Coppolas, 10/17.

First, an online viewing tip. "Jaman is pleased to offer The Conversation, Francis Ford Coppola's award-winning 1974 paranoia masterpiece starring Gene Hackman."

Gordon Coates has seen the 289-minute work print of Apocalypse Now and reports in the Guardian: "Scenes that, with expert editing, would become tense and compelling simply drift along aimlessly, interesting only to anoraks for the extra line of dialogue here and there. There are, however, gems amid the mass of footage, which leave the viewer wondering how Coppola could have taken the scissors to them."

"WTTW National Prods has partnered with Roman Coppola's Directors Bureau to launch Mission to Planet 429, a mixed-media comedy adventure series for kids 6-9 debuting at MIPCOM this week," reports Ryan Ball for Animation Magazine. "The property will be available as a series of 104 11-minute episodes or 52 half hours for US public television and other media platforms worldwide in 2010."

For the International Herald Tribune, Suzy Menkes talks with Sofia Coppola about her new fashion line: "The shoes are elegant and comfortable. And when they go on sale next spring, after a launch party in Tokyo in December, they will show another facet of the quintessentially cool pop culture icon."

"Livonia's Madonna University has landed director and actor Christopher Coppola - the nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola and brother of actor Nicholas Cage - for its faculty," reports John Smyntek in the Detroit Free Press. "He's an adjunct assistant professor in the broadcast and cinema arts program."

Earlier: "The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration."

Posted by dwhudson at October 17, 2008 9:11 AM