Francis Ford Coppola Robbed

Posted on September 28, 2007

Francis Ford Coppola's computer was stolen. The computer contained the script and production notes for his new film, as well as other work that the director/screenwriter had been working on for years.

Thieves in Argentina have stolen a computer from US film director Francis Ford Coppola, which contained the script for his new production. It was reported that five armed robbers raided Coppola's house in a wealthy neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, and took computers and camera equipment. Saved on one of the computers was the script and pre-production work for his forthcoming film, Tetro.
The Oscar-winning Godfather director was not home at the time. However, the raiders hit and threatened a person who was in the house, in the fashionable Palermo neighbourhood. A spokeswoman for Coppola offered a reward for the return of the computer, which she said was vital to him and his work. Tetro, which will star Matt Dillon, is about the rivalries over the generations in an artistic Italian immigrant family to Buenos Aires. Filming is due to start next February.
Coppola has been living in Buenos Aires for several months Five-time Oscar winner Coppola is reported to be "very sad".

We're very sad, too! Stealing a writer's unfinished work is just the lowest of the low. It would also be a frustrating nightmare scenario for any writer. We hope the find the culprits and bring them to justice.