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As ludicrous as it sounds, directing The Godfather, based on the novel by Mario Puzo, was not a creatively inspiring prospect for Coppola, who found its content to be "sleazy." He didn't want to direct the film for Paramount,

Sixty years before the very expensive and recently released ‘Megalopolis,’ one of the members of the New Hollywood movement began his career with Roger Corman, king of low budget movies