Originally Posted by Signor Vitelli
Here's an article by Peter Bart, who was there for it all:

Peter Bart on "The Offer"


Signor V.



Nice story. Him and everyone else who was there at the time says the story is fake. I think every series exaggerates a bit, but the mob ones go way out of the way to create storylines that they swear are real. Boardwalk Empire is an example.