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A Screenplay of Francis Ford Coppola's The Fifth Coin
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A Screenplay of Francis Ford Coppola's The Fifth Coin
Xerographic Manuscript, "The Fifth Coin" by Francis Ford Coppola, 130 pp, 4to, Beverly Hills, [n.d. but c.1965], housed in blue and white Seven Arts Associated wrappers, marked "Final Draft" on title page, light creasing and toning, smudges to wrappers.
The Fifth Coin was an unrealized film project written by Francis Ford Coppola in the mid 1960s. One of his earliest screenplays, it was set to star George Segal, with Ken Annakin taking on directing duties. For reasons unknown, the film was never made. Coppola is a 5-time Academy Award winning director, producer, and screenwriter best known for The Godfather trilogy of films, as well as The Conversation (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979), and many others. Coppola said that, as a screenwriter, one's "best ideal work is going to be attacked the most ferociously ... you have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas because otherwise you will just knuckle under and change it, and things that might have been memorable will be lost." He cited his screenwriting in Patton (1970) as a perfect example of going with his gut, an intuition which won him an Academy Award.
8.5 x 11.5 in.
The Fifth Coin was an unrealized film project written by Francis Ford Coppola in the mid 1960s. One of his earliest screenplays, it was set to star George Segal, with Ken Annakin taking on directing duties. For reasons unknown, the film was never made. Coppola is a 5-time Academy Award winning director, producer, and screenwriter best known for The Godfather trilogy of films, as well as The Conversation (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979), and many others. Coppola said that, as a screenwriter, one's "best ideal work is going to be attacked the most ferociously ... you have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas because otherwise you will just knuckle under and change it, and things that might have been memorable will be lost." He cited his screenwriting in Patton (1970) as a perfect example of going with his gut, an intuition which won him an Academy Award.
8.5 x 11.5 in.




















