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Almost a year to the day that Francis Ford Coppola sent Cannes into a meltdown with his self-funded and hugely polarizing epic “Megalopolis,” details of a secret fly-on-the-wall making-of doc have emerged alongside a U.S. distributor.

Variety can reveal that Utopia has acquired North American rights for “Megadoc,” an in-depth feature documentary by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mike Figgis (“Leaving Las Vegas”) that goes behind-the-scenes into the making of Coppola’s long-awaited, deeply personal, widely-derided and controversy-mired magnum opus. Utopia helped release “Megalopolis” in the U.S. last year alongside American Zoetrope and Lionsgate and plans to release “Megadoc” theatrically this fall.


The documentary was produced by Tara Li-An and James Mockoski.

Per the description, “Megadoc” began from a chance encounter, sparked by an email between two old friends that resulted in Coppola inviting Figgis to the “Megalopolis” set in the lead up to the first day of principal photography and “granting him permission to document whatever he wished.” Armed with a small camera and crew throughout the entire shoot, Figgis’s unrestricted access to the production gave way to “Megadoc,” a “unique look into the creative process of one of the most revered directors of all time, and behind the curtain of the most ambitious film of his career.”

“The great filmmaker Mike Figgis shot the making of ‘Megalopolis’ as he saw it,” said Coppola. “Interestingly, there are many interpretations of what really happened and it’s all in the documentary although the documentary doesn’t always say which is what … it is for the viewer to behold and interpret.”


Variety understands that “Megadoc” doesn’t simply look to put a glossy shine on “Megalopolis” and Coppola, but digs into the good/bad of it all as well. But it’s unknown how far that might extend, and whether it would include the on-set misconduct allegations made against Coppola, the trailer that was removed for using fake quotes or the critical backlash the film received.

“Francis gave me access to everything, including the amazing archive material he’s accumulated of the many readings of the script as it went from one version to another. I was more or less free to go where I wanted,” Figgis said. “The cast were open about the working situation and how they were dealing with the idiosyncrasies of Francis and his very individual working methods. What a privilege to be a witness to such a moment in film history.”

The “Megadoc” deal was negotiated directly between Utopia and Figgis’ independent production company, Red Mullet. Robert Schwartzman of Utopia said in a statement,

“Eleanor Coppola’s iconic feature documentary, ‘Hearts of Darkness,’ gave audiences an incredible look and access to the making of ‘Apocalypse Now’; a film that, in time, became highly regarded as one of the finest cinematic experiences of the era and beyond.,” said Robert Schwartzman of Utopia. “Mike Figgis’s ‘Megadoc’ will be that to ‘Megalopolis,’ opening up to audiences a behind-the-scenes journey spanning 40 years, where we will watch one of the greatest filmmakers at work.”
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Y si un making off extenso y con acceso a todo podría serlo, dirigido por Mike Figgis aún más.

Luego lo propio sería una edición con la película y el documental... y ahí empezaríamos a ponernos serios.