Kevin Costner’s fluctuation, which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, was almost directed

If I ask me to name the ten most boxes about the scenario of my life, the text programs that were considered brilliantly designed to the extent that they seemed to be unacceptable and/or Oscar’s competitors, “thirteen days” of David Silf will be near the top of my list. President John F. won. Kennedy and his consultants in a Cuban missile game in 1962, where President John F. won. Kennedy and his advisers to the game of nearly from the end of the world with the Soviet Union because of its deployment in the last nuclear missiles in Cuba. Stephen Spielberg considered this. And so did Lawrence Casandan.

With Kevin Costner to Production and Kenneth Odonel’s main role (JFK special assistant) played, and soon it became clear that the director who was likely to get Costner likely to get. It has been searched for a while that Phil Alden Robinson, who made the history of the movie with Costarner The Dad-Movie Classic “Field of Dreams”, He may meet with his colleague in the corn field, but the creative differences have committed this. Roger Donaldson, Australian Hellmer who helped convert Costner into a white sexual symbol with The tight political excitement “No way out”, “ He was also looking forward, as Martin Campbell (which, although the star had not previously directed, was very required after he revived James Bond concession with “Goldneye”).

There was nothing wrong with Donaldson or Campbell, but “Thirteen Days” was such a hot scenario. The film’s producers can surely get A-Lister to direct one of the world’s biggest stars in a movie that can be a serious competitor to the Academy Award. Therefore, Costner and Beacon Communications It arrived To Francis Ford Coppola. Why didn’t this come to pass? How did “Thirteen Days” registered Coppola on the road (very long) to make the largest volatility in his career?

Coppola was often taking the salary vehicles in the late 1990s, making his worst movie (“Jack”) and one of the wonderful legal excitement (“The Maker of the Rain”). “Thirteen Days” was the best material offered in the ages, but it was a walking and modern drama. He will serve the materials instead of making them his own. He would also work with an Oscar -winning actor and was known for the behavior of the singer (who did not collapse well with him Clint Eastwood on the “perfect world” group).

Coppola eventually fell, but not because he was worried about throwing the weight of Costinner. I mean, this may have been a source of concern, but the turning point was, in the 1999 report of 1999 Isn’t it great news (This is what I can verify personally), and an early examination of “Star Wars: First Episode – The PHANTOM MENACE”. Once he saw what Lucas was able to accomplish in terms of building the world created by computer, he transferred a project called “Megalopolis” on the front stove. It was time to make his rude epic around a civilization on the brink of the abyss now (or so think).

Costner and Beacon finally went with Donaldson, who presented the B+ version of what could have been a movie in the right hands. Despite the good reviews, the film was completely ignored by the Academy Awards, and worse, it achieved $ 67 million for a budget of $ 80 million. Coppola was not about this “The Godfather”, but he would have ever received his delivery. This can happen all the difference. Given that he will not make another feature even “youth without youth” for 2007, this seems to be a lost opportunity.