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In 1980, director Francis Ford Coppola purchased the lot, naming it Zoetrope Studios. intending to use it to produce a slate of films. Among them was the ambitious movie musical "One from the Heart". For that film, Coppola transformed the entire lot into a giant set that included a replica of part of Las Vegas’ McCarran Airport. During this time Mel Brooks's Brooksfilms also rented a stage on the lot to film "Frances", starring Jessica Lange. Cost overruns on "One From the Heart" combined with its poor box-office performance caused Coppola to fall into financial difficulties and the lot was sold again, this time to Canadian real estate developers, the Singer Family.