Lionsgate recalled its new trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s “ Megalopolis ” Wednesday amid revelations that critics’ quotes have been fabricated.
“Lionsgate is immediately recalling our trailer for Megalopolis,” a Lionsgate spokesperson mentioned in a press release to The Associated Press. “We offer our sincere apologies to the critics involved and to Francis Ford Coppola and American Zoetrope for this inexcusable error in our vetting process. We screwed up. We are sorry.”
The trailer, launched earlier Wednesday, included quotes from critics like Pauline Kael and Roger Ebert of different Coppola movies that didn’t really seem of their opinions. The intent, it appears, was to focus on the essential divisiveness of now-classics like “The Godfather” and “Apocalypse Now,” leaning into a few of the extra unfavorable reactions to “Megalopolis,” the self-financed $120 million epic opening in September.
The trailer attributed a quote to Kael that “The Godfather” was “diminished by its artsiness.” But Kael liked “The Godfather,” and this phrase was not utilized in her March 1972 assessment of the movie for The New Yorker. Ebert additionally didn’t write that Coppola’s “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” was “a triumph of style over substance.” Quotes from Rex Reed and Vincent Canby, about “Apocalypse Now,” didn’t seem of their opinions both.
“Megalopolis” has been a long time within the making, and it obtained many combined opinions upon its premiere on the Cannes Film Festival earlier this 12 months. It has additionally come below scrutiny of late for alleged misconduct on set, after movies leaked of Coppola hugging and kissing extras throughout a membership scene. Representatives haven’t responded to the AP’s requests for remark in regards to the movies.
The movie is about to have its North American premiere on the Toronto International Film Festival subsequent month earlier than hitting theaters on Sept 27.
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