Francis Ford Coppola Forced to Sell $1 Million Watch He Co

In the 2025 documentary Megadoc , a look behind the scenes of Francis Ford Coppola ‘s epic — but much-maligned — Megalopolis , the legendary director holds himself fully accountable for the success or failure of the 2024 dystopian film, which was known to all in Hollywood as his passion project and which he self-financed at an estimated cost of $120 million (the film ultimately grossed only $14.4 million). In one interview with Megadoc director Mike Figgis, Coppola mentions French director Jacques Tati, famed for directing Mon Oncle , the 1959 Oscar winner for best foreign language film, but who died in poverty in 1982. To Coppola, Tati is one example of the art mattering more than financial success, he says. “Who cares if you died broke, if you made something you think is beau