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Did Someone Just Steal Francis Ford Coppola’s Next Movie? This Redefines Piracy!

Hey, everyone. ”Moriarty” here.

Okay, goddammit... we’ve finally got one of the great American maverick filmmakers up and running again, with his new film YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH just around the corner and him already planning to work again, and then this happens:

Five armed burglars broke into Francis Ford Coppola's Buenos Aires HQ on Wednesday, subdued a collaborator of the filmmaker and stole a camera and computers.Helmer, whose upcoming pic is "Youth Without Youth," was not in at the time, but the stolen computers had the script for his next production, police said Thursday. The house in the artsy, leafy district of Palermo doubles as the base for his production outfit in Argentina. A Coppola spokeswoman in the capital told the Argentine media that a reward would be offered for the return of the script and "a lot of the creative work" on the computer. The thieves also took the backup copy of the contents. Coppola is preparing to shoot early next year the Argentine family saga "Tetro" with Matt Dillon toplining. Coppola, who also penned the screenplay, will produce through his American Zoetrope shingle. Story revolves around an artistic immigrant family marred by fierce rivalries handed down through several generations.

I don’t think I’ve heard a word before today about TETRO, but I’m officially excited now. I’ve always enjoyed it when Coppola has collaborated with Matt Dillon in the past, and Dillon’s a hell of a lot better now as an actor than he was back then. And it sounds like another personal story for Coppola, which is exactly what he should be doing now that he’s rekindled his love for filmmaking.

I pray that the people who took all this stuff realize that they didn’t just take a computer, but instead took creative work, something that can’t easily be duplicated. I hope they return his materials so that Coppola doesn’t lose any ground and so he doesn’t get discouraged. It would be a real loss if something as stupid as a burglary derailed this picture. Here’s hoping this one has a happy ending, and soon.



Drew McWeeny, Los Angeles

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First!!
by DarthBodie
Sep 28th, 2007
08:24:47 AM
First, read it elsewhere first
by Faust_8
Sep 28th, 2007
08:25:19 AM
ohhh im 3rd... *cries... wanker firstheads
by bongo123
Sep 28th, 2007
08:29:39 AM
Hey Moriarty......
by D o o d
Sep 28th, 2007
08:32:09 AM
It's either..
by nolan bautista
Sep 28th, 2007
08:33:28 AM
Sounds like an inside job.
by Walterego
Sep 28th, 2007
08:33:56 AM
In the words of Capt.McLuskey..
by nolan bautista
Sep 28th, 2007
08:37:12 AM
Any bets...
by Kung Fu Hustler
Sep 28th, 2007
08:51:08 AM
or not
by Faust_8
Sep 28th, 2007
09:01:49 AM
this is kind of embarasing for my country, isn't it?
by Argentino
Sep 28th, 2007
09:05:05 AM
I love the guy and all...
by LORDRANDO
Sep 28th, 2007
09:09:59 AM
Boca vs River Match needs to be in it
by messi
Sep 28th, 2007
09:15:54 AM
Tetro aka Justice League
by messi
Sep 28th, 2007
09:17:15 AM
I'm gonna point the finger at Spielberg
by George Newman
Sep 28th, 2007
09:27:38 AM
Damn that Michael Bay!
by Stalin vs Predator
Sep 28th, 2007
09:41:57 AM
Captain Justice
by Argentino
Sep 28th, 2007
10:26:16 AM
hey, maybe the thieves will actually make the movie:
by newc0253
Sep 28th, 2007
10:39:52 AM
Lucas: Prime Suspect.
by Seph_J
Sep 28th, 2007
10:55:37 AM
EL MONUMENTAL del RIVER PLATE
by frankblack2
Sep 28th, 2007
11:33:36 AM
The YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH trailer
by Film Whisperer
Sep 28th, 2007
11:57:16 AM
DRACULA was his BEST...
by RenoReno
Sep 28th, 2007
12:07:26 PM
This is why you BACK UP YOUR DATA!
by Mullah Omar
Sep 28th, 2007
01:25:01 PM
Ha ha!! Keeping the backups in the same place
by V'Shael
Sep 28th, 2007
03:40:39 PM
Uwe Boll is behind this somehow!
by MrMysteryGuest
Sep 28th, 2007
07:39:10 PM
TETRO! I played that on Nintendo!
by MrMysteryGuest
Sep 28th, 2007
07:42:10 PM
This is why old people shouldn't use computers
by Bobo_Vision
Sep 28th, 2007
07:46:17 PM
Dile no a la pirateria!
by MrMysteryGuest
Sep 28th, 2007
07:47:13 PM
To be Coppola-ed
by Toby___Wong
Sep 28th, 2007
08:55:09 PM
Mori
by HEADGEEK
Sep 28th, 2007
09:18:12 PM
I cinerely hope he gets his stuff back
by Proman1984
Sep 29th, 2007
12:16:18 AM
That's really damn lame
by Harry Weinstein
Sep 29th, 2007
10:28:44 AM
It doesn't make sense
by CherryValance
Sep 29th, 2007
10:34:43 AM
what if the thieves release the movie..
by ironic_name
Sep 29th, 2007
10:38:14 AM
"And this year's Oscar goes to...."
by Bobo_Vision
Sep 29th, 2007
11:27:32 AM
FUCKIN ASSHOLES
by seniorspeilbergio
Sep 29th, 2007
03:25:51 PM
dozens of scripts with Coppola's thief attached
by kabong
Sep 29th, 2007
10:11:32 PM
Cunts.
by C Legion
Sep 30th, 2007
06:35:12 PM

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