Actually the reason Sollozzo lost his subtitles is, when the subtitles translating the speech was the moment Michael became committed to killing them. He wasn't listening to Sollozzo because he was focusing on getting ready to shoot them and since Michael wasn't listening the audience lost its translator. Everything Sollozzo was saying became unimportant after that moment because really, how important is what the guy that you're about to kill talking about? It doesn't matter what Sollozzo said because when Michael stopped listening Sollozzo died, he just didn't know it yet.
Johnny Fontane WAS based on Frank Sinatra. And the movie Sinatra wanted to be part in was From Here To Eternity. He won best supporting actor for the movie.
@@gdc615 Not only obvious, but the studio owner says, "Let me be perfectly frank," that as I understand it was the "code" to let people know the character was based on Frank Sinatra.
7:06 My impression was there were no subtitles because what Solozzo was saying didn't matter. Michael was only there to humor him until he could kill him.
David L Nope. Because the film was shot in dim lights, the oranges were there to "brighten up" what would be really dark scenes. The oranges give some sort of contrast to the film
also that mobster getting hit 4 blocks away, Joe Columbo. Head of the Columbo crime family. it's amazing because all the people being killed were mafia Dons and a real life one died during it.
@@timothyross308 My reply to @Deus042 was correct. Joe Columbo though shot during the filming of the Godfather in 1971 , did not and I repeat did not die "during it", as in during the filming, as A@Deus042's comment clearly implies. Also Colombo, a paralyzed, borderline vegetable, died of cardiac arrest. I'm of no doubt his prior shooting could have been a contributing factor, but one doesn't have to be shot to die of cardiac arrest.
@@brianbullivant4753 Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that your reply was incorrect. I realize that you meant that Joe Columbo hadn't DIED in 1971 and that you never said he wasn't SHOT. But, thanks for the info regarding his actual c.o.d.
The cat thing is a complete falsehood. The cat (bruno) was the family pet, of the owners of the house Paramount rented, to make this film. It was an impromptu performance of Brando. There was no over-dubbing.
4 days to film the scene where Sonny beats up Carlo, yet they didn’t have enough footage to edit out the blooper where Sonny missed punching Carlo’s face by a good half a foot?
Of course the Johnnie Fontane character was Sinatra, wanting a part in a movie that would give him his come back. And he capitalized on it, winning an Oscar for "From Here to Eternity." He may have disliked the movie for putting the character in a bad light and him along with it.
To this day, I have trouble watching the scene where "Connie" shatters the dishes in response to her husbands affair. It was brilliantly acted by Talia Shire. What especially bothered me was the ending of the scene where "Connie" sobs in response to the physical assault with the belt that she was enduring from her husband. I have scene worst since in other films, but can not understand why this one really hit home.
Agreed. Affairs are malevolent enough. However, I have no respect whatsoever for a man who physically abuses a woman, let alone with a belt?? Christ almighty...
This was done bcuz the studio told FFC that there wasn’t enough violence in the movie. He did a mock version by having his 8 yo son play the Carlo and chase Connie w the belt.
I feel the same way but because I saw this in real life. My dad hit my mom with a belt when she was pregnant from my little sister. I was 4 and I still remember.
Lenny Montana was not a hitman. He was a bodyguard for the mob and a professional wrestler. This irresponsible oversight makes me suspect some of the other pop-up "facts." Also, mobsters kiss rings, not fingers. Paramount produced this film, not Warner Bros. So how could Coppola's decision to direct it pay WB back for Lucas' going over budget on THX 1138?
rackinfrackin, he was a hit man as well as an arsonist. Montana became involved with the Colombo crime family in the late 1960s. Tall and very heavily built, his talents were mostly as an enforcer and an arsonist. He would tie a tampon to the tail of a mouse, dip it in kerosene, light it, and let the mouse run through a building, or he would put a candle in front of a cuckoo clock so that when the clock's bird would pop out the candle would be knocked over and start a fire. Eventually, Montana ended up doing time in Riker's Island. Upon being released, as a friend of the family, Montana would act as a bodyguard for many of the senior members of the Colombo Family.
@@lastlaff2777 Try because every news paper and radio report says so, but then again I'm sure you won't let pesky little things like facts get in your way
Frank Sinatra did NOT wrongly assume it was him being plaid as Fontaine. It WAS Frank , who had Eva Gardner run off with him. What was done to get the part in "From here to eternity" is debatable. And it was Willie Moretti, the head of the Jersey mob that got him out of the singing contract, for one dollar.
Ava Gardener was already well known by the time Sinatra had gotten to her. And it was Gardener who rallied for Frank to get the part in 'From Here To Eternity'.
In the wedding reception scenes, the ribbons on Michael Corleone's uniform are out of order. Al "Johnny Fontane" Martino, a Marine combat veteran from World War II, may not have been present when Al Pacino's parts were being filmed or he could have pointed out this discrepancy.
Winona Ryder pulled out. Sofia stepped in at the last minute to help keep the production on schedule. Everyone slams her performance, but it was an act of love and loyalty. She is a gifted writer/director.
@@SirPeter6464 yes in the later ones. I actually read somewhere he had a terrible memory and always had problems with is lines..didnt make him a worse actor for it though...made him a natural for Col Kurtz in apocalypse Now though
Curiosity: The only actors who appeared in the three films were Al Pacino (Michael Corleone), Diane Keaton (Kay Adams), John Cazale (Fredo Corleone only appeared in a shoot in the third film), Talia Shire (Connie Corleone) and Richard Bright ( Al Neri). Another Curiosity: Richard Castellano (Pete Clemenza) was the nephew of the head of the gambino crime family.
That was fun, you should contact AMC maybe they would do a Pop-Up version during one of the 18 times they show the Godfather every year, I think it's on right now
Santino's death must of been a major blow to everyone in the family. He was strong ruthless and manly, I'm pretty sure all the women felt protected by him, he was a man that couldn't be replaced. He was the muscle and made the Corleones look strong and powerful. Even the Don probably felt a bit weaker without his strong young son backing him. Just having Santino on display, is strength.
You can't say that Sinatra "incorrectly" assumed Johnny Fontaine was based on him and then not back it up with any evidence or alternative explanation. Everyone else thinks he's based on Sinatra.
No disrespect to Marlon Brando,s performance ,he was perfect in the role as the head of the family,but I wonder if Anthony Quinn was ever considered for the role?
Really good, was expecting 'blo' but got instead got the 'jo'. Not sure Lenny Montana was 'approached ' for the role of Luca Brasi. I think it was vice versa. And, yes, he really was rehearsing his lines at the wedding scene. They caught it on camera and inserted it.
Other fun facts. Paramount was near bankrupt and didn't want to make the film due to a Kirk Douglas gangster pic bombing. They got FFC because he was cheap. The Colombo family sent death threats as didn't want it made and blew out Al Ruddy's car windows. When Al Ruddy made a deal with Joe Columbo to make the pic Paramounts stock dropped and Paramount fired FFC. Carlo and Moe Green were gangsters. Moes actor stole his part from another actor who was on vacation. Clemenza wasn't in 2 because his wife (don't forget the Canolli) demanded she write his parts. They got FFC and Brando as they were cheap and Brando signed a disclaimer saying he would put up a bond if he messed around. Gf1 revived cinema which was in decline.
Even if Puzo denied it for legal reasons, there's no way that Johnny Fontaine is not a Sinatra stand in. It's as believable as the Beatles saying that "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" was not about drugs.
How can you say Johnny Fontaine isn’t based on Frank Sinatra?? How dumb. Obviously it’s Sinatra. The film he wants is “From Here to Eternity”, and Michael tells Kay the story of how the mob got Sinatra out of his contract with Tommy Dorsey. You’re way off on that one
Perhaps the fact that Brando read from cue cards is what made him seem a little less engaged/aloof adding to the power and mystery he gives off. This mystic left movie audiences admiring him and imitating ‘him to this day almost half a century later. That unattainable character, despite the fact he was a murderer etc.
I believe Johnny Fontaine was based on Frank Sinatra, somewhat. The war movie he was trying to get was "From Here to Eternity" which did start a comeback for Frank as he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
Bred Saint GF 3 IS a good movie, in spite of it's flaws, but that's kind of the problem; the first two films are epic masterpieces of Shakespearean proportions, part 3 is just an okay mob movie (with some more than questionable casting choices...Sofia? George Hamilton? Father Guido Sarducchi!?!?!?) and that's it. The best thing about Part 3 is Connie's transformation into a cold, ruthless bitch.
This also forgot to mention that, while filming the scene where they try to whack Don Vito, 2 real wiseguys were watching, and later told the director that they "did it all wrong", and "that's not how you whack somebody"
it means that Part 2 was 'greenlit' (meaning given the go ahead) by the studio to make it even though part 1 was still being shot (the movies were 2 years apart)
8:02 The Sonny/Carlo fight begins with James Caan throwing a stick at Gianni Russo that wasn't in scripted. As well as the biting of Carlos hand. Also, the yellow truck is there to block a modern truck from the '70s.
Francis didnt want his sister in the film due to the treatment he was going to receive from the studio and he did not want her to have to see him treated badly.
Penelopedinkledong S me also,I think they should have cut the whole jonnie Fontaine,Lucy mancine and the doctor in Vegas out of the he story as that was the only part of the book I didnt like and it wasn't necessary.
Four days to film Sonny beating the crap out of Carlo on the street, yet they somehow failed to edit-out Sonny's "punch" to Carlo's face, which clearly misses it by a foot. Carlo's head of course snaps back anyway. A HUGE flaw in any film, but in this 'Best Picture' classic....??
Ha ha ha! I JUST posted almost the exact same thing! X-D This is what I put before I began scrolling through the comments! "It took 4 days to film the Sonny and Carlo fight and yet the editing department overlooked Sonny's punch that missed by a country mile. "
Some of the Pop-Up Facts are not so factual. Lucas may have down some editing, but not "as thanks to Coppola for funding American Graffiti." Final editing on The Godfather was done by early 1972, when Lucas was still trying to get financing for American Graffiti. Universal put up the (small) budget for American Graffiti, and increased it when Coppola signed on as producer. But the deal with Universal came well after The Godfather was in theaters. The weights in the scene where Don Corleone is carried up the stairs were not on Brando's body, but on the bottom of the gurney, hidden by a sheet. After the gag take, the weights were removed, and the sheet tucked in. Coppola didn't make The Godfather to pay back Warner Brothers in regard to the poor box office for THX 1138. Filming on The Godfather started at about the same time as the theatrical release of THX 1138, so Coppola had been involved in making The Godfather for quite a while before THX 1138 was released. Coppola took the job because the production company that he and George Lucas had started - American Zoetrope - did need some cash flow because American Zoetrope had not released anything yet.
And Burt Reynold wanted to play Sonny and FFC told him to fkk off. He did not consider Burt a real actor. Burt was bitter about it. And probably is to this day.
From Wikipedia... Gianni Russo broke two ribs and cracked his elbow after James Caan threw him over a fence and slammed a garbage can on him during a fight scene.
An old televised program called 'Inside The Actor's Studio' hosted by Paul Lipton had James Caan on (back in the 90s), and Jimmy admitted to not liking Gianni Russo (Carlo). And if you watch ANY of the reunion videos here on You Tube, you'll never hear any of them speaking of Russo at all except in context to the character he played. It becomes apparent why when you see and hear Russo being interviewed about the movie.
Micheal and Kay's scene at the wedding were shot at night?
My life is a lie.
@@ohio just shut up.. what a awful life.. omg.. it's a movie.. omg.. runnn ! really?
@@kurdia100 Yes, I agree. Francis had no problem casting his sister.
yh a, yes it was. If you watch the movie with commentary, Francis Ford Coppola reveals it was shot at night.
@@kurdia100 Many pop-ups were wrong!
@@ohio, now that I don't believe!
Actually the reason Sollozzo lost his subtitles is, when the subtitles translating the speech was the moment Michael became committed to killing them. He wasn't listening to Sollozzo because he was focusing on getting ready to shoot them and since Michael wasn't listening the audience lost its translator.
Everything Sollozzo was saying became unimportant after that moment because really, how important is what the guy that you're about to kill talking about?
It doesn't matter what Sollozzo said because when Michael stopped listening Sollozzo died, he just didn't know it yet.
*stopped translating
Deus042 sucks that u need subtitles to know what he was saying. not a negative on ur part but movies are a lot better when u dont have to read
Deus042 OMG makes so much sense. That scene is probably the greatest scene in movie history.
@@agnel47 how is that ridiculous scene one of the best?! I cringed at how fake the deaths looked, especially the second one
@@sskspartan watch the analysis bro, th-cam.com/video/nXTB2_fdzDs/w-d-xo.html
Absolute masterpiece. The entire film is artwork at its finest. Probably the greatest film ever made.
i was expecting a pop up saying: in order to make this scene realistic they really killed the actor in this scene
😂😂😂
Conker Juega 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Director: "To make this scene really good, is it okay if you really die in it?" Actor: "Oh yes, for this movie, yes."
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🦍
I consider Godfather 1 as the best film I’ve ever seen. Marlon Brandowas outstanding 👌👌👌
Johnny Fontane WAS based on Frank Sinatra. And the movie Sinatra wanted to be part in was From Here To Eternity.
He won best supporting actor for the movie.
Absolutely correct
Anyone with eyes and half a brain can see this character was based of frank sinatra
@@gdc615 Not only obvious, but the studio owner says, "Let me be perfectly frank," that as I understand it was the "code" to let people know the character was based on Frank Sinatra.
*He sounded and looked more like Dean Martin rather than Frank. If Dean Martin and Andy Williams had a baby it would be Johnny Fontaine.*
Yes, And Sinatra actually lobbied to play that role in The Godfather and they turned him down.
7:06 My impression was there were no subtitles because what Solozzo was saying didn't matter. Michael was only there to humor him until he could kill him.
And he wouldn't have been saying anything substantially different than we heard him tell Tom in english.
There is a video out there that translates it.
Sofia acted better in the Godfather I than in the third one.
That's awesome...nice! lol
Hahaha. I just made that comment to my wife while watching this
she was very believable as a baby boy
Jack Ridge perfect observation lol
*Lol indeed. She ruined the 3rd one for me. Her acting was just so bad I couldnt enjoy anything about the entire movie. 1 and 2 were amazing though!*
you missed that it was a real horse head and a real reaction
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Pat Galaxy - No, it was actually Sarah Jessica Parker
I was thinking that also.
Never noticed all the oranges before. good one
mbear1 oranges are a precursor to someone dying or a violent act
David L Nope. Because the film was shot in dim lights, the oranges were there to "brighten up" what would be really dark scenes. The oranges give some sort of contrast to the film
Herobrine
Nah
Bred Saint Yup
Herobrine indeed, you are correct
No frickin way could anyone else play Michael.
Best movie of all time...PERIOD!
also that mobster getting hit 4 blocks away, Joe Columbo. Head of the Columbo crime family.
it's amazing because all the people being killed were mafia Dons and a real life one died during it.
And the guy playing Luca Brazi was a hitman/bodyguard for the Columbo family.
Deus042 Though shot in june of 1971, Columbo died almost seven years after the filming ended in may of 1978.
@@brianbullivant4753 Yes, but he died from the wounds he received years earlier.
@@timothyross308 My reply to @Deus042 was correct. Joe Columbo though shot during the filming of the Godfather in 1971 , did not and I repeat did not die "during it", as in during the filming, as A@Deus042's comment clearly implies. Also Colombo, a paralyzed, borderline vegetable, died of cardiac arrest. I'm of no doubt his prior shooting could have been a contributing factor, but one doesn't have to be shot to die of cardiac arrest.
@@brianbullivant4753 Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that your reply was incorrect. I realize that you meant that Joe Columbo hadn't DIED in 1971 and that you never said he wasn't SHOT. But, thanks for the info regarding his actual c.o.d.
The cat thing is a complete falsehood. The cat (bruno) was the family pet, of the owners of the house Paramount rented, to make this film. It was an impromptu performance of Brando. There was no over-dubbing.
4 days to film the scene where Sonny beats up Carlo, yet they didn’t have enough footage to edit out the blooper where Sonny missed punching Carlo’s face by a good half a foot?
Of course the Johnnie Fontane character was Sinatra, wanting a part in a movie that would give him his come back. And he capitalized on it, winning an Oscar for "From Here to Eternity." He may have disliked the movie for putting the character in a bad light and him along with it.
The kick to the head was the final blow that killed Sonny.
Yes, it caused a subdural hematoma. He would have survived all those tommy slugs
Actuary he was dying of the flu and bullets did nothing...
if only he'd been Seth Rogen's friend: in the next scene they'd be having coffee somewhere...
*Aint that a kick in the head!*
He actually died of covid complications
Also in the newspaper sequence the person playing the piano is Francis' father, who in real life was a brilliant music composer
Carmine copolla - this loneliness
And Carmine won an Oscar for scoring Godfather II-when accepting for best director, Francis thanked the Academy for “giving my dad an Oscar.”
To this day, I have trouble watching the scene where "Connie" shatters the dishes in response to her husbands affair. It was brilliantly acted by Talia Shire. What especially bothered me was the ending of the scene where "Connie" sobs in response to the physical assault with the belt that she was enduring from her husband. I have scene worst since in other films, but can not understand why this one really hit home.
Agreed. Affairs are malevolent enough. However, I have no respect whatsoever for a man who physically abuses a woman, let alone with a belt?? Christ almighty...
This was done bcuz the studio told FFC that there wasn’t enough violence in the movie. He did a mock version by having his 8 yo son play the Carlo and chase Connie w the belt.
Because it's a belter.
it is terrific acting that makes the scene so troubling...the violence seems very real
I feel the same way but because I saw this in real life. My dad hit my mom with a belt when she was pregnant from my little sister. I was 4 and I still remember.
The fish they brought to Sonny after Lucca's death were Lucca's real roommates from his mermaid days...
@10:40 the first bodyguard following Barzini to put a flower on the grave is my father's cousin Anthony.
Cool!
Lenny Montana was not a hitman. He was a bodyguard for the mob and a professional wrestler. This irresponsible oversight makes me suspect some of the other pop-up "facts." Also, mobsters kiss rings, not fingers. Paramount produced this film, not Warner Bros. So how could Coppola's decision to direct it pay WB back for Lucas' going over budget on THX 1138?
rackinfrackin, he was a hit man as well as an arsonist. Montana became involved with the Colombo crime family in the late 1960s. Tall and very heavily built, his talents were mostly as an enforcer and an arsonist. He would tie a tampon to the tail of a mouse, dip it in kerosene, light it, and let the mouse run through a building, or he would put a candle in front of a cuckoo clock so that when the clock's bird would pop out the candle would be knocked over and start a fire. Eventually, Montana ended up doing time in Riker's Island. Upon being released, as a friend of the family, Montana would act as a bodyguard for many of the senior members of the Colombo Family.
@@alaskanh.o.g.4lyf948 Just because Wikipedia says so, don't make it so!
@@lastlaff2777 Try because every news paper and radio report says so, but then again I'm sure you won't let pesky little things like facts get in your way
@@alaskanh.o.g.4lyf948 Try what? What are you saying? What I'm saying is that your post regarding Lenny Montana was taken verbatim from Wikipedia.
What you're saying makes sense. The studio would not have hired an avowed murderer. Sounds like a lot of legend.
Frank Sinatra did NOT wrongly assume it was him being plaid as Fontaine.
It WAS Frank , who had Eva Gardner run off with him. What was done to get
the part in "From here to eternity" is debatable. And it was Willie Moretti, the
head of the Jersey mob that got him out of the singing contract, for one dollar.
Ava Gardener was already well known by the time Sinatra had gotten to her. And it was Gardener who rallied for Frank to get the part in 'From Here To Eternity'.
Shout outs to vitamin c
The most deadly of all vitamins, lol.
In the wedding reception scenes, the ribbons on Michael Corleone's uniform are out of order. Al "Johnny Fontane" Martino, a Marine combat veteran from World War II, may not have been present when Al Pacino's parts were being filmed or he could have pointed out this discrepancy.
Johnny Fontane:Help me get that role
Vito Corleone:I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move
the scene where connie breaks all the dishes gets me EVERY time
Winona Ryder pulled out. Sofia stepped in at the last minute to help keep the production on schedule. Everyone slams her performance, but it was an act of love and loyalty. She is a gifted writer/director.
8:26 to be fair he didn't go straight to casting his daughter. Others were cast first, most notably Winona Ryder, who dropped out.
Yes, I'm sure Mario Puzo was not thinking of Sinatra, and his alcoholic sidekick was definitely not Dean Martin. Sure.
@Jeffrey Sommer Too bad Nino wasn’t included in the movie.
awesome! favorite Movie of All time‚ could you do the Godfather part 2 aswell
thanks :)
I knew most of this. it's always been known that Brando always read off of cue cards in all his movies because he just couldn't memorize lines.
Or ear pieces.
@@SirPeter6464 no ear pieces back then look at the date it was made...child
@@mottthehoople693 in some of his films you can see it! Not in the early ones...
@@SirPeter6464 yes in the later ones. I actually read somewhere he had a terrible memory and always had problems with is lines..didnt make him a worse actor for it though...made him a natural for Col Kurtz in apocalypse Now though
Sadly theirs kind of movies are not mad anymore 😢
Movies this good are still being made. They've always been rare, though. There might be only 5 or 10 of this caliber in an entire decade.
There's only 5 or ten of THIS caliber in a century. The Godfather is pretty much the best movie of all time
Falcrist name them. I’m not saying you’re wrong I’m just curious
@@ktaleb45 the irishman
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2:59
Johnny's face: "wow, he really smacked the CRAP out of me.."
Curiosity: The only actors who appeared in the three films were Al Pacino (Michael Corleone), Diane Keaton (Kay Adams), John Cazale (Fredo Corleone only appeared in a shoot in the third film), Talia Shire (Connie Corleone) and Richard Bright ( Al Neri).
Another Curiosity: Richard Castellano (Pete Clemenza) was the nephew of the head of the gambino crime family.
VERY NICE DONE! I ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF THIS!
Copolla found the cat
That cat went on to act in several cat food commercials. lol, j/k
The cat was making a racket from being stroked and the scene was redubbed.
That was fun, you should contact AMC maybe they would do a Pop-Up version during one of the 18 times they show the Godfather every year, I think it's on right now
Santino's death must of been a major blow to everyone in the family. He was strong ruthless and manly, I'm pretty sure all the women felt protected by him, he was a man that couldn't be replaced. He was the muscle and made the Corleones look strong and powerful. Even the Don probably felt a bit weaker without his strong young son backing him. Just having Santino on display, is strength.
"The Godfather" was, and still is, the "Star Wars" of gangster films.
BLASPHEMY!!!
I kinda thought it was The Godfather of gangster films
I can’t stop watching it
I'm pretty sure you just took these from the IMDB page.
You can't say that Sinatra "incorrectly" assumed Johnny Fontaine was based on him and then not back it up with any evidence or alternative explanation. Everyone else thinks he's based on Sinatra.
No disrespect to Marlon Brando,s performance ,he was perfect in the role as the head of the family,but I wonder if Anthony Quinn was ever considered for the role?
*Very interesting point.. I could see that for sure. His role as Mr. Neil Delacrouche in Gotti was amazing. He was a badass as a gangster!*
I’d be alright with Quinn.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Quinn did make a mobster movie later, "The Don is Dead" (1973).
I think one of the best shots is at 7:19, the look on that cops face is Priceless.
They never mentioned that the horses head was real,this has got to be one of greatest films I've seen in my whole life and I've seen a ton
I think an Orange Godfather drinking game needs to be played .. take a drink every time an orange pops up !
I liked this! More pop up videos, please! 😊
One of the best TH-cam channel 👌👌💯💯👍
Johnny Fontane's incidents WERE based on events from Sinatra's life.
2:50 I always assumed Johnny Fontane was patterned after Frank Sinatra too.
He was. This video is wrong. Fontaine's life and career pretty much mirrors Sinatra's early days and his involvement and association with the Mafia
Really good, was expecting 'blo' but got instead got the 'jo'. Not sure Lenny Montana was 'approached ' for the role of Luca Brasi. I think it was vice versa. And, yes, he really was rehearsing his lines at the wedding scene. They caught it on camera and inserted it.
another thing you missed was that the guy who said "get the canoli" (Richard S. Castellano) is a cousin of Gambino Boss "Big" Paul Castellano
was
Notice at 7:17 Michael fires his first shot at the Captain, but the middle forehead wound ) is already visible before the second shot.....
Lmao I never even noticed the oranges
You left out Kay's orange dress at the wedding.
Great video ! Thanks !
wow very good job. 62 days?
Other fun facts. Paramount was near bankrupt and didn't want to make the film due to a Kirk Douglas gangster pic bombing. They got FFC because he was cheap. The Colombo family sent death threats as didn't want it made and blew out Al Ruddy's car windows. When Al Ruddy made a deal with Joe Columbo to make the pic Paramounts stock dropped and Paramount fired FFC. Carlo and Moe Green were gangsters. Moes actor stole his part from another actor who was on vacation. Clemenza wasn't in 2 because his wife (don't forget the Canolli) demanded she write his parts. They got FFC and Brando as they were cheap and Brando signed a disclaimer saying he would put up a bond if he messed around. Gf1 revived cinema which was in decline.
Andy M If the mob didn't want The Godfather to be a movie, why didn't they just put a horse's head in Al Ruddy's bed?
Don't agree with some of the above. FFC said the studio demanded a bond for Brando, but one wasn't given.
Best film I love of all time! Master piece! 👍
Spectacular movie one of my favorites
Coppola delivered before deadline and under budget. show how great he is
Sonny's windshield shatters...yet next scene shows windshield in place
Just one more pop-up: Sofia also played a small role in Coppola's 'Rumble Fish'
Even if Puzo denied it for legal reasons, there's no way that Johnny Fontaine is not a Sinatra stand in. It's as believable as the Beatles saying that "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" was not about drugs.
LSD wasn't about drugs !!!
How can you say Johnny Fontaine isn’t based on Frank Sinatra?? How dumb. Obviously it’s Sinatra. The film he wants is “From Here to Eternity”, and Michael tells Kay the story of how the mob got Sinatra out of his contract with Tommy Dorsey. You’re way off on that one
Perhaps the fact that Brando read from cue cards is what made him seem a little less engaged/aloof adding to the power and mystery he gives off. This mystic left movie audiences admiring him and imitating ‘him to this day almost half a century later. That unattainable character, despite the fact he was a murderer etc.
AND HES NOT even SPEAKING THAT FAST lol. REALLY?
Coppola didn't want subtitles in that scene.
3:00 What confusion? You can’t even see his face.
I believe Johnny Fontaine was based on Frank Sinatra, somewhat. The war movie he was trying to get was "From Here to Eternity" which did start a comeback for Frank as he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
When he turns he obviously looks surprised and embarrassed.
@@jogman262 *No one was even asking or even mentioned that in this comment..*
@@theswan1852 I read that Martino was trying not to laugh right after the 'slap'. He seems to have a bit of a 'grin' as Brando harangues him.
excellent work!
The Godfather Part 1 and 2 great movies, Part 3 was a big let down.
Shane Le Plastrier
Part 3 wasn't that bad. It's pretty good actually if u ask me.
I'd like to think there wasn't a part 3.
Coppolla had no script and tried to make a movie out of a toilet roll.
Bred Saint GF 3 IS a good movie, in spite of it's flaws, but that's kind of the problem; the first two films are epic masterpieces of Shakespearean proportions, part 3 is just an okay mob movie (with some more than questionable casting choices...Sofia? George Hamilton? Father Guido Sarducchi!?!?!?) and that's it. The best thing about Part 3 is Connie's transformation into a cold, ruthless bitch.
Rocky Elorde
G3 was only made because coppla needed the money.
Frank Sadat
I liked Father Guido best on the early SNL.
Joseph Colombo was shot four blocks away that means The Godfather part 1 started filming scenes from 1971 cause Joe Colombo was shot at 28 june 1971
3:36 The horse head was real. They got it from a slaughter house.
Clearly not the horse in the paddock. Might have got the wrong horse...
SirPeter6464 Of course they were not going to slaughter a thoroughbred for a movie 🙄They used a stand in horse head they got from a pet food factory.
This also forgot to mention that, while filming the scene where they try to whack Don Vito, 2 real wiseguys were watching, and later told the director that they "did it all wrong", and "that's not how you whack somebody"
What does it mean greenlit before production completed?
it means that Part 2 was 'greenlit' (meaning given the go ahead) by the studio to make it even though part 1 was still being shot (the movies were 2 years apart)
Trev Mac
Thanks man. Appreciate it
@@5332wonderboy no problem, all the best in *2020*
The horse's head was real. They obtained it from a dog food processing plant in Mexico.
8:02 The Sonny/Carlo fight begins with James Caan throwing a stick at Gianni Russo that wasn't in scripted. As well as the biting of Carlos hand. Also, the yellow truck is there to block a modern truck from the '70s.
The kick on the head at 09:15 is what killed Sonny Corleone.
Francis didnt want his sister in the film due to the treatment he was going to receive from the studio and he did not want her to have to see him treated badly.
Is that Frank Sivero, striped shirt, at 8:14 ?
A prolific video. Alla salute!
A real Masterpiece!!
8:02 - the pop-up is wrong. it is not a fight between Sonny and Carlo. It is a full-fledge, epic beatdown.
I would recommend to anyone that loves this film to read the book or audiobook,there is so much more depth and detail in the story.
Penelopedinkledong S me also,I think they should have cut the whole jonnie Fontaine,Lucy mancine and the doctor in Vegas out of the he story as that was the only part of the book I didnt like and it wasn't necessary.
i love this!!!
11:28 This has nothing to do with anything, but he looks like Gomez Addams😂
Four days to film Sonny beating the crap out of Carlo on the street, yet they somehow failed to edit-out Sonny's "punch" to Carlo's face, which clearly misses it by a foot. Carlo's head of course snaps back anyway. A HUGE flaw in any film, but in this 'Best Picture' classic....??
Ha ha ha! I JUST posted almost the exact same thing! X-D This is what I put before I began scrolling through the comments! "It took 4 days to film the Sonny and Carlo fight and yet the editing department overlooked Sonny's punch that missed by a country mile. "
Some of the Pop-Up Facts are not so factual. Lucas may have down some editing, but not "as thanks to Coppola for funding American Graffiti." Final editing on The Godfather was done by early 1972, when Lucas was still trying to get financing for American Graffiti. Universal put up the (small) budget for American Graffiti, and increased it when Coppola signed on as producer. But the deal with Universal came well after The Godfather was in theaters.
The weights in the scene where Don Corleone is carried up the stairs were not on Brando's body, but on the bottom of the gurney, hidden by a sheet. After the gag take, the weights were removed, and the sheet tucked in.
Coppola didn't make The Godfather to pay back Warner Brothers in regard to the poor box office for THX 1138. Filming on The Godfather started at about the same time as the theatrical release of THX 1138, so Coppola had been involved in making The Godfather for quite a while before THX 1138 was released. Coppola took the job because the production company that he and George Lucas had started - American Zoetrope - did need some cash flow because American Zoetrope had not released anything yet.
What’s the symbolism of the oranges ?
Death
Thanks, truly thanks.
3:30 real Horse Head and actual shock.
“And may their first child be a masculine child!” Some of us with masculine first-borns still use that line!
I’ve said it (your instead of their) to every friend who’s ever gotten married for the last 40 years, and every one got the ref.
Good one! It’s as memorable as “Leave the gun, take the cannoli.”
4:15 You noticed how flat and tidy the street was?
Haha. I notice at 7:25 when Michael shoots the cop the first time in the throat you can already see the blood spot from the 2nd shot to the head.
That pop up about Brando's voice selection for Vito is incorrect.
And that Sonny actually broke Carlos' rib in that scene.
And Burt Reynold wanted to play Sonny and FFC told him to fkk off. He did not consider Burt a real actor.
Burt was bitter about it. And probably is to this day.
Oh, shit.
From Wikipedia...
Gianni Russo broke two ribs and cracked his elbow after James Caan threw him over a fence and slammed a garbage can on him during a fight scene.
An old televised program called 'Inside The Actor's Studio' hosted by Paul Lipton had James Caan on (back in the 90s), and Jimmy admitted to not liking Gianni Russo (Carlo). And if you watch ANY of the reunion videos here on You Tube, you'll never hear any of them speaking of Russo at all except in context to the character he played. It becomes apparent why when you see and hear Russo being interviewed about the movie.
Sonny was so strong, he did that with punches that clearly missed.
A little shooting from the hip here I think. If you find a pop-up-fact that you really like, make sure you look into it more closelier.
9:15 - Pop-up omitted here. But it was widely known that this vicious kick was the blow that actually killed Sonny.
Such a good movie!
excellent!!👍
Sinatra actually wanted to play Vito in the film, despite his distaste for the thought of them basing Johnny Fontaine on himself.