The Godfather,novelbyMario Puzo, published in 1969, which became one of the most successful fiction books ever—selling some 21 million copies worldwide, spawning three critically and financially successfulmotion pictures, and placing its characters into the contemporary American cultural mythology. ...
The Godfather: Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano. The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
all had contributed to a great life-like effort. With those mentioned and along with a handful of others was their acting debut. The only thing I feel was not well thought out about the movie is the characters picked out to play the par... ...
Tom Hagen : I have a special practice. I handle one client. Now you have my number, I'll wait for your call. By the way, I admire your pictures very much. [Hagen leaves, with Woltz staring after him] Jack Woltz : [to an underling] Check him out... See...
New scene of a cycling priest with flowers, who then gives them to Kay (28s). Alternate dialogue between Michael and Kay at lunch. The 1991 cut is far more emotional, where as the the article cut is far less emotional, having the characters find a much more blatant peace. Two superimpo...
This week we look at some prominent examples of actors played characters that are much older than the actors’ actual age.It’s one thing to mentally prepare to play a character in a movie or a play. It’s another thing to physically transform yourself in order to better identify with ...
His character is known as "The Dude," who is mistaken for a millionaire with the same name; mishaps ensue as he gets caught up in a kidnapping ring. The film is edgy and creative, and the ensemble cast did well to create memorable characters. Alamy Stock Photo by Pictorial Press Ltd ...
(maybe because movies more than satisfy my appetite for trash) I found it unreadable. You’re told who and what the characters are in a few pungent, punchy sentences, and that’s all they are. You’re briefed on their backgrounds and sex lives in a flashy anecdote or two, and the ...
and unpredictable. There are serious plot points in both movies revolving around our “heroes” being unable to control their wives threatening to get everyone killed. They are exciting characters. Even when the women in Godfather Part II are doing apparently exciting or controversial things like ha...
(though decidedly smaller scale in Ritt’s film), establishing the main characters and conflicts that will play out for film’s duration; both also entail a character who, after killing the competition, heads to the Sicilian homeland in exile. Not only didThe Brotherhoodreceive tepid reviews ...