279, 281; Peggy Sue Got Married and, 250, 251, 254; The Rainmaker and, 301; The Rain People and, 56, 57, 63; Rumble Fish and, 216, 218–19, 225
Maltin, Leonard, 199
Mancuso, Frank, 130, 131
Mantegna, Joe, 137
Marcos, Ferdinand, 150, 155, 172
Marks, Richard, 120, 150, 158, 159
Marley, John, 102
Marquand, Christian, 170
Marshall, Penny, 248
Martino, Al, 102
Marx Brothers, 232
Masterson, Mary Stuart, 174
Masterson, Peter, 174
Mathison, Melissa, 118, 154, 158
McCarthy, Frank, 31
McCarthy, Todd, 310
McClelland, Senator, 124
McComb, Heather, 279
McCullers, Carson, 28
McDonald, William, 125
McKean, Michael, 309, 310
McKee, Leonette, 232
McKellen, Ian, 247
Megalopolis (planned Coppola film), 322
Merhige, Elias, 298
Meyers, Lt. Col. John, 173
MGM-UA studio, 320
Milius, John: American Zoetrope and, 65, 143; Apocalypse Now Redux and, 170, 171; production of Apocalypse Now and, 146–48, 150, 155, 159; script for Apocalypse Now, 67, 143–46, 165
Miller, Barry, 254
Misakian, Ellen, 202
Mrs. Miniver (film), 301
Mitchel, Mary, 24
Mit Eva Fing Die Sünde (Sin Began with Eve) (German film), 14, 15
More American Graffiti (film), 201
Morgen, Brett, 108–9, 230
Morgenstern, Joseph, 44
Murch, Walter: American Zoetrope and, 65, 184; Apocalypse Now and, 150, 151, 158–59; Apocalypse Now Redux and, 169; “Black Thursday” and, 71; The Conversation and, 75, 78, 80, 81–82; The Godfather and, 103, 107; The Godfather II and, 117, 120; The Godfather III and, 132, 134, 137; The Rain People and, 62, 63; THX 1138 and, 68
Murnau, F. W., 284, 291, 298
Murphy, Kathleen, 107
Murray, Bill, 323
Murray, Don, 250
music, use of: Apocalypse Now, 164, 165; Bram Stoker’s Dracula, 289; The Cotton Club, 233, 238, 241, 250; The Godfather, 106, 107; The Godfather II, 122; The Godfather III, 138; One from the Heart, 187, 192, 195; The Outsiders, 212–13; Peggy Sue Got Married, 250, 251; The Rainmaker, 301, 307; Rumble Fish, 216–17, 225; Tucker: The Man and His Dream, 266, 272
musical genre, 44.45, 46, 47
My Fair Lady (musical film), 45
Nadeau, Gary, 307
Nazarian, Anahid, 270
Nebo Zowet (The Heavens Call) (Russian film), 18
Nedd, Priscilla, 271
Neil, Eleanor, 23
Nelson, George, 155
New Line Cinema, 316
New York City, 8, 10; The Conversation and, 75–76; the Godfather films and, 93, 115, 118, 119, 136–37; You’re a Big Boy Now and, 39, 40
New York Film Festival, 219, 223, 224, 256, 265
New York Stories (omnibus film), 278–81, 307
Night of the Following Day, The (film), 94
Nobody Waved Goodbye (film), 37
North, Edmund, 32
Norton, Edward, 302
Nosferatu (film), 284–85, 298
Novello, Don, 280
Noyce, Phillip, 170
nudie films, 12–17, 18, 19
O’Connor, Kevin J., 254
Oldman, Gary, 289, 290
O’Neal, Griffin, 174, 175
O’Neal, Ryan, 174
One from the Heart (Coppola film), 10, 184, 185, 187–98, 204, 207; budget overrun, 188, 191, 218, 231, 315; commercial failure of, 266, 315; comparison with Rumble Fish, 222; comparison with Tucker: The Man and His Dream, 273–74; credits, 357–58; studio employees’ wages and, 234; test screening, 192–94, 238
O’Neill, Eugene, 10
One Tough Cop (film), 112
Organization, The (film), 113–14
Orion Pictures, 227, 235, 237, 238, 241, 243
Ortega, Kenny, 187, 189
Osborne, Barrie, 237
Oscars (awards and nominations), 32, 38, 71, 83, 110; Apocalypse Now, 168; Bram Stoker’s Dracula and, 298; the Godfather films, 125, 128, 129, 130; Peggy Sue Got Married, 256
O’Sullivan, Maureen, 250
Our Town (Wilder play), 249
Outsiders, The (Coppola film), 8, 11, 201, 203–14, 268; comparison with Jack, 31
2; credits, 358; editing of, 290; success of, 256, 281
Outsiders, The (Hinton novel), 202–3
Ozer, Jerome, 197
Pacino, Al, 322; Apocalypse Now and, 150; in The Godfather, 95, 96–97, 103, 104, 107, 133, 316; in The Godfather II, 116, 117, 129, 154, 321; in The Godfather III, 132
Page, Geraldine, 38, 39, 43
Palme d’Or prize, 83, 161
Pan, Hermes, 48–49, 190
Paramount Pictures, 29, 33, 142, 226, 313; The Godfather and, 71, 83, 88, 89, 90, 92, 94, 96, 100, 315; The Godfather II and, 113, 114, 117, 119; The Godfather III and, 130–31, 137; One from the Heart and, 191, 193, 194; Script Repository, 104, 127, 268; Tucker: The Man and His Dream and, 267, 268; Vatican and, 135
Patch of Blue, A (film), 38
Patton, Bart, 24, 55
Patton, Gen. George S., 31
Patton (Coppola film), 31–33, 70, 83, 89, 165, 172
Pechter, William, 110
Peeper, The (early Coppola film), 12–13, 14
Peggy Sue Got Married (Coppola film), 4, 248–57, 259, 315; commercial success of, 260; comparison with Jack, 308, 312; credits, 360; success of, 281
Penn, Arthur, 104
Pennino, Francesco (grandfather of FFC), 115
Phillips, William, 157
Pilma, Pilma (early Coppola screenplay), 19–20, 63
Place, Mary Kay, 307
Playroom, The (Broadway play), 38
Poe, Edgar Allan, 283
Pollack, Dale, 68
Pollack, Sidney, 28, 29
Powell, Michael, 184, 199
Preminger, Otto, 307
“previsualization,” 189, 190, 207, 217, 233
production schedules, 45, 207
production values, 25
Proffitt, Nicholas, 172, 173
Prophet, Melissa, 236
Psycho (film), 22, 78
Puzo, Mario, 71, 87–88, 90, 91, 92; The Cotton Club and, 227, 228, 229, 241; The Godfather and, 94, 95–96, 102, 109; The Godfather II and, 114–15, 125, 126; The Godfather III and, 131, 132; Sinatra and, 103; working relationship with Coppola, 93, 110, 279
Quiet American, The (film), 170
Radin, Roy, 230
Raft, George, 239
Raging Bull (film), 17
Rainmaker, The (Coppola film), 4, 301–8, 364
Rainmaker, The (Grisham novel), 300
Rain People, The (Coppola film), 53, 54–64, 192; American Zoetrope and, 65–66; box-office failure of, 89; comparison with One from the Heart, 196; comparison with Peggy Sue Got Married, 251; comparison with Rumble Fish, 221; credits, 354–55; financing of, 83; original screenplay for, 72; sound track, 65; unknowing “extras” in, 57, 76; Warners backing for, 67
Ramsey, Peter, 289
Real Gangs of New York, The (TV documentary), 15
Rebel without a Cause (film), 206, 212
Red Dawn (film), 213
Redford, Robert, 29, 33, 34
Reed, Carol, 82
Reeves, Keanu, 289
Reflections in a Golden Eye (novel and film), 28
Remar, James, 232
Reynolds, William, 100, 102, 106, 107
Rheault, Col. Robert, 144–45
Riesenberger, George, 258
Riley, Brooks, 146
“Rip Van Winkle” (Coppola cable-TV film), 257–60, 281, 288, 360
Risky Business (film), 213
Ritt, Martin, 88
Riverrun (film), 64
Roberts, Julia, 140
Robinson, Bill “Bojangles,” 229
Rocco, Alex, 106
Rommel, Field Marshal, 32
Rope (play), 10
Rosenbaum, Jonathan, 307, 317
Rosenman, Leonard, 212
Ross, Lillian, 189, 191, 204–5
Ross, Steve, 66–67
Rostant, Edmond, 10
Rota, Nino, 107, 117, 129
Rothstein, Edward, 91
Rourke, Mickey, 217, 224, 301–2, 303, 307
Rowell, Kathleen, 204, 205
Ruddy, Albert, 90, 92, 93, 94, 108
Rumble Fish (Coppola film), 11, 214–25, 233; commercial failure of, 231; comparison with Jack, 312; comparison with Peggy Sue Got Married, 254, 256; credits, 358–59
Rumble Fish (Hinton novel), 213–14
Russell, Ken, 183
Russo, Gianni, 101
Ryan, John P., 258, 259
Ryder, Winona, 140, 141, 283, 289
Samuel Goldwyn Award, 19–20, 27, 63
Sanders, Thomas, 288, 291
San Sebastian International Film Festival, 64
Sante, Luc, 115
Sarner, Arlene, 248, 249
Sayyah, Victor, 231, 235, 236
Scantelbury, Glenn, 290
Scarface (film), 239
Schaffner, Franklin, 32
Schanzer, Karl, 13, 24
Schatz, Leslie, 298
Scheider, Roy, 301
Schickel, Richard, 3
Schlesinger, John, 36, 183
Schreck, Max, 284–85, 298
Schulman, Arnold, 268, 270–71
Schultz, Dutch (Arthur Flegenheimer), 232, 239, 240, 242
Schumacher, Michael, 4
Schwartzman, Jason, 319
science-fiction genre, 298
Scorpio Rising (film), 210
Scorsese, Martin, 17, 65, 226, 229, 278, 288
Scott, George C., 32
Scott, Jay, 277
Scott, Ridley, 250
screenplays, 4, 27–31; Apocalypse Now, 146–47, 148, 149, 159, 161; Bram Stoker’s Dracula, 287; The Conversation, 74–75, 80–81, 83; The Cotton Club, 228, 229, 230–31, 234, 241; Gardens of Stone, 173; The Godfather, 90, 110; The Godfather II, 114–15; The Godfather III, 131, 132; Jack, 307, 308; “Life without Zoe,” 279; One from the Heart, 187; The Outsiders, 205, 209; Peggy Sue Got Married, 249; The Rainmaker, 302, 304; Rumble Fish, 215; Tucker: The Man and His Dream, 268
Screen Writers Guild, 30–31, 205, 268
Seidler, David, 268
Selznick, David O., 7, 240–41
Seven Arts, 27, 28, 30, 36; Coppola’s parting with, 31; merged with Warner Brothers, 37, 45. See also Warners-Seven
sex, cinematic, 25, 41, 42–43, 249
Shadow of a Doubt (film), 251
Shadow of the Vampire (film), 298
Shatner, William, 20
Sheen, Joseph, 154
Sheen, Martin, 151, 152, 154, 157, 170, 208
Shining, The (film), 288
Shire, David, 82
Shire, Talia Coppola (sister of Francis), 8, 10, 82, 319; in The Godfather, 95–96, 101; The Godfather II and, 116, 124, 125, 126; The Godfather III and, 131, 132, 141; “Life without Zoe” and, 279, 280; in “Rip Van Winkle,” 258, 259
shotgun microphones, 73, 76
Siegel, Bugsy, 109
Sight and Sound (journal), 142
Silence of the Lambs (film), 17
Sinatra, Frank, 103, 239
Sindona, Michele, 135, 139
Singer, Jack, 191, 198, 298
Siskel, Gene, 162, 255, 311
Skager, Mona, 57, 66, 185, 188, 191
Sketch Book (Irving), 257
Slater, Christian, 277
Sleepy Hollow (film), 9
Smith, Nicholas, 290
Smith, William, 221
Smuin, Michael, 219, 233
Sommer, Edith, 28, 29
Sopranos, The (television series), 27, 318
sound effects, 62, 103
Spader, James, 320
Spano, Vincent, 217, 224
Spielberg, Steven, 87, 288
Spindel, Bernard, 74
Spiotta, Robert, 10, 185, 191, 192
Spradling, G. D., 116, 150
Sragow, Michael, 106
Stanton, Harry Dean, 195, 258, 259
Stark, Ray, 29, 30, 37, 248, 256
Star Wars (film), 145, 192, 298
State of Things, The (film), 200
Steele, Tommy, 46, 49, 51
Steiner, Max, 206
Stockton, Col. John, 150
Stockwell, Dean, 269
Stoker, Bram, 283–84
Storaro, Vittorio: Apocalypse Now and, 150, 153, 167, 168; “Life without Zoe” and, 279; One from the Heart and, 187, 190, 194, 197; Tucker: The Man and His Dream and, 269, 272, 276
Strasberg, Lee, 116, 232
Streetcar Named Desire, A (play), 10
Stross, Raymond, 22, 23
studio executives, Coppola’s conflicts with: The Cotton Club and, 232–33, 237, 238–39; The Godfather and, 92–93, 95–96, 99–100, 157, 228; One from the Heart and, 194; Pinocchio and, 316–17; Rumble Fish and, 223
Sturges, Preston, 29
Sunset Boulevard (film), 176
Supernova (film), 320
Swayze, Patrick, 23, 206, 209
Sweeney, D. B., 174, 178
Sylbert, Richard, 231, 235
Tavoularis, Dean, 184, 288; Apocalypse Now and, 150, 151, 156; Gardens of Stone and, 174; The Godfather and, 97, 99; The Godfather II and, 116–17, 118; The Godfather III and, 132; Jack and, 308; “Life without Zoe” and, 279; One from the Heart and, 187–88, 197; The Outsiders and, 205–6, 207; Peggy Sue Got Married and, 250; Rumble Fish and, 215, 216, 217–18, 224; Tucker: The Man and His Dream and, 268–69, 270, 272
technology, Coppola’s fascination with, 9
television, 44, 64, 314
Ten Days That Shook the World (film), 10, 12
Tepes, Vlad, 284, 285–86
Terry, Bridget, 257
Thief of Bagdad (film), 184
Third Man, The (film), 82
This Property Is Condemned (play and film), 28–29
Thompson, Kay, 279
Thomson, David, 157
THX 1138 (film), 67–69, 89, 143
Tibaldi, Antonio, 63
Timm, Larry, 289
Toll, John, 301, 302, 308
Tonight for Sure (early Coppola film), 13–14, 16, 17, 25, 26; credits, 353; financing of, 94
Torn, Rip, 38, 39, 43
Touchstone Pictures, 279, 281
Towne, Robert, 20, 104–5
Tri-Star Pictures, 171, 248
Tschelitstcheff, André, 318
Tucker, Preston, 261–64
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (Coppola film), 4, 264–78, 361–62
Tune, Tommy, 190
Turner, Kathleen, 248–49, 250, 251, 256, 257, 319
Twentieth-Century Fox, 185
Two Christophers, The (early Coppola film), 19
Umgelter, Fritz, 15, 16
“Under the Hood” (documentary film), 264, 267
unions, 62
United Artists, 154, 155, 160–61, 193
Universal Pictures, 73, 215, 217, 285
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), 11–12, 16, 17, 19, 48; American Zoetrope and, 66; Coppola’s friends from, 23, 202, 206; George Lucas at, 51; Research Library, 146, 148; Samuel Goldwyn Award and, 63