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American director Francis Coppola, famous for such movies as “The Godfather,” “Apocalypse Now” and “Peggy Sue Got Married,” has been invited to head the full-length-feature jury at the 15th international film festival in Moscow in July, the official Tass news agency reported Monday. Tass also said British director and actor Peter Ustinov would judge the children’s films section while Soviet writer Ales Adamovich would head the jury for short films.