By Lee Pfeiffer
Francis Ford Coppola puts his money where his mouth is when it comes to bringing his cinematic obsessions to reality. Unable to get major studio financing for his 1979 epic "Apocalypse Now", he mortgaged everything he had and financed the film himself. The movie became an acclaimed blockbuster but a few years later Coppola lost his shirt with his next self-financed project, the ill-fated mega-budgeted musical "One from the Heart". Now the veteran filmmaker has completed his latest dream project, the big budget film "Megalopolis", which Coppola has been trying to bring to the screen for many years. As with "Apocalypse", he's mortgaged his assets to make the movie, but now finds it difficult to get a distribution deal after a preview of the flick met with mixed reactions. Writing in The Hollywood Reporter, Thomas Doherty examines the situation in detail and looks back at the trials and tribulations Coppola faced bringing "Apocalypse Now" to the screen.
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