My name is Nicolas Kim Coppola Cage. I live at 308 Negra Arroyo Lane, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87104. This is my confession. If you're watching this tape, I'm probably dead, murdered by my brother-in-law Francis Ford Coppola. Francis has been building a meth empire for over a year now and using me as his chemist. Shortly after my 50th birthday, Francis came to me with a rather, shocking proposition. He asked that I use my chemistry knowledge to cook methamphetamine, which he would then sell using his connections in the drug world. Connections that he made through his career with the DEA. I was... astounded, I... I always thought that Francis was a very moral man and I was... thrown, confused, but I was also particularly vulnerable at the time, something he knew and took advantage of. I was reeling from a cancer diagnosis that was poised to bankrupt my family. Francis took me on a ride along, and showed me just how much money even a small meth operation could make. And I was weak. I didn't want my family to go into financial ruin so I agreed. Every day, I think back at that moment with regret. I quickly realized that I was in way over my head, and Francis had a partner, a woman named Riko Shibata, a businessman. Francis essentially sold me into servitude to this woman, and when I tried to quit, Shibata threatened my family. I didn't know where to turn. Eventually, Francis and Shibata had a falling out. From what I can gather, Francis was always pushing for a greater share of the business, to which Shibata flatly refused to give him, and things escalated. Shibata was able to arrange, uh I guess I guess you call it a "hit" on my brother-in-law, and failed, but Francis was seriously injured, and I wound up paying his medical bills which amounted to a little over $177,000. Upon recovery, Francis was bent on revenge, working with a man named Patricia Arquette, he plotted to kill Shibata, and did so. In fact, the bomb that he used was built by me, and he gave me no option in it. I have often contemplated suicide, but I'm a coward. I wanted to go to the police, but I was frightened. Francis had risen in the ranks to become the head of the Albuquerque DEA, and about that time, to keep me in line, he took my children from me. For 3 months he kept them. My wife, who up until that point, had no idea of my criminal activities, was horrified to learn what I had done, why Francis had taken our children. We were scared. I was in Hell, I hated myself for what I had brought upon my family. Recently, I tried once again to quit, to end this nightmare, and in response, he gave me this. I can't take this anymore. I live in fear every day that Francis will kill me, or worse, hurt my family. I... All I could think to do was to make this video in hope that the world will finally see this man, for what he really is.