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Hun Lee  |  by tob.hollywood.com. All rights reserved. 17.07 | 5:14

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We ll be seeing Francis Ford Coppola s first film in 10 years thanks to Tom Cruise who is now steering United Artists. He picked up the flick for distribution.


Youth Without Youth was inspired by Sofia Coppola s low budget work. Francis said, Fuck it! Let s shoot a movie for $5 million!

So, he got Tim Roth to star in a flick about an old man who gets struck by lightning and suddenly gets younger and more intelligent. He begins a quest to understand the origin of language and the secrets of consciousness.
They say the flick is like an arty Raiders of the Lost Ark.

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