use a francisis ford coppola, ad you say that the first time, -- you say francis ford coppola, and youthat the first time, and then you just say franceis coppola. i wish somebody would call a francie. i asked my wife about why she will not call me that, and she told me she wanted to be married to a strong man. tavis: some of these members of your family tree, no particular order, your sister from "rocky," your daughter, sophia. >> this is her third day shooting her new film. there is steven dorf, and a girl with the last name of fanning. tavis: is that dakota? >> no, i think it is her youngest sister -- younger sister. tavis: and then there is your cousin. >> yes, and robert is a rock star. my son is a director and producer in anototr movie, and then there were orchestra conductors, a famous opera conductors, and there are morbid there are relatives the people do not even know of -- how orchestra conductors, famous opera conductors. -- there were orchestra conductors. i think it came from the previous generation. we had some very talented people. both of my grandfathers were really ext

we are out of time, so i guess that is more of our conversation tomorrow night with francis ford coppola. catch us on the weekend on pri. and you can go to our website at pbs.org. thanks for watching. more with him tomorrow night. keep the faith. >> you spend time with your family? >> sure, i did. >> good, because the man does not spend time with his family can never be a millionaire. you look terrible. i want you to rest well. >> it starts shooting in a week. >> i am going to make an offer he cannot refuse. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: i am tavis smiley. join me next time with more with francis ford coppola. >> there are so many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better, but mostly looking forward to helping build stronger communities and relationships, because at your house, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance probably supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance, working to improve financial literacy and the economic and part that comes with it. >> ♪ nationwide is on your si

but if there is, francis ford coppola would know.e anything we don't know about "apocypse now"? it seems that it's been written about everything that happened on the set to keep that project from being made. is there anything we don't know about the making of that film? >> well, you know, i always like my children to be with me. so i had a little rule with my wife that if ever i was going to go somewhere for more than two weeks, i want to take the kids out of school and have it there -- have them with me. and it was a good decision. but my wife was an artist. and she didn't like just being the director's wife. so i bought her a camera and i said you shoot something. really what i wanted her to do was to stay. so she was making this documentary about "apocalypse now," a famous documentary. and i would come home and say, god, this movie is terrible, i hate this movie, i'm going to flunk, this is the worst movie i've ever made. hoping she'd say, darling, it will be fine, just wait and see. instead, she said wait a minute, i want to get

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larry: something about you, in 1986 you were driving a speedboat, crashed and killed francis ford coppola's son. the trial judge you had a history of lying with little respect for others. is that statement true in 1986? >> well, i never met the judge before and i didn't know if i had a history of lying or not, but i probably did. i -- that was one of the hardest times in my life. i did lie. i said it wasn't me that was driving the boat. and i owned up to that. and i will live with that every day. >> larry: you -- this whole life has been incredible for you. you must look in the mirror and say -- >> i try to avoid mirrors, larry. >> larry: you are angry about alana stewart, too? >> i don't trust her. she was selling farrah's stuff on ebay the day farrah died. i am disgusted with those people. i thought they were exploiting her. i think that they will continue to exploit her through the farrah story 2 and alana's new book. >> larry: we are almost out of time. get one more quick call in. detroit, hello. detroit, are you there? >> caller: hello. >> larry: quickly, go ahead. >> caller: i want to

even martin scorsese and francis coppola had warmup periods. >> you were compared to orson welles. >> as far as i am concerned. >> i don't think he is that good. >> i have a sibling rivalry with him and stanley kubrick and that is awesome. >> are you being serious or being funny? >> no, i am being funny but look i do admire them but also think i have a sibling rivalry with them. >> culture critic for the web site the daily beast says tarantino wells comparison isn't pair to either. >> i don't think that quentin tarantino really can be compared to anyone else, he really defines his own style and his own career. >> pulp fiction like his other films is bloody, all kinds of bloody. >> it is violence, which is a strong cup of coffee for a sunday morning. >> take the 2003 film, kill bill. >> does it bother you for like kill bill i know you said there are nine and ten-year-olds who love that film. >> i love that. >> you love that? of course i love that. >> you don't think it sends a bad violence that violence is cool. >> in movies violence can be cool. >> with each new movie tarantino's repu

peter: francis ford cop la, they couldn't do -- coppola, they couldn't do it better.a production. steve: bill clinton had had help from the past, tv producers made some of his films, "the man from hope" and stuff like this. he got another hand from hollywood yesterday. it was made for television. way to go. gretchen: and it was a great moment for those families. peter: happy moment. gretchen: a couple of the headlines. the senate now poised for a historic vote this afternoon barring a surprise. sonya sotomayor will be the first hispanic supreme court justice by the end of the day. 30 to 40 republicans plan to argue she will bring a liberal bias and personal sympathies to the high court but they do not have enough to stand in the way of the confirmation. steve: meanwhile, the wife of the guy who went to north korea, secretary of state say s the mission was not a breakthrough but could help get back to the six-period of time talks. right now the secretary of state is in kenya where she sharply criticize the leadership for corruption and failure to follow-through on powe

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