Godfather

  USC film school, 62, 66, 67, 144

  Valone, Raf, 136

  Variety magazine, 17, 21, 26, 257

  Veiller, Anthony, 30, 31

  Venice Film Festival, 320

  Verdon, Gwen, 232

  Vicario, John, 23

  Vidal, Gore, 30, 31, 37

  videotape, 64, 174, 189, 207

  Vietnam War, 69, 142, 143, 156, 171, 173

  Vincent, Elizabeth, 14

  violence, cinematic: in The Cotton Club, 240–41; in Dementia 13, 26; in The Godfather, 101, 109; in The Godfather III, 139–40; in The Rainmaker, 305

  Virgin Suicides, The (film), 319

  Voight, Jon, 301, 307

  Von Stroheim, Erich, 75

  Wagner, Fritz Arno, 298

  Waits, Tom, 187, 195, 197, 294

  Wallach, Eli, 139

  Wallens, Michele, 160

  Walt Disney Pictures, 279, 281, 307

  Warner, Jack, 45, 192

  Warner Brothers, 27, 37, 45, 313; Apocalypse Now and, 143; directorial freedom and, 46; name changes, 66–67; The Outsiders and, 207, 208–9; Pinocchio lawsuit and, 316, 317; Script Repository, 205; as Warner Communications, Inc., 67

  Warners-Seven, 38, 44, 45, 49, 56, 73; American Zoetrope and, 68–69; Coppola’s trade-off with, 83; Lucas and, 51, 57; money lent to Coppola, 71; young directors and, 53. See also Seven Arts

  Warshow, Robert, 128

  “Waste Land” (Eliot poem), 163

  Waters, Ethel, 229

  Welles, Orson, 30, 44, 265, 274

  Wells, Frank, 68, 69, 71

  Wenders, Wim, 186, 198–201

  West, Red, 307

  West Side Story (musical film), 219

  Wexler, Haskell, 75–76

  Whale, James, 247

  White, Roger, 262

  Whitworth, Johnny, 304, 307

  Wide Open Spaces, The (nudie film), 13, 14

  Wilder, Billy, 176

  Wilder, Thornton, 249, 251

  Wild One, The (film), 220

  Wilkinson, June, 15, 16

  Williams, Cindy, 76

  Williams, Robin, 308–9, 311

  Williams, Tennessee, 10, 20, 28–29, 53

  Willis, Gordon: The Cotton Club and, 233; The Godfather and, 97–98, 99, 100, 235, 318; The Godfather II and, 116, 117, 118; The Godfather III and, 132

  Wilmington, Michael, 141, 307, 312

  Wise, Naomi, 44, 80

  Witty, Stephen, 310

  Wizard ofOz, The (film), 46, 50

  Wolf, Leonard, 284

  Wood, Natalie, 29

  Wright, Teresa, 301, 307

  Writing with Light (Storaro), 168

  Wynn, Keenan, 46, 50

  Yablans, Frank, 73, 108

  Young Racers, The (film), 20–21, 23, 26, 56, 214

  You’re a Big Boy Now (Benedictus novel), 36–37, 40

  You’re a Big Boy Now (Coppola film), 9, 10, 37–44, 47, 70–71; box-office returns, 69; at Cannes International Film Festival, 54; comparison with Jack, 312; Coppola’s career intentions and, 72; credits, 354; dress rehearsals and, 290; editor of, 100; financing of, 56; location filming and, 58, 59, 75; reviews, 63; Warners backing for, 67

  Ziesmer, Jerry, 151–52, 154–55, 169, 171, 191

  Zinnemann, Fred, 103

  Zinner, Peter, 100, 106, 107, 116, 120

  Zoetrope Studios. See American Zoetrope

  Zolotin, Adam, 310, 311

  Zuniga, Frank, 13