zoetrope

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A decade later, both Coppola and Zoetrope would declare bankruptcy, and he would split with Lucas, who’d used the success of “Star Wars” to cut his own path as a Hollywood kingmaker via his own production company, Lucasfilm.

From Los Angeles Times

Meanwhile, Lucas was pushing Coppola to do a studio film for hire to keep his fledgling Zoetrope Studio afloat, making Coppola feel pressured to sell out.

From Los Angeles Times

She broke into film editing by working hard, first at Studio 16 and then, as a free agent, at Francis Ford Coppola’s recently founded American Zoetrope, where she networked with the likes of Philip Kaufman and Walter Murch.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fairytale is the third best-selling single of the week thanks to a limited-edition zoetrope vinyl, which was released on Friday.

From BBC

Prominent in the upgrade is a circular building called the Commons that was inspired by the shape of a zoetrope, a round spinning device used in pre-film animation.

From Los Angeles Times