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Just finally saw the Godfather

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Very good movie. I just didnt get how Michael's original wife dies, and then there is no mention of it or her at all the rest of the movie.

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Very good movie. I just didnt get how Michael's original wife dies, and then there is no mention of it or her at all the rest of the movie.

You have to watch GF 2. It's in that movie in flashback.

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Nevermind. It's all one big story in my head and I'm getting it confused.

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Spoiler alert man.

thanks.

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Pretty sure since the movie came out before I was born, its ok to spoil.

The guy said he never saw it. Hook him up, it's not some BS horror movie.

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The guy said he never saw it. Hook him up, it's not some BS horror movie.

Oh I wouldnt have done it.

 

Hell, I havent seen those in 20 years. I should probably re watch.

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Read the book. Top five I've ever read.

Yes. I also read The Godfather Returns. It's not by Puzzo, but he gave permission for it to be written by the Author upon Puzzos death. It covers the charachters from 1955-1962. Lots of backstory. Good read.

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Spoiler alert man.

So if you are looking out delete your post quoting Volty

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Both 1 and 2 are excellent for different reasons. Jot down your thoughts on one here. Come back after watching 2 and post new thoughts on one.

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They did a thing on one of the channels where they played 1&2 in the same order as the book. The flashbacks came first and then it went from there.

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They did a thing on one of the channels where they played 1&2 in the same order as the book. The flashbacks came first and then it went from there.

aka The Godfather Epic
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aka The Godfather Epic

That's it. Thank you.

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We take it for granted now, but you know those Humane Society disclaimers on literally every movie? They come from The Godfather.

 

You have to understand that they didn't have nearly the sophistication back in the day. So when it came time to shoot the infamous horse head scene, they simply went out to a local Ranch outside of Lodi and made a deal with the Rancher for a horse that was never going to flourish.

 

Ain't much market for a sickly horse. So the Rancher was glad that they would haul him off for free.

 

Like I said man, different time back then.

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Very good movie. I just didnt get how Michael's original wife dies, and then there is no mention of it or her at all the rest of the movie.

You have to watch GF 2. It's in that movie in flashback.

You missed something Frozenbeernuts and HT is wrong, how Apollonia dies is in the first movie. It's during his time in Sicily.

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You missed something Frozenbeernuts and HT is wrong, how Apollonia dies is in the first movie. It's during his time in Sicily.

 

yep

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You missed something Frozenbeernuts and HT is wrong, how Apollonia dies is in the first movie. It's during his time in Sicily.

You're right.

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We take it for granted now, but you know those Humane Society disclaimers on literally every movie? They come from The Godfather.

 

You have to understand that they didn't have nearly the sophistication back in the day. So when it came time to shoot the infamous horse head scene, they simply went out to a local Ranch outside of Lodi and made a deal with the Rancher for a horse that was never going to flourish.

 

Ain't much market for a sickly horse. So the Rancher was glad that they would haul him off for free.

 

Like I said man, different time back then.

Are you spewing more of your BS? The horse head came from a dog food plant.

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Are you spewing more of your BS? The horse head came from a dog food plant.

Debunked. Dog food plants don't bring live horses.

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Debunked. Dog food plants don't bring live horses.

Well, tell that to Francis Ford Coppola: (from IMDB)

 

Animal rights activists protested the horse's head scene. Francis Ford Coppola told Variety, "There were many people killed in that movie, but everyone worries about the horse. It was the same on the set. When the head arrived, it upset many crew members who are animal lovers, who like little doggies. What they don't know is that we got the head from a pet food manufacturer who slaughters two hundred horses a day just to feed those little doggies."

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From Time Magazine, when asked if the head was real:

 

Yes, it was. The studio had encouraged Francis Ford Coppola to use a fake horse head, but he didnt like the mock-up. His scouts found a horse ready for slaughter at a dog-food plant in New Jersey. The art director picked one that looked like the horse in the film and said, When that one is slaughtered, send us the head. Coppola later remembered, One day, a crate with dry ice came with this horses head in it.

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From Time Magazine, when asked if the head was real:

 

Yes, it was. The studio had encouraged Francis Ford Coppola to use a fake horse head, but he didnt like the mock-up. His scouts found a horse ready for slaughter at a dog-food plant in New Jersey. The art director picked one that looked like the horse in the film and said, When that one is slaughtered, send us the head. Coppola later remembered, One day, a crate with dry ice came with this horses head in it.

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I was losing this thread, and then Wiffleball showed up. Thanks Mariano.

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Scarface will always be my favorite Pacino movie.

 

I watched it yet again on IFC last Saturday night.

 

Tony Montana is the most entertaining character in film history.

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Scarface will always be my favorite Pacino movie.

 

I watched it yet again on IFC last Saturday night.

 

Tony Montana is the most entertaining character in film history.

A lot of people don't realize that Al Pacino, a notoriously disciplined method actor, insisted on snorting actual cocaine throughout the filming of that movie. In fact to shoot the ending, they had to have paramedics on standby to keep his heart rate at a point where he did not become tachycardic.

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A lot of people don't realize that Al Pacino, a notoriously disciplined method actor, insisted on snorting actual cocaine throughout the filming of that movie. In fact to shoot the ending, they had to have paramedics on standby to keep his heart rate at a point where he did not become tachycardic.

:shocking:

I guess I'm like a lot of people. Holy Hell.

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A lot of people don't realize that Al Pacino, a notoriously disciplined method actor, insisted on snorting actual cocaine throughout the filming of that movie. In fact to shoot the ending, they had to have paramedics on standby to keep his heart rate at a point where he did not become tachycardic.

Just Fock off at this point

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Youre finally a real man. Congrats. If you havent watched The Godfather then its the equivalent of your balls having never dropped

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Youre finally a real man. Congrats. If you havent watched The Godfather then its the equivalent of your balls having never dropped

Unfrozenbeernuts

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Youre finally a real man. Congrats. If you havent watched The Godfather then its the equivalent of your balls having never dropped

The special effects are crap.

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