[Viking2002]

Rush's sendup of 'The Godfather' today was hysterical. Especially the part where The Bent One told Wolf Blitzer he can have his testicles back any time he needs them. LMAO :-)

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Getting back to “The Godfather” for a moment - I saw a documentary on it’s production and Coppola revealed that the film had a sneak preview in Toronto 2 weeks before it was to open in NYC. At that sneak preview audience survey information revealed it was likely to be a bomb and that audience members were confused about certain characters and their relationship to the main characters. Coppola indicated that this came as a complete surprise and that it triggered a feverish and comprehensive re-edit in the two weeks before the open in NYC. If this fellow gets credit for that - my hat’s off to him. I must have seen Parts I and II of The Godfather about 30x over the years, and it’s still very impressive, very rich each time.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.