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 night. The terrible effects of p

Hollywood director Francis Ford Coppola recalls the "horror" of surviving childhood polio amid questions about the future of its vaccine.

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 nine,