Francis Ford Coppola and why he finally made The Godfather Part III. Amy Heckerling, and the knockbacks before she got Clueless off the ground.
Nearly 500 episodes in, and the Film Stories podcast finally arrives at a Godfather film. Specifically, The Godfather Part III, a fascinating project whose behind the scenes story went on for over a decade. The number of attempts to get the film made climbed into double figures, named such as Sylvester Stallone, Madonna and John Travolta were amongst those linked.
But also: writer/director Francis Ford Coppola was not keen to make the movie.
Writer/director Amy Heckerling had an opposite problem with Clueless. She was keen to make the story, but for a while, she couldn’t get anyone to stump up the bill. When they did? Well, Heckerling finally got some of the respect she deserved…
Stories of both are told in this episode…
