Francis Ford Coppola was on a mission to bring Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather to life, but he hit a major snag with Paramount Pictures who were dead set against casting Marlon Brando.

Francis Ford Coppola reveals the unexpected reason The Godfather became a classic - The Oscar-winning director says it wasn’t ...

This is FRESH AIR. Francis Ford Coppola also is a Kennedy Center Honoree for 2024. We're going to listen to the story he told Terry Gross in 2016 about how Marlon Brando came to be cast in Coppola ...

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and adapted from the novel ... crime family headed up by Don Vito Corleone, played by Marlon Brando. The don's youngest son, Michael played by Al Pacino, returns ...

Francis Ford Coppola has revealed the unexpected ... and it has nothing to do with mobsters, violence, or even Marlon Brando. The 85-year-old director, whose 1972 gangster epic won three Academy ...