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Francis Ford Coppola
Early years
…with a brain injury (James Caan) and a Nebraska policeman (Robert Duvall). Warner Brothers had tied its financing of The Rain People to another project from Coppola’s fledgling Zoetrope Productions, THX 1138, directed by his friend George Lucas. Disappointed by the box-office results of Coppola’s film and unimpressed by…
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…with a brain injury (James Caan) and a Nebraska policeman (Robert Duvall). Warner Brothers had tied its financing of The Rain People to another project from Coppola’s fledgling Zoetrope Productions, THX 1138, directed by his friend George Lucas. Disappointed by the box-office results of Coppola’s film and unimpressed by…
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Howard Hawks
Final films
…The Crowd Roars), although then-unknown James Caan is well cast as the troubled hero. El Dorado (1967), with Caan, Wayne, and Robert Mitchum, was either a sequel to or a remake of Rio Bravo, with Mitchum in Martin’s role. Rio Lobo (1970), yet another variation on the formula, found Wayne…
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…The Crowd Roars), although then-unknown James Caan is well cast as the troubled hero. El Dorado (1967), with Caan, Wayne, and Robert Mitchum, was either a sequel to or a remake of Rio Bravo, with Mitchum in Martin’s role. Rio Lobo (1970), yet another variation on the formula, found Wayne…
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The Godfather
Plot
Vito’s eldest son, Sonny (James Caan), is gunned down, and the violence eventually reaches Michael when his Sicilian wife is killed during an attempt on his life.
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Vito’s eldest son, Sonny (James Caan), is gunned down, and the violence eventually reaches Michael when his Sicilian wife is killed during an attempt on his life.
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