PARAMOUNT DIDN’T WANT MARLON BRANDO FOR THE ROLE. The actors couldn’t break character, which Coppola saw as a way for the cast to organically establish the family roles seen in the final film. FAMILY DINNERS HELPED EVERYONE GET IN CHARACTER.Ĭoppola held improvisational rehearsal sessions that simply consisted of the main cast sitting down in character for a family meal. Coppola convinced them to keep the story in a post-World War II New York setting to maintain the integrity of the film.
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HE ALSO FOUGHT TO KEEP THE STORY AS A PERIOD DRAMA.Īs a cost-cutting measure, Paramount asked Coppola to modernize the script so the action took place in 1972 and to shoot the movie in Kansas City as a stand-in for the more expensive New York City. Neil Fujita for the novel’s release) with Puzo’s name above the title for the movie release, but Coppola insisted on keeping it because Puzo co-wrote the script with him. The studio originally wanted to scrap the now-iconic “puppet strings” logo (which was first created by graphic designer S. Coppola was reportedly getting the ax until he shot the scene where Michael kills Sollozzo and McCluskey, which the executives saw and loved. The studio wanted a more salacious gangster movie, so it constantly threatened to fire Coppola (even going so far as to have stand-in directors waiting on set). And after filming began, executives didn’t like the brooding, talky drama that Coppola was shooting. Elia Kazan, Arthur Penn, Richard Brooks, and Costa-Gavras all turned the job down. FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA WAS AT RISK OF BEING FIRED DURING PRODUCTION.įrancis Ford Coppola (who got the job because of his previous movie, The Rain People) wasn’t the first director Paramount Pictures had in mind for The Godfather. Leave the gun, take these facts about Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece adaptation of Mario Puzo’s gangster novel, which premiered in New York City 46 years ago (on March 15, 1972).ġ.
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