A film dropped earlier in the day—and it landed with a thud amidst the surrounding noise, drawing lukewarm reviews that starkly contrasted with its predecessor’s widespread acclaim. What initially seemed like an ingenious ploy just hours ago has now transpired into a misguided spectacle gone horribly awry. Lionsgate has conceded that the disputed quotes were fabricated, following an online investigation that challenged their authenticity.
Lionsgate assumed sole responsibility for the press release. “Lionsgate has immediately recalled our trailer for,” the statement submitted to the business learning. “We offer sincere apologies to the critics involved, as well as Francis Ford Coppola and American Zoetrope, for this unacceptable mistake in our review process.” We screwed up. We’re sorry.”
While the trailer has since been removed, it featured quotes from esteemed film critics Pauline Kael, Andrew Sarris, and Roger Ebert – influential voices whose opinions shaped the viewing habits of the general public for decades and remain readily available through both print and online platforms.
Rhett Jones, writing for Gizmodo, proposed a possibility that someone might have employed a chatbot program to fabricate quotes attributed to Roger Ebert. In response to his inquiry about Ebert’s review of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 horror romance film, chatGPT generated the following:
The precise use of a chatbot in the trailer’s quotes remains unverified; this test was conducted solely for experimental purposes.
The trailer quoted Roger Ebert as describing the film as “a train in a feverish dream”, a phrase that echoes his exact words, whereas he is famously known for criticizing films with “type over substance”. Following an inquiry by io9 to Lionsgate regarding Vulture’s report on fabricated quotes, no response was received prior to reports from Variety and other trade publications publishing the studio’s admission of error.
Although Kael, Sarris, and Ebert have passed away, Owen Glieberman, a prominent film critic, has responded to the trailer’s mention of his title.
The filmmaker acknowledged to his current publication that the notion underlying the trailer, namely that Coppola’s most acclaimed works were initially misinterpreted, was an unstable premise from the outset? “Critics were impressed with,” he stated. Despite being divisive, it gained significant and invaluable support. So far as my being called ‘a lovely mess’, I’d simply have that mentioned instead. While relating to that movie, its tone now appears quite varied.
Slated for a September 27 release in theaters and IMAX formats. Who star in the film? Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Kathryn Hunter, Grace VanderWaal, Chloe Fineman, and James Remar. B. Who are Sweeney, Dustin Hoffman, and Aubrey Plaza?
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