John Fredrick Parker
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What if John Milius's script was directed by George Lucas as originally intended in the early or mid 1970's?
I know this isn't proper etiquette on this site, but here's a good place to start, if you want to see a scenario that plays out somewhat like that:
https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=5566674
If Coppola wasn't directing AN (or stepping in as co-director, per the TL), would he have followed up The Godfather movies with "a romantic period film"? More generally, what might his next few films be?
Tucker would be a good choice.
As an experimental musical bio film, apparently; sounds like him returning to his 1960's form.
Let's hope it doesn't end up like this: https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=8611521&postcount=3488
Tattooine.
I was still on Tattooine........
Sadly, that sounds pretty likely.
Was this a scene of the movie I'm not remembering?
Would Lucas have the temperament to get it finished? Would he have decided to get out of the business afterward?
I don't think we can overestimate just how insanely difficult and mindwarping the production on Apocalypse Now really was.
One advantage he would have was his skill with special/visual effects. He may have been able to get around the difficulties involved in getting those shots with the helicopters(the Phillipine military kept yanking them away from Coppola on short notice IOTL).
The horror...
The horror...