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USC film school, 62, 66, 67, 144
Valone, Raf, 136
Variety magazine, 17, 21, 26, 257
Veiller, Anthony, 30, 31
Venice Film Festival, 320
Verdon, Gwen, 232
Vicario, John, 23
Vidal, Gore, 30, 31, 37
videotape, 64, 174, 189, 207
Vietnam War, 69, 142, 143, 156, 171, 173
Vincent, Elizabeth, 14
violence, cinematic: in The Cotton Club, 240–41; in Dementia 13, 26; in The Godfather, 101, 109; in The Godfather III, 139–40; in The Rainmaker, 305
Virgin Suicides, The (film), 319
Voight, Jon, 301, 307
Von Stroheim, Erich, 75
Wagner, Fritz Arno, 298
Waits, Tom, 187, 195, 197, 294
Wallach, Eli, 139
Wallens, Michele, 160
Walt Disney Pictures, 279, 281, 307
Warner, Jack, 45, 192
Warner Brothers, 27, 37, 45, 313; Apocalypse Now and, 143; directorial freedom and, 46; name changes, 66–67; The Outsiders and, 207, 208–9; Pinocchio lawsuit and, 316, 317; Script Repository, 205; as Warner Communications, Inc., 67
Warners-Seven, 38, 44, 45, 49, 56, 73; American Zoetrope and, 68–69; Coppola’s trade-off with, 83; Lucas and, 51, 57; money lent to Coppola, 71; young directors and, 53. See also Seven Arts
Warshow, Robert, 128
“Waste Land” (Eliot poem), 163
Waters, Ethel, 229
Welles, Orson, 30, 44, 265, 274
Wells, Frank, 68, 69, 71
Wenders, Wim, 186, 198–201
West, Red, 307
West Side Story (musical film), 219
Wexler, Haskell, 75–76
Whale, James, 247
White, Roger, 262
Whitworth, Johnny, 304, 307
Wide Open Spaces, The (nudie film), 13, 14
Wilder, Billy, 176
Wilder, Thornton, 249, 251
Wild One, The (film), 220
Wilkinson, June, 15, 16
Williams, Cindy, 76
Williams, Robin, 308–9, 311
Williams, Tennessee, 10, 20, 28–29, 53
Willis, Gordon: The Cotton Club and, 233; The Godfather and, 97–98, 99, 100, 235, 318; The Godfather II and, 116, 117, 118; The Godfather III and, 132
Wilmington, Michael, 141, 307, 312
Wise, Naomi, 44, 80
Witty, Stephen, 310
Wizard ofOz, The (film), 46, 50
Wolf, Leonard, 284
Wood, Natalie, 29
Wright, Teresa, 301, 307
Writing with Light (Storaro), 168
Wynn, Keenan, 46, 50
Yablans, Frank, 73, 108
Young Racers, The (film), 20–21, 23, 26, 56, 214
You’re a Big Boy Now (Benedictus novel), 36–37, 40
You’re a Big Boy Now (Coppola film), 9, 10, 37–44, 47, 70–71; box-office returns, 69; at Cannes International Film Festival, 54; comparison with Jack, 312; Coppola’s career intentions and, 72; credits, 354; dress rehearsals and, 290; editor of, 100; financing of, 56; location filming and, 58, 59, 75; reviews, 63; Warners backing for, 67
Ziesmer, Jerry, 151–52, 154–55, 169, 171, 191
Zinnemann, Fred, 103
Zinner, Peter, 100, 106, 107, 116, 120
Zoetrope Studios. See American Zoetrope
Zolotin, Adam, 310, 311
Zuniga, Frank, 13