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Fred Roos Dies: Oscar-Winning ‘Godfather Part II’ Producer & Longtime Coppola Collaborator Was 89
Fred Roos, the Oscar-winning The Godfather Part II producer and longtime collaborator of Francis Ford Coppola and Sofia Coppola, died Saturday at 89.
He also executive produced Sofia Coppola’s films including The Virgin Suicides, Lost In Translation, Marie Antoinette, Somewhere, The Bling Ring, The Beguiled, On the Rocks and her latest, last year’s Priscilla. He moved into movie casting with early credits including Monte Hellman’s Flight to Fury, Two-Lane Blacktop and Bob Rafelson’s Five Easy Pieces before taking on The Godfather. It was Roos as a producer on 1979’s Apocalypse Now who helped keep the audacious $30M production intact amid typhoons, Marlon Brando’s ego, Harvey Keitel’s firing after a week and replacement by Martin Sheet; the latter’s heart attack, etc.
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