Francis Ford Coppola Trivia Questions

Sofia Coppola, born May 14, 1971, during the production of 'The Godfather' (1971–1972), portrayed the infant Michael Corleone in the baptism scene when she was a few weeks old.

The script took years to develop, with major rewrites during production; John Milius wrote the initial draft.

Coppola made Part III primarily for financial reasons after his studio Zoetrope struggled, but it wasn't a debt settlement.

Coppola's directorial debut, 'Dementia 13' (1963), is a low-budget horror film but takes place at a remote castle with an axe murderer, not a haunted hotel.

In 1994, President Clinton served Rubicon wine from Coppola's Inglenook estate at a White House state dinner for the Emperor of Japan.

This is a common myth. Friedkin directed all of 'The Exorcist' himself; Coppola had no involvement.

Coppola contracted polio at age 9, which left him bedridden; he never performed on Broadway. He studied filmmaking at UCLA and began his career as an assistant to Roger Corman, not as a child actor.

Francis Ford Coppola directed both films, and each won the Palme d'Or: 'The Conversation' in 1974 and 'Apocalypse Now' in 1979. No other director has won the top prize twice in such a short span.