Fall, 1968. The complete cast and crew on the set of The Rain People. Seated atop a ladder, third from the right, wearing a military-type jacket, bandana and sunglasses is the film's director/writer Francis Ford Coppola. Also pictured (standing from left to right), gaffer Pat Ryan, cinematographer Bill Butler, actors Robert Duvall, Shirley Knight and James Caan, boom man Antonio Sabat, associate producer Nat Boxer, co-producer Ron Colby, editor Blackie Martin, uknown, art director Leon Erickson and unknown. (Seated) third from right is co-producer Bart Patton (holding trumpet) and sitting second from right is assistant editor Marcia Lucas. On the left side of the picture, standing atop the Dodge grip van, holding a camera and with his left hand in his pocket is George Lucas, on the set to shoot a "Making of The Rain People" film.
Photo courtesy of DGA director/UPM/AD member Bart Patton.
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