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unusual facts about film adaptation of ''The Godfather''



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.”

Ahmet Koç

In the spring of 2005, he released his instrumental album "Paradoks" (Paradox), in which he played international pop and rock classics with his bağlama. Some of the songs included in his album were: “Hasta Siempre”, "Fragile", “My Way”, “Surf Rider”, ”Hotel California” “The Godfather theme”, “Shape of My Heart”, “My Heart Will Go On”.

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

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.

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.

Don Rubbo

At the advertising giant, Diener, Hauser & Greenthal, Don Rubbo was the creative force behind the iconic images for movie posters, designing the images for The Godfather,( 1972), The Endless Summer (1968), Clockwork Orange (1971), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), among others.

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.

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).

Lovers and Other Strangers

It established Richard Castellano as a star (receiving an Oscar nomination for his performance) and he, along with Diane Keaton, was subsequently cast in The Godfather.

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.

Mon Homme

In 1965, the song was covered by Barbra Streisand on her album My Name Is Barbra and in the film adaptation of Funny Girl.

New York Eye and Ear Infirmary

The interior of the old infirmary was used in The Godfather, for the scenes in which Mafia Don Vito Corleone is in the hospital after being shot, and his son, Michael Corleone, attempts to protect him against gunman who are trying to kill him.

One from the Heart

Coppola has said that the films he made during the rest of the 1980s and most of the 1990s, such as The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, The Cotton Club, The Godfather, Part III, Jack and The Rainmaker, were done to pay off the debts incurred by One from the Heart.

Pat Geary

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

RedRobe

The Cardinal agrees to grant clemency if Axl returns to his service, an offer he can't refuse but one with serious consequences.

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.

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.

Sonny Russo

Sonny also performs on the soundtracks to the films The Godfather, The Godfather II, Goodfellas, and Sophie's Choice.

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.

Unknown Man No. 89

The book is perhaps best remembered for a sequence taken straight from The Godfather, where thug Virgil plants a shotgun in the meeting place of his victim, in this case, the fire escape of Bobby Lear's hotel room.

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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