Francis Ford Coppola was used to bucking the studio honchos in terms of fighting to bring his vision of a film to the big screen. There were epic battles behind the scenes on "The Godfather" but his experiences on the ill-fated production of "The Cotton Club" in 1984 broke down his will to resist. The movie, which was set in the legendary Harlem nightclub in the heyday of great artists such as Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, went far over-budget. There were constantly legal squabbles, shady characters that would have been at home in the film itself, a real-life murder and racist pressure from the studio to cut out footage of the African-American stars, Gregory and Maurice Hines, the famous brothers who gained reach fame with their tandem dance numbers. By the time the film opened, the knives were out for it. The movie became an expensive bomb and Coppola always felt a sense of guilt that he had compromised his own production and the contributions of the Hines brothers. He financed a complete re-edit of the film, adding back key scenes and musical production numbers so that the movie finally resembles the film he originally envisioned. It will premiere at the New York Film Festival on October 5 under the title "The Cotton Club Encore". Word-of-mouth is excellent and Coppola, who likes to amend some of his key films from an artistic standpoint, may finally see the acclaim for the production that he once envisioned. Click here to read more in Vanity Fair.