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American Zoetrope (also known as Omni Zoetrope from 1977 to 1980 and Zoetrope Studios from 1980 until 1990) is a privately run American film production company, centered in San Francisco, California and founded by Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas.
American Zoetrope is a film production company founded by Francis Ford Coppola in 1969. It has produced acclaimed films such as The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, The Virgin Suicides, and Sofia Coppola's debut The Virgin Suicides.
Oct 26, 2022 · Learn how Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas founded American Zoetrope in 1969 to create a space for artistic freedom and auteurism in Hollywood. Discover how the failure of their first film, THX-1138, led to the making of The Godfather, one of the most influential and acclaimed movies of all time.
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American Zoetrope was founded in 1969 with the mission of finding creative, fast, and economic approaches to film. By constantly embracing new technology and innovatively applying it to movie production, American Zoetrope has built a rich history of pioneering unconventional filmmaking techniques.
A documentary on the early years of Francis Ford Coppola's production company "American Zoetrope" made in 2004 - and is included as a special feature on the "THX 1138" Blu-ray.
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Said documentary uses a standard mix of talking head and still photo archive format to tell the story of how Zoetrope's people met, formed a company, and went on to create film making history, with "THX-1138" as Zoetrope's premiere film.