Five Things to See at Francis Ford Coppola’s New All-Movie Hotel in Georgia

Visiting the All-Movie Hotel in Peachtree City, Georgia, is kind of like touring Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. On the outside, the twenty-seven-room property resembles the Days Inn it once was, with its signature exterior corridors and porte cochere—but inside, it’s truly a world of Francis Ford Coppola’s imagination. There’s colorful, upscale decor in the guest rooms and lobby—details chosen by Coppola himself (more on that below)—and state-of-the-art post-production facilities that film crews can rent out. 

The hotel is the legendary filmmaker’s first American venture under his Family Coppola Hideaways brand, which includes resorts in Belize and Italy. Before Coppola began filming Megalopolis, an epic, star-studded fantasy set to release next month, in nearby Trilith Studios, he scouted homes where he and his cast could stay. “Whenever he makes films, he traditionally likes to have his cast stay together and share a communal space,” says Akshay Bhatia, Coppola’s assistant during the film’s production. The cast and crew had grown so much, however, that a house wasn’t going to be big enough. “Then he found this place, and he came up with the idea of renovating this space specifically to be cast and crew headquarters,” Bhatia says.

The renovation was completed in time for the film’s post-production phase, so, in addition to guest rooms, there are editing spaces, sound-proofed rooms for recording audio, and an epic theater in which to screen films. But the hotel isn’t just designed for people who make movies; it also welcomes guests who simply enjoy them. Here’s what cinephiles will love at the All-Movie Hotel.

Godfather pinball. 

Dubbed the “living area,” the lobby forgoes a reception desk in favor of convivial banquettes, communal wood dining tables, and the best part: Godfather–themed pinball machines. “When the crew was here while they were doing the post-production, this is where they disconnected from a long day,” says Luvia Martinez, the hotel’s general manager. It’s also where guests can take a shot of espresso and have a bite of continental American breakfast in the morning.

Themed guest rooms.

“The idea is that every single room is kind of like a museum piece,” Bhatia says. “If you stay here multiple times, you’ll stay in different rooms and maybe you’ll see posters on the wall for films you never saw.” The Japanese cinema suite, for example, includes photos of filmmaker Akira Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune as well as an original Kurosawa painting. Another room pays homage to George Lucas with posters of films like American Graffiti and THX 1138.

Movie memorabilia galore.

It doesn’t take long to spot tokens from Coppola’s latest film, Megalopolis. A scaled-down Empire State Building stands in the living room, two statues of John Boyd and Dustin Hoffman’s characters loom outside, and a golden eagle, wings spread, peeks through the pool’s fence. “It’s embedded in the DNA of this space as Megalopolis,” Bhatia says. You also can’t miss the mural in the lobby replicating a mural shown in The Godfather Part II.

An amazing on-site theater. 

The post-production facilities are off limits to guests, with exception of the Dorothy Theater. Named after Dorothy Arzner, Coppola’s mentor at UCLA and a legendary filmmaker in her time, the on-site screening room holds thirty people and features comfy seating (including vintage sofas), a keyboard, and a top-of-the-line sound system. All black, with soaring ceilings and a seventeen-foot screen, the room is easy to mistake for a traditional movie theater, and the hotel plans to offer weekly movie nights for guests in the near future.

The Coppola of it all.

Coppola fans can appreciate that nearly everything in the hotel was hand-chosen by the filmmaker. That includes succulent-filled flowerpots, which he designed and had crafted in Italy; the silver and gold director’s chairs with velvet seats in each room; and the colorful appliances in each room’s kitchenette. “He loves colors. He likes everything to be different,” Martinez says. In the three “Star” suites, the hotel’s most upscale rooms, projectors stand in for TVs and wood beams across the ceiling echo the barn at Coppola’s Napa Valley winery Inglenook. Family-friendliness was also paramount to Coppola, so there are bunk rooms where kids can have their own space (connected to their parents’ rooms) and kids’ games like hopscotch and checkers in the corridors.