Francis Ford Coppola

Kennedy Center pays tribute to the Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt, Sandoval and The Apollo

3:17am December 09, 2024

A packed house honored the Grateful Dead, director Francis Ford Coppola, jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt. The venerable Harlem theater The Apollo also was recognized.

France Cannes 2024 Megalopolis Photo Call

‘The movie tells you how to make it’: After decades, Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ is here

7:00am September 28, 2024

“Every movie I make involves passion,” writer and director Francis Ford Coppola says. “The Godfather is very classical. Apocalypse Now is very wild.” His latest, Megalopolis, is a Roman epic – set in New Rome, a futuristic New York City.

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Whatever you’ve heard about 'Megalopolis,' see this gutsy Coppola film for yourself

1:16pm September 26, 2024

Francis Ford Coppola's epic draws parallels between the U.S. and ancient Rome. Forty-some years in the making, it's got wild sex, startling violence, horse-drawn chariots and even nightclub unicorns.

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Grateful Dead, Francis Ford Coppola, Bonnie Raitt on 2024 Kennedy Center Honors list

7:45am July 18, 2024

by Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

The award for lifetime artistic achievements will also recognize jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer Arturo Sandoval. The Apollo Theater will receive a special Honors as "an iconic American institution."

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Filmmaker and Coppola family matriarch Eleanor Coppola dies at 87

6:56pm April 13, 2024

by Chloe Veltman

The documentarian was known for chronicling the movie-making process of family members Francis Ford Coppola and Sofia Coppola.

Maurice Hines, seen in 2005, appeared alongside his younger brother Gregory Hines during the first part of his career.

Arts

Broadway actor, dancer and choreographer Maurice Hines dies at 80

2:29pm December 30, 2023

by Chloe Veltman

Maurice Hines, who started tap dancing at the age of five, starred alongside his late brother Gregory Hines in the 1984 Francis Ford Coppola movie The Cotton Club.

David Shire's Apocalypse Now (The Unused Score) is available now.

Music & Culture

Here's How The Score Of 'Apocalypse Now' Originally Sounded

5:29pm February 03, 2018

by Rick Karr

The original score for the 1979 film was never used because the director, Francis Ford Coppola, had a falling out with the composer, David Shire. The lost music is being released for the first time.