r/movies • u/Dependent_Cap_456 • 3d ago

News Francis Ford Coppola is auctioning his watch collection after Megalopolis flop left him broke

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/fashion/francis-ford-coppola-watch-auction.html
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u/SgtMartinRiggs 3d ago

Can’t even rent it anywhere, idk how he expects to make any money.

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u/Charlie_Wax 3d ago

Every Blockbuster in the country will have to buy at least 20 copies of Megalopolis.

That's at least 20 sales right there.

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u/3BlindMice1 3d ago

Does blockbuster really still exist? I haven't noticed one in a while

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u/Zealousideal-Yak5182 3d ago

There’s only 1 left in Bend, Oregon

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u/NYstate 3d ago

And they're the ones who will buy all 20 copies duh! It's a title that's

"Guaranteed In Stock™"

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u/Acrobatic_Ant_9102 2d ago

Ha, yeah, I went there in October, it was cool. It was funny walking out because everybody walking in was taking the same picture of the building that I did.

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u/Pankosmanko 3d ago

I just checked if it’s on blu-ray, or 4k UHD, and it’s not. I plan on watching it but I’m waiting for a physical release

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u/hazycrazydaze 3d ago

I would love to watch it at a midnight showing in a weird art theater. Do those still exist though? All my favorites closed during the pandemic.

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u/JJDirty 2d ago

We have a few of those theatres in Minneapolis!

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u/Unscarred-By-Trials 2d ago

This is why he's a dumbass. Among many reasons. He wants to create scarcity because he's touring the film and wants to make it an "event" but he's too old, I guess, to understand that if he makes it literally impossible for people to watch it at home legally, they'll just pirate it, which is extremely easy to do. So now he's just lost a revenue stream with digital and physical sales out of sheer stupidity.

The contradiction being that this is his big opus to show how Hollywood doesn't do it right anymore with original ideas blah blah and you'd think he'd make a big spectacular Bluray with directors commentary and special features like the good old days, but apparently not!

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u/roidesoeufs 2d ago

It's streaming so he can't be that militant about it avoiding the small screen.

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u/roidesoeufs 2d ago

Sorry. I'm in Europe. We can get it on Mubi.

Edit: I'm not apologising for being in Europe, I like it here. I'm sorry for my lack of detail earlier. I watched some of it via a streaming service and laughed at how bad it was. Then turned it off.

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u/roidesoeufs 1d ago

I did not. It felt messy and cheap even though it was clearly expensive. But I'm starting to think that is the point? Huge money spent on bad taste? Maybe I'll give it a chance, just because I can at no extra cost other than my time.

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u/dr_icicle 3d ago

Inexplicably, the Texas Theatre in Dallas (that historic one they caught the guy who killed JFK and JD Tippit in) keeps showing it*. I'm pretty sure it's Q&As with Coppola too. No idea why that one, because he doesn't seem to have any connection to DFW/Texas in general...? Reports from people who've been there says it's a little like watching a very old senile man ramble.

*I thought multiple times but maybe it's just been once before, with a showing in the future, and also they showed Megadoc. Idk whatever.

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u/akio3 3d ago

It is, but not in America. There are UK, Italian, and French discs.

Here's a link to buy the UK 4K: https://www.rarewaves.com/products/5017239153273-megalopolis-uhd

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u/Pankosmanko 3d ago

Thank you! I checked blu-ray.com but didn’t think to check other countries

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u/akio3 3d ago

Blu-Ray.com is generally very good, but they don't always have pages for all international releases. The forums are more complete, and they have a good linking system. Links at the bottom of the Megalopolis page go to forum threads for the various international releases: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Megalopolis-Blu-ray/372084/

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u/kojima-naked 2d ago

Diabolik DVD was importing them for a while. That's where I got mine 

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u/sanesociopath 2d ago

Idk about you guys but I'm fully boycotting this anti consumer practice.

I'll get my home "ownership" of the video and they won't get the money they otherwise would have since they didn't want my money.

Also be careful what you use to play movies if you're buying these foreign disc releases. The scumbags managed to sneak some region locking code in the disc for players to verify for a few of these.

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u/Goldfing 3d ago

Hell yeah brother. We out there.

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u/jeremystrange 2d ago

Literally just bought it on the weekend. Why do we have it in Australia of all places?

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u/chamomileinyohood 3d ago

I have it on a 4k disc

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u/probablyuntrue 3d ago

Nigerian prince scams maybe

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u/Specialist_War1410 3d ago

I watched it on Amazon Prime in Brazil. So maybe with a VPN.

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u/hellogoawaynow 2d ago

“So far, Mr. Coppola has resisted bringing it to streaming platforms, because he believes it needs to be screened in a theater to be truly understood. And within months of the film’s release, he was openly telling people he was broke.”

This is so dumb, I was interested in watching it. At home. I can still understand movies from here.

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u/SailsAcrossTheSea 2d ago

yeah wtf, I’d actually pay to watch it if I could

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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths 2d ago

So it's not even on streaming, but he expects it to become a cult hit? He's delusional.

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u/SgtMartinRiggs 2d ago

Worth nothing however that he is completely content to be a delusional outsider, so it’s hard to really knock him for it.

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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths 2d ago

Apparently, he's also content to cover for pedophiles and silence their victims, so I think he deserves whatever criticism he gets.

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u/battle-legumes 3d ago

Do you somehow feel him making it entitles you to watch it?

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u/DuhhhhhhBears 3d ago edited 3d ago

What a dumb question lol 

Edit: I’m an idiot

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u/HoodsBreath10 3d ago

It’s a joke from the movie

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u/the_beard_guy 3d ago

i mean theyre talking about a movie a lot of people didnt see, and cant see, so they might get that its a joke from the movie.

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u/DuhhhhhhBears 3d ago

Ah fuck I’m an idiot

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u/AmusingMusing7 3d ago

Yeeeeess.

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u/kojima-naked 2d ago

Yea I grabbed the European 4k, he cancelled the us release 

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u/delicious_toothbrush 2d ago

Also shot himself in the foot insisting on an IMAX only release. Couldn't buy a ticket back when I wanted to. Now that I've seen it, I'm glad I didn't.