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Logo (January 8, 2002-February 3, 2004) Visuals: A close-up of the American Zoetrope radio tower is shown, with "AMERICAN ZOETROPE" at the top. On the upper right is: Compressed and Authored at the. American Zoetrope DVD Lab. San Francisco. "www.zoetrope.com" is on the lower left. Technique: A still digital graphic.
Saturday, February 19 1 PM. Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, Eleanor Coppola. United States, 1991. Watch as Francis Ford Coppola and crew storm and blunder through the Philippines during the making of Apocalypse Now. This documentary, crafted from Eleanor Coppola’s home movies, is a work of “fascinating, harrowing film history” (Roger Ebert).
Signature. Francis Ford Coppola ( / ˈkoʊpələ / KOH-pə-lə, [1] [2] [3] Italian: [ˈkɔppola]; born 7 April 1939) [4] is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the leading figures of the New Hollywood film movement of the 1960s and 1970s and is widely considered one of the greatest directors of all time.
Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas and many others discuss the history, troubles, and legacy of American Zoetrope.
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American Zoetrope (also known as Zoetrope Studios from 1979 until 1990) is a privately run American film studio, centered in San Franciscoand founded by Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas. Opened on December 12, 1969,[1] the studio has produced not only the films of Coppola (including Apocalypse Now, Bram Stoker's "Dracula" and Tetro), but also George Lucas's pre-Star Wars films (THX 1138, American Graffiti), as well as many others by avant-gardedirectors such as Jean-Luc Godard, Akira Kurosa
George Lucas. Writer: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. George Walton Lucas, Jr. was raised on a walnut ranch in Modesto, California. His father was a stationery store owner and he had three siblings. During his late teen years, he went to Thomas Downey High School and was very much interested in drag racing. He planned to become a professional racecar driver. However, a terrible car accident just...
American Zoetrope managed to thrive, but in the early year, which is explored, the studio had a very rocky start, luckily all those that were involved in that original idea all became prominent figures in film. This is a terrific documentary that will surely interest any film buff.
