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86-605: As an ambulance arrives for the body of Mary Lisbon, the last Lisbon sister to die, a group of anonymous adolescent neighborhood boys recalls the events leading up to her death. The Lisbons are a Catholic family living in the suburb of Grosse Pointe, Michigan during the 1970s. The father, Ronald Lisbon, is a math teacher at the local high school. The mother is a strict homemaker . The family has five blonde teenage daughters: 13-year-old Cecilia, 14-year-old Lux, 15-year-old Bonnie, 16-year-old Mary, and 17-year-old Therese. Without warning, Cecilia attempts suicide by slitting her wrists in

172-465: A Cannes Film Festival Award . She was also nominated for three BAFTA Awards , as well as a Primetime Emmy Award . Her parents are filmmakers Eleanor and Francis Ford Coppola , and she made her acting debut as an infant in her father's acclaimed crime drama The Godfather (1972). Coppola later appeared in several music videos and had a supporting role in the fantasy comedy film Peggy Sue Got Married (1986). She then portrayed Mary Corleone ,

258-519: A Trader Joe's grocery occupying specialized space in the renovated building. In addition, a new building rose in 2011 to replace the former Kroger grocery store at the corner of Kercheval and Notre Dame Street. Grosse Pointe Public School System operates public schools. Lewis Maire Elementary School in Grosse Pointe and Pierce Middle School in Grosse Pointe Park serve the western half of

344-534: A change. After the funerals, Mr. and Mrs. Lisbon leave Grosse Pointe and eventually divorce. The Lisbon house is sold to a young couple from the Boston area. All the furniture and personal belongings of the Lisbons are thrown out or sold during a garage sale . The narrators scavenge through the trash to collect mementos they will forever save as keepsakes. 20-something years later, as middle-aged men with families, they lament

430-446: A different era. The film faced a wave of controversy and division, including accusations of 'whitewashing' the original story after Coppola removed the supporting role of a black female slave from the film, as well as chose Kirsten Dunst to portray a character who was biracial in the original novel. Coppola also faced criticism for minimizing the story of the people experiencing actual hardship in favor of depicting, albeit authentically,

516-464: A feminist work, Coppola explained that she is not in favor of that labeling. Though she has said she is happy if others see the film in this way, she sees it as a film, rather, that possesses a female perspective—an important distinction. The Beguiled was also made as a contrast to The Bling Ring , and Coppola has explained that she needed to correct that film's harsh Los Angeles aesthetic with something more beautiful and poetic. Coppola's film, On

602-485: A household in the city was $ 89,492, and the median income for a family was $ 101,889. Males had a median income of $ 79,637 versus $ 44,167 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 53,942. About 2.2% of families and 5.8% of the population were below the poverty line , including 1.3% of those under age 18 and 1.9% of those age 65 or over. The City's Master Plan permits additional growth in downtown Grosse Pointe, also known as "The Village", allowing an expansion of

688-465: A little laugh, but also be respectful of a culture. I just love Tokyo, and I'm not mean-spirited...Even on our daily call sheets, they would mix up the 'rs' and the 'ls' – all that was from experience, it's not made up. I guess someone has misunderstood my intentions. It bugs me, because I know I'm not racist." Her third film was the biopic Marie Antoinette (2006), adapted from the biography by British historian Antonia Fraser . Kirsten Dunst plays

774-530: A male householder with no wife present, and 33.8% were non-families. 30.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.06. The median age in the city was 44.7 years. Residents under the age of 18 were 26.4% of the city's population; 4.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 19.3% were from 25 to 44; 33.4% were from 45 to 64; and 16.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of

860-423: A newly famous actor ( Stephen Dorff ) recuperating from a minor injury whose wealth, fame, and professional experiences cannot alleviate the existential crisis he is experiencing, as he is forced to care for his 11-year-old daughter in the absence of his wife. The film premiered at the 67th Venice International Film Festival , and opened in the rest of Italy, on September 3, 2010. The festival jury unanimously awarded

946-460: A pampered zoo animal". The film's style is not that of a traditional biopic , and instead utilizes "hit songs and incongruous dialogue". The film received the Academy Award for Best Costume Design as well as three BAFTA Awards nominations. Coppola's fourth film was Somewhere (2010), filmed at Chateau Marmont . The plot focuses on a "bad boy" actor Marco (portrayed by Stephen Dorff ) who

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1032-468: A producer, as Durham took over as the sole director and writer for the film. The film, titled Fairyland and starring Emilia Jones and Scoot McNairy , premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival to positive reviews. Coppola's next film, Priscilla (2023), her eighth as a director, is based on the life of Priscilla Presley and her 1985 memoir Elvis and Me . It stars Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla and Jacob Elordi as Elvis Presley . The film

1118-541: A record for the establishment. All fifteen shows nearly sold out before opening night. It was the biggest box office success since the Teatro dell'Opera Di Roma opened in 1880. Coppola sits on the board for Gagosian Gallery . In 2024, Coppola released a line of lip balms in collaboration with skin care brand Augustinus Bader. In 1992, Coppola met director Spike Jonze ; they married in 1999 and divorced in 2003. In an official statement, Coppola's publicist explained that

1204-454: A remake, of Don Siegel 's 1971 adaption of the same book. Coppola wanted to tell the story of the male soldier entering into a classically southern and female environment from the point of view of the women and represent what that was like for them. Coppola thought that the earlier version made the characters out to be crazy caricatures and did not allow the viewer to know them. While some critics claim that Coppola intended The Beguiled as

1290-435: A scene where Matt Dillon , Tommy Howell , and Ralph Macchio are eating at a Dairy Queen ; Rumble Fish (1983); The Cotton Club (1984); and Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), in which she portrayed Kathleen Turner 's sister Nancy. Frankenweenie (1984) was the first film Coppola performed in that was not associated with her father, however, it often goes unnoticed due to her stage name "Domino", which she adopted at

1376-473: A sisterly, unjudging intimacy, and the director has carried off pert inventions and provocations with some style, combining dazzling visual tableaux and formal set-pieces in strict period, with new wave chart hits from the 1970s and 80s: these musical anachronisms lending ironic torsion to the overall effect." Marie Antoinette was shot on location at the Château de Versailles . Coppola herself has claimed that she

1462-569: A third-generation Oscar winner. Coppola was the second woman, after Edith Head , to be nominated for three Oscars in one night. In 2004, Coppola was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Coppola shot Lost in Translation in 27 days, with a small crew, working without permits. Scenes were filmed impromptu on the street, while scenes shot at the Park Hyatt Hotel allowed

1548-444: A traditionally urban, close-together fashion, while other nearby blocks may offer yards up to 150 feet (46 m) wide. Home sizes and styles vary widely, from 1,500 to 12,000 square feet (140 to 1,110 m ), but slightly under 3,000 square feet (280 m ) on average. Most of the largest homes are within a few blocks of the lakefront; there are several blocks of mansions south of Kercheval Avenue. Predominant architecture includes

1634-609: Is a fascinating director. She sees, and we see exactly what she sees. There is little attempt here to observe a plot. All the attention is on the handful of characters, on Johnny." Coppola's next film, The Bling Ring (2013), was based on actual events centered around the Bling Ring , a group of California teenagers who burgled the homes of several celebrities over 2008 and 2009, stealing around $ 3 million in cash and belongings. Emma Watson , Taissa Farmiga , Leslie Mann , Israel Broussard , Katie Chang , and Claire Julien starred in

1720-583: Is a three act opera by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesca Maria Piave . This Coppola-directed production was filmed for broadcast in Germany and France by Arte/ZDF, using multiple state-of-the art 4k cameras and up to 100 microphones. Coppola said in an interview she "could not turn down the project" with designer and fashion icon Valentino Garavani designing the costumes for this 15 show run of La Traviata (2017). Discussing her modern take on this classic story Coppola says "I wanted to bring out

1806-486: Is distributed by A24 and premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival in September 2023. The film dives into the life of Priscilla Presley , allowing viewers to take a look into Priscilla's relationship with Elvis Presley . Unlike the film Elvis (2022) by Baz Luhrmann , the film does not portray Elvis positively or much of his successful career. Instead, it portrays Elvis' "darker, domestic side". Coppola

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1892-628: Is forced to reevaluate his life when his daughter Cleo (played by Elle Fanning ) arrives unexpectedly. The relationship between Marco and Cleo was loosely based on Coppola's own relationship with her father. The film won the prestigious Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival . In November 2010, Coppola was interviewed by Joel Coen , who professed his admiration of her work, at the DGA screening of Somewhere in New York City. Somewhere depicts

1978-470: Is known for its progressive curriculum, starting with the Reggio Emilia approach in prekindergarten and lower school grades. Sofia Coppola Sofia Carmina Coppola ( / ˈ k oʊ p əl ə / KOH -pə-lə , Italian: [soˈfiːa ˈkɔppola] ; born May 14, 1971) is an American filmmaker and former actress. She has won an Academy Award , a Golden Globe Award , a Golden Lion , and

2064-558: Is located along East Jefferson Avenue and shares a small northwestern border with the city of Detroit . It is one of five cities within the Grosse Pointe area. Grosse Pointe was originally incorporated as a village in 1880 and then as a city in 1934. It was incorporated as a city in 1934. There are five Grosse Pointes: Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe City, Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe Woods and Grosse Pointe Shores. Together with Grosse Pointe Park and Grosse Pointe Farms ,

2150-603: Is of Italian descent ( Lucanian and Neapolitan ) on her father's side and was raised on her parents' farm in Rutherford, California . At 15, Coppola interned with Chanel . Coppola graduated from St. Helena High School in 1989. She first studied at Mills College and transferred to the California Institute of the Arts from 1993 to 1994 to focus on painting. Thereafter, she attended Art Center College of Design , where she

2236-586: Is there any significant dialogue between the main characters and the Japanese. Such portrayals perpetuate negative stereotypes and attitudes that are harmful to Asian Americans in the US, where a significant minority of Americans already have negative attitudes towards Asians." Coppola responded to these allegations in an interview for The Independent , "I can see why people might think that, but I know I'm not racist. I think if everything's based on truth, you can make fun, have

2322-486: The Academy Award for best original screenplay and three Golden Globe Awards including Best Picture Musical or Comedy. After Lina Wertmüller and Jane Campion , Coppola became the third female director to be nominated for an Academy Award for Directing and the second to win the Original Screenplay award, after Campion in 1994 (Wertmüller was also nominated). Her win for the best original screenplay in 2003 made her

2408-419: The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the comedy-drama Lost in Translation (2003), and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director , becoming the third woman to do so. She has since directed the historical drama Marie Antoinette (2006), the family drama Somewhere (2010), the satirical crime drama The Bling Ring (2013), the southern gothic thriller The Beguiled (2017),

2494-584: The Cannes Film Festival . The Virgin Suicides was Sofia Coppola's feature directorial debut. The film then opened on April 21, 2000, in New York , San Francisco , and Los Angeles . The film starred Kirsten Dunst , James Woods , Kathleen Turner , and Josh Hartnett . The film is faithful to the novel; much of the dialogue and narration is taken verbatim from its source. The film received favorable reviews and

2580-546: The FX horror comedy series What We Do in the Shadows . At the beginning of the 1990s, Coppola was often featured in girl-oriented magazines like Seventeen and YM . In 1994, she co-founded the clothing line Milk Fed in Japan, with her friend Stephanie Hayman in cooperation with Sonic Youth 's Kim Gordon . In 2001, the fashion designer Marc Jacobs chose the actress/director to be

2666-645: The Grosse Pointe South High School district. Grosse Pointe Woods and Grosse Pointe Shores make up the Grosse Pointe North High School district. Downtown Grosse Pointe, along Kercheval Avenue from Neff to Cadieux, nicknamed "The Village," is considered by many locals to be the central downtown for all five of the Grosse Pointes, although each of them (except Grosse Pointe Shores) has several blocks of retail properties. According to

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2752-508: The Köppen Climate Classification system, Grosse Pointe has a humid continental climate , abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. As of the census of 2010, there were 5,421 people, 2,236 households, and 1,481 families residing in the city. The population density was 5,114.2 inhabitants per square mile (1,974.6/km ). There were 2,446 housing units at an average density of 2,307.5 per square mile (890.9/km ). The racial makeup of

2838-507: The South as part of the story's appeal. Coppola has said that she "wanted the film to represent an exaggerated version of all the ways women were traditionally raised there just to be lovely and cater to men—the manners of that whole world, and how they change when the men go away". Coppola has cited Gone with the Wind as her inspiration for creating a film that was relatable despite its position within

2924-722: The United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 2.25 square miles (5.83 km ), of which 1.06 square miles (2.75 km ) is land and 1.19 square miles (3.08 km ) is water. The water is part of Lake St. Clair . The street layout of Grosse Pointe is basically a grid inside of its Cadieux, Mack, and Fisher Road boundaries. Inside this small rectangle, most blocks contain rows of single-family homes built between 1910 and 1950, on parcels 50 feet (15 m) wide on average. Some streets offer large backyards, such as Washington and Lakeland, while other streets are more compact. In some areas, homes are configured in

3010-526: The neo-Georgian , Tudor revival , Dutch Colonial , and arts and crafts styles. Some Victorian homes and traditional bungalow homes can also be found, mostly just north and south of the Village retail district. Some blocks, generally just south of the Village, have townhouses and apartments. Most of these were built in the 1920s, and can be seen along St. Paul, Maumee, and Jefferson avenues, mostly west of Rivard Boulevard, and between Notre Dame and Cadieux south of

3096-557: The "face" of his house's fragrance, Daisy. The campaign photographs of Coppola were shot by photographer Jürgen Teller . The July 2013 issue of Elle featured photographs shot by Coppola of Paris Hilton at Hilton's Beverly Hills mansion (Both model and house appear in The Bling Ring ). In 2017, before Coppola started pre-production on The Beguiled , she was asked by Italian state broadcaster Rai Com from All'Opera to direct their latest production of La Traviata . La Traviata

3182-408: The 2000 Sundance Film Festival and was released later that year. Coppola was first drawn to the story after reading the book by Jeffrey Eugenides in 1995, at the recommendation of musician Thurston Moore . Coppola said she felt the novel's author understood the teenage experience. She has also said that if not for the book, she may not have had a career in film. Specifically, Coppola has highlighted

3268-485: The Lisbon basement, the boys discover Bonnie hanging from a rope tied to the ceiling rafters. Horrified, the boys flee the home. In the morning, the authorities come for the dead bodies, as the girls had apparently made a suicide pact : Bonnie hanged herself, Therese overdosed on sleeping pills, and Lux died of carbon monoxide poisoning after sealing herself inside the garage with the car running. Mary, who had put her head in

3354-465: The Lisbon sisters to the neighborhood boys, who long for more insight into the girls' lives. When school begins in the fall, Lux begins a secret romance with the local heartthrob, Trip Fontaine. Trip negotiates with the overprotective Mr. and Mrs. Lisbon to take Lux to the homecoming dance , on the condition that he find dates for the other three sisters as well. After winning homecoming King and Queen, Trip persuades Lux to ditch their group to have sex on

3440-580: The Rocks , tells the story of a daughter and father, played by Rashida Jones and Bill Murray respectively, as they explore New York together in an attempt to mend their fractured relationship. It was released in a limited theatrical release on October 2, 2020, by A24 and was released for digital streaming on October 23, 2020, by Apple TV+ . The film received positive reviews from critics, who praised Coppola's screenplay and direction, and noted it as lighter than her previous films. Some critics stated that

3526-402: The Village retail district. There are retail and low-rise office buildings along Kercheval Avenue in the Village district, on Fisher Road near Grosse Pointe South High School , and along Mack Avenue bordering Detroit. This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to

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3612-600: The backgrounds of films by her friends and family (for example, she appeared as Saché , one of Queen Padmé Amidala 's five handmaidens, in George Lucas ' 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace ). Coppola also appeared in several 1990s music videos: the Black Crowes ' "Sometimes Salvation"; Sonic Youth 's "Mildred Pierce"; Madonna 's " Deeper and Deeper "; the Chemical Brothers ' " Elektrobank ", which

3698-443: The bathtub. However, she is found in time by a neighborhood boy who had snuck into the home, and survives. Cecilia's psychologist at the hospital suggests that the girls need more social interaction and that the potential cause of Cecilia's suicide attempt was the suppression of her libidinal urges. The parents allow the girls to throw a chaperoned party at their house in hopes of cheering Cecilia up. However, Cecilia excuses herself from

3784-507: The city comprises part of the southern Pointes, which are older and more densely populated than the northern Pointes ( Grosse Pointe Woods and Grosse Pointe Shores ). It became heavily populated between 1910 and 1930 as one of Detroit's first commuter suburbs; in the previous century, Grosse Pointe was home to cottages, resorts, farms, and widely spaced lakefront mansions. Grosse Pointe ("the City"), Grosse Pointe Farms, and Grosse Pointe Park make up

3870-581: The city was 46.4% male and 53.6% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 5,670 people, 2,388 households, and 1,559 families residing in the city. The population density was 5,297.9 inhabitants per square mile (2,045.5/km ). There were 2,504 housing units at an average density of 2,339.7 per square mile (903.4/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 97.18% White , 0.79% African American , 0.07% Native American , 1.04% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 0.30% from other races , and 0.60% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.46% of

3956-444: The city was 93.2% White , 3.3% African American , 0.1% Native American , 1.6% Asian , 0.1% Pacific Islander , 0.2% from other races , and 1.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.8% of the population. There were 2,236 households, of which 33.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.4% had

4042-701: The city, while Père Gabriel Richard Elementary School and Brownell Middle School, both in Grosse Pointe Farms , serve the other half. All residents are zoned to Grosse Pointe South High School in Grosse Pointe Farms. Grosse Pointe Woods and Grosse Pointe Shores attend Grosse Pointe North High School The Grosse Pointes are also home to one of the state's top private/independent schools, University Liggett School in Grosse Pointe Woods. Liggett serves grades prekindergarten through 12th grade. Liggett

4128-564: The comedy On the Rocks (2020), and the biographical drama Priscilla (2023). In 2015, Coppola released the Netflix Christmas musical comedy special A Very Murray Christmas , which earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie . Coppola was born in New York City on May 14, 1971, the youngest child of documentarian Eleanor ( née Neil) and filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola . She

4214-415: The crew to use its corridors between two and three in the morning without disturbing guests. The film received positive reception and acclaim, though also generated controversy due the film's usage "of Japan as an exotic and bizarre landscape for its American protagonists". The group Asian Mediawatch lobbied against the film's Academy Award nominations, stating "The film has no meaningful Japanese roles, nor

4300-439: The crimes in the story and failed to make an assertive message about them through the narrative; "Coppola neither makes a case for her characters nor places them inside of some kind of moral or critical framework; they simply pass through the frame, listing off name brands and staring at their phones". Coppola collaborated again with her Lost in Translation star Bill Murray on A Very Murray Christmas , which stars Murray and

4386-493: The criticism from her work in the film because she never especially wanted an acting career. After she was critically panned for her performance in The Godfather Part III (for which she was named "Worst Supporting Actress" and "Worst New Star" at the 1990 Golden Raspberry Awards ), Coppola largely ended her acting career. However, she did appear in the independent film Inside Monkey Zetterland (1992), as well as in

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4472-497: The daughter of Michael Corleone , in the sequel The Godfather Part III (1990). Coppola transitioned into filmmaking with her feature-length directorial debut in the coming-of-age drama The Virgin Suicides (1999). It was the first of her collaborations with actress Kirsten Dunst . Her films often deal with themes of loneliness , wealth, privilege , isolation , youth , femininity , and adolescence in America. Coppola received

4558-652: The divorce decision was reached "with sadness". It is widely believed that the main character's husband in Lost in Translation is based on Jonze, as Coppola stated after the film's release, "There are elements of Spike there, elements of experiences." From 2003 to 2005 Coppola dated filmmaker Quentin Tarantino . They have remained friends since their separation. Coppola married musician Thomas Mars on August 27, 2011, at Palazzo Margherita in Bernalda, Italy. They met while producing

4644-464: The film "isn't destined to achieve the same kind of iconic status as some of Coppola's previous work". An announcement in mid-December 2013 stated that American Zoetrope had successfully attained the screen rights for the memoir Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father and that Coppola would adapt the book with Andrew Durham. Coppola would also produce the film with her brother Roman. Coppola would later drop out of directing duties while remaining herself as

4730-411: The film may have affected its box office performance, which started strongly and then went into decline. Coppola herself worried that she had only been given the role because she was the director's daughter, and the role placed a strain on her during the time of shooting that her mother observed in a series of diaries she wrote for Vogue during the filming. Coppola later stated that she was not hurt by

4816-519: The film the Golden Lion prize for the best overall film. Quentin Tarantino , president of the jury, said the film "grew and grew in our hearts, in our minds, in our affections" after the first screening. The film continued to receive critical acclaim, especially from notable film critic Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times who praised the detail in the portrait of Johnny Marco, writing, "Coppola

4902-468: The film, which premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival , opening the Un Certain Regard section. It was inspired by a Vanity Fair feature on the real-life criminals depicted in the film, whom Coppola described as "products of our growing reality TV culture". The film received generally positive reviews, with many praising its style and performances. While some felt that the film glamorized

4988-405: The gas oven, survives the attempt and lives for another month. She finally succeeds in ending her life by overdosing on sleeping pills. The adults in the community go on as if nothing happened. Local newspaper writer Linda Perl notes that the suicides came exactly one year after Cecilia's first attempt and describes the girls as tragic creatures who were so cut off from life that death was not much of

5074-410: The lavish lifestyle of her protagonists, thus minimizing the importance of a weighty topic. Coppola responded to these allegations by citing the presence of young girls among her movie-going audience. The Beguiled is not the only of Coppola's films to be accused of exposing the socio-cultural affordances of her own childhood. Coppola described her version of the film as a reinterpretation, rather than

5160-545: The mid-1990s, Coppola and her best friend Zoe Cassavetes helmed the short-lived Comedy Central series Hi Octane , which spotlit performers in underground music . The show was cancelled after four episodes. In December 2008, Coppola's first commercial premiered during an episode of Gossip Girl . The advertisement she directed for the Christian Dior fragrance Miss Dior Chérie , shot in France with model Maryna Linchuk ,

5246-499: The narrator a Greek chorus". Several writers have also noted the similarities between The Virgin Suicides and the 1945 play The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca . Grosse Pointe Michigan Grosse Pointe is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan . As of the 2020 census , the city had a population of 5,678. Grosse Pointe is an eastern suburb of Metro Detroit along Lake St. Clair . It

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5332-545: The nuanced restraint of her writing and direction here are very much points in Priscilla's favor." Coppola stated that she used her teenage years growing up in the Bay Area to inform her position in this role. She stated specifically about her time as a teenager, "I just remember everything being epic and important and with a lot of feeling and driving around and listening to music. Your senses are more heightened or something." In

5418-441: The originally cast actress, Winona Ryder , dropped out of the film at the last minute due to nervous exhaustion . It has been suggested that Coppola's performance in The Godfather Part III damaged Francis Ford Coppola's career and ruined Sofia's before it had even begun. Coppola has said that she never really wanted to act and only did it to help out when her father asked her to. It has also been suggested that Sofia's role in

5504-406: The party, which is happening in the basement, and goes upstairs and jumps out of her second-story bedroom window. Cecilia is impaled on the fence post below, and she dies almost immediately. The Lisbon parents, particularly Mrs. Lisbon, begin to watch their four remaining daughters more closely, further isolating the family from their community. Cecilia's death also heightens the air of mystery about

5590-611: The personal side of the French courtesan, the party girl used to the social scene. It's a very feminine world that I love". This was the first stage production Coppola directed. Coppola discusses how Valentino "really motivated me to take a chance and do something that was scary for me and very unfamiliar," and promised a "traditional" production that could nevertheless be appreciated by those who are not opera connoisseurs. Rome Opera House Director Carlo Fuortes said in an interview ticket sales had exceeded 1.2 million euros (1.35 million dollars),

5676-529: The population. 19.9% were of German , 14.8% Irish , 13.9% English , 7.8% Polish and 7.2% Italian ancestry according to Census 2000 . The largest reported religious affiliation was Roman Catholic . There were 2,388 households, out of which 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.7% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.7% were non-families. 31.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.8% had someone living alone who

5762-403: The representation of teenagers "lazing around", a situation she connected with but felt was not seen very much in films in any relatable way. The story's theme of loss was a personal connection for Coppola in light of the 1986 death of her oldest brother in a boating accident, though she stated that she did not immediately realize this connection. Coppola secured the rights to the novel and adapted

5848-410: The roof of the Lisbon residence with unnamed and unknown men at night. The tight-knit community gossip and watch as the Lisbons' lives deteriorate without intervention. After many months of strict confinement, the remaining four sisters reach out to the boys across the street by using light signals and sending anonymous notes. The boys decide to call the Lisbon girls and communicate by playing records over

5934-429: The school's football field. Afterward, Trip abandons Lux, who falls asleep and misses her curfew . Trip and Lux never speak again. Mrs. Lisbon withdraws the girls from school and keeps them home in what the boys describe as "maximum security isolation". Mr. Lisbon is also fired from his teaching job over concerns from the parents of other students. Through the winter, Lux is seen by the anonymous teen boys having sex on

6020-542: The screenplay herself. The low-budget film drew praise from critics and represented the point at which Coppola became a filmmaker independent of her family connections. She credits the start of her career to the Cannes festival after the film premiered there. The film stars actors Danny DeVito , Kirsten Dunst , Scott Glenn , Josh Hartnett , Michael Paré , Jonathan Tucker , Kathleen Turner , and James Woods . Coppola's second feature Lost in Translation (2003) won her

6106-531: The second woman (and the first American woman) to win the Best Director award . The film is based on the 1966 book of the same name by author Thomas P. Cullinan about a wounded Union soldier in a Mississippi seminary during the American Civil War , and was made for under $ 10 million. The film exhibited elements of the thriller genre, another departure for Coppola. Coppola cited her intrigue with

6192-417: The shopping- and amenities-focused district. In particular, two lots (on either side of St. Clair Avenue) currently used for municipal parking directly north of the current row of retail are the focus of planned development. The former Jacobson's Department Store building along Kercheval, west of St. Clair, has been completely redeveloped. Upper-floor office space accompanies a slate of new retailers, including

6278-500: The soundtrack to The Virgin Suicides . They have two daughters: Romy (born November 28, 2006), whose name is an homage to Coppola's brother Roman , and Cosima (born May 2010). Coppola and her family lived in Paris for several years before moving to New York City in 2010. Coppola has maintained a low public profile for her family, aiming for her daughters' lives to be unaffected by her career and travel. When asked if her choices as

6364-433: The suicides as selfish acts from which they have secretly not been able to emotionally recover. The novel closes with the now-grown men confessing that they had loved the girls but had never truly understood them and that they will never know the true motives behind the suicides. Sofia Coppola wrote the screenplay for and directed a 97-minute film version, which was shot in the summer of 1998, and released on May 19, 1999 at

6450-400: The telephone for the girls to share and express their feelings. Finally, one night the girls send a message to the boys to come over at midnight, leading the boys to believe that they will help the girls escape. Upon entering the house they are met by Lux, who invites them inside and tells them to wait for her sisters while she goes to start the car. As the boys wait, they explore the house. In

6536-514: The things [she] loved", and decided to continue her directing pursuits. Coppola's acting career, marked by frequent criticisms of nepotism and negative reviews, began while she was an infant, as she made background appearances in eight of her father's films. The best known of these is her appearance in The Godfather as the infant Michael Francis Rizzi, in the baptism scene. Coppola also acted in her father's films The Outsiders (1983), in

6622-618: The time because she thought it was glamorous. A short film entitled Life Without Zoe (1989), released as part of a tripartite anthology film New York Stories , was co-written by a teenage Coppola and her father; her father also directed the film. Coppola returned to her father's Godfather trilogy in both the second and third Godfather films, playing an immigrant child in The Godfather Part II and playing Michael Corleone's daughter in The Godfather Part III after

6708-435: The titular character and Jason Schwartzman , Coppola's cousin, plays King Louis XVI . The film debuted at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival where, despite boos in the audience, it received a standing ovation. Though critics were divided at the time of its release, it has since received more critical acclaim in the years that followed. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian declared, "Sofia Coppola's presentation of Marie's life has

6794-620: Was rated R for strong thematic elements involving teens. The French band Air created the score to the film, also entitled The Virgin Suicides . The inspiration for the plot of the book came to Jeffrey Eugenides when his nephew's teenage babysitter told him that she and her sisters had planned to commit suicide. When Eugenides asked why, the babysitter only replied, "we were under a lot of pressure." Eugenides talks about this inspiration in his YouTube interview with The Paris Review . Eugenides told 3am Magazine : "I think that if my name hadn't been Eugenides, people wouldn't have called

6880-451: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 3.02. In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.4% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 29.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.2 males. The median income for

6966-455: Was co-written by herself, Murray and Mitch Glazer . The film, an homage to classic Christmas -themed variety shows , was released in December 2015 on Netflix . Coppola directed The Beguiled (2017), a remake of the 1971 eponymous Southern Gothic film , starring Nicole Kidman , Elle Fanning , and Kirsten Dunst . The film premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival , where Coppola became

7052-637: Was directed by her then-husband Spike Jonze ; and later Phoenix 's "Funky Squaredance". The Virgin Suicides (1999) Coppola's first short film was Lick the Star (1998). It played many times on the Independent Film Channel . She made her feature film directing debut with The Virgin Suicides (1999); the film adaptation of the novel The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides . It received critical acclaim upon its premiere in North America at

7138-428: Was initially drawn towards the character of Marie Antoinette as an innocent and caring character who found herself in a situation outside of her control, and that rather than creating a historical representation, she wanted to create a more intimate look into the world of the heroine. Coppola was interested in making an emotional connection to the young royalty whose "coming-of-age took place under conditions familiar to

7224-408: Was mentored by Paul Jasmin . After dropping out of college, Coppola started a clothing line called Milkfed, which is now sold exclusively in Japan. Coppola had many varying interests growing up, including fashion, photography, music, and design, and did not initially intend to become a filmmaker. However, after making her first short film Lick the Star in 1998, she realized it "brought together all

7310-445: Was more interested in showing Priscilla's side of their relationship, highlighting the terror of Elvis' physical and emotional abuse towards Priscilla. The film received positive reviews, with Rolling Stone declaring the film to be her best since Lost in Translation . David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Coppola has always been a filmmaker who coaxes out feelings rather than blasts them with emphatic declarations, and

7396-534: Was very well received and continues to be popular on YouTube . In October 2014, Coppola launched a series of Christmas ads for the clothing chain Gap . In May 2020, it was announced Coppola would write and direct an adaptation of The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton for Apple TV+ . In 2022, Coppola guest-starred as herself, alongside her husband Thomas Mars and fellow director Jim Jarmusch , in an episode of

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