Francis Ford Coppola to make star appearance

US film-maker Francis Ford Coppola will make a star appearance at a festival of American film in Deauville, northwestern France, in September, organisers said. The director of classics including The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, now 72, will be the...

US film-maker Francis Ford Coppola will make a star appearance at a festival of American film in Deauville, northwestern France, in September, organisers said.

The director of classics including The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, now 72, will be the guest of honour and will take part in a public discussion at the festival in September, festival director Bruno Barde told reporters.

“He is a very humble man who loves cinema but does not want to give lessons in cinema,” Mr Barde said, unveiling to reporters the programme of the festival which runs from September 2 to 11.

Also appearing at the festival will be US actress and film-maker Shirley MacLaine, 77, star of Billy Wilder’s classic 1960 movie The Apartment, and another American Hollywood star, Danny Glover.

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