Variety's Nick Vivarelli
reports that while his daughter Sofia has been enjoying/suffering through the mixed reception
Marie Antoinette has been getting at Cannes, Francis Ford Coppola has wrapped production on his first film since 1997's
The Rainmaker.
The film sounds intriguing, and it's bound to be a far cry from John Grisham studio fare -- the 1930s period drama about "an academic forced to become a fugitive" boasts a $5 million budget, a mostly Romanian crew, and the great German actor Bruno Ganz. As a still-awestruck fan of Coppola's early- and mid-career work, I can't wait to see how this turns out, especially after having wacthed the maestro make a passionate defense of independent cinema when he was feted at the Film Society of Lincoln Center a few years back.
Stay tuned....
# posted by Matthew Ross @ 5/25/2006 07:28:00 PM
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Thanks for this news, sounds like Francis Ford Coppola might be on the right track with this film, either way the premise sounds interesting.
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