Francis Ford Coppola Instagram – A clip of my presentation of the Best Director Award at the 1979 Oscars. I took this moment to give my prediction of the upcoming “Communications Revolution” Turns out I was right! but wrong about one thing, not unfortunately these new capabilities weren’t controlled by the filmmakers as I had hoped, so the films in the 80’s were not all amazing.
My friend Bill Graham accompanied me to The 1979 Oscars, having always wanted to attend. As it got closer to the presentation, he was eating some cookies, and (always hungry) I grabbed one and ate it, with Bill saying “wait..no..no” Then I was led down backstage with Ali McGraw and starting to feel funny, and began scratching my beard nervously…
This best Director award was given to “My colleague and Paisan, Michael Cimino” for his brilliant work directing The Deer Hunter. | Posted on 14/Jul/2023 21:28:13



