Ford Coppola gets award at Kalkongala – « proud »
Coppola himself, 85, says that he is proud of the questionable award, because « it shows that he has the courage to go against the prevailing trends in contemporary filmmaking, » he writes on Instagram.
The legendary filmmaker behind « Godfather » and « Apocalypse Now » pushed in $ 120 million of their own money in last year's passion project « Megalopolis ».
The shark world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2024 shared the critics, which described the film as everything from a true modern masterpiece to a disaster.
The organizers of the Razzie Awards have described the gala as « the ugly cousin to the Oscars ».
Other winners this year are Dakota Johnson, who is awarded the worst female actor for his mocked superhero-spinoff « Madame Web ». A movie that was also honored with the price for the worst photo and worst script.
Jerry Seinfeld was named the worst male actor for « Unfrosted » and Joaquin Phoenix-who won an Oscar for the first « Joker » movie-was awarded with Lady Gaga the prize for the worst movie combo for « Joker: Folie A Deux ».
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