40 years, star warehouse and $ 120 million: what is known about "Megalopolis" Coppoli

Koppola has invested $ 120 million in the project and this is part of his wealth. About it writes Deadline. Mike Fleming with Deadline wrote: "A new film Coppoli is full of ideas that connect the past with the future. It is an epic and very visual story that looks great on IMAX screen. It reveals complex topics for a long time short two hours and 13 minutes, not counting titers.

" Cinema journalist Matthew Bellon noted that the picture of Koppoli is reminiscent of "Caligula", "Fritz Langa Metropolis", "Caligopolis", "Metropolis". The plot of the picture is based on the work of the ancient Roman historian and writer Sallustus "On the Conspiracy of Katilina". According to Koppoli, it is a modern variation on the topic of classical piplums "Cleopatra" (1963) and "Ben-Gur" (1959).

According to Koppol's scenario, after a disaster, architect Caesar (Adam Driver) is obsessed with the idea of ​​turning New York into a real futuristic city. His beloved Julia (Natalie Emmanuel) is ready to support him, but her father (Forrest Witaker), who disagrees with the plans of Caesar and opposes him. Julia breaks between her father's devotion and the love of Caesar. The painting also has a swallowed enemy of Caesar - the mayor of Frank Cicero (Jancarlo Esposito).

The dispute is about whether to accept the future and build a utopia using renewable materials, or to accept the usual strategy of recovery of a business, which is full of concrete, corruption and mediation at the expense of a restless lower class. The film premiered at the Universal Citywalk Imax Theater and all distributors were present. The company also had friends and directors.

Stars such as Angelica Houston, Nicholas Cage, Andy Garcia, Spike Johnz, Al Pacino, John Favro, Darren Aronofski, Shaya Labaf were invited. According to the journalists, Koppola tells an instructive story about what can happen when the active human spirit, ready for action, will challenge greed, corruption and narcissism through which the Roman Empire declined.

In addition to the above stars, John Wojt, Lawrence Fishburn, Abrore Plaza, Shaya Laba, Dustin Hoffman, Grace Vanderval, James Rimar and many others are also involved in the movie. Before showing Coppol made a kind of statement about the film, noting that US founders had borrowed the Constitution, Roman law and the Senate, so "American history could not happen or succeed in the form in which it exists without classical learning, which directs her.

" After the premiere, the journalists noted, everyone was delighted and laid near Coppol to congratulate him on a new stunning creation. Now, the long -standing lawyer of Koppola Barry Brushr (the movie producer), who should help Kopli find the distribution partner to bring the movie to a wide audience. It should be noted that Koppola went to the shooting "Megalopolis" for a long time.

He wrote and endlessly copied the script, putting it on the shelf after September 11, and then raising money for adaptation. And even lost weight and played sports to increase his endurance. Koppola, who has been 84 years old, also said it was not his last movie, telling him to the reporters, "One way to find out that" Megalopolis "is over, this is what I started working on a new movie. " Earlier, Focus wrote about the most famous Hollywood dynasties.