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By Philippa Bourke Nov 4, 2009

Nicolas Cage, rumored to be "broke" according to Film.Com, has pulled out of a film screening in New York to mourn the death of his father, August. Cage, who is embattled with financial problems, was due to appear at the screening of Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans.

Nicolas Cage Cancels Screening to Mourn, Rumored "Broke" (Image: Splash News)

Cage buried his father, who died of a heart attack at 75, in a service for family and friends at the Christ The King Church in Hollywood, California.

August, a retired literary professor at San Francisco State University, was the brother of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola.

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Cage, meanwhile, was scheduled to join Val Kilmer and Eva Mendes for the November 8 screening of Bad Lieutenant. Cage was seen ushering his wife Alice and sons Weston and Kal El in photographs that surfaced.

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