Megalopolis (2024) on Netflix
R20242h 18m
In New Rome, the architect Cesar Catilina can stop time and plans a utopian city called Megalopolis. Mayor Franklyn Cicero wants a casino instead, and his daughter Julia meets Cesar.
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- IMDb4.6/1043,089 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes45%
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Plot summary
New Rome is a future version of New York where wealthy patrician families rule and everyone else lives in poverty. Cesar Catilina is one of the city's leading men: an architect who invented Megalon, a building material, and who can halt time, a power he keeps hidden. Years ago his wife disappeared; Franklyn Cicero, then district attorney, prosecuted him for her murder, and though Cesar was acquitted, he now drinks heavily. Cesar and Cicero, now the mayor, present rival ideas for the city on television. Cesar wants to build a utopian community, Megalopolis, from Megalon, while Cicero argues for a casino that would bring in tax revenue at once. Cesar also meets Julia, the mayor's daughter.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Megalopolis (2024)
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- Francis Ford Coppola spent $120 million of his own money to make Megalopolis, after studios refused to finance it in 1989 and 2001 and he built a fortune in the winemaking business.
- Coppola conceived Megalopolis in 1977, towards the end of filming Apocalypse Now, and spent decades developing it before its 2024 release.
- In 2001, Coppola held table reads for Megalopolis in Brooklyn with actors including Nicolas Cage, Russell Crowe, Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Uma Thurman.
- A trailer for Megalopolis was removed the same day it was published after it was found to use fabricated pull quotes attributed to critics including Roger Ebert and Pauline Kael, and Lionsgate fired the marketing consultant responsible.
- Coppola sued Variety for libel in September 2024, seeking $15 million, after the trade publication ran articles alleging sexual misconduct by him on set.
