ROTTEN TOMATOES: Francis Ford Coppola's Headquarters Robbed, Script Stolen

Francis Ford Coppola's Headquarters Robbed, Script Stolen

Reward offered for missing data.

by Jeff Giles | September 28, 2007

Francis Ford Coppola's Buenos Aires headquarters were the target of an armed robbery on Wednesday.

The robbery, which took place while Coppola was out of the office, left the thieves in possession of a camera and some computers -- computers which happened to store the script for Coppola's next production and its backup copy. According to a report posted by Variety yesterday, "a reward is being offered for the return of the script and 'a lot of the creative work' on the computer." From the article:

Coppola is preparing to shoot early next year the Argentine family saga "Tetro" with Matt Dillon toplining. Coppola, who also penned the screenplay, will produce through his American Zoetrope shingle.

Story revolves around an artistic immigrant family marred by fierce rivalries handed down through several generations.

Source: Variety

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arendr writes:
on Sep 28 2007 07:35 AM

Heard about this yesterday from a friend in Buenos Aires. It's horrible.

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7thhell writes:
on Sep 28 2007 10:00 AM

Michael Corleone is pissed...

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IMAmoose24 writes:
on Sep 28 2007 04:04 PM

Never mess with the Corleone's. Whoever stole it will soon regret it.

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Floor Man writes:
on Sep 28 2007 04:22 PM

*Armed* robbery? Wow...I feel horrible for Coppola.

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damvbat writes:
on Sep 28 2007 05:32 PM

check ebay

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arendr writes:
on Sep 28 2007 07:44 PM

I'll go ahead and say it:

Maybe it was OJ...

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tayrank18 writes:
on Sep 28 2007 11:20 PM

this is what happens when Hollywood runs out of ideas......

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Novastar. writes:
on Sep 29 2007 06:52 AM

If 'Youth without Youth' sucks,maybe it's better for the his next script to stay lost,and call it quits.

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hawkerdriver writes:
on Sep 29 2007 11:38 AM

I'm sure glad to hear that Mr. Coppola's first concern was for the safety of his four employees that were tied up and not his lousy script! Not once did he mention them! Hope he does get his script back though.....so he can make a movie that no one is gonna see anyway. I wouldnt be suprised that he staged this whole thing just so people would be interested in Tetro. Maybe nextime he should suck it up and pay his SAG dues...film in the USA!!!

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arendr writes:
on Sep 29 2007 12:33 PM

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Jesus dude...Tetro is a story set in Argentina. Do your research first.

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AgentSmith writes:
on Sep 30 2007 08:06 PM

It's a real shame that happened this to Coppola. I just hope he can get all his stuff back soon.

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jsantagate writes:
on Oct 01 2007 06:55 AM

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