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Carmine Coppola

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The Resume

    (June 11, 1910-April 26, 1991)
    Born in New York City, New York
    Flautist with the NBC Symphony Orchestra
    Composed scores for ‘Tonight for Sure’ (1962), ‘The Godfather’ (1972),‘The Godfather Part II’ (1974), ‘Apocalypse Now’ (1979), ‘The Black Stallion’ (1979), the restored version of Abel Gance’s ‘Napoleon’ (1981), ‘The Outsiders’ (1983), ‘Tucker: The Man and His Dream’ (1988) and ‘The Godfather Part III’ (1990)
    Co-winner of the Oscar for Best Original Dramatic Score for ‘The Godfather Part II’
    Father of Francis Ford Coppola and Talia Shire
    Grandfather of Sofia Coppola, Nicholas Cage and Jason Schwartzman

Why he might be annoying:

    Talia Shire said, ‘I had no relationship with him in the 'Hi, Dad' sense.’
    Almost all his film scores are for movies directed by, produced by or otherwise associated with his son.
    During the Academy Awards ceremony, he dropped and broke his Oscar.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He won a scholarship to Juilliard.
    He was married to Italia Pennino for over 50 years.
    In his Oscar acceptance speech, he said, ‘I want to thank my son Francis, because without him I wouldn't be here. But then if I wasn't here, he wouldn't be, either.’

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 21 Votes: 19.05% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying