EXCLUSIVE: When Francis Ford Coppola sits for a dialog about his new movie Megalopolis earlier than it performs the New York Movie Pageant on Monday, September 23, the grasp filmmaker will likely be interrogated by two Gotham movie fixtures. That will likely be Robert De Niro, whom Coppola directed to his first Academy Award in The Godfather Half II, and Spike Lee, a lifelong admirer of Coppola who was among the many first to see half-hour of Megalopolis.
The trio will participate in a dialog moderated by NYFF Inventive Director Dennis Lim, in a night the pageant is asking an IMAX Dwell presentation, Megalopolis: The Final IMAX Expertise. The studio is engaged on a pair different massive names to offer Coppola a becoming tribute. Doesn’t Al Pacino reside in New York, as an illustration?
The dialogue will focus on Coppola’s affect and the way his movies transcend artwork kind (appearing, filmmaking, music, and extra), with Megalopolis being his opus.
The 62nd New York Movie Pageant, IMAX, and Lionsgate awhile in the past introduced the particular advance screening of NYFF62 Particular Occasion choice to happen Monday on the AMC Lincoln Sq., 1998 Broadway. The occasion will likely be reside streamed to audiences in 66 collaborating IMAX theaters in cities throughout the U.S., bringing this particular dialog to followers nationwide, adopted by an advance screening of the movie. The occasion begins 8:30 PM EST/5:30 PM PST. Megalopolis opens in theaters by Lionsgate on September 27, 2024.
Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Kathryn Hunter, and Dustin Hoffman star within the movie. Megalopolis is a Roman epic set in an imagined Trendy America. The Metropolis of New Rome should change, inflicting battle between Cesar Catilina (Driver), a genius artist who seeks to leap right into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Esposito), who stays dedicated to a regressive establishment, perpetuating greed, particular pursuits, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero (Emmanuel), the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to find what she actually believes humanity deserves. Megalopolis is produced by Barry Hirsch, Fred Roos, and Michael Bederman.
