Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis will have it’s Australian premiere at IMAX Sydney on June 15th. The screening is part of the 2024 Sydney Film Festival.
Madman films is distributing the movie, with a wide release in Australia to follow soon.
The session completely sold out within a few hours.
Details from the Sydney Film Festival Website:
Adam Driver stars in Francis Ford Coppola’s ambitious passion project charting the decline of a mythic civilisation, but one with obvious contemporary parallels. Straight from Cannes, see the Australian Premiere at IMAX Sydney: huge ideas on a screen to match.
Coppola has taken some big swings before (Apocalypse Now, The Godfather), but this time he’s smashed convention, expectations and style with his heady sci-fi tale about a future city beset by corruption. New Rome is a hybrid between New York and ancient Rome, complete with chariot races and togas a stone’s throw from the Chrysler Building. Driver plays an architect with the ability to pause time, but his grand vision for a more utopian society is at risk of being thwarted by ruthlessly pragmatic politicians. The actor is joined by Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf and Laurence Fishburne, and they commit fully to Coppola’s singular and operatic vision. Made on a truly grand scale, Megalopolis is one to see on the biggest screen possible.