Coppola Costs
Sofia Coppola wrote and directed this movie on a $4 million dollar budget. It won Best Original Screenplay and was nominated for 4 other Academy Awards.
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Low Budget Movies That Later Became Massive Blockbusters
The More You Know
- The original raw footage of Apocalypse Now consisted of 1,250,000 feet of film which is over 230 hours’ worth.
- Disney turned down the chance to make Back to the Future claiming the mother/son relationship was too risqué.
- Because they were shooting in black and white and color didn't matter, they used chocolate syrup as blood when shooting Psycho.
- Director Steven Spielberg made his first film for a merit badge