Talk:Francis Ford Coppola/Archive 1

Vineyard
Does Coppola sells wine? Mandel 07:19, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)


 * He not only sells wine, he makes it at his own vineyard in the Napa Valley. TOM 17:07, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)

"Tufano" vandalism
Note that edits inserting supposed information about "Marc Tufano" are vandalism and should be reverted on sight. This has affected multiple articles (Robert De Niro, The Beatles, etc. etc.) -- Curps 18:43, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Piero Coppola?
What is Francis Ford Coppola's relation to the conductor/composer Piero Coppola? From what I had understood, he was FF's grand-uncle but I'm not sure. Any help? --El Chileno Chido 03:18, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Deletion of "The Godfather films in popular culture" under consideration
Fans of The Godfather may wish to participate in the AfD debate concerning whether the article The Godfather films in popular culture, which was spun off from this article to keep it from being too unwieldy, should be deleted. That debate can be found here. The article in question provides a place for people to note instances which illustrate the continuing influence of The Godfather and its sequels on films, TV shows and other popular culture media. Ed Fitzgerald 00:40, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Academy Awards
Look at the listing of Academy Award wins and nominations for Coppola. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't The Godfather win for Best Picture and Best Director? IMDB backs me up on this. I think this page needs a thorough accuracy check, if this is any indication. 16 April 2007


 * No, you're wrong, he won Best Screenplay, not director. Cop 633 13:05, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

'Tetro'
...links back to the Francis Ford Coppola page. If theres nothing wikied for 'Tetro' i'll just link to ah... can someone red-link (redirect) it? i'm not sure how. 203.97.49.94 07:40, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Academy Awards
imdb.com lists that Sofia Coppola has won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Lost in Translation. I think that would make her an "Academy Award-winning writer and director" rather than just "Academy Award-nominated". I'll leave it until someone gives some feedback; maybe it looks like she has won for writing and directing, but I think that can be cleared up pretty easily. Dc2011 17:01, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

WP:WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers priority assessment
Per debate and discussion re: assessment of the approximate 100 top priority articles of the project, this article has been included as a top priority article. Wildhartlivie (talk) 10:43, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Why is The Terror (1963 film) excluded from his page?
Shouldn't this film be included at least in mention in that it was one of his earliest film credits and imdb lists him as associate producer of it. Incidentally the wiki page for The Terror (1963 film) also credit Coppola as having acted in this film also which may make an interesting note of his time spent partnering with Roger Corman. CyberCosmiX (talk) 12:24, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Recent Work Overlooked
This article trails off inexplicably after mention of the Godfather III. Some information on Coppola's career in the 1990s and upcoming or prospective projects should be included. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.98.232.219 (talk • contribs).

Agreed. No mention is made of Coppola's series of critical and commercial disappointments throughout the late 1980's and 1990's. No true Coppola biography is complete without reference to the downward spiral that is the most recent third of his storied career. In addition, information about Youth Without Youth should be fleshed out to reflect the film's box office totals and critical reception. 134.69.170.215 (talk) 18:52, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Religion
What is his religion? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.226.35.111 (talk) 06:52, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Awkwardness
In the very first paragraph it states that "he is the only one to win five academy awards". he is the only one what? Only coppola? director? human? It doesnt really make sense —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.239.242.57 (talk) 00:50, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

On the road
I think it is time to add to this article F.F.Copolla's new film "On the Road" based on Jack Kerouac's book. The shooting has already started in Montreal but there is still no information about him directing it.Carlie (talk) 10:37, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

suggested additions to the article.
This needs to be added to this article, even if brief.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koyaanisqatsi#Reception —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gizziiusa (talk • contribs) 10:47, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Coppola's restoration of Abel Gance's 1920s epic silent film on Napoleon should be mentioned. The film toured the U.S. accompanied by an orchestral soundtrack, performed live and conducted by Carmine Coppola.

That is NOT Coppola's restoration. It is KEVIN BROWNLOW'S. JonasEB (talk) 04:12, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Producing Career
Why is Patton (a film he wrote but not direct) given a detailed section, but not certain films he produced? He helped out the career of George Lucas with American Grafitti & THX, Sofia Coppola with her films, and produced a Frankenstein remake after he directed the Dracula remake. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.235.232.88 (talk) 23:02, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Koyaanisqatsi
Francis Ford Coppola's name appears on the top label of this film, but the writing is too small under his name to determine what involvement he had in it [a producer maybe ?]. Koyaanisqatsi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gizziiusa (talk • contribs) 06:44, 26 November 2011 (UTC)


 * According to IMDB Coppola was the executive producer. IMDB is not considered a reliable source (because, like WP, anyone can edit it): but certain things can be trusted from there, for sure. I'd wager that he was the executive producer. Doc   talk  06:49, 26 November 2011 (UTC)


 * At the risk of opening up a huge discussion, I am interested that you say that IMDB is "not considered a reliable source, because anyone can edit it", yet even the Wiki page (IMDB) states that this is not possible. Is it that your comment is perhaps an old one, or is it still Wiki belief that IMDB is self-edited - which it most certainly is not. I say this from experience as my boyfriend has had to repeatedly and formally request IMDB to correct some information that was not included on a film reference and the only way of changing it is to fill out a long, detailed form verifying who you are and your connection to the project etc. and then they take several weeks to correct the info before it appears on-line. Manxwoman (talk) 10:38, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Contact Lawsuit
Coppola had posthumously sued Carl Sagan merely 6 days after the later's death for an alleged breach of contract 20 years before. After a Los Angeles Superiour Court dismissed this case, he even unsuccessfully appealled the suit in the California Courts of Appeal. Such an act of insensitivity, that too, towards an acclaimed scientist and a public figure deserves a mention. User:Binksternet's view that this is "Undue emphasis on a lawsuit which was thrown out" is fallacious. This logic would have been acceptable had it been some lawsuit against Coppola which was thrown out. In the present case, the fact that the case was dismissed twice only proves that it was a meritless suit made by Coppola.

Also note that the present text is NPOV. It is only quoting and citing reliable sources. Regarding the length, the current text is just a copy-edit of the corresponding section of Contact (film) page. Editors are welcome to tailor it to suit this article. However, care should be taken that we are not "sanitizing" Coppola's biography just because he is everyone's favourite director.

Geeteshgadkari (talk) 17:13, 14 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Biographies of living people require as much objectivity and neutrality as possible. Selecting reliable sources and quotes for their inflammatory wording is not neutral. You have chosen to quote angry words rather than limit the bit to the statement of plain facts. That is a violation of WP:NPOV.
 * I have reworded the bit for brevity and plain facts. Binksternet (talk) 17:44, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
 * As stated earlier, the text was copied from Contact article as a place holder for other editors to improve on. The present edit by you seems much better. However, reverting twice was unnecessary. Geeteshgadkari (talk) 17:50, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Per WP:BRD, it was your place to bring the disputed text to the talk page following its initial rejection. Instead, you inserted it two more times, earning this warning from me. The burden of proof is on the person who wants to keep disputed biographical material, not on the person who removes it per NPOV and WP:BLP. Your task was to discuss, not re-add without discussion. Binksternet (talk) 18:21, 14 October 2012 (UTC)