{"product_id":"coppola-isbn-9780306805981","title":"Coppola","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Cowie's cinematically literate biography balances a vivid portrait of Francis Ford Coppola with jargon-free analysis of his films.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBy 1982 Francis Ford Coppola had won five Academy Awards; at the same time he was over 20 million in debt following the disastrous failure of \u003ci\u003eOne from the Heart. \u003c\/i\u003eThis astute biography critically examines Coppola's singular vision and why it makes such paradoxes not only possible but prevalent in his long turbulent career. At the age of 32 Coppola became a superstar in Hollywood with \u003ci\u003eThe Godfather,\u003c\/i\u003e which rapidly climbed to the top of the all-time box-office hits. Two years later he won the coveted Palme d'Or at the Cannes festival for \u003ci\u003eThe Conversation.\u003c\/i\u003e His savage epic of the Vietnam War, \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Now, \u003c\/i\u003eestablished him as the most daring, brilliant filmmaker of his generation. This book not only goes behind the cameras to track the creative and financial turmoil involved in his productions, but offers perceptive analyses of his films, including all three parts of \u003ci\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/i\u003e and the visually stunning remake of \u003ci\u003eDracula.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBased on three years of research and exclusive interviews with the subject, \u003ci\u003eCoppola\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the director's rise to prominence, his personal tragedies, intermittent failures, and resurgent successes with telling insights into the shaping of his artistic sensibility. This is a spirited, penetrating study of a man whose films have a strange way of mirroring his own sometimes tempestuous life.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44891023769829,"sku":"NP9780306805981","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/f0a2703b-2ab3-4153-84ae-aab601219417.jpg?v=1767852441","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/coppola-isbn-9780306805981","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}