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unusual facts about The Godfather: The Game



5001 Nights at the Movies

On The Godfather (1972): “A wide, startlingly vivid view of a Mafia dynasty, in which organized crime becomes an obscene nightmare image of American free enterprise.”

Alan Lawrence

Lawrence made an appearance in the Scottish football film A Shot at Glory, in 2000, alongside The Godfather star Robert Duvall and Michael Keaton.

Andy Williams' Greatest Hits Vol. 2

# "Speak Softly Love (Love Theme from 'The Godfather')" (Larry Kusik, Nino Rota) – 3:05

Blue Sky on Mars

The song "Hollow" was featured in the film The Game, and "Come to California" was featured in the film Nancy Drew.

Chase Edmunds

He later appeared as a playable character in 24: The Game, the story of which took place prior to the events of Day 3.

Corleone

In the cinematic release of The Godfather, Part II, young Vito is assigned the Corleone surname while passing through immigration at Ellis Island.

It is also the birthplace of several fictional characters in The Godfather, most notably Vito (Andolini) Corleone,

Corrado Gaipa

Gaipa starred in many Italian films, and he also made an appearance in The Godfather as Don Tommasino.

Desperate Housewives: The Game

The game features a script by Desperate Housewives writer Scott Sanford Tobis and voice acting by Brenda Strong.

Domestos

Each germ asserted their plans to inflict suffering, sometimes in parody of well known films such as The Godfather, before being wiped out by a specific brand of Domestos.

East Harlem Purple Gang

In The Godfather movie, Sonny Corleone beat up Carlo on Pleasant Avenue.

Emilio Barzini

In Francis Ford Coppola's film adaptation of The Godfather, Barzini is portrayed by Richard Conte.

Fat Man After Dark

Whenever discussing New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, the Fat Man asked callers to refer to him as "Fredo", the dim-witted and less talented brother of Michael Corleone in The Godfather, a reference to Eli's more successful brother, Peyton.

Fog City Mavericks

The film also shows some of the movies made by these filmmakers such as American Graffiti, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, The Black Stallion, Home Alone, Mrs. Doubtfire, Toy Story and many others.

Goin' To Rockingham

This was the most productive longplayer released by the band yet as it contained 17 tracks, three of which were covers: "The Godfather", written by Nino Rota for the film of the same name; "Surfin' Hearse" had originally been a Jan & Dean song, which had been included on their 1963 album Drag City; "In The Sun" was a Blondie song.

I Am the Mob

The song's lyrics are based around gangster movie The Godfather, with lines "I put horses' heads in people's beds, cause I am the Mob", and "That Luca Brasi: ah, he sleeps with the fishes".

I Have But One Heart

The song is adapted from the traditional Italian song "O Marenariello." Sergio Franchi used this song, both alone and in a medley with Speak Softly Love from The Godfather.

It's in the Water

Alex develops some curiosity about her possible lesbianism and rents a number of classic lesbian-themed films: Desert Hearts; Lianna; Personal Best; Heavenly Creatures; Bar Girls; Claire of the Moon; The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love; an unnamed, presumably pornographic video; and, inexplicably, The Godfather, Part III.

Italian-American Civil Rights League

The league also secured an agreement from Al Ruddy, the producer of The Godfather, to omit the terms "Mafia" and "Cosa Nostra" from the film's dialogue, and succeeded in having Macy's stop selling a board game called The Godfather Game.

Jeff Wilpon

Many commentators on the internet and in broadcast media have referred to Jeff Wilpon as "Fredo" Wilpon, after the feeble-minded member of the Corleone family played by John Cazale in The Godfather and The Godfather Part II.

Johnny Fontane

In Winegardner's sequel The Godfather's Revenge, Fontane becomes romantically involved with Francesca Corleone, daughter of Sonny.

Jurassic Park: The Game

The team consists of Billy Yoder (voiced by Jason Marsden), Oscar Morales (voiced by Carlos Carrasco) and Danny "D-Caf" Cafaro (voiced by Ari Ruben) .

The trio manages to get the ride operational and attempts to ride it down to the base of the cliff, but as they do so, a pack of Herrerasaurus attacks them.

When that doesn't seem to work, she releases the park's captive Tylosaurus into the lagoon, despite Gerry's pleading.

Louis Guss

He is perhaps best known for his roles as Don Zaluchi in The Godfather, Raymond Capomaggi in Moonstruck and Joseph Magliocco in Crazy Joe (film).

Magic Fountain of Montjuïc

Performances include film, classical, and modern music, such as The Godfather, The Lord of the Rings, Gladiator, a Spanish zarzuela movement, and "Barcelona" by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé.

Miami Vice: The Game

Therefore, the likeness of the narcotics officers Crockett and Tubbs are based on that of Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx, respectively.

Pat Geary

Mark Winegardner's 2006 sequel novel The Godfather's Revenge explains that Geary remains in Michael's pocket well into the 1960s.

Robert O. Lowery

Either as tribute or by happenstance, his name is shown prominently in a scene of the first movie The Godfather, printed in bold red letters on a hospital fire safety box in the scene where Michael Corleone protects his father, Vito Corleone, against would-be assassins in the absence of his bodyguards.

Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs - The Game

Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs - The Game is an upcoming game developed by Firehazard Studio in conjunction with Denaris Software & Pixable Studios and to be published by World Events Productions (WEP).

Saro Urzì

He acted in Don Camillo sequels, John Huston's Beat the Devil, Luigi Comencini's Bread, Love and Jealousy, and international films such as Woman of Straw, and Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather as Signor Vitelli, father of Michael Corleone's love Apollonia.

Season Pass

Some Season Passes have unique names, such as Max Payne 3's "Rockstar Pass. Also is used with all Telltale Games such as Back to the Future: The Game The Walking Dead: Season One The Walking Dead: Season Two and The Wolf Among Us."

Superleague Formula 2009: The Game

During the 2009 Donington Park round some star drivers tested out the new game, giving it positive feedback.

Superleague Formula 2009: The Game is a video game based on the 2009 season of the Superleague Formula motorsport series.

The Godfather Effect

The Godfather Effect is a 2012 critically acclaimed study of the Godfather films - as well as Mario Puzo's novel - and their effect on American culture.

The Rain People

Alongside Shirley Knight, leading players are James Caan and Robert Duvall, both of whom would later work with Coppola in The Godfather.

Transformers Animated: The Game

Transformers Animated: The Game is a video game for the Nintendo DS handheld based on the current Transformers television incarnation, Transformers: Animated.

Transformers: Prime – The Game

The game features the voice cast from the show such as Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, Sumalee Montano, Steven Blum, Josh Keaton, Jeffrey Combs, Kevin Michael Richardson, and Daran Norris.

Vincent Forlenza

Vincent "The Jew" Forlenza is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather and Mark Winegardner's sequel The Godfather Returns.

Willie Moretti

In the Sopranos episode D-Girl, the character Christopher Moltisanti tells Jon Favreau the story of Moretti intimidating Tommy Dorsey, which Favreu cites as the inspiration for the Corleone family's efforts to intimidate studio head Jack Woltz into casting Johnny Fontane in one of his movies (by killing one of his prized race horses and putting the head in Woltz's bed) in The Godfather.

Wounded Knee incident

However, actor Marlon Brando, an AIM supporter, asked Sacheen Littlefeather, an Apache actress, to speak at the 45th Academy Awards on his behalf, as he had been nominated for his performance in The Godfather.


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