Coppola: 'Apocalypse Now nearly killed Inglenook dream'
Coppola: 'Apocalypse Now nearly killed Inglenook dream'
Jan 6, 2012 6
(Decanter) - In his early days in Napa, the renowned director and proprietor of America’s most celebrated winery was very close to bankruptcy.
As he tells Adam Lechmere in an exclusive profile in this month’s Decanter magazine, the success of 1971's The Godfather gave him carte blanche in Hollywood to make more Mafia movies – but nothing else.
‘After Godfather they queued at the door to make more gangster films – but no one would give me money for Apocalypse Now.’
As a result, fresh from buying the first portion of Inglenook with the proceeds from The Godfather, he found himself in debt to the tune of US$21m.
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