Francis Ford Coppola is auctioning off a custom $1million (£750,000) watch, following the box office failure of his 2024 film Megalopolis. READ MORE: ‘Megalopolis’ review: as mad and memorable as everyone is saying The epic sci-fi drama was a passion project of the celebrated filmmaker, who put up some of his own money to get the movie made. It told the …
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If you and I make a bad financial decision, we might get by through selling plasma or eating canned tuna for a week. But if you’re Francis Ford Coppola, you bounce back from possible financial ruin by selling million-dollar watches. It’s no secret that 2024’s Megalopolis, Coppola’s long-gestating pet project, was a bona fide financial bust. After the iconic director …
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Francis Ford Coppola has reportedly resorted to selling a large part of his prized watch collection after sinking $120 million to fund his film “Megalopolis.” The famed director, known for classics such as “The Godfather” and “Apocalypse Now,” couldn’t repeat his successes in the latest film, which was plagued by production issues and eventually bombed at the box office. Francis …
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Francis Ford Coppola wants an offer he can’t refuse — on his timepieces. The Academy Award-winning director is selling seven watches from his personal collection, including his custom F.P. Journe FFC Prototype, estimated to sell for more than $1 million, according to a statement from Phillips, the New York City-based auction house. Phillips will hold the auction on Dec. 6 …
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It’s been almost exactly a year since I first saw Megalopolis, and the last 12 months haven’t been kind to Francis Ford Coppola’s long-gestating epic. It mostly bewildered critics and audiences, earned back just a fraction of its $120 million budget, and still isn’t easily accessible via streaming or a Blu-ray release. Megalopolis is a film that the Godfather director …
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There are many stars in Francis Ford Coppola’s batshit crazy and, some would say, botched $120-million dystopian epic from last year, Megalopolis, which the legendary Hollywood auteur paid for out of his own pocket. But there is really only one star in Mike Figgis’ fascinating fly-on-the-wall account of that film’s extremely ambitious and chaotic shoot, and that’s Coppola himself. The …
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