Thank you Turnbull for informing me of this excellent book. It is a MUST for all who post here. Not only does it answer many of the questions that get repeated on this board, it also raises other questions I have not seen (more positngs to come later). It is perhaps most remarkable that the Godfather was ever made. The opening chapters make it clear that Paramount Studios, and the Hollwyood industry in general were in a state of near collapse, and that a gamble was taken on FFC who was considered to good writer but not a commercially successful director,on Marlon Brando, considered too expensive and too difficult, and on Al Pacino whom the studio disliked. Imagine that they were looking at the likes of Ernest Borgnine to play Vito. Imagine what that would have been like. I never thought Borgnine (rest in peace) was a bad actor, he would just have been a bad Don. After reading this fascinating history there can be little question that the Godfather both saved and changed American Cinema.

The book is indeed very good. It has very interesting facts but also very beautiful pictures. I really liked it when I read it. And as you said, it's a must for the GF fans around this board!

It really is a great book. I also found many things in the book that I thought I would find more of on the boards. For example, the irony of the Mafia involvment in The Godfather. And then the story of when Puzo bumped into Frank Sinatra. It is a must for anyone who psts on these boards.

You're very welcome, dt! Of course I agree with everything you wrote about "The Godfather Legacy," and then some! I wish we could get Lebo on these boards.

I can mention a few more of that...what about FFC, Duvall or Pacino...

Lets try to get Lebo... his e mail is hlebo@college.ucla.edu. Has anyone invited him?

Pacino would be cool. Everybody knows he has Insomnia, and he'd better sit and post here instead of drinking coffee. Both are addictive and unhealthy anyway!

Forget Lebo, I say that we get Winegardner on the boards. Oh...what fun that would be...*evil smirk*

I'm warming up the tar and feathers...

Man, that's an Idea! I bet he'll never be able to forget that day!

Yeah i also agree,Great book i learnt alot of things from reading the book that i didn't know before,like "that without the Mafia's helps the film wouldn't have been made"

Dunno, JM -- we are supposed to have a modicum of civility.

...pansy...

Turnbull goes to war!
Who says we cannot do it civil? We know how to do it very, very civil, and very slowly, and...

Personally, I think I would do to him what Luca Brasi did to the guys Capone sent to visit DOn Corleone

DT:

What did Luca do to the guys that Capone sent to Don Vito? Is this true or is it just made up for the GF story?

~~ Lollie

Lollie - You've started reading the book so I won't spoil that part. Its somewhat grisly, and its loosely based on a true account of two murders performed by Capone's henchmen.