Mario Cuomo ends 41-year boycott of 'The Godfather'

upi ^ | Oct. 22, 2013

[TexasRepublic]

Thus spewed the Italian white-collar criminal. Socialism IS organized crime.

[Amagi]

Yo Mario, nice to know you’ve finally extracted your head from your arse and joined the rest of us in the 21st century.

[ScottinVA]

Not criticizing your placing this article here, Joe.

UPI, however, deserves some serious upbraiding... really now.. THIS is “news?”

[ansel12]

I’ve never seen it either, I try to avoid Mafia movies.

[Vermont Lt]

He spent all these years talking about how the movie stereotyped Italians, but he never watched the movie?

What a maroon.

It’s like thinking Obama care is easy to sign for, without going through the process.

[mojito]

"You demean our system of law and order by saying if you want to get justice you mow down the bums,"

Not even close, Mario, not even close. And I live in a town where you can't get a decent cannoli.

[Hyman Roth]

Hey,Hyman Roth and Moe Greene were big honchos also.

Yeah we were. :>)

[Oratam]

"You demean our system of law and order by saying if you want to get justice you mow down the bums," Cuomo said.

Translation: I believe government has a monopoly on coercive violence.

[JoeProBono]

[Popman]

He cojld have read the book is which is better than the movie...

I assume the former governor can read...

[JoeProBono]

[safeasthebanks]

Godfather Trivia of the day - Supposedly the actor ad-libed the famous “take the canoli” line. Same for Marlon Brando picking up the cat in the opening scene.

[mojito]

Now that's a cannoli!

[CommerceComet]

Godfather Trivia of the day - Supposedly the actor ad-libed the famous “take the canoli” line. Same for Marlon Brando picking up the cat in the opening scene.

The coolest "behind the scenes" thing that I've ever heard about the Godfather was the scene with Luca Brasi practicing his lines before going in to see the Godfather. Coppola saw the actor Lenny Montana actually rehearsing his lines on the set and told a cameraman to film it. This little clip works perfectly in the movie to illustrate the respect in which the Godfather was held.

It's little nuggets like this and a hundred others that make Godfather I and II masterpieces.

[cripplecreek]

When it comes to pure brutality, nobody had the Jewish based Purple gang beat.

[Mears]

Son of a gun !! :-)

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[JoeProBono]

The Purple Gang, also known as the Sugar House Gang

[Rodamala]

I use it for Mario Rubio now. Maybe he is ne the Sfachim... but he's a sfachim still the same.

[Polyxene]

Scene in the church:

Mario the Pious ends 41-year boycott of ‘The Godfather’:

In nomine patri et fille et spiritu sancte

(cue Godfather Theme)

[Rodamala]