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115-563: Christopher Lynn Moore (born January 11, 1993), better known by his stage name Lil Twist , is an American rapper from Dallas, Texas . He signed to Lil Wayne 's Young Money Entertainment , an imprint of Republic Records in 2010. Lil Twist is from Dallas, Texas. He dropped out of high school after completing one year. When he was 12 years old, Lil Twist went to a Lil Wayne concert in Tyler, Texas and opened for Lil Wayne . Impressed, Cortez and Wayne flew Lil Twist to Atlanta to see how he
230-440: A hyphenated surname . In some cases, the individual may adopt a stage name to avoid confusion with other family members who have similar names. Actor Mark Harmon (Thomas Mark Harmon) uses his middle name professionally to avoid confusion with his father Heisman Trophy winner and former broadcaster Tom Harmon (Thomas Dudley Harmon). Stephen Nice , the birth name of the lead singer of Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel , took on
345-482: A $ 13 million budget. Coppola reunited with George Lucas, who served as executive producer, and directed Tucker: The Man and His Dream the year after that. The film is a biopic based on the life of Preston Tucker and his attempt to produce and market the Tucker '48 ; Coppola had originally conceived the project as a musical with Marlon Brando leading after the release of The Godfather Part II . Ultimately, it
460-541: A Beckerman Award for his outstanding contributions to the school's theater arts division. While a graduate student, Coppola studied under professor Dorothy Arzner , whose encouragement was later acknowledged as pivotal to Coppola's career. After earning his theater arts degree from Hofstra in 1960, Coppola enrolled in UCLA Film School . There, he directed a short horror film, The Two Christophers , inspired by Edgar Allan Poe 's " William Wilson " and Ayamonn
575-684: A Cornishman, he was probably the first European magician to dress in Chinese costume on stage. Commonly in the music world, especially those of heavy metal , punk rock , industrial , and hip hop , musicians will rename themselves with names more menacing or striking than their birth names. Every member of the punk band Ramones took the pseudonymous "Ramone" surname as part of their collective stage persona. Members of New Zealand art-rock band Split Enz all took their middle names as stage names, so as to keep their private image separate from their public personae. Other performers may assume stage names as
690-417: A brief draft in one night, incorporating elements from Hitchcock's Psycho , and the result impressed Corman enough to give the go-ahead. On a budget of $ 40,000 ($ 20,000 from Corman and $ 20,000 from another producer who wanted to buy the movie's English rights), Coppola directed Dementia 13 over the course of nine days. The film recouped its expenses and later became a cult film among horror buffs. It
805-549: A chance. He decided to name his future studio "Zoetrope" after receiving a gift of zoetropes from Mogens Scot-Hansen, founder of a studio called Lanterna Film and owner of a famous collection of early motion picture-making equipment. While touring Europe, Coppola was introduced to alternative filmmaking equipment and, inspired by the bohemian spirit of Lanterna Film, decided he would build a deviant studio that would conceive and implement unconventional approaches to filmmaking. Upon his return home, Coppola and George Lucas searched for
920-940: A child, children would often tease him by calling him " Master Bates "); he adopted the surname "Rhodes" after the keyboard manufacturer of the same name . Diana Dors was born Diana Fluck (one letter away from a profanity ); this prompted her to change her name to a more benign one in order to avoid an accidental obscenity (which could have been exacerbated by her status as a sex symbol ). Some types of music are more associated with stage names than others. For example, hip hop and EDM artists almost always use stage names, whereas "classical" composers and performers rarely do. Classical violinist Amadéus Leopold (born in South Korea as Yoo Hanbin) and opera singers Beverly Sills (born Belle Miriam Silverman), Nellie Melba (born Helen Porter Mitchell) and Jennifer Toye (born Jennifer Gay Bishop) are exceptions. Some Algerian raï musicians use
1035-457: A city with a large Polish-American population, Polish-American media personalities typically work freely using their birth names. Sicilian-American actor Espera Oscar de Corti, who built his film career portraying Native Americans , reinvented himself as Iron Eyes Cody . He not only took his stage name as his legal name but eventually began insisting that he actually was Native American . Actress Bernadette Peters (born Bernadette Lazzara)
1150-550: A common stage surname , the most notable arguably being the Ramones . Recent examples include The Donnas , Those Darlins , Los Campesinos! and Ween . Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola ( / ˈ k oʊ p əl ə / KOH -pə-lə , Italian: [ˈkɔppola] ; born April 7, 1939) is an American filmmaker. He is considered one of the leading figures of the New Hollywood film movement and
1265-474: A dialogue director for Tower of London (1962), sound man for The Young Racers (1963) and associate producer and one of many uncredited directors for The Terror (1963). Coppola's first feature-length film was Dementia 13 (1963). While on location in Ireland for The Young Racers in 1963, Corman persuaded Coppola to use that film's leftover funds to make a low-budget horror movie. Coppola wrote
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#17327831265901380-509: A family of 2nd-degree Italian immigrants. His paternal grandparents came to the United States from Bernalda , Basilicata . His maternal grandfather, popular Italian composer Francesco Pennino, emigrated from Naples , Italy . At the time of Coppola's birth, his father—in addition to being a flautist—was an arranger and assistant orchestra director for The Ford Sunday Evening Hour , an hour-long concert music radio series sponsored by
1495-407: A film adaptation of the novel of the same name by S. E. Hinton . Coppola credited his inspiration for making the film to a suggestion from middle school students who had read the novel. The Outsiders is notable for being the breakout film for a number of young actors who would go on to become major stars. These included major roles for Matt Dillon , Ralph Macchio , and C. Thomas Howell . Also in
1610-467: A film with such a title, as the audience would supposedly believe that, having already seen The Godfather , there was little reason to see an addition to the original film. However, the success of The Godfather Part II began the Hollywood tradition of numbered sequels. The movie was released in 1974 and went on to receive tremendous critical acclaim, with many deeming it superior to its predecessor. It
1725-472: A guest artist on recordings by Bieber in "Twerk", "Wind It" and others, 2 Chainz in "Do What I Want" and with Miley Cyrus . His 2012 mixtape 3 Weeks in Miami is a collaboration with Khalil . Lil Twist has made guest appearances on Disney Channel 's animated series Fish Hooks as the voice of Brandon Bubbler. On April 11, 2017, Lil Twist dropped his mixtape, Young Carter. On July 11, 2013, Lil Twist
1840-550: A low sum and budget after the poor reception of his latest film The Rain People . Coppola initially turned down the job because he found Puzo's novel sleazy and sensationalist, describing it as "pretty cheap stuff". At the time, Coppola's studio American Zoetrope owed over $ 400,000 to Warner Bros. for budget overruns in the film THX 1138 and, when coupled with his poor financial standing, along with advice from friends and family, Coppola reversed his initial decision and took
1955-526: A mansion in Marin County to house the studio. However, in 1969, with equipment flowing in and no mansion found yet, the first home for Zoetrope Studio became a warehouse in San Francisco on Folsom Street . The studio went on to become an early adopter of digital filmmaking, including some of the earliest uses of HDTV . In his 1968 book The American Cinema , Andrew Sarris wrote: "[Coppola]
2070-466: A masterpiece of the New Hollywood era and is frequently cited as one of the greatest movies ever made. Roger Ebert considered it to be the finest film on the Vietnam War and included it in his list for the 2002 Sight & Sound critics' poll of the greatest movies ever made. In 2001, Coppola re-released Apocalypse Now as Apocalypse Now Redux , restoring several sequences lost from
2185-649: A means of distancing themselves from publicly known childhood names that could be considered professionally embarrassing, outlandish, or otherwise inappropriate. Film director Duncan Jones (son of singer David Bowie ) was known publicly as a child as Zowie Bowie. Rappers are known to use stage names, such as Jay-Z (Shawn Carter), 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson), Diddy (Sean Combs), Ludacris (Chris Bridges), Lil Wayne (Dwayne Carter Jr.), and Soulja Boy (DeAndre Way). At times, these artists will use their real names to make some of their material seem more authentic or personal. Eminem (Marshall Mathers) took his stage name from
2300-458: A member of Writers Guild of America West , left and maintained financial core status in 1986. Also in 1986, Coppola released the comedy Peggy Sue Got Married starring Kathleen Turner , Coppola's nephew Nicolas Cage , and Jim Carrey . Much like The Outsiders and Rumble Fish , Peggy Sue Got Married centered around teenage youth. The film earned Coppola positive feedback and provided Kathleen Turner her first and only Oscar nomination. It
2415-480: A name identical to a name already familiar to the public (in any field of endeavor) may change their name in order to avoid having their name evoke the other person with the same name. Singer Katy Perry , born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, released her self-titled album under the name Katy Hudson, but later used her mother's maiden name to avoid confusion with actress Kate Hudson . A performer may also have had their stage name chosen for them by their agent – such
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#17327831265902530-687: A new last name to avoid comparisons with his uncle, director Francis Ford Coppola , who gave him his big break in the 1982 film Fast Times at Ridgemont High . Conversely, individuals who wish to receive benefits from their family connections may take that person's first or last name. Lon Chaney Sr. 's son Creighton spent a number of years appearing in minor roles before renaming himself Lon Chaney Jr . Likewise, Emilio Estevez and his sister Renee chose not to take their father Martin Sheen 's professional name and use their birth names. Their brother Carlos chose to use their father's professional name, and took
2645-436: A new name. SAG-AFTRA allows any new member to keep their legal name as their stage name, even if another member has the same stage name already, as long as they sign a waiver. Notable examples include: Nathan Lane , whose birth name (Joseph Lane) was already in use; Stewart Granger , born James Stewart; and Michael Keaton , born Michael Douglas. Diane Keaton , whose birth name is Diane Hall, took her mother's maiden name as
2760-401: A new surname, he looked across the street and saw a cinema advertising the film The Caine Mutiny . He later joked that he would be called "Michael The One Hundred and One Dalmatians " if he had looked in the other direction. Actor Pete Postlethwaite was advised to change his surname by peers who quipped that it "would never be put up in lights outside theaters because they couldn't afford
2875-472: A one-year sentence. He was released from prison in March 2017 after serving seven and one-half weeks of his sentence. Stage name A stage name or professional name is a pseudonym used by performers, authors, and entertainers—such as actors, comedians, singers, and musicians. The equivalent concept among writers is called a nom de plume ( pen name ). In radio, the term "radio name" or "air name"
2990-601: A production assistant on his next film The Rain People in 1969. The Rain People was written, directed, and initially produced by Coppola himself, though as the movie advanced, he exceeded his budget and the studio had to underwrite the remainder of the movie. The film won the Golden Shell at the 1969 San Sebastian Film Festival . In 1969, Coppola wanted to subvert the studio system, which he felt had stifled his visions, intending to produce mainstream pictures to finance off-beat projects and give first-time directors
3105-842: A spelling error by the British Actors' Equity Association ; he preferred the mistake over his original name. In the past, a stage name was often used when a performer's real name was considered to denote a specific ethnicity that faced potential discrimination. In other cases, actors have reinvented themselves with a more ethnic identity, when that gave them an advantage in playing "ethnic" roles. Steven Tyler of Aerosmith changed his name from Steven Victor Tallarico "for more promotional appeal". Historically, Jews in Hollywood were encouraged to anglicize their names to avoid possible discrimination. Examples of such name changes are Danny Kaye and Mel Brooks , both of whom were born with
3220-615: A stage name after learning that there was already a registered actress named Diane Hall in the Actors' Equity Association . Ugly Betty actress Vanessa Williams officially uses "Vanessa L. Williams" because of SAG guidelines, although the other actress with same first and last name ( Vanessa E. Williams ) is arguably less notable. Similarly, David Walliams changed one letter in his surname owing to there being another "David Williams". Terry O'Quinn of Lost fame changed his surname from Quinn to O'Quinn as another registered actor already had
3335-635: A stage name in order to retain anonymity, as is often the case for porn stars , especially if they intend on switching careers. The phrase nom de porn is sometimes used to refer to a pornographic actor's stage name, referring to the English use of the French-language phrase for pen name. Some individuals who are related to a celebrity take a different last name so they are not perceived to have received undue advantage from their family connection . Actor Nicolas Cage , born Nicolas Coppola, chose
3450-453: A theater arts major. There, he was awarded a scholarship in playwriting. This furthered his interest in directing theater, though his father disapproved and wanted him to study engineering. Coppola was profoundly impressed by Sergei Eisenstein 's film October: Ten Days That Shook the World , especially the quality of its editing , and decided to pursue cinema rather than theater. He said he
3565-627: A year. Both Schafer's film and The Peeper featured Marli Renfro, so the producers paid Coppola $ 500 to combine the two films. After Coppola re-edited the picture, it was released in 1962 as the softcore comedy Tonight for Sure . Another production company, Screen Rite Pictures, hired Coppola to do a similar job: re-cutting a German film titled Mit Eva fing die Sünde an [ de ] ( Sin Began with Eve ), directed by Fritz Umgelter . Coppola added new color footage with British model June Wilkinson and other nude starlets. The re-edited film
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3680-402: Is Anna Marie Duke) had her stage name chosen for her by her first managers. Their choice of the name "Patty" was inspired by another child actress named Patty McCormack . Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach) had his name selected for him by Paramount Pictures . He had been using the name "Cary Lockwood", but the studio decided against it, deeming it too similar to another actor working at
3795-667: Is an actress, his daughter Sofia is a director, his son Roman is a screenwriter, and his nephews Jason Schwartzman and Nicolas Cage are actors. Coppola resides in Napa, California , and since the 2010s has been a vintner , owning a family-branded winery of his own. Francis Ford Coppola was born in Detroit , Michigan , to father Carmine Coppola (1910–1991), a flautist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra , and mother Italia Coppola (née Pennino; 1912–2004),
3910-496: Is considered unattractive, dull, or unintentionally amusing; or projects an undesired image. Sometimes a performer adopts a name that is unusual or outlandish to attract attention. Some individuals use a stage name because their birth name is already being used by another notable individual, including names that are not exactly the same but still too similar; many guilds and associations that represent actors mandate that no two members may have identical working names. Other performers use
4025-632: Is probably the first reasonably talented and sensibly adaptable directorial talent to emerge from a university curriculum in film-making ... [He] may be heard from more decisively in the future." Coppola was at the forefront of a group of filmmakers known as " New Hollywood " that emerged in the early 1970s, with ideas that challenged conventional filmmaking. The group included George Lucas , Martin Scorsese , Brian De Palma , Steven Spielberg , Terrence Malick , Robert Altman , Woody Allen , William Friedkin , and Philip Kaufman . Coppola co-wrote
4140-418: Is used. Some performers eventually choose to adopt their stage name as a legal name . Such professional aliases are adopted for a wide variety of reasons and may be similar or nearly identical to an individual's birth name or be inspired by nicknames or maiden names . Some people take a stage name because their birth name is difficult to pronounce or spell; fell into health and safety issues considerations;
4255-461: Is widely considered one of the greatest directors of all time. Coppola is the recipient of five Academy Awards , six Golden Globe Awards , two Palmes d'Or , and a BAFTA Award . After directing The Rain People in 1969, Coppola co-wrote Patton (1970), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay along with Edmund H. North . Coppola's reputation as a filmmaker
4370-597: The Academy Award for Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Coppola. The film routinely features at the top in various polls for the greatest movies ever. It was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry , and was ranked third, behind Citizen Kane and Casablanca , on the initial AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies list by the American Film Institute in 1997. It
4485-627: The Ford Motor Company . Coppola was born at Henry Ford Hospital , and those two connections to Henry Ford inspired the Coppolas to choose the middle name "Ford" for their son. Francis is the middle of three children: his older brother was August Coppola , and his younger sister is actress Talia Shire . Two years after Coppola's birth, his father was named principal flutist for the NBC Symphony Orchestra , and
4600-669: The Vietnam War . Coppola himself briefly cameos as a TV news director. The production of the film was plagued by numerous problems, including typhoons, nervous breakdowns, the firing of Harvey Keitel , Martin Sheen 's heart attack, and extras from the Philippine military and half of the supplied helicopters leaving in the middle of scenes to fight rebels. It was delayed so often it was nicknamed Apocalypse When? The 1991 documentary film Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse , directed by Francis's wife, Eleanor Coppola , who
4715-459: The " Life Without Zoë " segment, starring his sister Talia Shire , and also co-wrote the film with his daughter Sofia . "Life Without Zoë" was mostly panned by critics and was generally considered to be the segment that brought the film's overall quality down. Hal Hinson of The Washington Post wrote a particularly scathing review, stating: "It's impossible to know what Francis Coppola's Life Without Zoë is. Co-written with his daughter Sofia,
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4830-477: The "100 Must-See Films of the 20th Century" as well as Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list. It was also featured on Sight & Sound 's list of the ten greatest films of all time in 2002, ranking at No. 4. Coppola was the third director to have two nominations for Best Picture in the same year. Victor Fleming was the first in 1939 with Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz ; Alfred Hitchcock repeated
4945-438: The "h" from his original name, Stumph. It was still pronounced "stump", but the change ensured his audience would not think to pronounce it "stumf". Singer Jason Derulo (known for announcing his name in many of the introductions of his songs) uses the phonetic spelling of his given name, Jason Desrouleaux. Australian actress Yvonne Strahovski adopted a phonetic spelling of her surname Strzechowski as her stage name upon moving to
5060-469: The SAG, to avoid confusion with James Garner , and retained the name for his writing career. In some cases, attaching a generational suffix is sufficient for guild rules; broadcaster David Lawrence is credited as David H. Lawrence XVII as a result of there being sixteen other David Lawrences in show business at the time he received his SAG card. A person hoping to become successful as an entertainer who has
5175-682: The Terrible , a film about a sculptor's nightmares coming to life. He also met undergraduate film major Jim Morrison , future frontman of The Doors . Coppola later used Morrison's song " The End " in Apocalypse Now . In the early 1960s, Coppola made $ 10 per week (roughly equivalent to $ 100 per week today). Looking for a way to earn some extra money, he found that many colleagues from film school made money filming erotic productions known as "nudie-cuties" or "skin flicks", which showed nudity without implying any sexual act. At 21, Coppola wrote
5290-503: The Third Army, set against a huge American flag. Coppola and North had to tone down Patton's actual language to avoid an R rating ; in the opening monologue, the word "fornicating" replaced "fucking" when criticizing The Saturday Evening Post . Over the years, this opening monologue has become an iconic scene and has spawned parodies in numerous films, political cartoons, and television shows. The release of The Godfather in 1972
5405-498: The United States. Andy Warhol dropped an "a" from his original name, Warhola, while couturier Yves Mathieu-Saint-Laurent dropped the first of his two surnames. Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Piero Filiberto Guglielmi adopted the stage name Rudolph Valentino in part because American casting directors found his original surname difficult to pronounce. Singer George Michael (the son of a Greek Cypriot restaurateur in North London)
5520-545: The Watergate break-in. However, the audience interpreted the film as a reaction to both the Watergate scandal and its fallout. The movie was a critical success and got Coppola his first Palme d'Or at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival . During the filming of The Conversation , Coppola wrote the screenplay for The Great Gatsby . However, in the commentary track to the DVD of The Godfather, Coppola states, "I don't think that script
5635-480: The basis of Brando's screen test, which also won over the Paramount leadership. Brando later won an Academy Award for his portrayal, which he refused to accept. Coppola would later recollect: The Godfather was a very unappreciated movie when we were making it. They were very unhappy with it. They didn't like the cast. They didn't like the way I was shooting it. I was always on the verge of getting fired. So it
5750-549: The box office, earning a meager $ 2.5 million against a $ 10 million budget and once again aggravating Coppola's financial troubles. In 1984, Coppola directed the Robert Evans -produced The Cotton Club . The film was nominated for several awards, including the Golden Globes for Best Director and Best Picture (Drama) and Oscars for Best Film Editing and Best Art-Direction. However, the film failed miserably at
5865-553: The box-office, earning only $ 25.9 million of the $ 47.9 million privately invested by brothers Fred and Ed Doumani. The same year, he directed an episode of Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre entitled "Rip Van Winkle" (based on the short story ), where Harry Dean Stanton played the lead role. In 1986, Coppola directed Captain EO , a 17-minute space fantasy for Disney theme parks executive produced by George Lucas , starring singer Michael Jackson . Coppola, formerly
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#17327831265905980-493: The cast to the Napa Valley for much of the outdoor shooting, but those scenes were in sharp contrast to those filmed on a Hollywood soundstage, resulting in a disjointed look to the film. Dealing with outdated material at a time when the popularity of film musicals was already waning, Clark received a Golden Globe Best Actress nomination. The film introduced Coppola to George Lucas , who became his lifelong friend as well as
6095-529: The cast were Patrick Swayze , Rob Lowe (in his film debut), Emilio Estevez , Diane Lane , and Tom Cruise . Matt Dillon and several others also starred in Coppola's related film Rumble Fish , which was also based on an S. E. Hinton novel and filmed at the same time as The Outsiders on-location in Tulsa, Oklahoma . Carmine Coppola wrote and edited the musical score, including the title song "Stay Gold", which
6210-418: The casting of Coppola's daughter Sofia , who stepped into the leading role of Mary Corleone , which was abandoned by Winona Ryder just as filming began. Despite this, The Godfather Part III went on to gather seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Director and 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
6325-423: The difference that a well-thought-out name can make to their career. Often a person or group decides on a different name only after they realize that a poorly chosen name gives a bad impression. Actor Michael Caine was born Maurice Micklewhite and chose his new first name because he preferred the sound of it to the less glamorous-sounding "Maurice". He reputedly chose the surname "Caine" because, while deciding on
6440-426: The electricity", but he decided to keep it. In a similar situation, Doris Day (born Doris Kappelhoff) was told by a bandleader that her name would never fit on the marquee, and she thus took the surname "Day" because the song "Day By Day" had become one of her signature tracks. Ching Lau Lauro (1806?–1840) used a Chinese stage name to represent his stage image as a contortionist in Chinese costume. Believed to be
6555-491: The failure of One from the Heart (1982) compelled him to take up Paramount 's long-standing offer to make a third installment. Coppola and Puzo preferred the title The Death of Michael Corleone , but Paramount Pictures found that unacceptable. While not as critically acclaimed as the first two films, it was still commercially successful, earning $ 136 million against a $ 54 million budget. Some reviewers criticized
6670-561: The family moved to New York. They settled in Woodside, Queens , where Coppola spent the remainder of his childhood. Having contracted polio as a boy, Coppola was bedridden for large periods of his childhood, during which he did homemade puppet theater productions. He developed an interest in theater after reading A Streetcar Named Desire at age 15. He created 8 mm feature films edited from home movies with titles such as The Rich Millionaire and The Lost Wallet . Although Coppola
6785-679: The feat the next year with Foreign Correspondent and Rebecca . Since Coppola, two other directors have done the same: Herbert Ross in 1977 with The Goodbye Girl and The Turning Point , and Steven Soderbergh in 2000 with Erin Brockovich and Traffic . Coppola, however, is the only one to have produced the pictures nominated. Following the success of The Godfather , The Conversation , and The Godfather Part II , Coppola began filming Apocalypse Now , an adaptation of Joseph Conrad 's Heart of Darkness set in Cambodia during
6900-399: The film alienated potential buyers, who did not find the 12-minute short exciting enough to screen in adult theaters . After much rejection, Coppola received an opportunity from Premier Pictures Company, a small production company that invested in an adult production called The Wide Open Spaces , an erotic western written and directed by Jerry Schafer, which had been shelved for more than
7015-412: The film industry today, ended with a disastrous box-office gross of US$ 636,796 against a $ 26-million budget, and he was forced to sell the 23-acre Zoetrope Studio in 1983. He would spend the rest of the decade working to pay off his debts. Zoetrope Studios finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1990, after which its name was changed to American Zoetrope . In 1983, he directed The Outsiders ,
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#17327831265907130-432: The film is a mystifying embarrassment; it's by far the director's worst work yet." 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. In his audio commentary for Part II , he stated that only a dire financial situation caused by
7245-589: The film utilized the very same surveillance and wire-tapping equipment that members of the Nixon administration used to spy on political opponents prior to the Watergate scandal . Coppola insisted that this was purely coincidental, as the script for The Conversation was completed in the mid-1960s (before the election of Richard Nixon ) and the spying equipment used in the film was developed through research and use of technical advisers and not by newspaper stories about
7360-564: 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. 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. In 1992, Coppola directed and produced Bram Stoker's Dracula . Adapted from Bram Stoker 's novel , it
7475-539: The former Robert Allen Zimmerman's legal name has been Robert Dylan ( Bob Dylan ) since he changed it in New York City Supreme Court in August 1962. Elton John was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight but changed his name by deed poll , making Elton Hercules John his real name. When he was knighted , he became Sir Elton Hercules John rather than Sir Reginald Kenneth Dwight. Similarly, Freddie Mercury
7590-624: The job. Coppola was officially announced as director of the film on September 28, 1970. He agreed to receive $ 125,000 and six percent of the gross rentals. Coppola later found a deeper theme for the material and decided it should be not just be a film about organized crime, but also a family chronicle and a metaphor for capitalism in America. There was disagreement between Paramount and Coppola on casting; Coppola wanted to cast Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone , though Paramount wanted either Ernest Borgnine or Danny Thomas . At one point, Coppola
7705-545: The name Charlie Sheen . Some children born outside marriage to a (usually male) celebrity parent have done the same: Jett Williams (née Antha Bell Jett) and Scott Eastwood (né Scott Clinton Reeves) each use their fathers' last names; while others have not: Joseph Baena , son of Arnold Schwarzenegger , chose not to use his father's last name. Women who achieve fame after marriage often use their married name as part of their professional name, while women who achieved fame before marriage may continue to use their maiden name or
7820-545: The name Jim Gardner because of the thought that there were too many people with Jewish last names on staff. Ramón Estévez changed his name to Martin Sheen as he felt it affected his job prospects owing to racial discrimination and bias, although he maintains his birth name for legal documents such as his passport; his sons made divergent choices: Carlos Irwin Estévez is now Charlie Sheen , while Emilio Estevez left his name unchanged. German-born actor Hans Gudegast adopted
7935-540: The name Terrance Quinn. Long-time Simpsons writer and Futurama executive producer David X. Cohen changed his middle initial from S to X because there was already a David S. Cohen registered with the Writers Guild of America. Julianne Moore was born Julie Anne Smith but found that all variations of that name were already used by other actors. Former American football player Thomas Q. Jones added his middle initial to his name when he began acting, as his name
8050-428: The original 1979 cut of the film, thereby expanding its length to 200 minutes. In 2019, Coppola re-released Apocalypse Now once more as Apocalypse Now (Final Cut) , claiming that version to be his favorite. Apocalypse Now marked the end of the 'golden phase' of Coppola's career. His 1982 musical fantasy One from the Heart , although pioneering the use of video-editing techniques that are standard practice in
8165-408: The other of his son Michael . In the director's commentary on the DVD edition of the film (released in 2002), Coppola states that this film was the first major motion picture to use "Part II" in its title. Paramount was initially opposed to his decision to name the movie The Godfather Part II . According to Coppola, the studio's objection stemmed from the belief that audiences would be reluctant to see
8280-501: The performer, such as Lady Gaga . At times the line may be blurred between the name of an act and the stage name of the lead. Many performers refer to their stage name as their "professional name". For instance David Jones became David Bowie in order to avoid confusion with Davy Jones of the Monkees but retained Jones as his legal name. In some cases, performers subsequently adopt their stage name as their legal name. For instance,
8395-544: The prefix Cheb (for men) or Chaba (Chebba) for women. Both Arabic words mean "young" (e.g. as in Cheb Khaled , or "Young Khaled"). John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin was born John Richard Baldwin. This is still his legal name. John Paul Jones being his professional name. Some performers take a series of different stage names. The British pop singer who was successful in the 1970s as Alvin Stardust previously went by
8510-827: The pronunciation of his initials (M and M), and later used his real name at various public events and as an alter ego after his real name gained recognition following the release of his multi-platinum album The Marshall Mathers LP . LL Cool J (James Todd Smith) referenced his real name on the albums Mr. Smith and Todd Smith . Queen Latifah (Dana Owens) released The Dana Owens Album after changing her focus from hip-hop to jazz. Xzibit (Alvin Joiner) has also been credited by his real name when acting in several television shows. Some performers and artists may choose to simplify their name to make it easier to spell and pronounce, and easier for others to remember. For instance, Fall Out Boy vocalist and guitarist Patrick Stump removed
8625-471: The rights to the David Benedictus novel You're a Big Boy Now and merged it with a story idea of his own, resulting in his UCLA thesis project You're a Big Boy Now (1966), which earned Coppola his Master of Fine Arts Degree from UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 1967. The film also received a theatrical release via Warner Bros and earned critical acclaim. Geraldine Page
8740-721: The salary was better. Guilds and associations that represent actors, such as the SAG-AFTRA (formed from a 2012 merger between the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists ) in the United States and Equity in the United Kingdom , stipulate that no two members may have identical working names. An actor whose name has already been taken must choose
8855-407: The script for Patton starting in 1963 along with Edmund H. North . This earned him his first Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay . However, it was not easy for Coppola to convince Franklin J. Schaffner that the opening scene would work. Coppola later revealed in an interview, I wrote the script of Patton . And the script was very controversial when I wrote it, because they thought it
8970-402: The script for The Peeper , a comedy short film about a voyeur who tries to spy on a sensual photo shoot in the studio next to his apartment. Coppola found an interested producer, who gave him $ 3,000 to shoot the film. He hired Playboy Bunny Marli Renfro to play the model and had his friend Karl Schanzer play the voyeur. With The Peeper finished, Coppola found that the cartoonish aspects of
9085-411: The stage name Steve Harley after realising that his on stage persona differed greatly from his real-life persona, and as a result feeling that he was no longer "Ronald and Joyce's [Harley's Parents] little boy" when on stage. Comedian Amos Muzyad Yaqoob Kairouz adopted the stage name Danny Thomas , largely because he did not want his friends and family to know he had gone back into working clubs where
9200-538: The stage name of Eric Braeden . Actors Anthony Quinn and Anne Bancroft were advised to anglicize their names because 'Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca' and 'Anna Maria Louisa Italiano', respectively, were considered too 'ethnic' for Hollywood and Broadway at the time. Eydie Gorme (born Edith Garmezano), Sophia Loren (born Sofia Villani Scicolone), Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky), and Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino), are four more well-known examples of this trend. Broadcaster Dave Roberts
9315-582: The stage name of Shane Fenton in the 1960s. He had been born Bernard William Jewry . Some performers will use different names in different settings. Charles Thompson, singer-songwriter for the alternative band the Pixies , was known in that band as Black Francis . He was called Frank Black as a solo performer and again called Black Francis in a reunited Pixies. Unlike Hollywood stage names, many musical artists' stage names are obviously not personal names, but they may still end up universally used to refer to
9430-503: The surname Kaminsky, the original two lineups of The Three Stooges (born Moses Horwitz, Jerome Horwitz, Samuel Horwitz and Louis Feinberg) and Woody Allen (born Allen Konigsberg). Jon Stewart claims that he did not anglicize his name for career reasons, but because of his estranged relationship with his father. Israeli-American Natalie Portman , born Natalie Hershlag, changed her name allegedly to protect her privacy. James Goldman, retired television anchorman, has stated that he chose
9545-1222: The thriller The Conversation , which received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival . His next film, the war epic Apocalypse Now (1979), which had a notoriously lengthy and strenuous production , was widely acclaimed for vividly depicting the Vietnam War . It also won the Palme d'Or, making Coppola one of only ten filmmakers to have won the award twice. Coppola later directed notable films such as The Outsiders and Rumble Fish (both 1983), The Cotton Club (1984), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), The Godfather Part III (1990), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) and The Rainmaker (1997). Coppola has acted as producer on such diverse films as American Graffiti (1973), The Black Stallion (1979), The Escape Artist (1982), Hammett (1982), Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) and The Secret Garden (1993). Many of Coppola's relatives and children have become popular actors and filmmakers: his sister Talia Shire
9660-406: The time. Cary and the studio eventually settled on "Cary Grant" (Grant thought the letters "C" and "G" to be lucky: they had brought previous success for both Clark Gable and Gary Cooper ). Joan Crawford , born Lucille Fay LeSueur, had her name changed as a result of a magazine poll organised by her studio, MGM . Gorden Kaye (born Gordon Kaye) had one letter in his first name changed owing to
9775-489: The wake of the summer of 2020 , to honor her Japanese heritage; she had originally used Bloom, an English equivalent to Sakura (meaning cherry blossom ) out of a fear of typecasting. Another consideration in choosing a stage name is the ease of use. The Actors' Equity Association (AEA) advises performers to select a name that is easy for others to pronounce, spell, and remember. Some performers, while paying great attention to their skills and abilities, give little thought to
9890-695: Was Jeff Bridges who played the role of Preston Tucker. Budgeted at $ 24 million, the film received positive reviews and earned three nominations at the 62nd Academy Awards , but grossed a disappointing $ 19.65 million at the box office. It garnered two awards: Martin Landau won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and Dean Tavoularis took BAFTA's honors for Best Production Design . In 1989, Coppola teamed up with fellow Oscar -winning directors Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen for an anthology film called New York Stories . Coppola directed
10005-469: Was Coppola's first box-office success since The Outsiders and the film ranked number 17 on Entertainment Weekly ' s list of "50 Best High School Movies". The following year, Coppola re-teamed with James Caan for Gardens of Stone , but the film was overshadowed by the death of Coppola's eldest son Gian-Carlo during the film's production. The movie was not a critical success and underperformed commercially, earning only $ 5.6 million against
10120-470: Was [actually] made." Coppola shot The Godfather Part II in parallel to The Conversation . It was the last major American motion picture to be filmed in Technicolor . George Lucas commented on the film after its five-hour-long preview, telling Coppola, "You have two films. Take one away, it doesn't work," referring to the movie's portrayal of two parallel storylines, one of a young Vito Corleone and
10235-536: Was a cinematic milestone. The near three hour-long epic, a film treatment of Mario Puzo 's New York Times-bestselling novel The Godfather , chronicling the saga of the Corleone family , received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics and got Coppola the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay , which he shared with Mario Puzo, as well as Golden Globe Awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay . However, Coppola faced several difficulties while filming. He
10350-494: Was a mediocre student, his interest in technology and engineering earned him the childhood nickname "Science". He trained initially for a career in music and became proficient in the tuba , eventually earning a music scholarship to the New York Military Academy . In all, Coppola attended 23 schools before he eventually graduated from Great Neck North High School . He entered Hofstra College in 1955 as
10465-416: Was already taken. The rumor that Michael Keaton changed his surname because of an attraction to actress Diane Keaton is incorrect; he chose Keaton because of an affinity for the physical comedy of Buster Keaton . A middle name may be adopted in preference to changing a name. American author James Finn Garner , born James Edward Garner, adopted his mother's maiden name for a middle name after joining
10580-450: Was an extremely nightmarish experience. I had two little kids, and the third one was born during that. We lived in a little apartment, and I was basically frightened that they didn't like it. They had as much as said that, so when it was all over I wasn't at all confident that it was going to be successful, and that I'd ever get another job. After it was released, the film received widespread praise. It went on to win multiple awards, including
10695-642: Was arrested for DUI in Calabasas , California . He was driving Justin Bieber 's Fisker Karma and was alleged to be going between 60 and 70 mph in a 30 mph zone. Lil Twist was arrested and charged with making criminal threats, burglary, grand theft, battery and 2 counts of assault with a deadly weapon in March 2015. This was after Twist and four others assaulted Disney actor Kyle Massey and Massey's brother, Christopher Massey . On December 1, 2016, Lil Twist pleaded no contest to six charges and received
10810-467: Was based upon a famous Robert Frost poem and performed for the movie by Stevie Wonder . That same year, he directed Rumble Fish , based on the novel of the same name by S. E. Hinton, who also co-wrote the screenplay. Shot in black-and-white as an homage to German expressionist films , Rumble Fish centers on the relationship between a revered former gang leader ( Mickey Rourke ) and his younger brother, Rusty James ( Matt Dillon ). The film bombed at
10925-462: Was born David T. Boreanaz but was known professionally as Dave Thomas and later Dave Roberts as ethnic surnames were discouraged when he first began his career during the 1950s; his son, actor David Boreanaz , chose not to adopt a stage name. The use of stage names for ethnic purposes may vary widely depending on the media market the personality is representing. For example, in Buffalo, New York ,
11040-559: Was born Farrokh Bulsara, but legally changed his name concurrently with the formation of Queen . Elvis Costello (born Declan MacManus), who had adopted his professional name as a legal name, changed it back to his birth name in 1986. Another example is Marvin Lee Aday, known by his stage name Meat Loaf . In a similar way, actress and singer Miley Cyrus was born Destiny Hope Cyrus but found "Miley" more comfortable, making it her legal name. Entire musical groups have been known to adopt
11155-467: Was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou. Some surnames may carry unfortunate connotations. Hal Linden , born Harold Lipshitz, adopted his stage name for fear that the embedded obscenity in his original surname could cost him work. Ralph Lauren 's brother (who was his guardian) changed their family name from Lifshitz for a similar reason: fear of mockery. Duran Duran 's Nick Rhodes , born Nicholas James Bates, changed his name to escape childhood ridicule (as
11270-470: Was cemented with the release of The Godfather (1972) which won three Academy Awards for Best Picture , Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay and revolutionized the gangster genre of filmmaking, receiving strong commercial and critical reception. He directed The Godfather Part II (1974) which also won Best Picture with Coppola earning the Best Director . Also in 1974, Coppola released
11385-509: Was elected president of the university's drama group The Green Wig, and its musical comedy club, the Kaleidoscopians. He merged the two groups into The Spectrum Players, and under his leadership, the group staged a new production each week. Coppola also founded the cinema workshop at Hofstra and contributed prolifically to the campus literary magazine. He won three D. H. Lawrence Awards for theatrical production and direction and received
11500-653: Was encouraged as a child actress to use her father's first name, Peter as her last name by her mother to avoid being type-cast in Italian roles. Chloe Bennet had used her birth name, Chloe Wang, for her singing career in China, along with a short-lived TeenNick music series. She started using the surname Bennet, after her father's first name, when she failed to be welcomed by Hollywood agents . In reverse, Nichole Bloom, an actress with mixed Japanese-Irish parentage, changed her stage name to her birth name of Nichole Sakura in
11615-460: Was forgotten. And I remember very vividly this long, kind of being raked over the coals for this opening scene. When the title role was offered to George C. Scott, he remembered having read Coppola's screenplay earlier. He stated flatly that he would accept the part only if they used Coppola's script. "Scott is the one who resurrected my version," said Coppola. The movie opens with Scott's rendering of Patton's famous military "Pep Talk" to members of
11730-525: Was in a recording studio. He released his first single, "The Texas Twist", when he was 10 years old, which was #1 locally in Dallas for 6 straight weeks. He released mixtapes such as The Golden Child , and a single, "Love Affair" to build anticipation for his planned but never released album, Bad Decisions . He was featured in XXL hip hop magazine's "2011 Freshman Class". Since then, he has been featured as
11845-542: Was influenced to become a writer by his brother August. Coppola also credits the work of Elia Kazan for influencing him as a writer and director. Coppola's classmates at Hofstra included James Caan , Lainie Kazan , and radio artist Joe Frank . He later cast Lainie Kazan in One from the Heart and Caan in The Rain People , The Godfather , and Gardens of Stone . While pursuing his bachelor's degree, Coppola
11960-445: Was intended to follow the book more closely than previous film adaptations. Coppola cast Gary Oldman as the titular role, with Keanu Reeves , Winona Ryder , and Anthony Hopkins in supporting roles. The movie became a box-office hit, grossing $ 82,522,790 domestically, making it the 15th highest-grossing film of the year. It fared even better out of the country, grossing $ 133,339,902 for a total worldwide gross of $ 215,862,692 against
12075-452: Was moved up to second when the list was published again in 2007. Director Stanley Kubrick believed that The Godfather was possibly the greatest movie ever made and certainly the best-cast. Coppola's next film, The Conversation , further cemented his position as one of the most talented auteurs of Hollywood. The movie was partly influenced by Michelangelo Antonioni 's Blowup (1966) and generated much interest when news leaked that
12190-559: Was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and received six Oscars, including three for Coppola: Best Picture , Best Adapted Screenplay , and Best Director . The Godfather Part II is ranked as the No. 1 greatest movie of all time in TV Guide 's "50 Best Movies of All Time" and is ranked at No. 7 on Entertainment Weekly 's list of the "100 Greatest Movies of All Time". The film is also featured on movie critic Leonard Maltin 's list of
12305-514: Was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award for her performance. Following the success of You're a Big Boy Now , Coppola was offered to work on a movie version of the Broadway musical Finian's Rainbow , starring Petula Clark in her first American film and veteran Fred Astaire . Producer Jack L. Warner was not impressed by Coppola's shaggy-haired, bearded, " hippie " appearance and generally left him to his own devices. Coppola took
12420-429: Was not Paramount 's first choice to direct the movie; Italian director Sergio Leone was initially offered the job but declined in order to direct his own gangster opus, Once Upon a Time in America . Robert Evans wanted the picture to be directed by an Italian American to make the film "ethnic to the core". Evans' chief assistant Peter Bart suggested Coppola, as a director of Italian ancestry who would work for
12535-429: Was on the set of Dementia 13 that Coppola met the woman he would marry, Eleanor Jessie Neil . In 1965, Coppola won the annual Samuel Goldwyn Award for best screenplay ( Pilma, Pilma ) written by a UCLA student. The honor secured him a job as a scriptwriter with Seven Arts . During this time, Coppola also co-wrote the scripts for This Property Is Condemned (1966) and Is Paris Burning? (1966). Coppola bought
12650-450: Was overwhelmingly praised by critics when it finally released in 1979 and was selected for the 1979 Cannes Film Festival , winning the Palme d'Or along with The Tin Drum , directed by Volker Schlöndorff . When the film screened at Cannes, Coppola quipped, "My film is not about Vietnam, it is Vietnam." Apocalypse Now 's reputation has grown in time and it is now regarded by many as
12765-415: Was present through the production, Fax Bahr, and George Hickenlooper , chronicles the difficulties the crew went through making Apocalypse Now and features behind-the-scenes footage filmed by Eleanor. After filming Apocalypse Now , Coppola famously stated, "We were in the jungle, there were too many of us, we had access to too much money, too much equipment and little by little, we went insane." The film
12880-584: Was released as The Bellboy and the Playgirls . That same year producer/director Roger Corman hired Coppola as an assistant. Corman first tasked Coppola with dubbing and re-editing the Soviet science fiction film Nebo zovyot , which Coppola turned into the sex-and-violence monster movie Battle Beyond the Sun , which was released in 1962. Impressed by Coppola's perseverance and dedication, Corman hired him as
12995-447: Was so stylized. It was supposed to be like, sort of, you know, The Longest Day . And my script of Patton was—I was sort of interested in the reincarnation. And I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives this speech. Ultimately, I wasn't fired, but I was fired, meaning that when the script was done, they said, "Okay, thank you very much," and they went and hired another writer and that script
13110-909: Was the case with Barbara Eden , born Barbara Jean Huffman – or, in the heyday of the Hollywood studios, by a movie studio. Joan Rivers (born Joan Alexandra Molinsky) went one step further and named herself after a former agent, Tony Rivers, after he told her to change her name. In the non-English-speaking world, an example is the Taiwanese Mandopop girl group S.H.E (composed of Selina Jen , Hebe Tian , and Ella Chen ), whose members' English names were chosen by their manager after taking personality tests . Rockabilly musician Glen Glenn (real name Orin Glen Troutman) had an involuntary name change bestowed upon him in 1956; while he originally performed as Glen Trout, he became Glen Glenn. Former child star Patty Duke (whose real name
13225-446: Was told by the then-president of Paramount that "Marlon Brando will never appear in this motion picture." After pleading with the executives, Coppola was allowed to cast Brando only if he appeared in the film for much less money than his previous films, would perform a screen test, and put up a bond saying that he would not cause a delay in the production (as he had done on previous film sets). Coppola chose Brando over Ernest Borgnine on
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