By Catherine Accardi

The evening of November 15, 2016 brought the San Francisco Bay Area an opportunity that could not be ignored. The opportunity presented itself when San Francisco's Commonwealth Club, known as the nation's premier public affairs forum, announced they would present Francis Ford Coppola in a rare public appearance, in conversation with Adam Savage at the historic Castro Theater. The event, part of the Club's Good Lit series, was titled "The Program You Can't Refuse." Adam Savage is retired co-host of Discovery Channel's "Mythbusters."

Most of us know Coppola as one of the most influential directors of the 20th century, writer of the screenplay and director of The Godfather, a film that is universally praised as one of the greatest ever made. It won the best picture and best screenplay Oscars, subsequently followed by two successful sequels.

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Fonte: L'italo-Americano