Editing Francis Ford Coppola (section)

==== ''The Godfather Part III'' (1990) ====
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[[File:Francis Ford Coppola Cannes.jpg|thumb|Coppola at the [[1996 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
In 1990, he released the third and final chapter of ''The Godfather'' series: ''The Godfather Part III''. Coppola felt that the first two films had told the complete Corleone saga. Coppola intended ''Part III'' to be an epilogue to the first two films.<ref name=pre>{{cite web |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/the-godfather-part-iii-makes-a-little-more-sense-in-the-streaming-era |title='The Godfather: Part III' makes a little more sense in the streaming era |publisher=sfchronicle.com |date=December 26, 2019 |access-date=December 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227100958/https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/the-godfather-part-iii-makes-a-little-more-sense-in-the-streaming-era |archive-date=December 27, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> In his [[audio commentary]] for ''Part II'', he stated that only a dire financial situation caused by the failure of ''[[One from the Heart]]'' (1982) compelled him to take up [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]'s long-standing offer to make a third installment.<ref name="DVDcom2">{{cite news |work=The Godfather Part II DVD |title=DVD commentary featuring Francis Ford Coppola |date=2005}}</ref> Coppola and Puzo preferred the title ''The Death of Michael Corleone'', but Paramount Pictures found that unacceptable.<ref name=pre/> While not as critically acclaimed as the first two films,<ref name="The Godfather Part III" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/thegodfatherpartiiirhinson_a0a9c5.htm |title=The Godfather Part III by Hal Hinson |date=December 25, 1990 |access-date=October 18, 2010 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208125614/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/thegodfatherpartiiirhinson_a0a9c5.htm |archive-date=February 8, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2000/12/15/the_godfather_part_iii_1990_review.shtml |title=The Godfather Part III (1990) |access-date=October 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315062016/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2000/12/15/the_godfather_part_iii_1990_review.shtml |archive-date=March 15, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> it was still commercially successful, earning $136&nbsp;million against a $54&nbsp;million budget.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=godfather3.htm |title=The Godfather Part III |access-date=October 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119162248/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=godfather3.htm |archive-date=November 19, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> Some reviewers criticized the casting of Coppola's daughter [[Sofia Coppola|Sofia]], who stepped into the leading role of [[Mary Corleone]], which was abandoned by [[Winona Ryder]] just as filming began.<ref name="The Godfather Part III">[http://www.reelviews.net/movies/g/godfather3.html The Godfather Part III] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219153651/http://reelviews.net/movies/g/godfather3.html |date=December 19, 2010 }}. Retrieved October 18, 2010.</ref> Despite this, ''The Godfather Part III'' went on to gather seven [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominations, including [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] and [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]. The film failed to win any of these awards, which made it the only film in the trilogy to do so.

In September 2020, for the film's 30th anniversary, it was announced that a new cut of the film titled ''Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone'' would have a limited theatrical release in December 2020 followed by digital and Blu-ray.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/francis-ford-coppola-recutting-godfather-part-iii-for-30th-anniversary|title=Adam Beach's 'Monkey Beach' to Open Hybrid Vancouver Film Fest|publisher=hollywoodreporter.com|date=September 3, 2020|access-date=September 3, 2020|archive-date=September 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904035025/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/francis-ford-coppola-recutting-godfather-part-iii-for-30th-anniversary|url-status=live}}</ref> Coppola said the film is the version he and Puzo had originally envisioned, and it "vindicates" its status among the trilogy and his daughter Sofia's performance.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Itzkoff|first=Dave|date=December 2, 2020|title=How Francis Ford Coppola Got Pulled Back In to Make 'The Godfather, Coda'|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/movies/godfather-coda-francis-ford-coppola.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202100619/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/movies/godfather-coda-francis-ford-coppola.html |archive-date=December 2, 2020 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=December 16, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/francis-ford-coppola-says-godfather-part-iii-recut-vindicates-film-daughter-sofia |title= Francis Ford Coppola Says 'Godfather: Part III' Recut Vindicates Film, Daughter Sofia |work= [[The Hollywood Reporter]] |first= Ryan |last= Parker |date= December 3, 2020 |access-date= December 3, 2020 |archive-date= January 26, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210126015557/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/francis-ford-coppola-says-godfather-part-iii-recut-vindicates-film-daughter-sofia |url-status= live }}</ref>