{"id":42684,"date":"2026-09-16T07:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42684"},"modified":"2026-09-15T23:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T03:45:09","slug":"megadoc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42684","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;MegaDoc&#8221; (2025) directed by Mike Figgis \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z091626review_megadoc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"741\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>MegaDoc <\/i>(2025)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director: <strong>Mike Figgis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars:\u00a0 <strong>Francis Ford Coppola, Eleanor Coppola, Talia Shire, Shia LaBeouf, Aubrey Plaza, George Lucas, Giancarlo Esposito, Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Fishburne, Adam Driver\u00a0 <\/strong>and<strong> Jon Voight<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>The magic and making of Francis Ford Coppola&#8217;s Megalopolis.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Francis Ford Coppola financed his dream project, the movie <em>Megalopolis<\/em>, with his own money to the tune of $120 &#8211; $140 million.\u00a0 Director Mike Figgis was given complete access to the set and actors from pre-production through the actual filming of the movie.\u00a0 Figgis and one assistant filmed using a small camera in order to create as little presence as possible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Going behind the scenes is always interesting to most movie buffs.\u00a0 I found the pre-production acting exercises that Coppola put the cast through surprising.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Coppola had planned to make <em>Megalopolis<\/em> for decades.\u00a0 Particuarly interesting is footage from a 2001 table read that included Robert DeNiro and Uma Thurman.\u00a0 There is also footage from 2003 featuring Ryan Gosling.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Driver requested his performance not be filmed for the documentary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There were several scenes of Shia LaBeouf arguing with Coppola about how to stage or play scenes.\u00a0 If I was the director, putting up my own money, I would have wanted it understood from the start, this will be done my way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; 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