coppola. francis ford coppola. he's the — he's the beginning of the end of it all.ng to fire him during the first couple of weeks of work. and i was aware, and i guess others were — and i'd gained a lot of respect for him. it was his vision from a to z and they tried to have a standby director, to fire him, in case they fired him, then this guy would take over. but it was coppola's vision and his film—making and his casting that made it all work, i mean, for me — for everybody. the inspiration for the godfather came partly from the bestseller of the same name by american author mario puzo, published three years before the film's release. in an interview decades ago, coppola, who ultimately worked with puzo on the godfather screenplay, revealed he didn't have much initial enthusiasm for the project. anyone who remembers the original godfather book, it had a lot of sleazy aspects to it that, of course, were cut out for the movie and i didn't like it very much for those reasons and i was very frightened of getting once again co—opted into another project, like, low bud

. ♪ >> we're here in the nappa vally on a rainy day to interview francis ford coppola.ow, he's one of greatest movie directors of all-time without any question. if you google the best movies of all-time, the greatest movies of all-time, "the godfather" is number one usually. >> i'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse. >> but "the godfather 2" is often on that list of top ten, and so is "apocalypse now." so of the 10, 15 greatest movies of all-time this man has made three of them. i'm really interested in talking to him for another reason. when i came to america first i was in college and i took a class, classics of american cinema. it was in some ways helpful for me because it gave me a sense of the culture and the country that i was now living in. and i wrote my final paper on "the godfather," actually on the opening four or five minutes of "the godfather," the first scene, and i had a thesis about what it all meant. so now i get to ask the man who made the movie whether i was right. >> when i first read "the godfather," the novel by mario puzo, i was shocked as

. >> and it is told with irony by this young screenwriter named francis ford coppola. >> coppola hadin old hollywood before that. he made a big warner brothers musical, "finnian's rainbow." >> i was very unhappy during the production, because you didn't get to cast, you didn't get to pick the art director, you didn't do the final postproduction. and out of my frustration, one of the highlights of the picture is a skinny kid that would come and watch what i was doing and became a friend of mine was the only one more or less my contemporary and that was george lucas. >> i think student films are the only real hope. i think they're slowly beginning to realize that students know what they're doing. >> these guys saw hollywood as death. they were all very influenced by the fresh new wave in european films. that's how francis saw himself. his fantasy was that he was going to make a series of these out of hollywood movies with lucas and other people they attracted. they decided to start their own studio. called american zoetrope. >> the first movie is by george lucas. he makes "thx 1138." a

the two people i will profile next saturday are billy joel and francis ford coppola. with the great film director. >> when you did it, you thought this is it. no sequel. >> oh, no, when i said sequel, charlie says, you have the formula, coca-cola, you're going to tell me you're not going to make more coca-cola. i said no, i don't want to make any more coca-cola. i thought it was over, i thought it was one movie. i had enough of it. when i chose to do the second film, the deal i made is i would write it, i would produce it, i would pick a director who would direct it. and when finally when i told them i'm ready i have a script, and everything, they say, who do you want to direct it. i said, very talented and can do it just as well as me. his name is marty scorsese. they said absolutely not. they turned me down. >> so you -- >> i then got a phone call from charlie, and he said francis, this is charlie. you got the formula of coca-cola. you really are not going to do it? this is incredible. i'll give you anything you want. i said all right, charlie, i'll do it. i want a

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-- i didn't know that -- i didn't know how important your -- >> they didn't want -- francis ford coppola if you think about -- you never know what goes into what and how much work goes into everything. like, that's "the godfather. it's - >> and the time and the passion and the persistence and the al ruddy played by the extraordinary miles teller >> jimmy: yeah, he's great >> he's just -- yeah [ cheers and applause i love him, i love him >> jimmy: you two together, come on. can we just even talk about "ted lasso" for a second, please congratulations. [ cheers and applause it is a global -- second emmy nomination for you >> it's so crazy >> jimmy: i mean, did you -- backstage, you were saying, "yeah, i didn't -- i didn't know if i could be funny or i didn't think that -- like, you're a dramatic actor. >> i was known definitely more for -- yes, you know, i've played, like, lesbian werewolves [ laughter ] i've played -- >> jimmy: that will get you ted cast yeah, and you're like -- >> yeah. >> jimmy: but who cast you jason sudeikis >> so -- he sent me a text and there was this moment where i