The Godfather

Coppola sees his people in color - The Star-Ledger

source: NJ.com

A. When you don't have a ton of money, you're forced to find new actors. Right from the beginning with "The Godfather," that's how I hired Al Pacino. Marlon Brando was a famous actor but at the time, nobody wanted to hire him. ... Coppola Not Fan Of 'Godfather' Video Game KOAT.com

Published Thu, Jun 4

Al Pacino As Dr. Kevorkian: Career Suicide

source: AskMen

EA Video Games approached him about voicing his former character in The Godfather: The Game. Pacino refused, not even allowing his likeness to be used. All of the film's other notable living actors, even an ailing Marlon Brando, recorded audio for the ...

Published Mon, Jun 1

Encore and Starz De Niro and Pacino film festival, Saturday June 6

source: monstersandcritics.com

Al Pacino Playing Michael Corleone in The Godfather Robert De Niro and Al Pacino junkies take heart, the men who have uttered some of the most memorable lines in modern cinema are to be fêted by Starz and Encore channels in June. On Saturday, June 6, ...

Published Wed, May 27

Gun control law misses its target - The Republican

source: MinuteBlog - MassLive.com

The Republican - MassLive.com, MA Deval L. Patrick's recently filed gun control legislation ought to leave most lawful gun owners in Massachusetts' feeling like Al Pacino in The Godfather, Part III: "Just when we thought we were out, they pull us back in." State officials readily admit ...

Published Mon, May 25

They could win - just ask the Godfather

source: Globe and Mail

 Canada I picked up The Godfather series this week. Not to watch the entire trilogy. Just one scene. In Part II, the reluctant mobster Michael Corleone (played by a young Al Pacino) finds himself in pre-revolutionary 1950s Havana. ...

Published Fri, May 22

Re: Almost turned out to be The Godfather set in 'Nam

source: imdb.com

Burton and Martin Scorsese have made careers out of doing this. Besides, I can't say I blame them since their most successful pictures involved working with actors they've worked with before. If Coppola did cast Pacino and Caan he probably would have gotten criticism for using a lot of the s...

Published Tue, Apr 28

Flashback Five - Cuba at the Movies

source: blogs.amctv.com

 NY The Godfather Part II (1974) As Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) tours Havana and Cuba in 1958 in an effort to diversify his family's holdings, he glimpses the revolution in action -- and quickly flees the country as the Batista regime falls to Castro's ...

Published Thu, Apr 16

GODFATHER II: A Masterpiece As Good As The Original

source: criticsrant.com

For part two, Coppola and Puzo took the story down two parallel tracks. In the track directly following THE GODFATHER, Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), having consolidated the Five Families’ power under his aegis, faces the task of expanding his reach in the late 1950s in Las Vegas and Havan...

Published Thu, Dec 20