![]() ![]() "The intense dedication to the arts shared by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the house of Fleur de Miraval is even more evident than usual during this very special ceremony." "Champagne Fleur de Miraval may be best known worldwide for its co-founder Brad Pitt, making it only natural that it will now be the Champagne of the greatest stars of the silver screen and of all those who contribute to cinema’s beauty and success around the world," Perrin told Wine Spectator. The Champagne poured at the event and after-party was a 75/25 blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, respectively, from vineyards in Champagne’s Côte des Blancs. The official Champagne of Hollywood’s biggest night belonged to Oscar winner Pitt, who recently launched a rosé Champagne project called Fleur de Miraval with Rhône winemaker Marc Perrin and Champagne Pierre Péters' sixth-generation winemaker Rodolphe Péters. "As for the Chardonnay, it’s very smooth with some bright notes, which I’d compare to a film like Licorice Pizza." "The Cabernet is lush and robust, similar to a film like Dune with its large scale, sweeping landscapes and incredible score," she said. Card, who's been making wine at Coppola for the past two years, compared the wines to some of the nominated films. Coppola also provided a few 3-liter bottles for the Governor's Ball after-party. The Sonoma winery poured its 2020 Chardonnay and 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon at the event, held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. "There's no bigger night in movies, and to bring great wine and beautiful gold bottles into the mix is truly special." "My favorite part about the partnership is honoring Francis Ford Coppola's legacy as an icon of film," Coppola's director of winemaking Andrea Card told Wine Spectator via email. ![]() This was Coppola's sixth year sponsoring the Oscars, while Château Miraval filled the vacated seat of longtime sponsor Champagne Piper-Heidsieck. Thousands of bottles of wine also lost their tops-in a good way-and they came from two longtime Academy favorites: Francis Ford Coppola’s lineup of California wines and Brad Pitt's Fleur de Miraval Brut Rosé Champagne. Head over to Francis Ford Coppola’s website for details on “The Conversation” wine package.Best Actor winner Will Smith wasn't the only one bubbling up at the 94th Academy Award ceremony on March 27. Last year, while accepting a lifetime achievement award at the Lumière Festival in Lyon, France, Coppola made headlines for his remarks about the Marvel Cinematic Universe as being “despicable,” which he then had to clarify to say that what he meant is such movies lack risk. ![]() “The Conversation” went on to win the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and three Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Sound.Ĭoppola hasn’t released a narrative feature since 2011’s “Twixt,” though he unveiled his experimental film project “Distant Vision” in 2016. Coppola finished the script before the Watergate scandal, which involved the same wire-tapping and surveillance equipment used in the movie. Casting Gene Hackman as an agoraphobic surveillance expert who thinks he’s tapped into a possible crime, Coppola drew inspiration from Michelangelo Antonioni’s explosive 1966 mod masterpiece “Blowup” for the movie’s themes, ambiguity, and nimble sound design. Released in 1974, “The Conversation” arrived two years after “The Godfather” and marked Coppola’s return to smaller-scale filmmaking. Paul Schrader: Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Apocalypse Now’ Re-Release Was ‘Worse’ Than Original The set includes bottles of his Cinema and Technicolor wines, plus bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc. These particular strips are exact replicas from Francis’s personal Zoetrope collection.” The wines are sourced from Sonoma. The package, as advertised on Coppola’s website, will include 24 bottles of his Director’s Cut wine, along with a first-edition, signed screenplay of his Oscar-nominated 1974 thriller “ The Conversation.” Those who purchase “The Conversation” package will also receive an invitation to a live, online, intimate conversation with Francis Ford Coppola later this summer, along with a digital code from Lionsgate that can be redeemed to download the film via Apple, Google, Vudu, or FandangoNow.Īccording to Coppola’s website, “Each bottle of Director’s Cut pays homage to the history of filmmaking with its wraparound label designed after a Zoetrope strip, one of the earliest moving picture devices. Director Francis Ford Coppola has a special gift to send your way if you buy $800 of vino from his Coppola wine label. Listen up, oenophiles and cinephiles alike. ![]()
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