Editing Francis Ford Coppola (section)

==== Further director's cuts ====
In 2015, Coppola found an old Betamax tape with his original cut of ''The Cotton Club'' and decided to restore it. He had cut about a half hour out of the film before its original release at the insistence of the film's European financial backers. Due to a combination of music rights, the loss of the original negative, audio issues, and MGM's lack of interest in the project, Coppola wound up spending 500,000 dollars of his own money restoring the film.<ref>{{cite news | last=Thompson | first=Anne | title=Francis Ford Coppola: Why He Spent $500K to Restore His Most Troubled Film, 'The Cotton Club' | work=[[IndieWire]] | url=http://www.indiewire.com/2017/09/francis-coppola-recut-the-cotton-club-telluride-1201872249/ | date=September 1, 2017 | access-date=September 1, 2017 | archive-date=September 1, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901205218/http://www.indiewire.com/2017/09/francis-coppola-recut-the-cotton-club-telluride-1201872249/ | url-status=live }}</ref> It was finally finished in 2017 and premiered at the [[Telluride Film Festival]] in 2019 as ''The Cotton Club Encore''.

After finishing work on ''The Cotton Club'', Coppola began work on a director's cut of his first movie, ''Dementia 13''. For this film, Coppola removed several minutes of footage that had been added by the film's producer, Roger Corman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/home-video/3676684/francis-ford-coppolas-horror-movie-dementia-13-added-vestron-video-blu-ray-series|author=Squires, John|title=Francis Ford Coppola's Horror Movie 'Dementia 13' Being Added to the Vestron Video Blu-ray Series|date=August 4, 2021|website=Bloody Disgusting|access-date=August 4, 2021|archive-date=August 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804220654/https://bloody-disgusting.com/home-video/3676684/francis-ford-coppolas-horror-movie-dementia-13-added-vestron-video-blu-ray-series/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, he followed it up with another director's cut of ''Apocalypse Now'', this time called "The Final Cut". It removed 20 minutes of footage that had been included in ''Apocalypse Now Redux'' and restored the film from the original negative for the first time.<ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Falt |first1=Chris |title='Apocalypse Now': 5 Things You Need to Know About Coppola's New 'Final Cut' |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/04/apocalypse-now-final-cut-5-things-to-know-francis-for-coppola-new-version-1202129340/ |website=IndieWire |date=April 29, 2019 |access-date=April 30, 2019 |archive-date=April 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430004130/https://www.indiewire.com/2019/04/apocalypse-now-final-cut-5-things-to-know-francis-for-coppola-new-version-1202129340/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In December 2020, a [[Re-edited film|re-edit]] of ''Godfather III'', ''The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone'' had a limited theatrical release, followed by digital and Blu-ray release in 2021.<ref name=guardian>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/dec/01/the-godfather-coda-the-death-of-michael-corleone-review-francis-ford-coppola-al-pacino|title=The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone review – Coppola edits the past|work=The Guardian|date=December 1, 2020|access-date=December 5, 2020|author=Peter Bradshaw|archive-date=December 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215195205/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/dec/01/the-godfather-coda-the-death-of-michael-corleone-review-francis-ford-coppola-al-pacino|url-status=live}}</ref> Coppola stated that ''The Godfather: Part IV'' was never made because Mario Puzo died before they had a chance to write the film.<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk">{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Andy |date=March 16, 2011 |url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2011-03/15/gq-film-godfather-part-four/mario-puzo |title=The Godfather Part IV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308111813/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2011-03/15/gq-film-godfather-part-four/mario-puzo |url-status=dead |work=[[GQ]] |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |access-date=March 26, 2020}}</ref> [[Andy García]] has since claimed the film's script was nearly produced.<ref name="gq-magazine.co.uk" />

Coppola's most recent director's cut to date was ''B'Twixt Now and Sunrise'', a shortened version of his film ''Twixt''. It was given a select re-release in 2022.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=RialtoPictures|number=1575573145699827712|author=Rialto Pictures|title=Kick off spooky season with a double feature of two of Francis Ford Coppola's darkest films — B'TWIXT NOW AND SUNRISE, starring Val Kilmer & Elle Fanning, and DEMENTIA 13, his first film — at @alamodrafthouse locations nationwide starting tomorrow!|access-date=January 11, 2023}}</ref>

At the [[94th Academy Awards]], they celebrated the 50th anniversary of ''[[The Godfather (film)|The Godfather]]''. Coppola attended alongside [[Robert De Niro]] and [[Al Pacino]] who were greeted with a standing ovation.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.outlookindia.com/art-entertainment/francis-ford-coppola-s-the-godfather-receives-50-year-tribute-at-oscars-2022-news-188895|title= Francis Ford Coppola's 'The Godfather' Receives 50-Year Tribute At Oscars 2022|website= Outlook|date= March 28, 2022|accessdate= August 2, 2023|archive-date= August 2, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230802125021/https://www.outlookindia.com/art-entertainment/francis-ford-coppola-s-the-godfather-receives-50-year-tribute-at-oscars-2022-news-188895|url-status= live}}</ref>