The original meaning of the title Sound Designer, as established by Coppola and Murch, was " an individual ultimately responsible for all aspects of a film's audio track, from the dialogue and sound effects recording to the re-recording ( mix ) of the final track ".

In the DVD audio commentary for The Conversation, director Francis Ford Coppola revealed that Blowup was a major source of inspiration for that film.

Paramount Home Video released Tucker: The Man and His Dream on DVD in October 2000, which included audio commentary by Coppola, the 1948 promotional film Tucker: The Man and the Car ( with optional commentary by Coppola ), as well as a making-of featurette, Under the Hood: Making Tucker.

In the director's commentary on the DVD edition of the film ( released in 2002 ), Coppola states that this film was the first major motion picture to use " Part II " in its title.

On the DVD commentary, Coppola says he was shocked to learn that the film utilized the very same surveillance and wire-tapping equipment that members of the Nixon Administration used to spy on political opponents prior to the Watergate scandal.

Coppola noted in the DVD commentary that Hackman had a very difficult time adapting to the Harry Caul character because it was so much unlike himself.

Coppola also notes on the commentary that Hackman considers this one of his favorite performances.

Coppola discusses his decision to make this the first major motion picture to use " Part II " in its title in the director's commentary on the DVD edition of the film released in 2002.

The Godfather DVD Collection was released on October 9, 2001 in a package that contained all three films — each with a commentary track by Coppola — and a bonus disc that featured a 73-minute documentary from 1991 entitled The Godfather Family: A Look Inside and other miscellany about the film: the additional scenes originally contained in The Godfather Saga ; Francis Coppola's Notebook ( a look inside a notebook the director kept with him at all times during the production of the film ); rehearsal footage ; a promotional featurette from 1971 ; and video segments on Gordon Willis's cinematography, Nino Rota's and Carmine Coppola's music, the director, the locations and Mario Puzo's screenplays.

While writing the screenplay of the thriller film The Conversation ( 1974 ) – also about sound recording – Francis Ford Coppola explained in the DVD commentary to that film that he was inspired by Blow Up.

The DVD version includes a commentary track from both Eleanor and Francis Coppola ( although each was recorded separately ) and a bonus documentary entitled Coda, about Coppola's film Youth Without Youth.

However, on The Godfather Part IIIs DVD commentary, Coppola explains that both he and Puzo had envisioned a fourth part to the saga, one storyline of which would deal with Vincent's reign as head of the Corleone family.

Coppola stated in the film's commentary that Duvall demanded the same salary as Al Pacino ( who portrayed Michael Corleone ).

: Audio commentary with Roman Coppola

He was part of the wave of " New Hollywood " directors, which included William Friedkin, Brian De Palma, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, Michael Cimino, and Francis Ford Coppola.

In 1972, a film adaptation of the novel was released, starring Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone, Al Pacino as Michael Corleone, and directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

Francis Ford Coppola deliberately incorporated elements of Lear in his 1990 sequel The Godfather Part III, including Michael Corleone's attempt to retire from crime throwing his domain into anarchy, and most obviously the death of his daughter in his arms.

Others to win twice in this category include: George Seaton, Robert Bolt ( who also won in two consecutive years ), Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, Alvin Sargent, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Alexander Payne and Michael Wilson.

* Michael " Trigger Mike " Coppola ( 1904-1966 ), a New York City mobster

Later in the century a new generation of directors arose, three of which-Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese and Michael Cimino-became Academy Award winners.

Coppola and Puzo originally wanted the title to be The Death of Michael Corleone.

Michael and Kay ( Diane Keaton ) have been divorced since 1960, and Michael gave her custody of their children, Anthony ( Franc D ' Ambrosio ) and Mary ( Sofia Coppola ).

Michael " Trigger Mike " Coppola, Anthony Strollo, Joe Adonis, and Anthony Carfano all served as caporegimes.

With the help of his top capos, Joe Adonis, Anthony Carfano ( also known as " Little Augie Pisano ") and Michael " Trigger Mike " Coppola, the crime family ran smoothly and undeterred.

* Michael " Trigger Mike " Coppola ( 1900 – 1966 ) Mafioso

* Michael Coppola as Russell Hall

The cast finally quits in the final sketch when Anthony Michael Hall is injured in a war-sketch after Coppola decides to use real bullets to increase the sketch's sense of realism.

Several villains are introduced this season: Poison Ivy ( voiced by Piera Coppola ), a different version of Gearhead ( voiced by Will Friedle ), Maxie Zeus ( voiced by Phil LaMarr ), Toymaker ( voiced by Patton Oswalt ), Prank ( voiced by Michael Reisz ), Temblor ( voiced by Jim Cummings ) and D. A. V. E.

Other collaborations for Marc Jacobs campaigns involved, among others, Winona Ryder, Sofia Coppola, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Stipe, Rufus Wainwright, Harmony Korine, and Roni Horn.

* Michael Coppola " Trigger Mike ", Luciano crime family Capo

American film directors, Paul Thomas Anderson, Joel & Ethan Coen, Francis Ford Coppola, Jonathan Demme, Robert De Niro, Curtis Hanson, Jim Jarmusch, Ang Lee, Richard Linklater, Terrence Malick, Michael Moore, Robert Redford, Martin Scorsese, James Schamus, Paul Schrader, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone and Frederick Wiseman, signed a letter on 30 April 2010 urging Panahi's release.

Later in the film, he breaks down in tears while confessing having ordered Fredo's death to Cardinal Lamberto ( Raf Vallone ), who later becomes Pope John Paul I. Michael's daughter, Mary ( Sofia Coppola ), however, appears to be unsure whether or not Michael was behind Fredo's death ; she asks her cousin and love interest, Vincent Mancini-Corleone ( Andy García ), if it is true, but Vincent says it is " just a story " and changes the subject.

Eventually, Coppola cast Caan in the role and gave De Niro the part of Paulie, but he " traded " him to the film The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight for Al Pacino, who soon got the part of Michael.

However Coppola demanded that the role of Michael be played by Al Pacino instead.

Coppola has stated that Part III was originally planned to feature a split between Michael and Hagen as its central plot, as seeds of dissension were planted in the first two films.

By the time of The Godfather Part III ( set in 1979-82 ), Kay is happily remarried to a prosecutor named Douglas, and Michael has granted them custody of Anthony ( Franc D ' Ambrosio ) and Mary ( Sofia Coppola ).

The Conversation, which Coppola directed, produced and wrote, was released that same year, winning the Palme d ' Or at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival.

Coppola was born in Detroit, Michigan, to a family of Italian ancestry ( his paternal grandparents were immigrants from Bernalda, Basilicata ).

His parents were Italia ( née Pennino ) and Carmine Coppola, who was the first flautist for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

He was the second of three children ( his older brother was August Coppola and younger sister is actress Talia Shire ).

While pursuing his bachelor's degree, Coppola was elected president of The Green Wig ( the university's drama group ), the Kaleidoscopians, ( its musical comedy club ) and he then merged the two into The Spectrum Players.

While a graduate student, one of his teachers was Dorothy Arzner, whose encouragement Coppola later acknowledged as pivotal to his film career.

Coppola was hired as an assistant by Roger Corman.

However, fame was still eluding him, and partly out of desperation, Coppola bought the rights to the David Benedictus novel You're a Big Boy Now and fused it with a story idea of his own, resulting in You're a Big Boy Now ( 1966 ).

Following the success of You're a Big Boy Now, Coppola was offered the reins of the movie version of the Broadway musical Finian's Rainbow, starring Petula Clark, in her first American film, and veteran Fred Astaire.

It was written, directed and initially produced by Coppola himself, though as the movie advanced, he fell short of his budget and the studio had to underwrite the remainder of the movie.

While touring Europe, Coppola was introduced to alternative filmmaking equipment and inspired by the bohemian spirit of Lanterna Film.

However, it was not easy for Coppola to convince Franklin J. Schaffner that the opening scene would work.

There was disagreement between Paramount and Coppola on the issue of casting ; Coppola stuck to his plan of casting Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone, though Paramount wanted either Ernest Borgnine or Danny Thomas.

At one point, Coppola was told by the then-president of Paramount that " Marlon Brando will never appear in this motion picture ".

After pleading with the executives, Coppola was allowed to cast Brando only if he appeared in the film for much less salary than his previous films, perform a screen-test, and put up a bond saying that he would not cause a delay in the production ( as he had done on previous film sets ).

Although Coppola insisted that this was purely coincidental, for not only was the script for The Conversation completed in the mid-1960s ( before the election of Richard Nixon ) but the spying equipment used in the film was discovered through research and the use of technical advisers and not, as many believed, by revelatory newspaper stories about the Watergate break-in.

The movie was a critical success, and won Coppola his first Palme d ' Or at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival.

According to Coppola, the studio's objection stemmed from the belief that audiences would be reluctant to see a film with such a title, as the audience would supposedly believe that, having already seen The Godfather, there was little reason to see an addition to the original story.

It was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and received 6 Oscars, including 3 for Coppola: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director.

Coppola said that all the advice Corman offered was " Don't go ".