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Steven Spielberg Calls ‘The Godfather’ the ‘Greatest American Film Ever Made’ at Francis Ford Coppola AFI Life Achievement Award Ceremony
Steven Spielberg and George Lucas were among those who presented this year's AFI Life Achievement Award to Francis Ford Coppola.
Hollywood legends gathered Saturday night to celebrate Francis Ford Coppola as he received the prestigious AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest honor bestowed by the American Film Institute. No, that’s his son, the little boy he used to carry on his shoulders.” He continued, “There’s a stoop where my family used to sit on hot summer nights and drink beer, but where’s the old nickel vending machine, which dispensed the first cashew nut I ever tasted? Coppola was visibly moved by tributes from Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Adam Driver, Harrison Ford, Morgan Freeman, Dustin Hoffman, Ron Howard, C. Thomas Howell, Diane Lane, Spike Lee and Ralph Macchio.
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