Summary: On this episode, Adolfo and Mark discuss the greatest gangster film (and arguably one of the top 5 films ever made... period) of all time: Mario Puzo's THE GODFATHER. On this show: • How were we introduced to the film for the first time? • Who did Paramount want to direct the film before finally settling on Francis Ford Coppola? • Our favorite scenes • The beauty of Gordon "The Prince of Darkness" Willis' cinematography • The behind-the-scenes stories behind some of the more iconic scenes • The Johnny Fontane/Frank Sinatra connection • Which famous actors tested for the parts of Michael and Sonny • The three insane conditions Paramount gave Coppola if he insisted on hiring Marlon Brando • How did the studio want to change and "update" the story from the book's original setting of 1940s New York? • All this and much more. So leave the gun, take the cannoli and join us as we take it to the mattresses. It's an offer you can't refuse.
