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1. One of Coppola's first films was a musical called "Finian's Rainbow", which was based on a 1947 Broadway hit play. Which legendary dancer starred in this 1968 film?
2. In a change of pace, Coppola's 1969 film was "The Rain People." It was the story of a pregnant Long Island housewife who ran away from home, (trying to find herself), and met up with a brain-damaged hitch-hiker. They then traveled across the U.S. together. Which actors starred in the film?
3. This film was Coppola's next project, after 1972's "The Godfather". In this 1974 film, Gene Hackman was Harry Caul, an expert in audio surveillance, who suffered guilt over a prior job which resulted in three deaths. What was the name of the film?
4. In 1979 Coppola released a film set during the Vietnam War. The plot: an Army captain was sent downriver and into the jungle to assassinate a renegade Special Forces officer. It was a difficult journey. Name the film, considered to be one of the director's best.
5. Coppola's musical released in 1982, was much anticipated. Set in Las Vegas, filmed on a studio sound stage, and starring Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr and Raul Julia, it was not received well by critics, and was a failure at the box office. Which film is it?
6. Coppola followed in 1983 with a film based upon a novel written by a then-teenage author named Susan Elloise Hinton. The cast was packed with young actors who would become some of the biggest stars in films. It's still popular with young people today-which film is it?
7. Mickey Rourke and Matt Dillon were the stars of another Coppola endeavor, which was based on a novel by S.E. Hinton, and released in 1983. Shot in black-and-white in avant-garde style, with a musical score by Stewart Copeland and a large and talented cast, movie-goers either loved the film or hated it. Which film is it?
8. 1984 saw a Coppola film about a famous New York nightclub, the mobsters and musicians who inhabited the place, and their romances. The film was "The Cotton Club". Who were the film's top-billed stars?
9. A teen-age girl fainted at her high school reunion and woke up to find herself in her own past. The film posed the question: If you were to know what your future holds, would you change it? Kathleen Turner and Nicolas Cage starred in this 1986 film. What was it?
10. No Francis Ford Coppola quiz would be complete without a "Godfather" question. Both "Godfather I" and "Godfather II" won the Academy Award for Best Picture in their respective years.
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