Tag Archives: Francis Ford Coppola

“Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.”

Posted on February 28, 2014 by sheila

My second piece for Epicurious on food and film, this one on The Godfather.

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Sergio Leone presents:

Posted on July 18, 2009 by sheila

Professor Serverus Snape’s Sorcerer-Tastic, Muggalicious Mid-Summer Movie Quiz. Long anticipated. Questions are awesome, thought-provoking (your SECOND favorite Francis Ford Coppola movie? Love it!) – and the answers are even better. I was unable to participate in the last two quizzes … Continue reading →

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Through the Fishtank: Mickey Rourke in The Rainmaker

Posted on December 27, 2008 by sheila

Francis Ford Coppola directed Mickey Rourke in Rumblefish in 1983. In 1997, Coppola put the by-then-fallen Mickey Rourke in The Rainmaker, where he played the sleazy lawyer Bruiser Stone. There is something about Mickey Rourke’s career that loops back in … Continue reading →

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S.E. Hinton and Her “Rumble Fish”

Posted on December 8, 2008 by sheila

The author of Rumble Fish, during the filming of the movie, staring through the fishtank.

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The Weird Wonderful Look of Rumble Fish

Posted on December 8, 2008 by sheila

I’m saving up all my big talking for the piece I’m working on about Mickey Rourke right now, but I saw Rumble Fish in high school (it was the big Matt Dillon – S.E. Hinton collaboration that swept the nation, … Continue reading →

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The Books: “The Kid Stays In the Picture” (Robert Evans)

Posted on August 14, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir: The Kid Stays in the Picture: A Notorious Life, by Robert Evans You want to know how Hollywood works? Read this book. Read the story of a man who RAN Hollywood for a good decade, … Continue reading →

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The Books: “Brando: The Biography” (Peter Manso)

Posted on August 8, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir: Brando: The Biography, by Peter Manso Peter Manso has an opinion about Marlon Brando, and it colors this entire book – which is 10,000 pages long – so that’s a long time to stick with … Continue reading →

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