THE GODFATHER (1972) | 12 Facts You (Probably) Didn't Know

Is the five hour cut out there somewhere? Just started re-reading the book and would like to see the long version.

Don´t anyone here ever make the mistake of coming under the impression that Brando would've been incapable of memorizing his lines, If you doubt his capabilities then I refer you back to his rendering of Marc Antony in Julius Caesar (1953) or Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) movie as well as the stage production previously.

Obviously this guy didn’t watch the Offer

Great vid. Where do you stand on the WGA and SAG-AFTRA industrial action?

Castellano was not more well regarded than Brando. Get real.

Are you off your rocker? Richard Castellano “more well-known and highly regarded than Brando, Caan, Duvall”? I’ll give you Pacino, but not the other three. Brando was probably the most famous film actor in the world in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Castellano was a character actor and very few moviegoers knew him by name. And still to this day. You owe those three a retraction.

The best movie ever.

Paramount were penny pinchers - bet they felt completely stupid for interfering and not having faith in the cast and director. Then Coppola makes the sequel even better. The third was ok but no way near as good though it had some memorable lines - “right or wrong this is not what I wanted” and “just when I thought I was out they pull me back in”

I've seen the Godfather maybe 100 times - I love it!

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The Only thing I Didn't Like about the Movie was making Michael out to be Soft but He Fought in the Pacific in the Marine Corps!!!!

my Dad was the foreign location specialist for the Godfather part II and all the scenes in Cuba were shot in Panama

so not true

I am not a fan of Marlon Brando's movies, but I do believe The Godfather has been his greatest performance. He has been around for a long time so I don't really believe that because he read from cue cards would be such as big a deal as his other behaviors on movie sets. The opening scene is an excellent one that leads the audience onto the family business. It would be nice to see the 5 hour movie. I'm glad they used Pacino as Michael. He had a fresh face and believable as the son who was being kept out of the family business. Of course a different actor would bring a different interpretation of Michael. So glad they did not go with Warren Beatty. I've seen his other films. He was ok in Bugsy but not sure he would bring that innocence Michael starts off with. Lenny Montana did a great job in his part. I did not guess he was a real "family" member. James Bond is Roger Moore. Hard to believe the announcer did not know that.

The acting and screenplay in this film is outstanding.
Each actor compliments each other with their performance.
Add the time element cars and dress you get an outstanding film.

Unfortunately his grand Oscar moment was fake. The so called native girl was actually mexican. Sort of makes a mockery of his political stance.

Perfect michael Miller respect 🙏

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Now I gotta' watch Godfather 1& 2 again.... Marlon Brando is the ONLY person who could have played Don Corleone... Loved these movies. Not a fan of 3

And in the end we find out that Littlefeather wasn't Native American afterall

Nice

I am shocked and pleased my man Clemenza , i.e. Richard castellano, was the highest paid actor.

How ironic that Brando protested Hollywood's portrayal of native Americans by having Littlefeather who was not a native American speak at the awards. Typical Hollywood BS and hypocrisy.

I have the CD of all the movies and still watch every time in comes on tv I seen it 100s of time. I still stump some fans that claim how many times they have seen and they can not tell me what the horse's name or when is Don Corleone birthday.

Good job. As a Godfather savant I knew most of this but it was well presented and edited. Good luck with the channel.

Littlefeather wasn't Native American, she was an actress pretending to be Native American.

Cant wait till Sunday, The Godfather marathon is on tv.

Whenever studio heads figure into a story, they're always the venal, short-sighted, stupid ones.

I have never in my life ever seen an industry run by the most unintuitive, brain-dead cabal of know-it-alls, who violate the LAW OF AVERAGES - I've ever seen. They are ALWAYS WRONG - ALL THE TIME! The only reason anything was made right was DIVINE INTERVENTION. Well, that spirit flew the coup a long time ago. And look what's left - rubble. They can't make a good movie EVEN FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY.

Que cards actually help from reshoots which cause the studio less money I would think that wouldn’t be “hard to work with” 🤷🏾‍♂️ but I’m not in movies

Brando messed up big time. He used a fake Indian

Fun fact... You didn't know I'm probably the only 47 year old in the world who has never saw any of the Godfather movies movies

Nicholson would have been a great Michael.

Lenny Montana was a wrestler with a friend of mine’s mother

I wish the 5 hour version would be done. That would be quality binge watching for sure. The deleted scenes from the TV version were great. Not a weak link among them. The scene with Genco on hid death bed really gave Vito a different persona when Genco begs Vito to stay because death would be frightened by the appearance of this man.
I also wish they would put in the scene when Michael walks into a pizza place with a shotgun and kills Fabrizio.

My all time favorite movie to this date.

The Greatest movie in cinematic history, by far. Absolutely flawless from the get go

Only Paco

At those oscars it took 9 people to stop john wayne from going on stage to show how a man(less than a man actually) treats a woman that opened her mouth. If it was from what she said his beef would be with brando. Dont kill the messenger, those words she spoke were needed to be heard.

Great one BS, this movie still is a Masterpiece- Love the editing

It's funny to hear "James Bond" was trying to give Ms. Littlefeather the Oscar. That was Roger Moore, who played Bond during the 1970s.

Caan might have said he watched mobsters on the set to pick up subtleties, but Caan's was lifelong close friends with Andrew "Mush" Russo, who was a capo at that time and ultimately became the boss of the Columbo crime family. Russo and Caan died a few days apart last year.

The budget constraints on the movie led to a few accidents (Caan hitting Gianni Russo (Carlo) with the stick he threw at him) and ad libs staying in the movie. When Don Corleone implores Johnny Fontaine to "act like a man" the laughs from Brando, Al Martino, and Robert Duvall stayed in the movie. It's been said Don Corleone's death scene was ad libbed as well, as was brushing something off of the Solozzo character's pants during their meeting.

ETA: Richard Castellano's salary demands meant Clemenza's character was re-made into Frank Pantangele. I don't know if Castellano considered his decision to be a mistake, but his career went nowhere beyond a bomb TV show ("The Super") he decided to take on instead.

The Horses head was acquired from a dog food factory

James Bond?

Lucca Brassi hesitated while he was reading his lines to The Godfather because Marlon Brando have been messing with him all through the movie so when they did that scene Marlon Brando had a piece of paper on his tongue a little note and it read "fuck you", on the Note and he stuck his tongue out and let Luca Brasi read it. Lucca was trying not to laugh in that scene!

the " INDIAN " little bird or little feather, or what ever her nickname was, , was not a Real, Native! look it up, her family came forward an apologize on behalf of her BS claims,

it still is entertaining.

Coppola subtly suggested the character who wakes up with the horses head was a paedophile. Exposing what went on in Hollywood.