Word: coppola
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...hours to produce one or two minutes of film. But more impressive than Murch’s work ethic is his creative power to shape a film in new directions not always intended by the director. In the double-murder scene in The Godfather, for example, Francis Ford Coppola had only one demand: no music. In response, Murch independently recorded the sound of an elevated train to accompany the silent footage. By slowly raising the volume of the train’s screeching, he mirrored Michael’s psychological anguish as he strengthens his resolve to kill. The scene...
...evening also served as a unity event for the various branches of the Republican party, including State Rep. Michael J. Coppola (R-Foxboro), one of the few members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives who supported the candidacy of primary lieutenant gubernatorial candidate James Rappoport...
...wrote the story of the Corleone family as a way to make some money when he was broke at the midpoint of his career. Random House hopes the new book will be turned into a movie like the memorable first Godfather film, which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starred Marlon Brando. Proposals for possible story lines are due on Nov. 4, and Karp and the Puzo estate will choose the winner. If they really wanted to make some money, they'd turn the search into a competition and air it in weekly installments on TV. Right after...
...Michael J. Coppola (R-Foxboro), one of Rappaport’s few supporters among the Massachusetts Republican House delegation, predicted he would suffer little legislative fallout from his support for the losing candidate...
...watershed was, of course, Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather films of the 1970s--as much a touchstone within the Mob as without. Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York City mayor (and Mob-movie fan), said in his gangbusting prosecutor days that you could tell the difference between surveillance tapes recorded before and after the Godfather movies came out: the hoods started speaking like characters in the films. The movies that mobsters made possible ended up remaking the mobsters...