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Can Cannes Save ‘Megalopolis’? Francis Ford Coppola Prepares to Unveil His $120 Million Epic as Controversy Builds
Francis Ford Coppola prepares to unveil 'Megalopolis,' his 'batshit' epic, at Cannes as bad buzz and controversy mounts.
Forty-five years later, Coppola is returning to Cannes with his latest epic, “ Megalopolis,” a $120 million examination of greed and idealism set in a futuristic America that premieres on Thursday. But will Cannes turn out to be a redemption tour for Coppola, who has been able to defy the skeptics in the past, or is “Megalopolis” going to be a late-career disaster for an artist who has also produced his share of costly duds along with his masterpieces? But following the disappointing screening that drew most of the major studio heads, a group that typically doesn’t acquire big-budget movies, Coppola began working with international sales outfit Goodfellas.
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