AFI Award Honors Coppola with Spielberg, De Niro Praise

April 27, 2025, 11:20 am

At an illustrious ceremony, acclaimed filmmakers including Spielberg, De Niro, and Freeman offered high praise for Francis Ford Coppola as he received the AFI Life Achievement Award. Their remarks mixed genuine admiration with a side of industry wit, underlining Coppola’s enduring impact on cinema.

torontosun.com / Spielberg, De Niro, Freeman praise Francis Ford Coppola as he accepts the AFI Life Achievement Award

LOS ANGELES — Steven Spielberg proclaimed “The Godfather” the “greatest American film ever made,” Robert De Niro teasingly bemoaned being cast in the sequel and not the original and Harrison Ford fought back tears reflecting on his role in the 1974 film, “The Conversation.” At the...

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