Francis Ford Coppola
4) Patton
Series
Description
Story of General Patton in World War II whose military brilliance was balanced by his inability to deal with the social and political aspects of war, causing him difficulties in his dealings with the War Department.
9) Patton
Series
Pub. Date
1970.
Description
A dramatization of the experiences of General George S. Patton during World War II.
Pub. Date
1988.
Description
The second installment of writer/director Godfrey Reggio's apocalyptic "qatsi" trilogy . Combining stunning cinematography with the exquisite music of award-winning composer Philip Glass. Bold, haunting and epic in scale, this extraordinary film calls into question everything we think we know about contemporary society.
13) Apocalypse now
Series
Pub. Date
1979.
Description
A United States Army officer/trained assassin is sent into the depths of a southeast Asian jungle to seek out a renegade colonel and terminate his command during the Vietnam War.
14) The Godfather
Series
Pub. Date
c1973
Description
Focuses on the Corleone family's rise and near fall from power, and the passage of rites from father to son.
17) The Great Gatsby
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
In 1920s Long Island, a mysterious American millionaire's efforts to recapture the sweetheart of his youth result in tragedy.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
In the early 1900s, the young Vito flees Sicily for America after the local Mafia kills his family. Vito struggles to make a living, legally or illegally, for his wife and growing brood in Little Italy. There he kills the local Black Hand Fanucci after he demands his customary cut of the tyro's business. With Fanucci gone, Vito's stature grows. The family legacy is upended by Michael's business expansion in the 1950s. Now based in Lake Tahoe, Michael...
20) Rip Van Winkle
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Description
A man who sleeps for 20 years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.