Recently it has come out that Coppola has inappropriately touched and kissed extras without their consent on the set of his latest film. This is obviously reason enough not to support the film, but if you know anything about Coppola's history with abusers, this should come as no surprise.
In 1989, Francis Ford Coppola's protégé, Victor Salva, sexually assaulted a child actor, a 12 year-old named Nathan Forrest Winters, on the set of a film that Coppola produced.
Coppola defended and protected Salva, hooked him up with expensive lawyers, resulting in a reduced prison sentence of only 15 months, most of which was spent in a cushy rehabilitation center for sex criminals. Coppola remained friends with Salva and visited him in jail. After his release, Salva returned to Hollywood with the help of Coppola, who would continue to produce several of his films.
After Salva's arrest, Winters was forced to complete ADR on the film he was abused on, in Coppola's own home. Coppola, one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in Hollywood, threatened to sue 12 year-old Winters for breach of contract for trying to leave the project. Coppola told Winters he'd never work in Hollywood again, and he didn't.
In 2006, Coppola said,
"You have to remember, while this was a tragedy, that the difference in age between Victor and the boy was very small — Victor was practically a child himself."
Salva was 29 at the time while Winters was 12. In fact, Salva had been grooming and sexually abusing Winters from the age of 6.
To hear Winters tell his story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M9ATFAYsEk
yeah it's no surprise that he's longtime friends with George "let's make Indiana Jones a pedo" Lucas
absolutely. supporting their art literally gives these predators the resources with which they abuse people with
Yeah even though Godfather is hall of fame I never heard of these allegations. 15 months only wtf
it seems very few people know about this, especially the degree to which Coppola was involved. it's been largely swept under the rug. incredibly jokerfying to learn about
And I thought the clapping for Polanski was crazy. This guy was on this shit the entire time
cushy rehabilitation center for sex criminals
I'm sorry, what?
for all these motherfuckersyeah I believe Salva spent a short time in actual prison but got assaulted by another inmate for being a pedo. that allowed him to get transferred to what is essentially a resort for removeds in northern California, which Coppola paid for
now I don't condone prison violence and think all prisoners should have a decent standard of living but it's clear that Salva got special treatment due to his connections that 99.9% of prisoners would never get
yeah. I don't like it but I do understand it, in a system that fails to adequately prevent further harm, let alone achieve genuine rehabilitation
i believe the word more fitting than your emoji is "oubliette"
Coppola's winery Inglenook was also used as the most recent venue for Congressman Mike Thompson's annual fundraiser (who has voted to send money and weapons to the zionist entity), so Coppola materially supported the Palestinian genocide.
I was today years old when I learned Nicholas Cage is a Coppola
Had no idea about this but sadly makes sense that Hollywood has protected one of their sacred cows by having this swept under the rug
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(for reference, I got bored of godfather 2 after lots of dudes recommended it to me, apocalypse now by someone? idk, movies)
I've never seen The Godfather II because Godfather I was boring af and when it wasn't boring it was really upsetting for how much the movie hates women. There's like, maybe 3 good moments in the entire film? And the theme song slaps. That's it.
'Megalopolis' is a piece of s—t
You’ve been warned various times already. You were warned when the Guardian reported this spring that crew members on “Megalopolis” described its making, paid for entirely by Coppola thanks to his fortune in winemaking, as a “train wreck.” You were warned when that same article leveled allegations that the old man would sexually harass female crew members (barf) and burn hours of shooting time just hanging out and smoking weed instead of working (OK I respect it). Coppola has denied the allegations, and has sued Variety for its own investigation into his reported wrongdoing. In its introduction, the written complaint in that suit includes the sentence, “Some people are jealous and resentful of genius.” Go ahead and take that sentence as a warning, too.
LMAO
Fucking "auteurs".
so the part about salva comes up a bunch in horror spaces, but i'm not sure i was ever aware of coppola's involvement. makes sense tho. salva is responsible for jeepers keepers & its first sequel, a pair of 00's monster movies that people tend to remember fondly, but that become incredibly creepy if you know what an abomination the guy is. it almost feels like he's taunting.
e : i seem to recall vague mentions suggesting the involvement of a producer or something like that, but this might well be the first instance i've seen of a name being dropped. fucking disgusting.
