Complex sentence: It is based on a best-selling book by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre and was directed by René Clément, from a screenplay by Gore Vidal and Francis Ford Coppola.
Split into simpler sentences: It is based on a best-selling book by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre. Directed by René Clément, from a screenplay by Gore Vidal and Francis Ford Coppola.