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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Francis Ford Coppola, Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola, Jason Schwartzman, Talia Shire, Robert Carmine, Coppola Family Tree, Carmine Coppola, Marc Coppola, Christopher Coppola, Roman Coppola, Anton Coppola, Gian-Carlo Coppola, Eleanor Coppola, John Schwartzman, Italia Coppola, Jack Schwartzman. Excerpt:Maestro Anton Coppola (born Antonio March 21, 1917) is a renowned American opera conductor and composer. He is the uncle of film director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire , as well as the great-uncle of Nicolas Cage , Sofia Coppola , Gian-Carlo Coppola (deceased), Jason Schwartzman and Robert Schwartzman . Life Coppola started his career at the age of eight with the Metropolitan Opera Children s Chorus. Coppola served as an army bandmaster during World War II , conductor at Radio City Music Hall and director of both the Symphony and Opera Departments at the Manhattan School of Music . He earned a Bachelor's degree (1964) and a Master's degree (1965) in composition from Manhattan School of Music and received honorary Doctorates from the University of Tampa and Quinnipiac University in Connecticut . Coppola was first married to Marion Jane Miller, a ballet dancer, with whom he had one child, Susan Marion Coppola (1943-2008). After their divorce, he remarried with Almarinda Drago, also a ballet dancer, with whom he had two children, Lucia and Bruno Coppola. He has five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Works Among his works are a violin concerto , a symphony , and Sacco and Vanzetti , an opera in mixed Italian and English about immigrants Sacco and Vanzetti . He conducted on two film scores, The Godfather Part III and Dracula . In the 1950s and 1960s, Coppola was the musical director of six Broadway musicals including Silk Stockings , Bravo Giovanni and The Boy Frie... ... Read more

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As Detective Robert Julien uncovers links between New Orleans' corporate and criminal overlords, Gabriel Moore takes his quest for vengeance onto the streets of the city and into his enemies' dreams. But the dreams of a voodoo bokor are a treacherous place, and the Voodoo Child is up against magics far stronger than the ones that raised him from the dead. ... Read more

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Big, bold new series! In 1860, the plantation of Mason Moore -- a known Unionist sympathizer -- is burned to the ground by secessionists. In the battle, Moore's illegitimate son is killed, but as he gasps his last breaths, a voodoo bokor places a spell upon the dying boy. Flash forward to 2005: four months after the worst natural disaster in its history, New Orleans is gripped by fear as young girls start to disappear from its streets while a brutal gang war rages. When Detective Robert Julien starts to investigate, he finds that there's something else out in the shadows: something that's neither dead nor alive. The Enigma. But is it a possible ally or the darkest nightmare of all? ... Read more

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Title: Cage vuelve a la acción. (actor Nicolas Cage protagoniza nueva película; crítica de diversas películas)(TT: Cage returns to action) (TA: actor Nicolas Cage stars in new movie;critique of several films)
Author: Olivia P Tallet
Publication: Semana (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 30, 1998
Publisher: Spanish Publications, Inc.
Volume: v5Issue: n284Page: p24(1)

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"Windtalkers"..Important But Longwinded Film
This review refers to "Windtalkers" Full frame DVD edition(MGM)...

There are several editions of the film "Windtalkers" available. I wanted to make sure I was reviewing the DVD that I viewed and when I entered the ISBN from the back of the case, this book site is where it took me. This is NOT a book edition, as Amazon has it listed at this time, this is the Full-frame DVD edition. ISBN 0792853784.Even the outside merchants have it listed as a DVD. I have filled out the forms to let Amazon know, and hopefully they will eventually add it to the DVD list for sale. If you are interested in the story of the Navajo Windtalkers, there are several books available on the subject as well.

That being said, here is a little about the film itself. Nicolas Cage plays Joe Enders a wounded Marine, soul survivor of 15 men fighting a battle during WWII. He is a Marine through and through. He wants to get back to battle and even fakes his wellness to be released from the hospital. Still feeling the sting of the guilt by the loss of his men, he is given a new assignment. To protect and guard with his own life, that of a Navajo soldier. One of an exceptional group, that has been intensely trained in the art of wartime code. Ben Yahzee is considered THE Code, and must be protected at all costs, never to fall into the hands of the Japanese.

Enders is unhappy with this assignment, but he lives by a code as well... To Do Or Die. Although resentful of the "babysitting" job, he obeys his orders to the fullest. Putting himself in harm's way to protect "the code". Yahzee does his job of decoding and does it well, but must endure physical abuse and racial slurs from some of the other soldiers. As Enders sees the importance of Yahzee's existence to the war, and gets to know him as a person, he begins to warm to him and eventually holds him in the highest esteem.

I love War films, especially WWII films, and most especially, those based on actual events. I have viewed this film twice over the last few years, and twice it lost me a little over halfway through the 2 hours and 15 minutes of it. The story, Directed by action great John Woo, is an important one to American History and one that makes us aware of the very integral part the "Windtalkers" played in the war. Probably saving hundreds of lives by their own heroic actions. I just felt it took too long to tell the story. The script did not allow me to feel about the characters the same way I did,say, for the soldiers in Saving Private Ryan, that had to protect Ryan with their own lives. The action sequences were great, but there was so much of it, it was hard to warm to the personal stories.

If you have already seen this film and liked it more then me, I can tell you that the DVD is an excellent quality. Clear picture and fabulous color. The sound in DD5.1 Surround is outstanding. The sounds of war are going on all around you. It may also be viewed in French(surround) and Spanish(5.1) and has subtitles in Eng, Fr and Sp. Not much on the special features, some DVD production credits, and trailers. Some storyline on the real "Windtalkers" would have been a nice feature. But as I said, there are several books on the subject.

Probably a good rental for war buffs or just to see what the "Windtalkers" were all about, but may not stand up to repeated viewings.......Laurie


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