Oscar Honors Francis Ford Coppola
As a screenwriter Coppola collaborated on several studio films, including an adaptation of Tennessee Williams' "This Property is Condemned" (1966) starring Natalie Wood and Robert Redford; "Is Paris Burning?" (1966); the 1974 version of "The Great Gatsby"; and "Patton" (1970), starring George C. Scott, for which Coppola shared the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Credit: 20th Century Fox
