Lionsgate has recalled the trailer for Francis Ford Coppola's multimillion-pound movie Megalopolis, after critic quotes it featured were exposed as fake. Admitting "we screwed up," the studio immediately pulled the new trailer, which had been released on Wednesday. A Lionsgate spokesperson said: "We offer our sincere apologies to the critics involved and to Francis Ford Coppola and American Zoetrope for this inexcusable error in our vetting process.
We screwed up. We are sorry." The trailer had included quotes from critics including Pauline Kael, Roger Ebert and Owen Gleiberman about other Coppola films - but the quotes never appeared in their reviews.
A voice over on the trailer said: "Genius is often misunderstood". The multi-Oscar-winning filmmaker, who is 85, has directed over 20 films, including The Godfather trilogy, Apocalypse Now, and Bram Stoker's Dracula. Misattributed quotes in the trailer included one from Kael that The Godfather was "diminished by its artsiness," but in reality, Kael's 1972 review for The New Yorker showed her to be a fan of the film.
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