FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA TO DISCUSS AND SCREEN
LIONSGATE’S MEGALOPOLIS
FOR A SPECIAL ADVANCE 62nd NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTATION
WITH AN IMAX LIVE™ ONE-NIGHT-ONLY FAN EVENT
FOR IMAX® MOVIEGOERS IN SELECT CITIES ON SEPTEMBER 23
Megalopolis: The Ultimate IMAX Experience to offer a one-of-a-kind, all-access pass live from the AMC Lincoln Square as Francis Ford Coppola discusses his film with special guests in pre-screening Q&A conversation moderated by NYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim Event to be live streamed exclusively to select IMAX theaters
The 62nd New York Film Festival, IMAX, and Lionsgate today announced the special advance screening of NYFF62 Special Event selection, Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, to take place Monday, September 23, at the AMC Lincoln Square (1998 Broadway, New York). Dennis Lim, Artistic Director of NYFF, will moderate a pre-screening conversation with the filmmaker and special guests. Megalopolis: The Ultimate IMAX Experience will be live streamed to audiences in select cities across the U.S., bringing this special conversation to fans nationwide, followed by an advance screening of the film.
The event will be live-streamed to 66 participating IMAX theaters in cities across the U.S. simultaneously at 8:30pm EDT / 5:30pm PDT.
THE ULTIMATE IMAX EXPERIENCE ON SEPTMBER 23
ONLY IN THEATERS ON SEPTEMBER 27
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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.
