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by Gene D. Phillips


  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

  McCarty, John, 109

  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
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br />   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

 

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