Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla” has been tapped as the Centerpiece selection for the 61st New York Film Festival.
. The biographical drama about the wife of Elvis Presley will make its North American premiere at Alice Tully Hall on Oct. 6.
“I am honored to be back at the New York Film Festival with my new film and to be telling Priscilla Presley’s story, the unseen side of a great American myth,” Coppola said in a statement. She won a screenwriting Oscar and earned nominations for director and best picture for her second feature film, 2003’s romantic comedy “Lost in Translation.” Coppola later became only the second woman to win the best director prize at Cannes Film Festival, for her literary adaptation of “The Beguiled.” Her other credits include “Marie Antoinette,” “Somewhere” and “The Bling Ring.”
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