I-70s ngokungathandabuzekiyo yayiyeyona minyaka ingcono kakhulu UFrancis Ford Coppola ngokuthetha bhanyabhanya.
Kodwa ngaphambi kwempumelelo yakhe njengomlawuli weza kuye njengomgcini wesikrini kunye nefilimu ethi "Patton", apho waphumelela khona I-Oscar ye-Best Original Screenplay ngo-1971 kunye neqabane lakhe u-Edmund North, awayibhala kunye naye.
Kwakhona ngo-1971 wavelisa inqaku lokuqala lomhlobo wakhe George Lucas "THX-1138", njengomongameli wenkampani yokuvelisa "i-American Zoetrope" ezo zombini zidalwe.
Ngo-1972 ekugqibeleni watyhila yonke italente yakhe umfanekiso ogqwesileyo "The Godfather". Imifanekiso ePhakamileyo icinge ngokumgxotha kuba becinga ukuba umlawuli akayi kuba nobundlobongela ngokwaneleyo ekuhlengahlengisweni kwenoveli kaMario Puzo kwaye ngenxa yokuba engaboni kakuhle ukuqeshwa kukaMarlon Brando kunye noAl Pacino owayeqala ngelo xesha.
Ifilimu, eyadutshulwa ngeentsuku ezingama-52, yayinombhalo oguqulelwe nguFrancis Ford Coppola kunye noMario Puzo ngokwakhe ophumelele ibhaso le-Oscar, kwaye wafumana imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yefilimu egqwesileyo kunye. UMarlon Brando umdlali obalaseleyo.
Ngo-1973 wabuyela ukuvelisa ifilimu kaGeorge Lucas, "American Graffiti”. Ifilimu echongelwe amabhaso amahlanu eHollywood Academy, kubandakanywa nowona mfanekiso ubalaseleyo.
Kwangaloo nyaka wayalela "Incoko", ifilimu ephumeleleyo, phakathi kwamanye amabhaso I-Palme d'Or kunye neBhaso le-Ecumenical Jury eCannes.
Ukuba ufumene umsebenzi wobugcisa kunye ne "The Godfather", kunye ne "The Godfather II" ngo-1974 kwakungekho ngaphantsi. Kwakhona, umenzi wefilimu ujongene nohlengahlengiso lweskripthi kunye nombhali wenoveli, uMario Puzo. Amabali amabini adibana kwi-montage, kwelinye icala eliqhubeka nguMichael Corleone, kwaye kwelinye linye lomfana. UVito Corleone kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, idlalwe ngokugqwesileyo nguRobert De Niro ojoyina iqonga lomdlalo wokuqala. Ifilimu iphumelele ii-Oscars ezintandathu, kubandakanya uMfanekiso oBalaseleyo, uMlawuli oBalaseleyo kunye neScreenplay egqwesileyo, bobathathu bakhuliswe nguCoppola.
Kwangonyaka ofanayo "U-Godfather II"Kunjalo" IGatsby Enkulu ", ifilimu eneskripthi sikaFrancis Ford Coppola.
Emva koko, iprojekthi yakhe elandelayo ayizange ikhutshwe de kube ngo-1979, imalunga "Apocalypse ngoku", Iprojekthi u-Orson Welles ngokwakhe wayecebe ukuyiqhuba ngelo xesha, kodwa kwafuneka igxothwe ngenxa yeendleko zayo eziphezulu.
"I-Apocalypse ngoku" siscript esiguqulelwe ngumlawuli ngokwakhe kunye noJohn Milius kwinoveli "Intliziyo yobumnyama"NguJoseph Conrad.
Ukususela ngoMatshi 1, 1976 ukusa kuMeyi 21, 1977, le filimu yaqhutyelwa kumazwe akwiiPhilippines apho UMartin Sheen weza kuhlaselwa sisifo sentliziyo.
Uchongelwe isi-8 IiMbasa zeAkhademi, lo mboniso bhanyabhanya wonqulo uphumelele iimbasa zeOscar ngesandi esigqwesileyo kunye nokufota.