Movies: Francis Ford Coppola

A live, half-hour campaign broadcast for Governor Jerry Brown during the 1980 Democratic primaries—produced by Francis Ford Coppola and staged in Madison, Wisconsin—experimenting with real-time video effects. The production was plagued by technical m...

The life story of ‘Zen Anarchist’ filmmaker John Milius, one of the most influential storytellers of his generation....

The sequel to Lumière! L'aventure commence (Lumière! The Adventure Begins) reveals another hundred Lumière films, all immaculately restored, and aims above all to explore more deeply the history of the invention and affirmation of cinema in the world...

Naive library clerk Bernard Chanticleer moves out of his parents’ home and into a chaotic city full of eccentric landlords, meddling parents, and romantic missteps. Infatuated with a glamorous but manipulative go-go dancer, he learns through heartbre...

A behind-the-scenes documentary by George Lucas about 29-year-old Francis Ford Coppola and his crew creating the 1969 film "The Rain People."...

A video derived from footage Godard kept from his 1981 visit to Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Studios at the time he was making Passion....

Mary Shelley created a monster in 1818, and writers, actors and filmmakers haven't been able to get enough of it ever since. The history of the creature on and off the screen includes clips from Thomas Edison's 1910 filmization to Kenneth Branagh's 1...

Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of Washington Irving’s classic tale about Rip Van Winkle, a carefree villager who wanders into New York’s Catskill Mountains, drinks with mysterious strangers, and falls into a deep sleep—awakening twenty years later...

A Conversation with Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola...

Conversation between Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Sheen about their experiences making Apocalypse Now....

Burroughs takes down a book and reads us the story of Danny the Carwiper, who spends Christmas Day trying to score a fix, but finds the Christmas spirit instead....

Freda lives with her mother, sister and little brother in a popular neighbourhood of Haiti. They survive with their little street food shop. The precariousness and violence of their daily life pushes them to do everything they can to escape their sit...

A personal meditation on Rumble Fish, the legendary film directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1983; the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, where it was shot; and its impact on the life of several people from Chile, Argentina and Uruguay related to film ind...

This 1981 video magazine “For the Man Who Wants More…” contains Monte Hellman’s short portrait of Francis Ford Coppola discussing business and craft at home and on the set of his Zoetrope Studios, “Inside the Coppola Personality” (aka “Coppola: A Pro...

A chronicle of the 1975 International Press Conclave hosted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over two days in May 1975....

In the 1920s, Nick Lansing and Susy Branch, a charming but penniless couple, marry with a scheme to live off their wealthy friends—agreeing to end the union if either finds a more advantageous match....

A look at the debate over same sex marriage in the USA. The reasons behind it are illustrated with real life couples that have run afoul of current laws despite varying levels of planning. Also, the reasons against it are debunked by proponents....

Documentary from the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ – about the costume designs of the film. Featured on the 2-Disc Collector's Edition and Blu-Ray DVDs for Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), released in 2007....

No Cigar (1956) is Francis Ford Coppola’s earliest surviving short film, made when he was a teenager. It follows a lonely man in his apartment as he prepares beans....

Presents what happens to a neighborhood on the Lower East Side in New York City when a Hollywood film crew takes over the area to film part of The Godfather Part 2. Includes interviews with the residents, film director Francis Ford Coppola, and membe...