By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Oscar-winning director Francis Ford Coppola has vivid memories of his experience surviving polio. In interview with Deadline regarding his new film “Megalopolis,” Coppola, who was diagnosed with polio as a child around the age of 9, recalled the quick onset of the disease. “People don’t understand that polio is a fever that just hits you for one night,” Coppola told the publication. “You only are sick for one …

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Francis Ford Coppola was told as a child he would be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life (Picture: Vivien Killilea/Getty Images)  Francis Ford Coppola was warned that he might never walk again after he contracted polio as a child.  The 85-year-old director recalled feeling ‘frightened’ for the other kids on the hospital ward, only to realise his own situation was worse than he initially thought. There was no clear course of treatment for th…

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Francis Ford Coppola was warned he'd never walk again after terrifying diagnosis

Famed director — and polio survivor — Francis Ford Coppola is urging new Trump administration public health picks be cautious about vaccine skepticism. The 75-year-old filmmaker recently revisited his own traumatic experience with the debilitating virus when he was 9 to emphasize the importance of vaccination. “People don’t understand that polio is a fever that just hits you for one night,” the “Megalopolis” director told Deadline. “You only are…

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EXCLUSIVE: The 85-year old five-time Oscar winning director Francis Ford Coppola is spending the days before Christmas wrapping not presents, but the international rollout of Megalopolis. This week, he’s doing interviews as the film opens in South American markets, but he took time out to weigh in on a movement gaining traction, to limit vaccines […]

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The famous American director, who was diagnosed with polio when he was 10 years old, recalls how crucial it is, in his opinion, to continue vaccination campaigns.

Le celebre realisateur americain, atteint par la polio quand il avait 10 ans, rappelle combien il est crucial, selon lui, de continuer les campagnes de vaccination.

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EXCLUSIVE: The 85-year old five-time Oscar winning director Francis Ford Coppola is spending the days before Christmas wrapping not presents, but the international rollout of Megalopolis. This week, he’s doing interviews as the film opens in South American markets, but he took time out to weigh in on a movement gaining traction, to limit vaccines as Donald Trump prepares to reenter the White House. 
	The U.S. gross on Megalopolis was low for the…

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