Written, Produced and Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Produced by: Barry Hirsch, Fred Roos, Michael Bederman
Cast: Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Kathryn Hunter, and Dustin Hoffman
Synopsis: MEGALOPOLIS is a Roman Epic set in an imagined Modern America. The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver), a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito), who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero (Nathalie Emmanuel), the mayor's daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to discover what she truly believes humanity deserves.
In cinemas on 27th September
Produced by: Barry Hirsch, Fred Roos, Michael Bederman
Cast: Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Kathryn Hunter, and Dustin Hoffman
Synopsis: MEGALOPOLIS is a Roman Epic set in an imagined Modern America. The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver), a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito), who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero (Nathalie Emmanuel), the mayor's daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to discover what she truly believes humanity deserves.
In cinemas on 27th September
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Short filmTranscript
00:00True genius is often misunderstood.
00:30Time, stop!
00:42One filmmaker has always been ahead of his time.
00:47Go.
00:49Now, from visionary writer and director Francis Ford Coppola, comes an event nothing can prepare
00:57you for.
00:59Imagine today's society as a branch of civilization, about to reach a dead end.
01:11Is this way we're living the only one that's available to us?
01:19My plan is a city that people can dream about.
01:23What about those standing in your way?
01:25Power to the people!
01:29You like it the way it is.
01:31People don't need dreams.
01:33People need help now.
01:36Don't let the now destroy the forever.
01:41We're in need of a great debate about the future.
01:47Enjoy the show.
01:49One, two, three, yippee.
01:55There's still so much to accomplish, but is there time?
02:17Wait, go.
02:20Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis.