PREVIEW

The Godfather director, who invested $120 million (£95 million) of his own money into the long-gestating project, became emotional as he received a seven-minute standing ovation after the film's world premiere. Reflecting on the reaction at a press conference on Friday, the 85-year-old filmmaker said, "You become filled with relief and joy... It was a crowning joy after all these years of having an idea and building it over different time(s) and abandoning it and then saying, 'No, I shouldn't abandon it.' It was a beautiful feeling."