Its a family affair; the cast and crew are full of Coppolas relatives.
His son Roman Coppola was the films second unit director.
Throughout their more-than-six-decade marriage, the Coppolas collaborated closely on creative projects.
Eleanor Coppola chronicled 30 years of her familys life in the memoirNotes on a Life.
Her doctor told her they could remove it with three months of chemotherapy, but she refused the treatment.
She was best known fordirecting making-of documentariesabout her familys movies.
- Eleanor Coppola won an Emmy for directingHearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse.
The Sound Design of Apocalypse Now, andThe Music of Apocalypse Now.
This is likely a parallel to the directors relationship with Eleanor, whose support made his filmmaking career possible.
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