Mobster 'Sammy the Bull' Gravano claims 'The Godfather' star James Caan was 'an associate of the Colombo mafia family and had to ask permission to take on the role'

daily mail ^ | 7/8/2022 | reyes and anderson

[RummyChick]

if anyone wants to see The Offer Paramount has a free trial. Once you cancel they will usually offer an extension.

I get their subscription when Amazon has it for 99 cents. I like to watch some of the old stuff

Although you can now get Perry Mason on Amazon for free.

[G Larry]

I’m so old the first movie I thought of was Freebie and the Bean - 1974.

[RummyChick]

i have been watching columbo. If anyone liked his show I recommend watching the one with Janet Leigh. They wove in her old movies into the story line and made her an aging Actress..but not quite like the “ready for my closeup” movie

[montag813]

Why the hell is Sammy the Rat still alive? The mob has really slipped.

[RummyChick]

btw, one of the weird casting choices for the Offer is the guy playing the director. It's the weird Uncle from the Goldbergs

[TangoLimaSierra]

Any insight to this story?

[God luvs America]

Boy- poor James was in bad shape. My favorite actor when i was growing up as a kid and the Godfather had nothing to do with it: Brian Piccolo, Jonathan E. and the movie The Thief.

What did he die of? Anyone know?

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Thanks, RC.

[Born in 1950]

[Georgia Girl 2]

I wouldn’t believe a thing that POS Gravanno says. Hes a total windbag.

[mylife]

puleeze Sammy the snitch

[RummyChick]

if anyone watched twin peaks ( I did in one of my amazon cheap channel deals) this guy has died

[RummyChick]

and if you never watched twin peaks...this scene is typical of the weirdness of it

a dwarf dancing with the weird talking where they had to talk backwards when filming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0YI_eHg3Aw

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Maybe Falk didn't ask permission and that's why he has the glass eye.

[RummyChick]

https://www.tmz.com/2022/03/28/francis-ford-coppola-thanks-robert-evans-godfather-oscars/

Their feud began after the original’s 1972 release, but 11 years later they were still raging at each other — and Francis fired off this telegram, saying things like, “Your stupid blabbing about cutting The Godfather comes back to me and angers me for its ridiculous pomposity.”

He added, “You did nothing on The Godfather other than annoy me and slow it down ... You have double crossed me for the last time. If you want a PR war or any kind of war, no one is better at it than me.”

[M1903A1]

Depends on which “mob”. The Chicago Outfit only cared that you produced for them.

[Dogbert41]

"Boy- poor James was in bad shape. My favorite actor when i was growing up as a kid and the Godfather had nothing to do with it: Brian Piccolo, Jonathan E. and the movie The Thief."

When the 1911 was the tits in IPSC, so was James Caan, who had real good training with one as demonstrated from the movie "The Thief". Watched that movie many times!

[RummyChick]

btw, Paramount has the movie Lost City. It is mindless entertainment and I enjoyed Brad Pitt’s role. Their show Evil really creeps me out

[RedMonqey]

Judging from the photos, looks like COPD.

Mom had the portable oxygen machine.

[Honest Nigerian]

I find it disturbing (to put it mildly) that an admitted murderer and mobster is making serious money from talking about his misdeeds. Witness his podcast series, movie deal, etc.
I wish someone would sue him for what amounts to his ill-gotten gains.