francis ford coppola. here is a clip where the extraordinary director talks about how he got his first big break. why did you get the directing job? you weren t a famous movie director at that time. i was the opposite. first of all, there had been a movie a year or so before the god father called the brotherhood with curt douglas, and it was a big flop. and the brotherhood was a gangster movie. paramount had this funny thing they had picked up from mario puzo, but started to be a big best seller book. so they knew they had a potential with it. but they decided, like many people, that usually italians, gangsters were portrayed by jewish actors.
with a little help. and to support my family s immune health, i choose airborne. unlike some others, airborne gives you vitamin c and so much more. it s an 8 in 1 immune support formula. airborne. do more. the gps team is taking a much deserved break until january. but do not fret. in its place, you can watch some of the work i m proudest this year. for the next two sundays we ll be running my film series extraordinary. christmas morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern, catch my hour with francis ford coppola. here is a clip where the extraordinary director talks about how he got his first big break. why did you get the directing job? you weren t a famous movie director at that time. i was the opposite. first of all, there had been a
where you kind of get the crappier roles like, the rolesjust weren t as well written, as well developed. it would just be very hard to kind of put kind of your comedy or yourjokes sometimes into it if you didn t have any power. so what i did is i used all those experiences in a positive way and, like, learned stuff from watching these guys and but really wanted to get to the point where i had the power to make the movies and choose the storylines and choose the characters and choose who i put in the movies and it s just cool cos you can be more authentic and put more of your messages and my latest one, it s just so girl power and there s so many. and this is your movie that you re directing next year? uh, no, this is the one i vejust shot. you ve just shot that? yeah, just shot. and you are gonna you are directing a movie as well? yeah, and then i ve now now gone even further and been offered a directing job for a movie script that i ve written called girl group, so that ll g
these guys and but really wanted to get to the point where i had the power to make the movies and choose the storylines and choose the characters and choose who i put in the movies and it s just cool cos you can be more authentic and put more of your messages and my latest one, it s just so girl power and there s so many. and this is your movie that you re directing next year? uh, no, this is the one i vejust shot. you ve just shot that? yeah, just shot. and you are gonna you are directing a movie as well? yeah, and then i ve now now gone even further and been offered a directing job for a movie script that i ve written called girl group, so that ll go into production in 2022. and i m so passionate about the stories i want to tell and so, why not go for the topjob? talking of empowerment, you ve been on a year of health. yeah. i didn t predict the pandemic, but weirdly, i thought sometimes i m a little psychic and i go, oh, ifeel like i m not gonna be working much this year
it would just be very hard to kind of put kind of your comedy or yourjokes sometimes into it if you didn t have any power. so what i did is i used all those experiences in a positive way and, like, learned stuff from watching these guys and but really wanted to get to the point where i had the power to make the movies and choose the storylines and choose the characters and choose who i put in the movies and it s just cool cos you can be more authentic and put more of your messages and my latest one, it s just so girl power and there s so many. and this is your movie that you re directing next year? uh, no, this is the one i vejust shot. you ve just shot that? yeah, just shot. and you are gonna you are directing a movie as well? yeah, and then i ve now now gone even further and been offered a directing job for a movie script that i ve written called girl group, so that ll go into production in 2022. and i m so passionate about the stories i want to tell and so, why not go for th