Francis Ford Coppola, the Oscar-winning director behind The Godfather trilogy, has shared vivid recollections of his battle with polio, a disease that nearly left him permanently paralyzed as a child.

The famed director credits his father, composer Carmine Coppola, with saving him as the elder Coppola sought out various treatments in order to help his son. He also hailed the developers of the ...

Coppola was saved by his father’s unwillingness to accept the diagnosis. Carmine Coppola was a composer who won Oscar scoring several of his son’s films, but perhaps his greatest achievement ...

But Coppola said his father, "The Godfather" trilogy composer Carmine Coppola, refused to accept this prognosis. "My father didn't trust the opinion," he said. "That was a strong opinion that the ...

But Francis’ father, Carmine Coppola, refused to ‘trust’ what the doctor said and pushed for further treatment, which eventually gave his son full movement back. The Apocalypse Now filmmaker ...