First, Coppola’s work should be seen on BluRay, or at lewast DVD … certainly not on video tape. Second, I haven’t seen Godfather Part II, but it is showing on the big screen through Fathom Events nationwide. The jury pool (and those following the trial on television/Internet), should not be exposed to spoilers.
Case must be pretty weak if they are relying on these tactics..
Prejudicial effect? Schiff for brains got away with it. But that’s a side benefit of running a kangaroo court.
Why not begin the court proceeding, instead of having the bailiff call all to rise, by showing a WB cartoon?
Poor Roger Stone, the prosecutors must really be desperate to prove they are right for persecuting...er...I mean prosecuting him if they want to introduce a work of fiction into his trial
Have they no shame? Seems like some bar association would refer this to an ethics committee.
Imagine what would happen if he was just some poor schmo with a public defender.
Stone will have a slam dunk reversal at the Circuit Court if the judge allows the reading a script from a movie.
“do a Frank Pentangeli”
It’s in quotes. Did Stone use the phrase or did the prosecutor do a Schiffty paraphrase?